RHONDA BYNUM
Lexitas
Kingwood,TX
22
years of professional experience
Strategic accounting and finance leader with 20+ years of progressive experience overseeing corporate accounting, financial reporting, month-end close, budgeting, audit support, fixed assets, and ERP implementations. Proven track record of improving financial processes, strengthening internal controls, leading high-performing accounting teams, and delivering accurate, timely financial reporting to executive leadership. Extensive experience supporting multi-location organizations, system conversions, process automation initiatives, and cross-functional business partnerships.
Work History
Director of Accounting
1 Year 4 Months- Oversaw monthly close activities, ensuring accurate preparation and review of standard and non-recurring journal entries.
- Strengthened balance sheet integrity through detailed account reconciliations and timely resolution of discrepancies between general ledger and subledgers.
- Developed monthly corporate P&L analyses, delivering insights on budget-to-actual and month-over-month variances to executive leadership.
- Partnered with executives during the annual budgeting process to improve expense classification accuracy and forecast treatment of amortizable assets.
- Streamlined month-end close process by implementing SharePoint-based checklist, enhancing collaboration and reducing close-cycle time.
- Managed annual 1099 reporting process, ensuring accurate vendor reporting and resolution of NetSuite reconciliation issues.
- Supported customer compliance requirements through timely administration of Certificates of Insurance.
Corporate Assistant Controller
3 Months- Directed monthly close activities, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Redesigned the Construction-in-Progress reporting process, eliminating manual data entry and significantly improving reporting efficiency.
- Collaborated with Payroll leadership to develop enhanced payroll reporting that improved monthly payroll accrual accuracy.
- Identified and resolved reconciliation issues between subsidiary systems and the general ledger, strengthening financial reporting reliability.
Assistant Controller
10 Years 7 Months- Progressively promoted from Senior Accountant to Assistant Controller, supporting a large multi-location automotive aftermarket organization.
- Oversaw financial reporting and analysis for more than 200 retail locations, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities across store operations.
- Served as primary finance partner to District Managers and executive leadership regarding operating performance and variance analysis.
- Led accounting integration efforts between XL Parts and The Parts House, standardizing accounting processes and improving consistency across organizations.
- Played a critical leadership role in the implementation of Epicor ERP, serving as Accounting Subject Matter Expert throughout configuration, testing, and deployment.
- Led implementation and organizational adoption of Chrome River expense management software, including executive training and process development.
- Directed payroll account mapping and cost center alignment during company-wide UKG payroll system conversion.
- Successfully implemented MRI fixed asset software and completed enterprise-wide fixed asset barcode tagging initiative.
- Designed and developed monthly capital expenditure reporting utilized by executive leadership to monitor spending against budget.
- Supervised teams of up to five accountants while providing coaching, development, and performance management.
- Served as Interim Controller for both XL Parts and The Parts House and Interim Accounts Payable Manager during critical leadership transitions.
- Supported multiple external, internal, JSOX, and sales tax audits as primary accounting contact, ensuring successful audit completion.
- Assisted with onboarding and training of key finance leadership, including CFO, FP&A leaders, Controllers, and accounting staff.
- Prepared and reviewed monthly journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement analyses.
- Conducted detailed variance analyses on consolidated financial statements and departmental results.
- Led quarterly balance sheet reviews with parent company executives and senior leadership.
- Maintained compliance with financial reporting requirements, internal controls, and accounting policies.
Senior Accountant
7 Months- Managed monthly close activities, journal entries, reconciliations, fixed assets, and sales tax compliance.
- Implemented the Great Plains fixed asset module, improving fixed asset tracking and reporting capabilities.
- Prepared multi-state sales and use tax filings and assisted with external audit requirements.
- Strengthened accuracy of intercompany reconciliations and cash management processes.
Senior Accountant
6 Years- Managed general accounting functions, including financial reporting, reconciliations, fixed assets, budgeting support, and sales tax compliance.
- Developed capital expenditure reporting that enhanced management visibility into spending and project performance.
- Coordinated annual fixed asset inventories and maintained compliance with corporate asset management policies.
- Collaborated with internal and external auditors to support financial and sales tax audits.
- Partnered with operational leaders to monitor expenditures and ensure compliance with authorization policies.
Staff Accountant
2 Years 3 MonthsEducation
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
- Magna Cum Laude
- Honors:
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Dean's List
- Bauer College of Business Dean's List
- GPA: 3.67
Skills
NetSuite
Epicor (Vision
ERP
Prophet 21)
Oracle
MRI (RAM)
UKG
Paycom
Chrome River
Microsoft Office Suite
SharePoint
Smartsheet
Timeline
Director of Accounting
Lexitas
06.2025 - 10.2026Read More
Corporate Assistant Controller
Relevant Industrial, LLC
02.2025 - 05.2025Read More
Assistant Controller
XL Parts / The Parts House, Marubeni Automotive Aftermarket Holdings
03.2014 - 10.2024Read More
Senior Accountant
Guardian Compliance / Seal-Tech
07.2013 - 02.2014Read More
Senior Accountant
Dyna-Drill Technologies (A Schlumberger Company)
06.2007 - 06.2013Read More
Staff Accountant
Howco Metals Management
03.2005 - 06.2007Read More
University of Houston
Bachelor of Business Administration from Accounting
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