The Siegfried Group

consumer products clients

A leading global manufacturer of elite Italian performance footwear and apparel.

• As a member of the Corporate Accounting team, Siegfried professionals were responsible for consolidated financial reporting, financial analysis, and other special projects surrounding business process improvement.

A leader in food, beverage, and merchandise concessions at US airports.

• Prepared year-end financial statements including balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in partners’ capital and footnotes. Referenced work papers supporting the completed financial statements. 
• Utilized PeopleSoft financials to book journal entries as necessary to true-up account balances (equity), reclassify amounts to the correct business unit and other entries as deemed necessary. 

A global manufacturer of consumer electronics and personal care appliances.

• Analyzed balance sheet statements, income statements and various other financial reports by business unit.
• Prepared variance analysis.

A Japanese appliance and electronic components manufacturer.

• Performed controls documentation of key business processes, including purchasing and payables, treasury and tax as part of their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Developed documentation standards and provided guidance to divisions and team members on implementation.
• Compiled information for external auditors during year-end closing process and audit.
• Investigated open checks in bank reconciliations and matched and cleared accrual accounts with payments.

The world’s #1 retailer.

• Identified key control weaknesses associated with operating various types of legal entities in 34 countries. Wrote and implemented policies to control cash and disbursements for operating procedures that would mitigate identified control weaknesses.
• Identified control weaknesses associated with lack of segregation of duties in offices with minimal accounting staff and low technological sophistication. Designed and implemented policies that would mitigate weaknesses through review procedures, sign-offs, test matrices, and identification to create inter-office accountability and higher visibility.
• Created Microsoft Access database of legal entity restrictions and statutory regulations by country to allow prevention of errors. Included summaries of currency restrictions, banking laws and additional items that would restrict transactions.
• Created procedural manual for coordinator position as a step-in online and hardcopy desktop reference for new hire unfamiliar with company applications or divisional structure.