Michael McDermott
Broomfield,CO
Summary
Personable business professional bringing successful 12-year career in financial roles within large and fast-paced corporations. Release-planning specialist trained in advanced Excel modeling. Creative solutions architect with real-time problem-solving flexibility.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accounting to Reporting Specialist
Epiroc USA LLC
12.2016 - Current
- Lead reporting for 3 Epiroc entities, and provided support for 6 additional entities
- Worked across various platforms to create, generate, manage and schedule systematic reports for multiple stakeholders.
- Liaised with senior leadership to identify data needs and interpret existing data for consideration.
- Supported cross-functional relationships to discuss and seek resolution to issues discovered during analysis of various reports and data.
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
Tax Analyst
Epiroc USA LLC
10.2015 - 12.2016
- Monitored, reconcile and managed the Sales Reports weekly and during month end closes
- Prepare reconciliations for internal cash accounts
- Prepare reconciliations for intercompany general ledger to subledger accounts
- Prepare reconciliations for other assigned balance sheet accounts
- Complete month end processing, including journal entry preparation and account reconciliations
- Provide accounting support for the Financial Manager and Business Controller
- Prepare financial analysis as requested
- Provide pertinent information/reports for use by all levels of management
- Setup and Maintained Customer Accounts in AR System
- Collect and Maintain customer information including credit applications, financial statements, and tax documents
- Reviewed customer credit history and financial statements to determine risk and creditworthiness
- Reviewed customer orders on hold
- Promptly contact collections analysts for delinquent accounts to arrange payment release
- Work with appropriate store & sales personnel in the management of disputes and collections activities
- Ensure all paperwork for financed transaction is executed quickly and accurately, to assure prompt funding
- Reconcile and complete journal entry for sales tax monthly
- Verify if the organization is complying with the policies and obligations prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the state and local authorities
- Assist with disbursements, sales tax, auditing, general ledger, and additional departmental projects as needed
- Use Excel daily to work on spreadsheets and create reports, tables, v-lookups, and formulas
- Maintain an understanding of UCC code, lien filing and secured transactions
- Communicated with external customers and taxing jurisdictions to clarify tax notices and resolve other inquiries.
- Analyzed tax issues and made recommendations for remediation to management.
- Attended continuing education and [Type] courses to increase professional expertise and obtain knowledge of updated tax laws and compliance criteria.
Credit Analyst
Epiroc USA, LLC
10.2013 - 12.2016
- Reviewed credit reports to comprehensively view borrowers' credit history and identify potential red flags.
- Analyzed credit scores to determine borrowers' creditworthiness.
- Made decisions and recommendations about extending lines of credit.
- Analyzed customer data such as financial statements to determine level of risk involved for extending credit.
Customer Service Representative
Staples Inc
03.2011 - 10.2013
- Managed collections portfolios, for a variety of different types of accounts, including small, mid-range, and large market; as well as EDI and Diversity accounts
- Extensively used collections tools based in Excel, Oracle, Access, AS400, Explorer and Outlook
- Ensured faxes, emails and follow up calls were made to all delinquent customers
- Documented customer issues, in order to determine necessary follow up
- Pulled and manipulated large excel reports, using Oracle and Excel, in order to research, analyze and reconcile open AR, and customer payments
- Corresponded with customers to determine and correct issues causing payment delays
- Ensured they were provided with all information necessary to make timely payments (copies of invoices, proof of delivery, terms, remittance address, etc.)
- Escalated ongoing collections issues appropriately when necessary, by involving management (Credit and Sales)
- Communicated with internal departments (Sales, Tax Team, Billing, etc.) to help resolve root issues, ensure necessary credits were being issued, verify billing method was correct, etc
- Planned and organized work in order to meet company service level agreements, and ensure business needs were met promptly
- Assisted with training new employees when needed
Customer Service Representative
Visa Inc
11.2008 - 11.2010
- Provided World Class Support and Service to our customer base via inbound phone calls, e-mail, and eTickets
- Generated outbound calls regarding information on aspects of Visa products
- Evaluate the nature of each call and determine the appropriate action to resolve the issue
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences, Sociology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO05.2006
Some College (No Degree) - Accounting and Finance
Regis University
Denver, COSkills
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Etc)
- Excellent organizational skills that help to manage tasks and pay acute attention to detailing
- Strong financial statement analysis skills
- Proficient at reconciling various types of accounts
- Ability to prioritize and balance workload across multiple tasks
- Team Meetings
- Continuous Assessments
- Statistical Analytics
- Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Monthly Reporting
- Accounting Systems
- Balance Sheets
- Data and Analytics
- Regulatory Reporting Requirements
- Data Research
Timeline
Senior Accounting to Reporting Specialist
Epiroc USA LLC
12.2016 - Current
Tax Analyst
Epiroc USA LLC
10.2015 - 12.2016
Credit Analyst
Epiroc USA, LLC
10.2013 - 12.2016
Customer Service Representative
Staples Inc
03.2011 - 10.2013
Customer Service Representative
Visa Inc
11.2008 - 11.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences, Sociology
Colorado State University
Some College (No Degree) - Accounting and Finance
Regis University
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