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Sarah Coffey

Columbus

Summary

Highly-motivated and deadline-committed professional, eager to learn with a coachable nature and looking to thrive as a Financial Accountant using past experience in various accounting roles.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Financial Accountant

Univar Solutions
07.2022 - Current
  • Assists with step plan entries following company's acquisition and movement from public to private sector
  • Primary intercompany contact for over 30 entities, collaborating with over 25 foreign and local partners daily and at month-end to tie out intercompany balances on a global basis within SAP and OneStream
  • Leads year-end project to communicate and invoice corporate cost allocations
  • Streamlines processes for netted payments, PCard/TCard accruals, year-end capitalization, and intercompany reconciliations globally
  • Researches, supports, and ties out over 100 journal entries monthly
  • Performs monthly account reconciliations within Blackline

Staff Accountant & Compliance Analyst

CBRE FacilitySource
06.2021 - 07.2022
  • Prepared over 25 journal entries to revenue, expense, and balance sheet accounts and posted into Great Plains for month-end close
  • Reconciled balance sheet accounts monthly, including cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable, and uploaded into Cadency
  • Recorded and posted daily cash deposits for over 50 clients, cleared outgoing checks, researched stale checks and reversed ACHs, and reconciled bank accounts daily
  • Performed tax assessment for client invoices, issued resale certificates to vendors, and reconciled tax liability between proprietary software and Avalara monthly
  • Reviewed all signed MSAs to ensure accurate billing
  • Maintained all amortization and depreciation schedules in Excel
  • Organized and lead multiple audits yearly
  • Primary contact for all departments to assess compliance, including Internal Audit, Finance, AR, AP, and Operations
  • Documented and implemented new/revised policies and processes by updating SOX/SOC control matrices, SOPs, and flowcharts

Previous Employment

Various
01.2008 - 06.2021

Continually employed in varied work including operations, office administration, and management/trainer positions in the hospitality and food & beverage industries

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Accounting

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
12.2020

Skills

  • Account Reconciliation
  • GAAP Accounting
  • Collaboration
  • Problem-Solving
  • Process Enhancement
  • Organizational
  • Attention to Detail
  • Intercompany
  • Month-End Close
  • Microsoft Excel Certified
  • General Ledger Entries
  • Financial Analysis (Flux)

Timeline

Senior Financial Accountant

Univar Solutions
07.2022 - Current

Staff Accountant & Compliance Analyst

CBRE FacilitySource
06.2021 - 07.2022

Previous Employment

Various
01.2008 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - Accounting

The Ohio State University
Sarah Coffey