Pension Accountant
Solvay Business Solutions
Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months
Maintain/update Relocations expenses for US employees
•Maintain spreadsheet of all US Employees Loan Advance balance
•Printing reports from ADP, calculating & entering Payroll Taxes J/E for US
•US & Canada Pension monthly contributions, quaterly true-ups & OCI entry
•Monthly Cigna J/E for medical & RX claims for current & retirees
•Maintain spreadsheet for US Vacation accruals &
•Fringe Benefits Budget Forcast vs Actual
•Monthly & Quarterly Pension J/E for both current & retirees
•Quarterly Pension Rollforwards & updating Pension figures BFC
•Monthly reconciliation of pensions contribution & distribution
•Monthly review & dissemination of pension Asset Holding Reports to CFO, HR & Brussels
•Quarterly updating actuaries of pension plan: distributions, expenses & asset holdings
•Monthly entry of pension contribution, expense accrual; Intercompany pension billing
•Quarterly balance sheet accounts review & roll forwards; recurring monthly annual contribution entry
Performing all currency exchange processing invoices, journal entries in SAP;
•Root Cause Analysis class for Six Sigma; Backup to Accounting Manager
•Calculating & Post J/E in SAP for monthly revenue recognition using pivot tables
•Providing supporting documentation for internal/external auditors
•Calculating & postingTemp Labor & Unbilled Accrual J/E in SAP
•Collaborating with IT to streamline foreign invoice processing
•Supervising AP team of three international AP processors; Backup to Acct Mgr
•Approving ACH, EFT& Wires in JP Morgan Banking
•Simplifying & Standarization invoice processing being outsourced
Investor Services Finance
•Reconciled DDA, Operating & MM banks accts quickly & accurately
•Calculated UK & US Revenue using IFRS & GAAP; paid monthly UK VAT Tax
•Assisted with yearly UK Audit verifying account balances & provided supporting docs
•Verified UK TB balances and P&L, identified UK Revenue errors
•Closed monthly for US & UK; billed clients based SOW
•Maintained & updated Australia budget/forecast & variances
• Reviewed SOW ensuring Revenue Recognition in accordance with GAAP
•Calculated forty states 2009 Sales & Use Tax correctly & timely the first time
•Assisted with a consolidated UK financial statement using IFRS
•Reconciled fixed assets account & net book value using GAAP; Canada Payroll & AR
•Analyzed budget variance & assist with financial statements;Head Count (FTE)
Generated check run & ACH batches and cut checks
•Analyzed & corrected aging mis-postings; 1099 appropriate vendors
•Spot Bonus for 100% SOX Compliance
•Verified TB balances; assist with audit from both internal & external auditors
•Re-classed benefits; enter payroll accruals journal entries
•Reconciled Advance, Prepaid & Interccompany accounts
•Maintained contractors & vendors contracts; Gelco administrator
•Maintained & Reconciled fixed assets account & net book value
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