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Aurora Reed

Charlotte,NC

Summary

Accomplished accountant with 16 years of experience in the insurance and fleet services industries, demonstrating a self-motivated and strategic leadership style. Expertise in process improvement, general ledger management, GAAP compliance, and analytics has consistently driven success across various projects. A strong track record of cultivating relationships with internal and external partners, including diverse professionals and executive-level management, underscores a commitment to collaboration and effective communication. Recognized as a big-picture thinker with resilience and respect, ready to embrace new challenges while taking ownership of issues to achieve meaningful resolutions and foster long-term business relationships.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Accountant

Amerit Fleet Services
03.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Amerit Fleet Services is a Fleet maintenance company with $330 million in revenue with over 4,000 employees and 800 operating facilities in North America.
  • Transacted financial accounting, reporting, tax, treasury, and audit activities for the Company. Achieve completion of all month/quarter/annual close processes timely and in adherence to the close calendar.
  • Account for transactions under US GAAP and per company accounting policies.
  • Design, document, implement, and execute internal controls to ensure transactions and balances are accurately reported.
  • Journal entries included, but were not limited to, prepaid amortization, bonus accruals, ASC 606, employee benefit-related accruals, actuarial report true-ups, and SG&A expenses.
  • Ensure payroll transactions are processed to the GL without error and balance to the HR/Payroll reporting.
  • Work with the technology team to achieve efficiency by automating manual processes and integrating accounting/finance systems to yield efficiencies for a private equity firm.
  • Perform analysis and provide insight into account balance details and drivers for change
  • Proactively keep the executive team abreast of the organization’s financial status and trajectory.
  • Oversee the financial and compliance management for adherence to GAAP, SOX, Corporate Accounting Standards, and IFRS.
  • Led efforts within accounting and IT to redesign the general ledger account structure, cutting the number of general ledger accounts by 30% and reducing the month-end reporting by 15 days.
  • Performed a comprehensive reconciliation on numerous P&L accounts and cash, A/R, and key balance sheet accounts, working directly with support groups to clear reconciling items.
  • Created numerous spreadsheet reports used to track revenue projections, P&L of each location, commission payments, and numerous financial analysis tools.
  • Participate in ERP implementation and testing.
  • Work with FP&A for support and remediation of issues.

Senior Accountant

Amwins Group
05.2016 - 03.2022
  • Company Overview: Amwins Group is a specialty insurance broker with $2.4 billion in revenue and over 5,000 employees internationally.
  • Responsible for the accounting and reporting of Amwins’ consolidated entities utilizing Great Plains. Provided research and recommendations to upper management. Supervised 2 Staff Accountants and reported directly to the Corporate Controller.
  • Took ownership over multiple expense, receivable and liability accounts across 56 separate ledgers.
  • Streamlined internal controls for the personnel expense processes to ensure compliance and proper recognition.
  • Establish vested units and dividend process for payout and recognizing expense correctly in the ledger.
  • Work with M&A to cultivate new acquisition transition to the corporate ledger.
  • Developed and implemented formal accounting policies and procedures for all areas of accounting.
  • Increased accuracy of personnel-related balance sheet accounts by 20%.
  • Led successful Great Plains ERP conversion.
  • Maintained chart of accounts, G/L account reconciliation, and analysis of trial balances for all entities.
  • Maintained and analyzed budgets, and prepared monthly budget vs. actual reports.
  • Analyzed financial results and provided variance memos/schedules and account reconciliations to ensure consistent internal control applied over all entities and financial reports.
  • Prepared inter-company accounting, consolidation & elimination entries.
  • Created and implemented a new payroll data input template to increase efficiency with monthly payroll preparation and reconciliation.
  • Executed the benefits/payroll accounting process and associated analysis.
  • Implemented Stop Loss procedure and owned the entire claims process.

Accountant

C. Lewis & Company
12.2007 - 05.2016
  • Company Overview: C. Lewis & Company is a forensic Accounting broker with €1 billion in revenue, and world leaders in their field.
  • Responsible for transactional activity utilizing Sage TimeSlips and Quickbooks. Supervised 1 Accountant and reported directly to the Controller. Promoted in short time to achieve a broader scope of the financial operation. Acted in an Assistant Controller capacity.
  • Ensure compliance with external financially oriented reporting requirements; generate filings and ensure accuracy, quality, and timeliness of financial reporting.
  • Prepared journal entries for month-end accruals, pre-paid adjustments, and unrecorded liabilities; maintained fixed assets sub-ledger including reconciliation to general ledger; maintained inter-company accounting, consolidation & elimination entries.
  • Record intercompany transactions along with all cash/credit card activity and invoice the applicable clients working around international tax treaties in place.
  • Researched accounting issues and procedures with emphasis on best-practices.
  • Manage Chart of Accounts and new vendor/client setup.
  • Traveled to worksites to establish rapport with decision makers from large insurance conglomerates such as AIG, McLarens, Lloyd’s of London.
  • Oversee Full cycle transactional activity with Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Pfeiffer University

Continuing Education - Accounting Concentration

York Technical College
12.2017

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

State University of New York, Purchase College
05.2013

Skills

  • Accounting Oversight
  • Financial Reporting and Control
  • Budget, Planning & Forecasting
  • Payroll/Benefit Administration
  • Flux Analysis
  • ERP Implementation
  • Staff Supervision & Development
  • Mergers / Acquisitions / Divestitures

Websites

Timeline

Senior Accountant

Amerit Fleet Services
03.2022 - Current

Senior Accountant

Amwins Group
05.2016 - 03.2022

Accountant

C. Lewis & Company
12.2007 - 05.2016

Continuing Education - Accounting Concentration

York Technical College

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

State University of New York, Purchase College

Master of Business Administration -

Pfeiffer University

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