Accounting & Finance Professional

Senior Financial Accountant — Bridgeport Logistics Group

Chicago, IL | January 2024 – Present

• Led month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close procedures for 3 corporate subsidiaries, reducing close cycle times from 9 days to 5 days through the development and execution of NetSuite automated templates.
• Reconciled $14.2M in monthly accounts receivable ledger balances, identifying and resolving over $420,000 in aging discrepancies, which directly lowered outstanding collections (DSO) by 18%.
• Prepared consolidated balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow reports for executive teams, identifying a 7.5% operational budget variance that led to $115,000 in cost savings.
• Coordinated annual corporate tax compliance audits with external auditors, achieving zero material audit findings and reducing overall preparation timelines by 30% through digital workflow portals.

Corporate Accountant — Summit Retail Ventures

Naperville, IL | August 2020 – December 2023

• Processed and verified over 1,200 accounts payable invoices monthly with a 99.9% accuracy rate, saving the company $45,000 in late payment penalties and securing 2% early-payment discounts.
• Conducted weekly bank and credit card reconciliations for 8 active operating accounts, resolving historical ledger discrepancies totaling $180,000 and improving cash flow visibility.
• Supported the implementation of Sage 50 accounting software across 4 retail branches, training 12 staff members and cutting manual data entry errors by 22% within the first 90 days.
• Assisted in the preparation of annual operating budget projections of $8.5M, analyzing historical departmental spending trends to identify and eliminate $95,000 in duplicate expenses.

Financial reporting, General ledger reconciliation, Accounts payable (AP), Accounts receivable (AR), Month-end close, Tax compliance, Budget forecasting, Variance analysis, GAAP compliance, NetSuite, QuickBooks Enterprise, Sage 50, Advanced Microsoft Excel, Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs

ERP System Migration Project

Role: Lead Accounting Consultant

Tools: NetSuite, Excel, Jira, Microsoft Teams

Guided the transition from legacy QuickBooks to NetSuite ERP for a $15M division, migrating 4 years of historical data and reducing reporting errors by 32%.

Internal Expense Control Audit

Role: Internal Finance Auditor

Tools: Excel, Power BI, SharePoint

Audited 3 years of travel and operational expenses across 5 departments, identifying $240,000 in non-compliant spending and implementing a new automated approval policy.

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (2022)
• Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), Polish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Treasurer for Chicago Regional Food Bank (2021–Present)
• Availability: 3 weeks notice