Certified Public Accountant with corporate accounting and external financial reporting experience. Member of the Illinois CPA society.
Senior Accountant - Financial Reporting @ - Reviews the consolidation of the financial statements
- Prepares income statement and balance sheet and various other analyses to explain balances and variances in the monthly consolidated financial statements.
- Prepares monthly internal reporting package on a consolidated and segment level
- Prepares high-level monthly internal report for executive team
- Supports the preparation of 10-K and 10-Q
- Prepares all guarantor calculations
- Assisted in preparation of filing of Form 10 (Completed financial statements, MD&A tables and full document tie-out). Spin-off subsidiary was listed on NYSE in February 2014.
- Prepared all pro forma information for the registration statement of a subsidiary.
- Transitioned aspects of both internal and external financial reporting to subsidiary in anticipation of spin-off. From April 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) oak brook, illinoisSenior Accountant @ Senior Accountant in Financial Reporting, responsibilities include:
- Compile data for preparation of financial statements and footnotes within SEC filings
- Coordinate with external auditors assigned documentation (PBC and other) during review and audit procedures
- Research and apply XBRL taxonomy for all interactive data filings
- Implement and manage all SEC filings through WebFilings software application
- Work with newly acquired companies from purchase accounting through full integration into the corporation
- Facilitate internal audit functions by travelling to various locations and reviewing policies and procedures
- Coordinate management representation letter certification process
- Research and prepare technical memorandum for certain accounting transactions
- Communicate with business unit controllers on how to improve their processes and procedures
Corporate Accounting functions include:
- Prepare journal entries and key account reconciliations in accordance with policies and procedures
- Review and administer fixed asset sub ledger to ensure proper capitalization in accordance with GAAP
- Collaborate with executive leadership team and corporate funactional areas to ensure proper accounting
- Pension and stock compensation accounting From December 2011 to April 2014 (2 years 5 months) harvey, illinoisStaff Accountant @ Corporate Accounting functions included:
- Prepared journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations with supporting documentation
- Collaborated with business units on all monthly intercompany charges
- Forecasted several Corporate departments monthly
- Processed monthly, quarterly, and annual government surveys
Financial Reporting functions included:
- Compiled data for preparation of assigned footnotes and references within SEC filings
- Coordinated with external auditors assigned documentation during review and audit procedures
- Researched XBRL taxonomy and terminology for interactive data filings
- Coordinated SEC filings with traditional printer company From July 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 6 months) Oak Brook, ILAssistant Fixed Assets Accountant -- Internship @ - Reconciled asset clearing account weekly and capitalized over 100 assets monthly
- Prepared month-end journal entries and MTD and YTD roll-forwards for 3 companies
- Updated Microsoft Access database daily to account for capital expenditures
- Assisted with the year-end vehicle inventory, physical inventory, and fuel accrual
- Assisted with transition of accounting software programs From June 2008 to August 2009 (1 year 3 months) Downer's Grove, IL
Bachelor of Science, Accounting @ Indiana University - Kelley School of Business From 2006 to 2010 Mother McAuley High School From 2002 to 2006 Christine DeCicco, CPA is skilled in: Corporate Accounting, Forecasting, External Reporting, Reports, Corporate Finance, JD Edwards, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Spreadsheet Server, IBM Cognos Finance, AS400 system, Hyperion Enterprise, Web Filings, XBRL, SEC filings, Financial Statements, Accounting, Hyperion, Variance Analysis, SEC Filings, GAAP, Internal Audit