Objective

My goal is to obtain a high level accounting position at an established company.

Education

Master of Business Administration - June 2005
  University of Southern Phoenix, GPA 3.7

Bachelor of Science in Business - February 2004
  University of Northern Phoenix, GPA 3.31

Employment Experience

Apollo Group Inc. Corporate Lead Finance Analyst - May 2006 to Current

• Create budgets for Information Technology departments
• Ad-Hoc financial reporting and forecasting
• Accruals and general ledger adjustments for month-end
• Budget analysis for 25 departments
• Headcount tracking for budgetary purposes
• Incentive bonus calculations
• Project management and tracking for capitalized projects

City of Tucson - City Court
Accountant - July 2004 to May 2006

• Establish accounting procedures for City Court
• Audit adherence to minimum accounting standards set by the state of Arizona
• Reconcile AZTEC court system to account balances in Advantage accounting system
• Create journal entry adjustments
• Reconcile credit card statements
• Track and forecast revenue
• Budget analysis
• Created Access database to track checks
• Process and audit requests for reimbursement

Apollo Press/University of Phoenix
Financial Analyst II - March 2000 to July 2004

• Create budgets for Apollo Press, Corporate Education Content Group, and Resource - over 60 million in revenue annually
• Forecasting reports and spreadsheets
• Budget analysis for five departments
• Financial and operational research and analysis; prepare reports and projections from results
• Responsible for month-end inventory reconciliation
• Responsible for reviewing contracts for Resource and Corporate Education Content Group for accuracy
• Create high dollar requisitions & purchase orders for Apollo Press and Resource
• Track and follow up on all purchase orders and requisitions for the department to ensure payment
• Generate invoices for UOPE's (University of Phoenix Editions) distributors
• Allocated UPS (United Parcel Service) shipping costs to campuses
• Run and evaluate various Osiris and Oracle financial reports
• Review General Ledger reports for discrepancies and variances, create journal entries as necessary
• Designed and implemented billing system for Corporate Education Content Group and Apollo Press
• Review and approve expense reports for Senior Management in department
• Promoted from Accountant I to current position

American Stores Company
Inventory Auditor III - August 1998 to March 2000

• Review physical inventory forms prepared by stores for completeness and accuracy
• Verify store uses proper sales and purchases
• Verify proper calculation of cost of sales and shrink
• Determine stores write on/off
• Reconcile various inventory accounts
• Determine and book Gross Margin dollars and percentages
• Responsible for training of new associates and temporary employees
• Run and distribute multiple financial reports from a Mainframe network
• Auditing and preparation of inventory paperwork
• Promoted from Inventory Auditor II to Accounts Payable Coordinator and then to Inventory Auditor III

A.G.K. Restaurants
Assistant Manager - January 1994 to March 1998

• Analyzed and improved departmental operations resulting in increased productivity
• Oversee and manage productivity
• Training of new mangers
• Interviewing, hiring and orientations of all new and prospective employees
• Produced the schedules, which consisted of: analyzing past sales and trends to calculate a projection for future sales, determine number of people needed to support projected sales, calculate labor percentages and adjust accordingly to meet labor goals
• Responsible for inventory reconciliation, balancing month-end journal entries and calculating if goals were met

Related Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Windows 2000/98/NT/XP, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project, Visual Basic, and Visio)
• Completed the following training classes: Financial and Report Analysis Workshop, MS Excel Advanced, Business Objects, Purchasing Financial Systems, MS Visio 2000, MS FrontPage, Budget Process (Corporate), Employer Billing
• Experienced in handling time sensitive and confidential information
• Knowledgeable of GAAP accounting principals