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Randall Fisher

Accounting
Ashburn,VA

Summary

Seasoned Finance and Accounting Manager with over 20 years of experience in financial and managerial accounting, global business operations and digital transformation. Extensive experience leading a team of 20+ domestic and international resources, developing and working with cross-organizational and cross-functional teams as well as leveraging outsourced operations in a dynamic and fast-paced working environment.

Overview

13
years of professional experience

Work History

Deloitte

Accounting Manager, General Ledger
01.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Tasked with completing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing, including preparation of journal entries, account/variance analysis, and coordination of audits.
  • Monthly post cost recovery entries for six entities.
  • Generate accurate financial statements, in accordance with IFRS accounting standards and internal policies and procedures.
  • Assist in setting up financial systems and metrics that will measure and communicate accurate financial status.
  • Contribute as needed to areas of budgeting, forecasting, and analysis Maintain, document, and review processes for internal controls.
  • Streamline department functions to ensure optimal productivity, efficiency, and accuracy.
  • Support year-end external audit for Germany and Singapore.
  • Advance Global Finance strategic initiatives by attending meetings, providing subject matter expertise, and preparing ad hoc reports.
  • Work closely with existing Global Finance team, leaders, and member firms on ad-hoc projects as required including c-suite initiatives to prepare analytics, solicit input, and develop recommendations and implementation plans.
  • Have passion for teaming and contribute to development of the Finance team through learning initiatives and knowledge share sessions, networking events, and other areas aimed at building our global footprint and strengthening our Finance brand.
  • Implemented SAP S/4 Hana from SAP ECC plus Blackline for balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Leading AR collections project on invoices that have significantly aged.
  • Helped implement Treasury and Risk Management (TRM) for SAP S/4 Hana.
  • Weekly prepare data from Tableau for Member Firm Controllers.

The Airline Tariff Publishing Company

Shared Services Manager, Accounting
01.2019 - 01.2021

Job overview

  • Directed a team of 4 Accountants ensuring and managing all aspects of General Accounting, AR, AP and Treasury functions.
  • Implemented Workday’s ERP solution to replace Netsuite and Microsoft Dynamics.
  • Performed 50 recs for Balance sheet accounts.
  • Recorded revenue under ASC 606 guidelines for Quote-to-Cash with two accountants.
  • Implemented and administer the T&E card program with AMEX using Concur as the platform that feeds into Microsoft Dynamics-Solomon helping to get away from a manual process.
  • Performed Intercompany entries with RouteHappy.
  • Performed monthly entries for Prepaids and Fixed Assets for ASC 842
  • Performed monthly accruals for AP.
  • Approved journal entries and helped with month-end close activities.
  • Enter AP invoices as needed and manage one contractor who monitors our AP inbox.
  • Administrator in Microsoft Dynamics to add/delete/maintain Chart of Accounts, Users, Banking information, and really maintaining integrity environment control.
  • PNC Bank Account admin and load positive pay files weekly and administer payments.
  • Led state sales tax filings for 15 different states covering all the previous year’s not filed.

Verizon/AOL

Senior Manager, Accounting Shared Services
01.2011 - 01.2019

Job overview

  • Led the charge to build global business services organization to support AOL’s $3B digital media business, managing a $21M annual budget.
  • Ensured acquisitions were integrated into AOL’s financial structure, team and culture.
  • Held various leadership positions overseeing Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, revenue accounting, fixed asset accounting, enterprise-wide SOX oversight, treasury management, sales compensation administration, leasing administration and unclaimed property.
  • Served as strategic advisor to Assistant Controller, ensuring mission and objectives of the Controller’s organization were aligned with the needs and expectations of the business.
  • Fostered environment of continuous improvement by implementing new technologies for process automation and re-engineering to create streamlined and efficient processes.
  • Led talent development, mentoring and coaching initiatives for Controller’s organization.
  • Implemented RPA across global business services organization, saving over 1,000 hours a month.
  • Led creation of a regional captive center in Dublin, Ireland to support AOL’s international growth.
  • Directed strategic repatriation of AOL’s business process outsourcing operations, resulting in overall reduction of outsourced headcount by 35%.
  • Reduced billing cycle time by 55%, from an average of 31 days to 14 days.
  • Implemented a PCI-compliant application resulting in $2M+ cost savings and improved control environment.
  • Achieved DSO of 39.5 days, a 14% year over year improvement.
  • Automated T&E risk audits and built comprehensive spend analytics dashboards in Tableau for oversight.
  • Launched a cloud-based sales compensation tool for 700+ plan participants reducing annual costs by $60K.
  • Implemented Electronic Bank Statements (EBS) in SAP ECC, decreasing annual costs by $80K and reducing monthly reconciliation turnaround time by 71% for 60+ accounts.
  • Prepared dashboard reporting evaluated operational / customer metrics, and suggested improvements and best practices to optimize efficiency and achieve departmental goals.

Education

Marshall University
Huntington, WV

Master of Business Administration – Management

Radford University
Radford, VA

Bachelor of Business Administration – Finance

Saint Leo University
Tampa, FL

Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Advisory Services
  • Order-to-Cash Shared Services
  • Procure-to-Pay Shared Services
  • Treasury Management
  • Business Process Outsourcing
  • Change Agent
  • Process Design
  • Process Improvements
  • Robotics Process Automation
  • Team Builder
  • Talent Development
  • Financial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Financial Reporting & Analysis
  • Acquisition Integration
  • SOX Compliance
  • Internal Auditing
  • SAP ECC and SAP 4/Hana
  • Netsuite
  • Workday
  • Sage
  • QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Dynamics-SL
  • Blackline
  • Salesforce and Exactly
  • Great Plains
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel
  • Word
  • Access
  • Teams
  • Hyperion
  • Essbase
  • Concur
  • ServiceNow
  • Snagit/Adobe Pro
  • GLSU
  • Tableau

Timeline

Accounting Manager, General Ledger

Deloitte
01.2021 - Current

Shared Services Manager, Accounting

The Airline Tariff Publishing Company
01.2019 - 01.2021

Senior Manager, Accounting Shared Services

Verizon/AOL
01.2011 - 01.2019

Marshall University

Master of Business Administration – Management

Radford University

Bachelor of Business Administration – Finance

Saint Leo University

Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting

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