Lead Senior Accountant Candidate #120825
St. Louis, MO
Accounting
11 years
12/8/2025
Profile
Seasoned accounting and finance professional with 10 years of experience in project accounting, financial reporting, and cost analysis across diverse industries. Skilled in capital project financial management, cash flow forecasting, and system integration with expertise in SAP, EAS, Cognos, and advanced Excel/Power BI. Proven leader with a track record of mentoring staff and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in financial operations. Dedicated to driving process improvements and automation initiatives that enhance reporting consistency and deliver timely insights to stakeholders.
Career Highlight 1: Led financial tracking and reporting for multimillion-dollar capital projects, ensuring accurate forecasting, compliance, and cost control. Developed and implemented an automated invoice tracking system integrated with SAP, reducing reconciliation errors and improving reporting consistency.
Career Highlight 2: At a large public company, I reduced aged items in balance sheet reconciliations from 200 lines to just 20 within three months, significantly streamlining the process and freeing up time to focus on higher-value tasks.
Career Highlight 3: At a global ag company, I consistently maintained cash forecast accuracy of 90% or higher, ensuring reliable projections and stronger financial decision-making.
Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): I bring 10 years of diverse accounting and finance experience with proven expertise in capital project management, financial reporting, and cost analysis. I excel at ensuring accuracy and compliance while driving process improvements and automation that enhance efficiency and deliver timely insights. My ability to lead teams and collaborate cross-functionally makes me a strong asset for achieving both financial precision and operational success.
Strengths: My strengths are precision, process improvement, and leadership. I deliver accurate financial reporting while streamlining workflows through automation. I also mentor teams and collaborate across departments to ensure financial efficiency, and results
Hobbies & Personal Interests: In my free time, I enjoy being with my two young sons, and when I get the chance, I like to play volleyball or basketball.
Education: BS Accounting, MBA
Industry Experience: Aerospace & Defense, Agriculture, Automotive, Aviation, Defense, Food Production
Company Fit: Great fit for large and midsize companies.
Management Experience: In my current role as a Capex Accountant, I lead two projects while training and mentoring a staff accountant for over a year
Software Experience: SAP, EAC (Oracle)
Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote
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