Ivy Heckenlively: Senior Accountant in Laguna Niguel, CA

• Develop accounting policies/procedures and internal controls in a start-up environment. • Manage all company fixed assets that are located in multiple states throughout the U.S. • Complete all monthly close activities and perform expense analysis of branch locations. • Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and record/monitor daily corporate banking activities. • Prepare company tax returns including personal property, sales/use and franchise tax. • Successfully coordinated the implementation of a new accounting system (Microsoft Dynamics/Great Plains) that expanded reporting capabilities of multiple business units.

• Coordinated the accounting close and preparation of financial statements for $150 million division. • Effectively handled monthly general ledger responsibilities including: - Prepared journal entries to record payroll, accruals, cost transfers, inventory, allocations and reserves. - Analyzed and reconciled balance sheet accounts and inter-company transactions. - Managed cash activities by reconciling all bank accounts, monitoring cash receipts, wire transfers, ACH, check disbursements and created positive pay bank files. • Overall responsibility for division tax activities in the following areas: - Prepared sales/use tax and personal property returns for multiple states. - Coordinated the completion of annual corporate income tax package schedules. - Responded to tax notices, audits and resolved issues with taxing authorities (IRS and states). • Successfully lead Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 compliance testing team within time budget. Remediated control deficiencies to ens