Leah Romaneski
Cincinnati
Summary
Financial Accounting Analyst with significant experience at Elevance Health, specializing in reconciliation review and approval, and audit preparation. Demonstrated ability to optimize team performance and strengthen internal controls and time management. Effective communicator and critical thinker, ensuring compliance and accuracy in financial reporting. Committed to driving results and promoting collaboration.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Accounting Analyst, Sr. - FHPS
Elevance Health
Cincinnati
06.2022 - Current
- Review and approve Journal Entries during Monthly Close
- Review and approve daily drawdowns from the government LOCA system, ensuring all calculations are correct and include the correct support.
- Review and approve monthly/quarterly reconciliations, ensuring they are formatted correctly, calculated correctly, include the correct support, and are reconciled to the General Ledger.
- Assist accountants with balancing reconciliations, and researching any issues with their daily activities and monthly reconciliations.
- Compile the information requested by auditors, both internal and external, ensuring that the support is complete and compliant.
- Developed periodic training for new hires and refresher training for established accountants as needed.
- Coordinated new hire assignments and team alignments as the team doubled in size
- Optimized time management resources to ensure that the team was on track to meet deadlines and due dates, as the month required.
Senior Accountant - Lease Accounting
Luxottica
Cincinnati
04.2019 - 05.2022
- Responsible for compiling information and generating monthly sales reports for all brands.
- Monitor files to accrue expenses and process payments for Percent Rent for assigned brands, Sunglass Hut, Oakley, Ray-Ban, and Luxury.
- Monitor incoming lease abstracts for changes to payment calculation, frequency, rates, etc. For percent rent and sales-based payments, and ensure Excel files and SAP are updated.
- Compile information for quarterly controls, for both new and amended contracts, to be assessed by Director
- Responsible for balancing monthly reconciliations, accruals, and controls
- Compile and organize monthly/quarterly journal entries during each period Close Week
- Responsible for updating and analyzing seasonal and yearly Percent Rent forecasted expense plans for assigned brands and Anticipated Deals.
Senior Accountant - Lease and Facilities
Macy’s
10.2015 - 03.2019
- Responsible for processing monthly accruals and payments as well as Year-End reconciliations relating to the leases for Macy’s Blue Mercury
- Receive and process monthly contractual landscaping invoices and accruals for all Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s locations and monitor the contracts
- Perform Lease Document Reviews for Macy’s Blue Mercury locations, ensuring that all payments and documents relating to the leases are up to date
- Responsible for updating and analyzing seasonal and yearly plans for both Lease Administration and Facilities Maintenance
- Calculate and monitor a monthly Forecast to assess major deviations from seasonal plans
- Organize and complete monthly journal entries, throughout the month as well as during close week
- Complete year-end audit schedule preparation
- Supervise Staff Accountant’s monthly duties
Accountant - Miscellaneous Assets and Liabilities
Macy’s
11.2014 - 10.2015
- Prepare account reconciliations
- Ensure that all miscellaneous problems are researched and resolved in a timely manner
- Utilize Oracle G/L for various tasks
- Receive and process monthly invoices for copier leases for the company as well as process the monthly accruals
- Collect weekly payroll reports and complete payroll balancing
- Develop new processes for current accounts that need streamlining and re-organization
- Coordinate with the divisions to ensure that all reconciliations are completed in a timely manner
- Communicate with multiple levels of the organization to ensure that tasks are completed effectively and timely
Administrative Assistant/Customer Service Specialist
Capital Investment Group
05.2013 - 11.2014
- Proofread and analyzed various leases and contracts
- Responsible for invoice processing for vendors
- Coordinate with County offices for permits and invoices
- Compiled Replacement Reserve Requests quarterly for four communities
- Created and maintained spreadsheets and analyses including back charges, expense reports, property and employee lists and usage analyses
- Utilized Yardi Voyager for our resident and vendor software
Manager/Accounting/Administration Specialist
Great Clips
02.2006 - 05.2013
- Worked collaboratively within a multifunctional organization
- Experience in working with vendors and administration on all levels
- Solved complex issues and achieved results by being proactive and resourceful
Education
Master of Business Administration - Executive Management
Ohio University
08-2018
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Florida State University
05-2010
Associates of Business Administration -
Tallahassee Community College
01.2009
Skills
- Communication skills
- Journal entry approval
- Account reconciliation
- Audit preparation
- Expense forecasting
- Excel analysis
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Internal controls
- Variance analysis
- General ledger maintenance
- Month-end closing
- Year-end closing
- GAAP
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office Suite
- SAP and Oracle
- Customer service excellence
- Attention to detail
- Organizational skills
- Deadline-driven flexibility
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Financial Accounting Analyst, Sr. - FHPS
Elevance Health
06.2022 - Current
Senior Accountant - Lease Accounting
Luxottica
04.2019 - 05.2022
Senior Accountant - Lease and Facilities
Macy’s
10.2015 - 03.2019
Accountant - Miscellaneous Assets and Liabilities
Macy’s
11.2014 - 10.2015
Administrative Assistant/Customer Service Specialist
Capital Investment Group
05.2013 - 11.2014
Manager/Accounting/Administration Specialist
Great Clips
02.2006 - 05.2013
Master of Business Administration - Executive Management
Ohio University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Florida State University
Associates of Business Administration -
Tallahassee Community College
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