Jonathan Valdez
Houston,TX
Summary
High performing accounting professional with 18+ years of experience as a staff accountant, including experience as an accounting supervisor. Highly organized with strong communications skills who is committed to continuous improvement and team success.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant
Allegiance Crane & Equipment
Houston, TX
01.2025 - Current
- Managed accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring timely invoice processing and payments.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support budget preparation and forecasting activities.
- Conducted variance analysis on departmental budgets, providing insights for strategic decision-making.
- Mentored junior accounting staff, fostering skill development and adherence to best practices in accounting processes.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books.
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Implemented new accounting software, leading to more efficient financial data management and reporting.
- Led successful integration of financial systems following merger, ensuring continuity and accuracy of financial reporting.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Reconciled monthly financial statements, identifying discrepancies to maintain accuracy in reporting.
- Assisted in preparing quarterly tax filings and compliance documentation in accordance with regulations.
- Streamlined data entry procedures, enhancing efficiency and reducing errors in financial records management.
Accounting Supervisor
Scott-Macon, LTD
New York, NY
12.2022 - 12.2024
- Oversee day-to-day operations of accounting department and 7 field branches, working in coordination with the company Controller, to implement and audit, company practices and controls.
- Manage the daily cash reconciliation through daily and weekly reporting in e-Emphasys to the CFO. Reduced reconciliation errors from 40% to 20%
- Manage the implementation of weekly/monthly/annual budgets using e-Emphasys across multiple departments and teams, highlighting spend overages and notifying teams as needed
- Weekly budgets ~ $1.2 – $1.6 million
- Monthly budgets ~ $5.5 - $6 million
- Annual budgets ~ $70-$80 million
- Manage and process financing and re-financing deals and manage note payment schedule with lending banks
- Oversee AR, including confirming payment terms, banking information, and contract values of amounts ranging from $1,000 to $3,000,000, totaling $82 million.
- Oversee AP personnel and operating functions at the corporate and branch level, guiding decisions to comply with company procedures and GAAP
- Manage and process payroll totaling ~ $1.5 million/monthly using Paylocity
- Manage the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closings to include customer and vendor account reconciliation with Controller and CFO
- Process 450-500 vendor payments per month
- Brought total outstanding payments down from 120 days past due, increasing cash flow by 10%
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX05.2003
Skills
- GAAP
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Time Management
- Cash Management
- Bank Reconciliation
- Strong Written and Oral Communication
- Bank reconciliation
- Bookkeeping
- Account reconciliation
- Financial statements
- Data analysis
- Financial reporting
- Attention to detail
- Payroll processing
- General ledger entries
- Payroll administration
- MS office suite
- Invoice balancing
- Customer relations
- Cash flow management
- Data inputting
- Finance
- Cost accounting
- Audit support
- Variance analysis
- Budget analysis
Timeline
Accountant
Allegiance Crane & Equipment
01.2025 - Current
Accounting Supervisor
Scott-Macon, LTD
12.2022 - 12.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi