Alia Ali

Senior Accountant Consultant

North Dallas

26+ years of experience

Consulting

  • Strong Manufacturing Experience

    managing full-cycle accounting, accruals, aging analysis, and more

  • Large International Corporate Experience

    with a deep understanding of multi-currency accounting 

  • Proficient in SAP & Blackline

    including SAP R/3 (HCM, S/4 HANA, and BI Modules)

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Roles

  • Performed month-end close activities including booking accrual entries, standing accrual for utilities, tax entries, payroll entries, and any adjusting entries.

  • Performed monthly reconciliations after close for US and Canada accounts.

  • Performed variance analysis for all accounts and aged items over 90 days.

  • Reconciled 50+ accounts on a monthly and quarterly basis.

  • Performed aging analysis, A/P, and A/R for past-due accounts.

  • Prepared financial statements with variance analysis and explanations.

  • Calculated cost of tools implemented in each aircraft and reviewed agreements from aircrafts for equipment installation.

  • Conducted month-end close activities and revenue reporting.

Achievements

  • Spin-off of broadcast business unit and sale of profitable operating subsidiary prior to assets being purchased by a large, multi-national telecommunications company. Quick and successful integration of systems and processes to new owner.

  • Executed the relocation of headquarters and distribution from two states to DFW with no negative impact to customer operations

  • Outsourced finance and administrative functions resulting in annual savings of over $800K while maintaining a high level of employee benefits. Reduced initial sales tax liability assessment by $250K.

  • Met or exceeded all finance and operations KPI’s during a year with 100% sales growth.