NATALIE FISCHER
Milwaukee, WI · natalie.fischer@email.com · (555) 010-5402 · linkedin.com/in/nataliefischer

SUMMARY
Accountant with 2+ years owning month-end close, reconciliations, and financial reporting. Comfortable tightening close timelines without sacrificing accuracy.

SKILLS
GAAP · Month-end/year-end close · Account reconciliation · QuickBooks / NetSuite · Accounts payable & receivable · Journal entries · Financial statement preparation · Advanced Excel

EXPERIENCE
Staff Accountant · Lakefront Manufacturing · 2023-Present
• Own month-end close for 3 entities; cut close timeline from 8 to 5 business days.
• Reconcile all balance-sheet accounts monthly; resolved a longstanding $85k variance traced to a duplicate AP entry.
• Prepare financial statements reviewed by the controller and used in monthly leadership reporting.
• Manage AP for 200+ monthly invoices with a 99.2% on-time payment rate.
• Support external audit fieldwork; cut requested-document turnaround from 3 days to same-day.
• Key project — Close-timeline rebuild: restructured the close checklist and cut the monthly close from 8 to 5 business days.

Staff Accountant · Alamo Building Supply · 2021-2023
• Supported month-end close and reconciliations for a growing company.
• Processed AP with a high on-time payment rate.
• Prepared journal entries for accruals and prepaids.
• Organized documentation for the annual audit.
• Cleaned up an AP aging backlog.
• Key project — AP aging cleanup: resolved a backlog of unmatched invoices open for over 90 days.

EDUCATION
BS Accounting · Great Lakes University · 2021