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• Full AP Cycle including entry, reconciliation, AP Aging, and timely payments.
• Review and report performance of Staff Accountant's AP and G/L entries
• AR reconciliation, Check deposits including multiple entity G/L entries to clear customer's accounts
• G/L entries to reclass deferred and prepaid expenses to appropriate expense accounts and to move weekly payables to parent company
• Liquor licensing and permit application, modifications, and time sensitive filing
• Expense report review and payroll payout processing for domestic and international sales team

• Oversee, review, and track performance of a team of 10 and report to management results consisting of an average of 180 AP invoices and out going payments per week; 475 parent company invoices allocated by sales line, and 110 duty and freight invoices per month
• Assist in monthly and year end closing General ledger entries and accrual entries consisting of Purchase Journal reconciliation, Duty and Freight reclass, Inventory
• Accurately and timely maintenance of General ledger account sub-ledgers on a weekly and monthly basis
• Maintain Fixed Assets over life span, including creation, monthly depreciation, partial and full disposals
• Report to CFO inventory turnover ratio by product line, stock analysis of product on hand per month by product line allocation and inventory values
• Successful completion of projects resulting in the following efficiency improvement - 50% time reduction in invoice submission and payment process, Duty and Freight processing automation reducing manual processing by 40 hours per month, and import broker billing discrepancies reduced by 90%
• Internal audits of IRS Tax compliance for 1000 plus employees expense reimbursements following the accountable plan
• Create and maintain the Keyence Sales Tax site, for use by 1000 plus internal employees with Tax Project Manager for all 28 states where employees conduct business
• Close contact with the CSM and Credit department and answering and closing around 15 accounting queue tax related questions per week
• Work closely with PCD and MIS department when it comes to duty and freight reconciliation and accurate cost allocations, HSA/Importing, invoices and products in transit, and process automation
• Prepare month end reports of stock aging, valuation, inventory turnover reporting by cost center, and ad-hoc reports for upper level management
• Create training manuals to allow for ease of process explanation and task transfer to new team members including hands on support during task trainings
• Monthly preparation of AR DTC/Unclaimed property reconciliation and GL entry

Tax and Audit Experience:

• Assist on two Fiscal Year End audits including assisting external auditors with testing requests, Trial balance, COGS for financial statements, Inventory In-Transit and Inventory Reserve, AR Confirmations, AP Confirmations, Sales Journal, GL Details,Bank Confirmations, Price Testing, Freight-out details, and Inventory physical audit
• Timely preparation and filings of 28 sales and use tax returns per month to meet compliance deadlines; including exempt sale verification. Additionally, performing South Dakota vs Wayfair Compliance research adding 10 new taxing states
• Accurate preparation and filing of annual property tax returns for 23 states as well as annual business license renewals and compliance for over 40 jurisdictions complying with government deadlines
• Assist in California & South Carolina Sales Tax Audits researching proper tax compliance of customer and phone call follow up with external customers to reach proper tax compliance