DANIELLE ROWLAND
Summary
Professional accounting and audit expert. Proven track record in ensuring compliance, optimizing financial processes, and enhancing audit efficiency. Strong focus on collaboration across multifunctional teams, delivering results with impeccable communication and customer service, adapting seamlessly to evolving needs. Skilled in financial analysis, risk assessment, and internal controls, with reputation for reliability and integrity.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2000
2000
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Payroll Accounting and Audit Compliance
The Boeing Company
05.2019 - 01.2024
- Managed multiple audits simultaneously while meeting strict deadlines, ensuring accurate and timely results.
- Developed a robust internal audit program that effectively identified weaknesses and vulnerabilities within company systems, leading to their timely remediation.
- Strengthened internal controls through the development of new policies and procedures, fostering a culture of compliance and accountability.
- Maintained compliance with all regulatory requirements through diligent monitoring of company finances and reporting practices.
- Assisted external auditors during annual reviews by providing prompt access to required documentation, facilitating a smooth process.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
Financial Statements Reporting and Analysis - Commercial Airplanes
The Boeing Company
12.2017 - 05.2019
- Conducted variance analyses on a regular basis, enabling prompt identification of deviations from budgetary targets or strategic objectives.
- Enhanced stakeholder understanding of financial performance through clear and concise presentations.
- Reduced month-end closing time by streamlining reconciliation procedures and improving data integrity.
- Assisted in the successful completion of audits by maintaining accurate records and providing timely responses to inquiries.
- Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
- Complied with established internal controls and policies.
- Supported financial director with special projects and additional job duties.
- Utilized financial software to prepare consolidated financial statements.
Commercial Airplane Programs Estimate at Completion and FP&A focal
The Boeing Company
04.2015 - 12.2017
- Played an instrumental role in annual budget development by working closely with department heads to establish realistic projections based on historical data analysis.
- Supported executive decision-making with ad-hoc analyses, highlighting potential risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment between financial plans and business goals.
- Supported financial director with special projects and additional job duties.
- Designed and maintained financial models to identify and measure risks.
Financial Accountant
The Boeing Company
07.2012 - 04.2015
- Input financial data and produced reports using PeopleSoft.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Led daily general ledger entries, using double-entry accounting method and check backs.
- Managed relationships with external auditors effectively ensuring positive outcomes during annual audits.
- Contacted customers to immediately find resolutions for escalated issues.
- Analyzed financial data to identify trends and provided actionable insights for management, leading to improved business performance.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of relevant accounting standards, ensuring full compliance with GAAP guidelines at all times.
- Leveraged advanced Excel skills to automate routine tasks, freeing up time for more value-added activities such as variance analysis and strategic planning support.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
Cost Accountant
The Boeing Company
01.2000 - 07.2012
- Prepared insightful monthly management reports highlighting key trends in cost behavior and offering actionable recommendations for improvement opportunities.
- Ensured accurate allocation of labor costs by developing a robust job costing system and monitoring timekeeping records.
- Conducted in-depth variance analysis to identify root causes of discrepancies between actual results versus projections, informing corrective actions as necessary.
- Implemented a robust accounts reconciliation process to maintain data integrity across multiple systems within the organization.
- Assisted in external audit engagements, ensuring timely completion and compliance with accounting standards.
- Reduced overhead expenses through rigorous analysis of departmental spending patterns and recommending cost-saving initiatives.
- Calculated labor and overhead rates, annually updating costs.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WASkills
Microsoft Office proficiency
Accounting software proficiency
ERP system expertise
Financial statement preparation and reporting
Internal auditing
Payroll processing
Cost accounting
Variance analysis
Intercompany transactions
International accounting
Audit and Internal controls
Excellent communication and customer service
Certification
Boeing Production System Lean Academy
Community Service
- Volunteer at Earth Day cleanup at Kent Park
- Facilitator of a group movie night at the Ronald McDonald House
- Coordinator of Food Lifeline and Northwest Harvest volunteer activities
Systems Proficiency
- Microsoft Office
- Teradata (Access based for Ad-hoc reporting)
- EAS Project Costing and General Ledger, ELD, EFC, Vista, CCLAS (PeopleSoft platforms)
- Cognos
- Blackline
- FPT, EPAS, CaRMS, and other Internal Boeing forecasting systems
- Online Intuit Quickbooks
Timeline
Payroll Accounting and Audit Compliance
The Boeing Company
05.2019 - 01.2024
Financial Statements Reporting and Analysis - Commercial Airplanes
The Boeing Company
12.2017 - 05.2019
Commercial Airplane Programs Estimate at Completion and FP&A focal
The Boeing Company
04.2015 - 12.2017
Financial Accountant
The Boeing Company
07.2012 - 04.2015
Cost Accountant
The Boeing Company
01.2000 - 07.2012
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Central Washington University
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