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Julia F. Kandekore
Senior Accounting Manager
Deerfield Beach,FL
Summary
Seasoned Accounting Manager specializing in implementing successful accounting systems for various companies. Accomplished in driving business efficiency and compliance initiatives. Offering over 15 years of progressive experience. Proficient in all aspects of accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, budget administration and payroll. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accounting Manager
Garda USA
04.2019 - Current
- Supervises 2 Seniors, Fixed Asset & Staff Accountants: directly overseeing Fixed Asset, Payroll recording, Intercompany & Lease (Capital & Operating) transactions recording & reconciliations.
- Chart of Accounts maintenance & coding procedures.
- Prepares internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
- Led financial reporting processes ensuring compliance with GAAP and organizational policies.
- Oversaw monthly close processes, enhancing accuracy and timeliness of financial statements.
- Mentored junior staff in accounting principles and best practices, fostering professional development.
- Implemented process improvements resulting in streamlined operations and reduced closing time.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to provide financial insights supporting business decisions.
- Conducted variance analysis to identify trends and recommend strategic adjustments for performance improvement.
- Maintained relationships with external auditors, ensuring smooth audit processes and timely resolutions of findings.
- Contributed to hiring, training and development of accounting teams.
- Enhanced financial accuracy by streamlining and automating accounting processes.
- Analyzed complex financial data to identify trends, uncover inefficiencies, and inform organizational decision making.
- Reduced month-end closing time by implementing efficient reconciliation procedures.
- Oversaw successful external audits with minimal findings or adjustments needed for compliance purposes.
- Managed banking reconciliations and monthly balance sheet statements.
- Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations, and payroll processing.
- Generated monthly and quarterly financial statements for executive review.
- Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
- Utilized financial software to prepare consolidated financial statements.
- Supported financial director with special projects and additional job duties.
- Established and checked coding procedures, monitored reports and updated internal files.
- Prepared internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
- Collaborated with other departments to achieve accurate and prompt financial reporting.
- Developed and implemented various procedures to improve accounting process.
- Mentored junior accountants, fostering professional growth and strong team dynamics.
- Consistently met strict deadlines for quarterly and annual financial reporting requirements.
- Supports change management by understanding and addressing impacts of new accounting policies, financial statement initiatives and non-standard transactions.
Accounting Manager
ACR Electronics Inc
03.2013 - 03.2019
- Supervised 3 Accountants directly overseeing A/R & AP Sub ledgers, the General Ledger, lead the Annual external Audit, sales tax & corporate returns across multiple states, prepare budget & forecast for the Finance & Administration department, assist department heads to effectively budget utilizing historical data and assist with due diligence regarding new acquisitions
- Responsibilities also include: implementing the Firm’s Accounting Policies in accordance to GAAP, interpreting guidance in regards to accounting transactions; the monthly close; review & approve journal entries; preparation of financial reports, including Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows; providing explanations of variances between actual results and forecasts/budgets; oversee processing of Inter-company and Fixed assets transactions; ensure completion & review of all balance sheet accounts reconciliations, identifying and resolving accounting discrepancies; work with internal and external auditors during reviews and audits to ensure full cooperation from accounting staff and compliance with all qualified requests; prepare tax schedules and coordinate tax work papers for tax Auditors
- Achievements:
- Successfully lead organization through annual Financial Audit for the past 4years without any findings
- Successfully re-engineered monthly closing process, resulting in reduction in closing time by 50%
- Successfully implement and maintain process to reconcile A/R & A/P sub ledgers to general ledger daily and weekly respectively and monthly Reconciliation of all Balance Sheet GL Accounts
- Develop and implement workflow procedures to improve operations as well as cross train employees to enhance department’s efficiencies.
- Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations and payroll processing.
- Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Supported change management by understanding and addressing impacts of new accounting policies, financial statement initiatives and non-standard transactions.
- Managed banking reconciliations and monthly balance sheet statements.
Senior Accountant
Global Keratin Corp
04.2010 - 08.2011
- Supervised 3 accountants and oversee financial statements preparation
- Managed external financial relationships (e.g., banks, insurers, auditors)
- Responsible for directing the treasury services for the organization, including weekly cash forecasting; handling all accounting matters, including AP, AR, fixed assets, credit, GL, payroll, payroll tax, business tax, cash flow; close books and prepare financial reports monthly; participate in financial strategic planning, prepare budget and forecasts, review of budgets vs
- Actual to ensure accuracy; develop internal control system, recommend areas for improvement both financial and operational, establish new accounting policies and procedures and lead the implementation of Upgraded ERP system (Net Suites)
- Achievements:
- Implemented Daily Cash reconciliation and weekly cash forecast preparation
- Improved Financial Statement preparation & Management reporting from 10 days to 4 days after month ends
- Successfully Upgraded ERP system from QuickBooks Pro to Net Suites.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of The West Indies — Mona Campus
Jamaica, West Indies10.1989
CPA Certification — In progress - Accounting
Becker - Online
Associate Degree - Business Education
University of Technology
Jamaica, West Indies10.1977
Trained Bookkeeper - Intuit Bookkeeping Certification
Intuit Academy
Mountain View, CA 04.2025 - 06.2025
Skills
- Financial Statements Expertise
- Account Reconciliation
- GL entry verification
- General ledger management
- Payroll processing
- Team supervision
- Staff training
- Fixed asset management
- Intercompany transactions
- Variance analysis
- Lease accounting
- Month-end closing
- Bank account reconciliations
- Journal entries
- General ledger accounting
- Account reconciliation
- Year-end closing
- Profit and loss monitoring
- Audit coordination
- Budget projections
Cash flow management
Accounts payable and receivable
Consolidation accounting
Cost accounting
Debt management
Financial statement preparation
Month-end reporting
Meticulous attention to detail
Statement review
Bookkeeping
Process improvement
Forecasting
Quickbooks
Accounting solutions integration
Expenditure review
Teamwork and collaboration
Trend forecasting
Cost reduction
Softwares:
Software
JD Edwards (JDE)
Quickbooks
TCM (Workwise ERP)
Microsoft Office (Excel-V-look ups & pivot tables; Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
Netsuite ERP
Sage ERP
MYOB Accounting Software
Macola ERP
Solomon Accounting Software
Bassets eDepreciation - Fixed Assets Reporting