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RemoteHybridLocation: Columbia, USA, USColumbia, MO
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Stacy Soendker
Columbia,USA
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Summary
Hardworking and detail-oriented Senior Accountant with 15+ years of experience in financial reporting, accounts payable, and internal controls within the finance and business services industry. Proven track record in leading month-end close processes, managing multi-million dollar accounts, and enhancing operational efficiencies. Expertise in GAAP compliance and financial statement preparation, with a strong focus on process improvements and data analysis to drive organizational success.
Work History
Senior Accountant
The Premiere Group
Columbia, MO
04.2024 - Current
- Excellent ability to analyze financial data, spot discrepancies, and generate actionable insights for management.
- Led the month-end close process, including reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statement preparation for multiple companies at the same time.
- Developed and maintained internal controls to safeguard company assets and prevent fraud.
- Created accounts payable functions, overseeing accurate processing of invoices and timely payments to vendors.
- Conducted regular inventory reconciliations to ensure accuracy of reported values and financial correctness.
- Assisted in the preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
- Identified opportunities for process improvements within the accounting department and sharing them with colleagues.
- Prepared monthly bank reconciliations ensuring accuracy of recorded transactions and research of any discrepancies.
- Analyzed historical data to identify trends in revenue growth or decline across different product lines/segments.
- Investigated and resolved discrepancies in financial records, ensuring accuracy of reported financial results.
- Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations in order to support the work in the system.
- Managed inventory transactions and reconciliations for multiple entities.
- Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for management review.
- Report to location managers, General Managers and my own Vice Presidents and Managers my accounting findings and processes for improvement.
- Traveling to locations to help create better processes and more understanding of what they are doing.
- All deposits for 40+ companies I processed into their bank accounts from my check scanner in office daily. Keeping detailed files as backup for the other accountants.
- Recording sale and acquisition entries for new properties or assets accurately.
- Monthly reconciliation of loans to loan documents, matching principal, interest and escrow. Also adjusting escrow as needed.
Senior Accountant
MFA Incorporated
Columbia, MO
02.2022 - 04.2024
- Utilize Excel to aid in balancing multi million dollar accounts.
- Maintain multi million dollar vendor accounts up to date.
- Maintain required licenses or permits for 10 states.
- Efficiently balance and maintain 25 + general ledger accounts based on vendor.
- Maintain a timely payment of all A/P and A/R invoices.
- Yearly auditing and verification for sales reconciliation of over 120+ stores.
- Calculate and process incentives based on over 40 factors.
- Track, process and reconcile inventory quantities yearly.
- Monthly and weekly journal entries for any cost adjustments.
- Balance sales within 99-102% yearly with our biggest vendor in order to qualify for vendor payouts.
- Understand and support the preparation of the budget for Seed department yearly; including working with the Vice President and other departments.
Accounting Specialist
Habermehl Accounting
Columbia, MO
07.2015 - 02.2022
- Managed and Maintained Biweekly payrolls for multiple companies in Excel and Peachtree.
- Managed and Maintained Account Payable records in Excel and Peachtree for multiple companies.
- Managed monthly recurring Account Payable check payments.
- Maintained monthly sales records for multiple companies in Excel and Peachtree.
- Managed deposits and reconciled to monthly bank statements, including entering journal entries into Peachtree.
- Managed multiple companies online banking accounts, including setting up ACH payments and recurring ACH payments.
- Managed rent vendor payments and keeping track of changing payments amounts and lease expirations.
- Designed an Excel spreadsheet to cut down on time while allocating credit card charges.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
COLUMBIA COLLEGE
Columbia, MO01-2011
Skills
- Bank reconciliation
- GAAP proficiency
- Accounts receivable management
- Fixed asset accounting
- General ledger management
- Internal controls implementation
- Journal entry posting
- GAAP compliance
- Month-end closing management
- Year-end closing
Timeline
Senior Accountant
The Premiere Group
04.2024 - Current
Senior Accountant
MFA Incorporated
02.2022 - 04.2024
Accounting Specialist
Habermehl Accounting
07.2015 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
COLUMBIA COLLEGE