Sage Intact
Valery Celestin
BOYNTON BEACH,FL
Summary
Dynamic Technical Corporate Accountant with a proven track record at Pavion, skilled in strategic leadership and general ledger management. Expertise in financial reporting and variance analysis, driving operational efficiency and accuracy. Successfully refined accounting policies, enhancing compliance and reducing discrepancies, while fostering collaboration across departments to support budgeting and forecasting initiatives.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Corporate Accountant
Pavion
03.2024 - Current
- Oversee the monthly close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting while managing various daily accounting functions.
- Maintain and reconcile the general ledger, ensuring compliance with GAAP and internal policies.
- Lead month-end close activities, including reviewing journal entries, analyzing financial data, and preparing internal reports for management.
- Establish and refine accounting policies and procedures to improve operational efficiency and financial accuracy.
- Conduct thorough reviews of account reconciliations and financial analyses to ensure completeness and precision in reporting.
- Manage debt recording and reconciliation processes to maintain financial integrity.
- Utilize advanced accounting software to generate reports, financial statements, and presentations for key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to develop operating budgets, support financial planning initiatives, and drive strategic decision-making.
Senior Corporate Accountant
Jushi Holdings
01.2023 - 02.2024
- Oversee accounting entries and account reconciliations for payroll, leases, prepaids, accruals, debt, equity, and intercompany transactions to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Partnered closely with the payroll team to analyze the general ledger impact of payroll-related transactions, allocations, and allocation methodologies across retail and manufacturing entities.
- Collaborated with GP and Retail accounting teams, as well as cross-functional departments, to assess the financial impact of transactions and optimize allocation methodologies.
- Conducted in-depth research and variance analysis to identify and explain monthly financial fluctuations.
- Prepared and reviewed financial schedules to support regulatory, statutory, and management reporting, ensuring timely and accurate financial disclosures.
- Developed corporate accounting schedules as supporting documentation for quarterly and annual filings.
- Assisted in preparing audit documentation and supporting materials for quarterly and annual external audits.
- Supported mergers and acquisitions activities with thorough due diligence procedures, safeguarding company interests during negotiations.
- Flux analysis. Reduced financial discrepancies by conducting thorough account analyses and identifying areas for improvement in data management.
Senior Property Accountant
First Service Residential
12.2016 - 08.2022
- · Issued financial statements for over 20 HOAs on a monthly basis.
- Monitored reserve funding for timeliness and accuracy recorded day-to-day financial transactions and completed the posting process.
- Conducted research and reconciled any discrepancies.
- Amortized all prepaid charges (Maintenance contracts, insurance, etc) on a monthly basis.
- Ensured proper recording and transfer of transactions to subsidiary accounts while maintaining the general ledger.
- Audited and verified all transactions on a monthly basis.
- Reviewed budgets and communicated discrepancies to senior management.
- Handled month-end and year-end end finances by managing and reporting fixed assets and other data.
Financial Analyst
Desjardins Bank
05.2012 - 12.2016
- Prepared, examined, or analyzed accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards and payment postings.
- Collected, analyzed, and summarized account information to generate monthly financial statements, reports, and records.
- Created periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs.
- Analyzed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting.
- Generated financial statements and facilitated account closing procedures each month.
- Processed and reported fixed assets.
- Reviewed bank statements daily for cash flow projections.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Barry University
Miami, FL05-2012
Skills
- Strategic leadership
- General ledger management
- Payroll processing
- Fixed asset management
- Project accounting
- Journal entries
- Bookkeeping and reconciliation
- Consolidated financial statements
Software
Dynamic Business Central
QuickBooks
Xero
SAP
NetSuite
Timeline
Technical Corporate Accountant
Pavion
03.2024 - Current
Senior Corporate Accountant
Jushi Holdings
01.2023 - 02.2024
Senior Property Accountant
First Service Residential
12.2016 - 08.2022
Financial Analyst
Desjardins Bank
05.2012 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Barry University
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