Candidates About

Jason E. Wendt

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

         I am a dynamic, high-energy professional with nearly 20 years’ experience in all aspects of accounting operations and compliant financial system implementations.  I provide an unsurpassed depth in the Government contract/cost accounting and finance world that is focused on accuracy, efficiency, control and compliance. I have served on internal Sarbanes-Oxley audit reviews and developed best practice procedures to ensure compliance with DCAA, internal and external auditors as well as all local, state and federal laws and regulations. I have an active information reporting specialist-IRS Compliance certification, and I am a QuickBooks Online certified Pro Advisor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Consultant                                                                                                               June 2016 - Present

Independent consultant supporting multiple federal and commercial clients providing high value consulting services in the areas of accounting operations, information systems support and implementation, price/cost analysis and reporting, and audit preparedness. 

Vice President – Client Services

Global Dynamic Consulting                                                                                                     Jan. 2016 – June 2016

Lead the sales to, onboarding of, and managed services for, multiple small to medium sized Government Contracting clients.  Successfully designed, implemented and managed various compliant information systems to assist clients with DCAA and external audit requirements/certifications.  Provided extensive training in the realm of DCAA compliant government contract accounting, cost accounting standards, and accounting/time-keeping/information reporting systems to consulting clients and internal staff. Conducted various system assessments and executed remediation objectives to gain and maintain compliance with DCAA, FAR, DFAR, GSA, FASB and GAAP requirements.  Effectively managed, lead and trained a team of 8-12 staff/senior accountants while increasing the overall client base and service offerings of the firm.

·         Conduct monthly, quarterly and yearly accrual based closes for multiple consulting clients.

·         Remediate client’s bookkeeping for compliance and reporting.

·         Incurred Cost Submissions & GSA IFF calculations, report submissions and training to clients.

·         DCAA Pre-Award Survey/System Compliance audit certifications

·         Compliant design and setup of multiple certified systems including; Deltek GCS and Costpoint; QuickBooks and multiple timekeeping systems.

Manager, Accounting Services

Global Dynamic Consulting                                                                                                              2013 – Jan. 2016

Setup, transition and managed the out-sourced, full-cycle accounting departments of multiple small to mid-sized government contractors and commercial small businesses in various stages of disarray/remediation. Developed and instilled internal controls and procedures to accompany the implementation of compliant Deltek and QuickBooks accounting systems with fully integrated timesheet and expense add-on applications.

·         Hands-on processing and oversight of all daily and monthly transaction processing for A/P, A/R, Payroll, and GL to ensure accurate and timely processing of all financial data for appx. 6-8 small to midsized organizations.

·         Implementation, administration and maintenance of Deltek Costpoint, Deltek GCS, Deltek Time & Expense, JAMIS, E-Time, eFAACT and QuickBooks financial systems in Citrix/RDP external hosted environments.

·         Extensive forecasting to leverage/manage cash-flow for multiple small growing businesses.

·         Project management of multiple assignments to discover, analyze and remediate accounting, contract and system discrepancies.

·         Balance sheet reconciliations and preparation of monthly/quarterly financial statements.

·         Financial and Systems audit preparation/ assistance.

·         Manage and develop relationships with client’s C-Level executives to instill trust and value in core consulting services.

Business Services Analyst II

ANSER – Analytic Services Inc.                                                                                                                  2009 – 2012

Developed, implemented and monitored departmental and companywide policies and procedures to ensure compliance with external and government auditing agencies; Initiated subcontract, consulting and purchasing agreements to ensure all company policies, government contract regulations and security protocols were administered;  Primary functional Lead on financial system conversion/implementation from Deltek GCS to Oracle ERP EBS R12.

·         Managed the processing of more than $3M+ in payments per month for a multi-site non-profit organization.

·         Managed AP monthly close process and reduced 5 day close schedule to 1 while maintaining accuracy through efficiency controls and implementation of automated processes.

·         Lead the accounts payable, contracts, procurement and logistics departments on the implementation of Oracle EBS R12.

·         Developed, tested and implemented the iProcurement electronic requisitioning module in Oracle.

·         Conducted companywide training on Oracle payables, purchasing, requisitioning and timekeeping modules.

·         Full cycle accounts payable duties including collection of supplier business classification data for SBA reporting; W9 collection & 1099 reporting; EFT, Wire & Check run processing

·         Multiple employee receivable, prepaid expense and Credit card ledger account reconciliations

·         Through implementing sound procedures and training, raised the corporation’s Dun & Bradstreet Paydex score from 75 to 80 “prompt/on-time”.

·         Managed the procurement administration of orders from cradle-to-grave to support government contracts, logistics operations and corporate initiative schedules while utilizing Oracle ERP software.

·         Lead and conducted fact find meetings, source selections, supplier negotiations and price/cost analyses to ensure best value of all corporate procurement activity

·         Trained, mentored and motivated staff through effective team building and instilling ownership of their work.

·         Served as finance, contracts and procurement representative on the corporate Oracle ERP change control board and reporting council.

·         Backup and support in-house payroll of appx. 600+ employees in multiple U.S. locations

·         Calculation and submission of Incurred Cost reports, SB Utilization statistics, eCFR write-ups.  

AP Accountant - Staff Accountant – General Ledger

Control Risks, Washington, DC                                                                                                            2007 - 2009

Served as sole AP Accountant for all U.S. offices of a multi-national company; Responsible for processing and payment of all invoices and expense reports in a timely manner.  Promoted after 6 months to Staff Accountant – GL; Responsible for all general ledger activity and reporting.

·            Reconcile monthly balance sheet accounts, including amortization of pre-paid expenses, fixed assets, accrued expenses, deferred revenue and bank reconciliations

·            Prepare/create monthly financial statements to be consolidated in London

·            Manage and reconcile all intercompany accounts located in 14 countries using multiple currencies

·            Prepared month end and year end journal entries and maintained aggressive close schedule.

·            Prepared audit work-papers

·            Analyze monthly trends and budget variances to report to the controller

·            Conduct monthly expense reviews analyzing correct timing and account posting of expenses.

·            Prepare monthly cash forecast, projecting cash collection trends and payments to be made to intercompany foreign bank accounts

·            Successfully implemented self assessing sales & use tax procedures; coordinated a positive DC government audit of past sales & use tax filings.

·            Fixed asset inventory analysis, and monthly depreciation schedules utilizing FAS

·            Monthly/Quarterly reporting and filing of multiple state tax forms including Personal Property, Sales & Use, and state licensing registrations

Accounts Payable Supervisor

CRAssociates, Inc., Newington, VA                                                                                                      2002 - 2007

All aspects of government contractor accounts payable management including but not limited to:

·            Hiring, training, supervision and direction of fulltime accounts payable specialists

·            Full cycle hands-on accounts payable including: coding, matching, inputting, auditing, cash flow report processing, and check processing

·            Monthly general ledger adjusting journal entries

·            Multi-Credit Card account reconciliations

·            W-9 collection / 1099 processing

·            Sales & Use tax reporting

·            Report writing with Impromptu software

·            Cost Plus / Cost Reimbursable Government Billing

·            DD250 processing

·            Invoice preparation / organization in accordance with FAR/GSA requirements

Accounts Payable Specialist/ Accounting Assistant

Milcom Systems Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA                                                                                2000 - 2002

Extensive government contractor, project oriented, accounts payable duties including but not limited to:

·         Invoice/ Purchase Order matching

·         Account and project expense coding

·         Data entry of high volume payables

·         Auditing employee batches, and GL. account codes

·         Reduced “Unrecorded Liabilities” from $600K to $15K in less than 3 months.

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix: Bachelor’s degree – Business Administration – Accounting Concentration

IOFMA: Information Reporting Specialist (IRS Compliance) Certification                                             2012 - Present

INTUIT: QuickBooks Online Certified Pro Advisor                                                                                2016 - Present

TECHNICAL SKILLS

·         Oracle ERP E-business Suite Financial/Purchasing/Payroll/Projects applications

·         Oracle iExpense and iProcurement setup and administration

·         MAS 90 accounting Software with FRX reporting

·         FAS fixed asset accounting software

·         Deltek Costpoint, GCS Premier and Time & Expense business systems

·         Cognos “Impromptu” business reporting tool

·         JAMIS Financials and E-Time Administration

·         Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint

·         QuickBooks Pro, Contractor and Enterprise 2012 – 2015.

·         eFAACT, Replicon, and E-Time timesheet and expense add-on applications.