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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateRenee D. Farr Accounting ProfileMemphis, TN Email: EMAIL AVAILABLE Phone: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLESkills: SEC Reporting, US GAAP Principles, Strategic Planning Business Development, Financial Planning & Reporting,Financial Modeling and Analysis, Fiscal Budgeting, Budget Variance, Cash Flow Analysis, Data Extraction/Mining, AccountsPayable/Receivables, Vendor Maintenance, Acquisitions and Mergers transitional processes, Project Management, UnclaimedPropertySystems: Oracle Cloud Financials, Sage, JDE, Service Now, Workday, Asana, SAP BI, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, Cognos, Ariba, Concur T&E Reporting, Great Plains, Juris, QuickBooks Desktop, Microsoft Office. Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Professional 9, Enterprise, NPD,Education: Bachelor - International Trade & Accounting - Southern Illinois University 1994Associates - Business Administration & Accounting - John A Logan College 1992Work History:Senior Accountant (Hybrid) FedEx Memphis, TN Robert Half International (Oct 2023 May 2024)Performing month end close processes including JEs for and accruals for Outside Service Contract, Payroll, and Professional Service vendors for the Dataworks business segment using Oracle Cloud FinancialsMonthly balance sheet reconciliation for Prepaid Services and updating the Top 25 Outside Services vendors for Senior Management. Completing knowledge transfer for new accountants on business processes, month end close, and accruals as assigned.Reconciling a historical cleanup of outstanding balance sheet account for misdirected funds for intercompany transactions between FedEx Services, Critical Customers, Freight, Supply Chain and Express.Posting cash application payments in Sage for Accounts Payable for Domestic US and UK for check, ACH, and credit cards.Senior Real Estate Accountant (Hybrid) CBRE Memphis, TN Robert Half International (June July 2023)Capturing knowledge transfer documentation for transition from US offices to Genpact employeesUpdating daily bank activity, wires, client funding, and checks for clients for US and Canadian accounts. Performed check runs as necessary from client funding to process current payables for vendors and suppliers. Submitting Service Now tickets for Check Runs and Voids. Using JDE Reporting to validate General Ledger activity for clients accounts for month end reporting.Validating Balance Sheet reconciliations for Accrued Payables, Contribution Secondary, and Contributions/aid in Capital accounts for month-end closePreparing AMPP Reporting Close reporting, confirming the BOT reporting for Financial Report Tie outs, Bank, System, Balance Sheet and Payment Register Reconciliation, Journal Entries.Senior Accountant (Hybrid) - Consultant Hilton, Inc - Memphis, TN Pinnacle Group (Aug 2022 June 2023)Performing internal audit review of Hilton payroll codes for US properties. Reviewing the variances between INN codes within the same city to document usage for future reporting tool.Performed detailed analysis, reporting for Sr. HAFS leadership, along with journal entry preparation and other month-end close responsibilities.Using TMX and PeopleSoft to pull employee information and payroll queries to determine Union dues, Health and Welfare, along with Pension calculations for monthly invoices.Grandmother for the Summer (May 2022 Aug 2022)Senior Accountant (Remote) Consultant Workday Inc - Pleasanton CA - Ascent (Nov 2020 April 2022)Project Lead/SME responsible for establishing the Escheatment or Unclaimed Property process for Workday Inc (Domestic).Establishing initial process for compliance for US State regulations. Implemented business processes with BT to create work flow in Workday system. Worked with cross-functional teams to establish testing scripts and finalize production.Completed the research and documentation for Escheatment or Unclaimed property using the National Association of Unclaimed website. Worked with Corporate Accounting, Accounts Payable and Receivables, Payroll and Expense teams to determine the outstanding payables for Workday Inc.Responsible for distribution and tracking of due diligence letters to all outstanding payees prior to submitting unclaimed funds to the respective states per Escheatment guidelines. Creating an Ad hoc process for reissuing payee uncleared checks, EFT, and wires.Conducted interviews for external audit selection via recommendation from Outside Counsel and Internal Audit. Lead monthly meetings with internal support team and State Auditors. Set up internal share drive for submission of all documentation supporting the audit process.Identifying and remitting unclaimed or abandoned property types to the state of authority to resolve outstanding historical payables. Prepared weekly summary on project status for Senior Management review.Created SOPs and reporting summary for unclaimed property. Processing international invoices for suppliers, benefits and utilities via Workday system including coding and determining VAT rates.Senior Accountant / Accounting Manager Jacksonville, FL Robert Half International (Aug 19 Aug 20)Supervisor for support staff of 10 employees. Conducting performance reviews, coaching and terminations when needed.Responsible for performing all functions related to Accounting, Human Resources, and Investment Relations manager accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, new hire background checks and drug testing, month end close, expense reductions, corporate tax filing, maintaining shareholders cap tables, communication with various equity intuitions to complete share transfers and annual valuations for 401(k) reporting. Creating Standard Operating Procedures to ensure future process efficiencies.Performed internal audit of Accounts Payable transaction for manufacturing company to determine current balances of inter-company accounts. Provided analysis and reporting for Parent company and allocation of all subsidiaries using Cognos.Providing root cause analysis through data mining historical data to reconcile account discrepancies for Wal-Mart Neighborhood, Sams Club, and Superstores. Documented variations in Job Costing description entries by regional clusters to establish account reconciliation for tax department.Review of P&L and Balance to establish GAAP standards for company records. Development of training materials for new staff accountant. Reconciliation of P&L and General Ledger accounts to establish an accurate account of sales and inventory.Completed the research and documentation on Florida Construction Lien Law for general contractor. Established timeline for requirements of filing construction documents including but not limited to: notice of commencement, notice to owner from subcontractors and suppliers, notice for nonpayment, liens for owners and subcontractors.Senior Revenue Accountant Consultant Sedgwick Memphis, TN Robert Half International (Feb 19 July 19)Responsible for maintaining 50+ Billing in Arrears clients revenue invoicing utilizing SAP, Great Plains and Juris reporting.Prepared general ledger account reconciliations, intercompany eliminations & journal entries. Reviewed the completeness of revenue, and expenses booked each month to ensure all the expenses recurring and non-recurring were recorded properly. Reviewed claims activity and analysis reporting to Client Service Directors to ensure customers contract compliance to resolve all billing questions or discrepancies.Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to ensure future accountants guidance regarding specialized billing criteria.Trained new revenue accountants with SOPs and answer any outstanding questions to ensure billing deadlines.Accounts Payable Manager /Senior Accountant Resources Global ProfessionalsPfizer - Memphis, TN DS COE, Vendor Maintenance, and Acquisition Integration (Feb 14 Dec 18)AP manager responsible for accounts payable processing team of 10 members to create efficiencies and job performance.Reporting US Weekly Sales and Wholesales Inventory for Oncology business unit averaging $1B gross sales. Verified accounting period close reports for Revenue packages, P&Ls, Expense grids along with Travel and Entertainment for North America/Domestic Oncology and Vaccines business units.Creating customized reporting using pivot tables from large databases to report historical trends, key metrics for Cost of Sales, SI&A, R&D and Other Income Deductions. Using Insight Global Data Warehouse system to extract net and gross sales for global oncology including franchise product lines.Responsible for resolving $2.5MM in unclaimed property from an acquired company (Hospira Inc) through Accounts Payable and Receivables research over 12 months. Performed escheatment research and resolution for outstanding checks related to unclaimed properties prior to state and federal deadlines.Used SAP and Ariba for reporting and approvals the capital project purchases based on assets for fiscal year acquisition, company codes, PO numbers, asset class and cost centers to business partner via SharePoint site posting. Balance Sheet Reconciliations for prepaid expenses, accounts payable accruals, and insurance reserves for supporting business units.Managed royalties for multiple products, prepared monthly accruals, reconciliations, and quarterly payments. Provided supporting financial documents for due diligence team in exploring potential M&A efforts. Updated annual summaries for 1042 filings for US based source payments for royalty and interest vendors.Project administrator for Tax Compliance Manager supporting IRS and FASB accounting standards for FATCA compliance. Maintained FATCA database for W-8 collection for all foreign legal entities and third-party vendors.Accounting Analyst - Independent Contractor Memphis, TN Federal Express - Apple One (Sept 13 - Feb 14)Delivered daily reporting on Fraud and Securities activities for international and domestic shipments. Established initial outlines illustrating fraudulent patterns, researched repetitive occurrence of suspicious locations. Investigates forgeries and incomplete shipping labels within customers accounts. Identified and traced any suspicious or high-risk transactions, determining if there is improper activity involved, and determine if there is any risk to the company or its customers.Responsible for month-end accounting close processes, bank reconciliations, clearing accounts, outstanding invoices reporting for supporting business units. Providing vendor listing of miss-coded invoices by departments. Revitalized processes for setting up and maintenance of recurring vendor payments. Ensures expense reports and purchase orders are completed accurately, within budget limits and approved in the system.Accounting Analyst - Strategic Planning Business Development - AutoZone, Inc., Memphis, TN (Sept 09 Feb 13)Coordinator - Strategic Planning Business Development - AutoZone, Inc., Memphis, TN (Feb 05 - Aug 09)Launched strategic initiative reducing 90-day employee voluntary turnover in retail stores to 60% over 3 years ($4.5MM savings / $1.5MM per year chainwide). Partnered with Human Resource team to create an effective training program and materials that focused on employee retention, promotions, empowerment, and accountability. Provided strategic analysis on potential risk in hiring practices to resolve 120 % voluntary turnover in 90-day employees in retail stores.Maintained annual forecast modeling for 4 years reporting Total Company including 10 supporting business (domestic and international) units. Creating 3-year financial analysis for operation and strategic growth plans for Senior Management.Created ad hoc reporting as requested for business changes, budget to latest estimates and previous years trends, SWOT analysis on competitors performance from quarterly earnings releases. Utilizing SAP BI to pull reporting for specific categories and SKU level analysis.Finance lead for 8 years for auditing and reporting Board of Directors presentation, administrator for on-line board portal for reporting weekly (flash report), period and board write-up to Board of Directors, on-line reference resource of documents including but not limited to 10Q/Ks, Policies, Charters, and Bi-laws for all Directors and Executive Committee Members. Instituted green initiative for on-line Board of Directors reporting for 10Q and 10K results, charters and bi-laws amendments.Converted 9 of 16 members to paperless users; resulting in a 75% reduction in product cost along with 50% labor savings. Researched potential vendors, reviewed proposals, gain senior management alignment. Worked with IT Directors to ensure system compliance and security features. Established test site and created all online documentation to trail test for CEO, CFO, Board of Directors along with Executive Committee. |
