Lisa A. Williams
Southfield
Summary
Talented financial leader well-versed in accounting principles and regulations. Motivated to keep company financial operations compliant, accurate, and cost-effective. Ready to bring 20+ years of experience and take on challenging new role.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Controller
GDI Integrated Facility Services
03.2023 - Current
- Month end journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations
- Business unit setup for all new contracts including contract verification
- General ledger maintenance and new account creation
- Ensure timely reporting of all monthly financial information
- Manage AR including billing, daily deposits and collections
- Communicate with external customers to resolve collections/payment issues
- Expense tracking and analysis
- Compile documentation for financial audits
- Oversee vendor and customer, new set up and maintenance
- Forecasting
- Add new GL accounts when needed
- Fixed Asset Management
- Record payroll and balance payroll files to bank statements
- Some treasury functions, including payroll file verification and payroll fraud control
- Positive Pay and check exception verification
- Prepare ad hoc reports as needed
Senior Accounting Manager
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02.2015 - 03.2023
- Manage team members that are responsible for investigation, analysis, escalation & resolution of vendor accounts payable issues to ensure timely payment to vendors but also optimize company cash flow, while mitigating risk
- Inventory and revenue recognition
- Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information
- Responsible for the management of established system, controls, and operational data to ensure data integrity and accuracy, including any system implementation or upgrades
- Establish working procedures and processes for accounting personnel
- Maintaining vendor and cross-functional relationships and setting progress goals
- Reviews general ledger monthly to ensure accuracy of posting
- Wire Transfers
- Credit card management
- Update policies, internal controls and procedures as needed
- Prepares and enters monthly adjusting journal entries
- Analyze and reconcile accounts as required
- Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy
- Responsible for all general ledger functions and consolidating of financial statements
- Ensure a clean and timely year-end audit
- Manage the development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department
- Provide training to new and existing staff as needed
- Ad-Hoc reporting
Accounting Manager
Rampf Group Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close
- Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information
- Responsible for the management of established systems, controls, and operational data to ensure data integrity and accuracy, including any system implementation or upgrades
- Establish working procedures and processes for accounting personnel
- Manage accounts payable and receivable department
- Maintaining vendor and cross-functional relationships and setting progress goals
- Review general ledger monthly to ensure accuracy of posting
- Prepares and enters monthly adjusting journal entries
- Analyze and reconcile accounts as required
- Manage daily banking requirements, including wire transfers and Euro bank account activities
- Ensure monthly and quarterly bank compliance
- Supports budget and forecasting activities
- Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy
- Responsible for all general ledger functions and consolidating of financial statements
- Ensure a clean and timely year-end audit
- Manage the development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department
- Respond to inquiries from the CEO and Germany counter parts regarding financial results, special reporting requests
- Provide training to new and existing staff as needed
HR Manager
Rampf Group Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Briefing new managers on the policies and procedures of an organization in conjunction with development and learning team, providing coaching to managers on difficult and complex issues
- Liaising with management team on salary levels for existing and prospective staff consistent with organization market conditions and policies
- Ensuring the maintenance of all payroll and HR data
- Reviewing and revising HR policies in compliance with changing or new legislation
- Developing personal policies, maintaining and updating policy manuals as well as employee handbooks as needed
- Collecting ongoing information regarding satisfaction of employee on salary packages and wage, working conditions, etc
- Keeping managers informing on antidiscrimination regulations
- Conducting new employee orientation program and other educational and training programs on changes in benefits, diversity, etc
- Administering and keeping information on benefits and compensation packages up to date
- Receiving employee complaints and acting accordingly to resolve them
- Utilizing outside resources to monitor issues and concerns in employment law, communicating potential changes to senior management
Education
M.B.A. - Managerial Accounting
Davenport University
Dearborn, MISkills
- Financial Reporting
- System Integrations
- NetSuite, Hyperion, Great Plains
- Cash Management
- Leadership
- Inventory Management
- Audit Lead
- Global Finance
- IFRS, SOX
- GAAP
- Month end close
- Bank reconciliation
Timeline
Assistant Controller
GDI Integrated Facility Services
03.2023 - Current
Senior Accounting Manager
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02.2015 - 03.2023
HR Manager
Rampf Group Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2014
Accounting Manager
Rampf Group Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2014
M.B.A. - Managerial Accounting
Davenport University