Alex Smoley: Senior Accountant in Laguna Niguel, CA
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Microsoft (Activision Blizzard)
Senior Accountant | 03/2023 - Current
Partner with FP&A and compensation teams to calculate, record and reconcile the studio bonus accrual.
Worked with IT on a project to automate the monthly product allocations process resulting in 40 hours of time savings.
Review all contracts and partner with purchasing and FP&A to ensure accurate monthly accruals.
Record all studio bonus, product allocations, product, marketing, and stock options capitalization entries.
Automated our monthly recurring amortization and accruals resulting in a 15-hour reduction at month end close.
Manage all the real estate and equipment leases in compliance with lease accounting standards.
Responsible for the monthly PO accrual, researching variances and reporting distribution.
Oversee all daily cash reconciliations and coordinate with AP and AR to ensure accurate payment and receipt posting.
Amazon
Senior International Accountant (Financial Analyst III) | 09/2022 - 03/2023
Project lead on Europe integration project that involved partnership with tax, operations and IT to ensure accurate statutory reporting and system functionality.
Reviewed accuracy of balance sheet and income statement prior to hard 3-day entry cutoff.
Prepared and researched variances for all required balance sheet reconciliations in blackline.
Partnered with the finance team to provide commentary on the MoM fluxes for monthly reporting package.
Performed GM analysis to determine if revenue and COGS were in line with expected margins.
Reviewed actuals with the sales team to ensure alignment with goals and pipeline metrics.
Worked closely with internal tax team to ensure accurate VAT and GST reporting.
Responsible for open PO analysis and OpEx flux analysis to determine necessary accruals.
Reviewed transfer pricing settlement summary and managed intercompany settlements.
Calculated and recorded the freight out and fulfillment accruals.
Prepared treasury, user access and SOD SOX deliverables.
Taco Bell
Senior Analyst, Finance | 07/2021 - 09/2022
Led the monthly budget vs. actual variance analysis for the marketing and technology department.
Utilized existing and improved financial models to identify key variance drivers.
Responsible for the month end close process and produced all monthly department allocation billings.
Analyzed key company and industry trends to help the executive management team leverage resources.
Made recommendations to help streamline business operations based on key performance indicators.
Partnered with the sales and marketing team to create and maintain the quarterly and annual S&M fund budget.
Managed the quarterly forecast and produced the franchisee presentation for business development.
5.11 Tactical
Senior International Accountant | 11/2019 - 07/2021
Performed technical accounting research to determine accurate treatment under US GAAP & IFRS.
Prepared and reviewed financial statements for local filings and executive reviews.
Led initiative for global process alignment across all international entities.
Proposed and implemented enhancements for improvements to assigned areas.
Built schedules to support regulatory, statutory, and management reporting to ensure accuracy.
Implemented processes and documented controls to ensure SOX compliant internal controls.
Functioned as the liaison between our international business leaders and third-party accountants.
Coordinated annual statutory audits with our external auditors.
Medterra, Too Faced Cosmetics, Pacific Life, Christy Sports, BioScrip
Senior Accountant | 08/2016 - 11/2019
Full Cycle GL accountant responsible for all aspects of the production, management, and presentation of the financial statements.
Supervised 1 accounts payable specialist and 1 accounts receivable specialist.
Performed in-depth income statement flux analysis to determine operational efficiency.
Worked as the main contact between department executive leaders to ensure all divisions stayed in compliance with US GAAP.
Prepared weekly, monthly and annual reporting packages to present to senior management.
Flow Snowboarding
Controller, Assistant Controller and Senior Accountant | 07/2012 - 05/2016
Provided support, training, mentoring, problem resolution, and development to staff accountants.
Supervised 1 accounts payable clerk and 1 billing/collections coordinator.
Recorded, reconciled, and analyzed monthly activity in balance sheet and income statement accounts.
Partnered with the sales and marketing team on a budget project that streamlined the annual operating plan and resulted in time savings of 2 weeks.
Implemented new procedures that streamlined the month end close from 15 days to 5 days.
Initiated an income and expense flux analysis that provided early identification of posting errors.
Developed, designed, and ensured analytical control activities were operating efficiently.
Participated in project implementation for systems and processes to validate requirements.
Pacific Sunwear
Senior Staff Accountant | 10/2010 - 07/2012
Analyzed business operation trends, costs, and financial commitments to project future revenues.
Provided senior managers cross functionally with technical financial advice and analysis.
Responsible for the tracking and system management of over 800,000 fixed assets.
Played an integral role in a major accounting software upgrade, which included testing and training.
Created an automated process with IT for the daily posting and reconciliation of cash receipts for all retail stores that resulted in weekly time savings of 25 hours.
Partnered and communicated with new banks to move over 250 stores banking services that resulted in annual savings of over $100K in bank fees.
No Fear MX Inc
Staff Accountant | 09/2009 - 10/2010
Managed full cycle accounting for 3 different companies including all journal entries, daily cash flow, month end analysis and reconciliations.
Analyzed and prepared daily/monthly bank reconciliations for 10 bank accounts.
Utilized banking websites, internal system to ensure that every transaction was booked correctly and the cash was balanced at the end of each business day.
Prepared the weekly cash flow forecast to determine if we needed to borrow or had cash on hand for investment opportunities.
Managed the debt by maintaining the long term active and cancelled notes.
Calculated the monthly and quarterly interest and reviewed financial covenants with Sr. Management.
Filed timely corporate property taxes, sales, use tax and business licenses in 6 different states.
Responsible for the reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis and resolve any reconciling items.
Create, process and send invoices.
Conduct accounts receivable collections and clearing.
Daily/weekly/monthly credit card reconciliation.
Review chargeback cases daily.
Provide monthly financial results for specific revenue streams to various Business Areas
Analyze and explain actuals vs. forecast/budget discrepancies to respective Business Areas
Responsible for monthly payroll analysis for over 500 employees.
Studied new software, accounting interfaces, system operations and gained a solid understanding of new accounting platform within the first month.
Implemented a new system to analyze cash transactions and reconcile the bank to zero each month; developed innovative processes to target specific transactions and identify timing differences.
Education history
California State University San Marcos
Bachelors of Arts, Economics | 2005 - 2009
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