Kari Kettner
Chicago
Summary
Experienced, GAAP compliant financial accounting professional, using perspective and integrity to provide the most accurate and useful financial data possible.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounting Manager
Blalock Walters PA
09.2022 - Current
- Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations, and payroll processing.
- Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
- Managed banking reconciliations and monthly balance sheet statements.
- Completed bi-weekly payroll for company employees.
- Developed and implemented various procedures to improve accounting process.
- Prepared internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
- Created financial dashboards to provide insights into key performance indicators.
- Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.
Senior Accountant
The Longboat Group
02.2021 - 09.2022
- Maintain financials for 15 entities in Florida, Pennsylvania and Colorado
- Work directly with CFO and principals to close property purchases and sales
- Create and present quarterly financial reports
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
Controller
Sun Graphic Technologies
03.2010 - 02.2021
- Oversee all billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and collections on daily basis.
- Analyze and report purchase price variances to procurement.
- Process payroll and prepare payroll taxes.
- Compute and pay sales tax.
- Maintain accruals and amortizations.
- Create budgets and analyze variances.
- Prepare and record monthly journal entries.
- Reconcilement of balance sheet accounts.
- Preparation and execution of monthly financial statements for owner and CPA.
- Coordination of benefits renewals and new hire onboarding.
- Member of Executive Team.
Accounting Manager
Clarke Advertising
06.2001 - 03.2009
- Oversee all billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and collections on daily basis.
- Process payroll and prepare payroll taxes.
- Compute and pay sales tax.
- Preparation and execution of financial statements for CFO.
- Management of Admin Team.
Education
BS - Accounting
University of South Florida
Skills
- Invoicing
- Financial reporting
- Payroll processing
- AP/AR supervision
- Budget management
- General ledger management
- GAAP
Timeline
Accounting Manager
Blalock Walters PA
09.2022 - Current
Senior Accountant
The Longboat Group
02.2021 - 09.2022
Controller
Sun Graphic Technologies
03.2010 - 02.2021
Accounting Manager
Clarke Advertising
06.2001 - 03.2009
BS - Accounting
University of South Florida
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