Below are the 5 Financial Analysts & 4 Accounting Analysts with Lawson and other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides financial analysts & accounting analysts with your industry, Lawson & other systems expertise on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does a financial analyst who is experienced in banking, energy and education industries pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes Lawson and QuickBooks. Areas of expertise include quantitative/statistical analysis, budgeting and forecasting. Educational background includes Master of Financial Analysis, MBA in Finance, and Master of Arts in Economics.

Major responsibilities of this financial analyst included daily uploading the actual data from the GL system into the Infor budgeting system, updating the transactional data for all operating expenses and selecting balance sheet accounts for use in analyzing daily account activity. Part of the key roles covered participating in the preparation of headcount report, variance analysis reports, expenses allocation report, project tracking report, fixed asset reports, depreciation analysis and budget packages. Support was provided in the preparation of analytical reports to the CFO such as operating expense variance analysis, allocation, and compliance expense analysis. This individual monitored the project expenditures charged to the Lawson Project & Activity Accounting module for accuracy and integrity of the transactions that included capitalization of the projects and disposal of fully depreciated assets.

The job covered participating in special projects as requested by the CFO or senior managers of the bank. Tasks consisted of assisting in the monitoring of operating expense accounts in the bank’s general ledger, as well as preparing the required adjustment in journal entries and advising other units of the bank on operating expenses. Assistance was provided in developing the activity codes and account categories for approved project expenditures to be loaded into the Lawson Project and Activity Accounting module.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a financial analyst with work background in computer, telecommunications and manufacturing industries, as well as skilled in Lawson, SAP and Oracle? Technical skills cover Lawson, SAP, Oracle and Access. Educational attainment includes Associate degree in Business Administration.

While working for a telecommunications company, main functions of this financial analyst were composed of generating and distributing the corporate monthly financial expense books used for monthly expense reviews by the executive staff. Aside from reviewing expenses and headcount with responsible managers and handling detail analysis on expenses that managers had questions on, top vendor budget versus actual activity was tracked. This individual prepared journal entries for any expenses that were incorrectly posted and cleaned out/closed down old accounting units. Reviewing the pre-pay schedule to ensure accuracy and prepare journal entries for accruals needed and tracking all capital expenditures, as well as updating and distributing report on a weekly basis were some of the duties. Creating and approving requisitions in Lawson and also creating all corporate Purchase orders were carried out.

Notable tasks included working closely with accounts payable on invoice processing ensuring that the invoice was valid and being charged to the correct accounting unit, along with helping the field in any questions they had on appropriate coding for payments. Responsibilities consisted of running various analysis reports in Lawson and Essbase for monthly expense analysis, in addition to reviewing and cleaning up of old Purchase orders in system. Working with field was done to ensure that items were received in before releasing Purchase orders for payment.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this financial analyst who worked in the retail industry, as well as proficient in Lawson and SAP? Technical competencies involve Lawson, SAP, AS/400 and Monarch. Core competencies include financial analysis, financial modeling, developing accurate forecasts and budgets, as well as reading, analyzing and creating financial statements. Educational background includes BA in Accounting.

Important contributions of this financial analyst included lowering the shrink expense by 0.1% of delivered sales ($800 Million) by calculating more accurate accruals and conducting more accurate store inventory reconciliations. The job entailed analyzing the delivery income and expense per delivery stop and reporting, as well as being responsible for to stores on their Performance while providing strategies for improvement, month over month. Tasks covered preparing the fiscal budget for all delivery related income/ expense and assisting in daily merchandise sales forecasting. Analysis was provided on various delivery models for markets and insight was provided on the best Cost saving model. This individual single handedly created the store profit & loss statement on the accounting software (Lawson) and led the finance department for making alterations to Lawson generated financial statements.

Functions involved providing Ad hoc analysis on inventory movement, value added sales, promotional gift card use, and sales commission, along with providing heavy assistance to the project manager for the company’s annual audit. Skills brought to the table covered re-vamping and improving a report that provided all the substantial statistics of any single store, region, and market. Month end adjusting and correcting entries for various expense accounts for all 125 stores were completed.

What can a financial analyst with work background in the retail and shoe industries, as well as specializations in Lawson, MS Dynamics SL and QuickBooks bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Lawson, MS Dynamics SL, QuickBooks, Access and JDA Planning. Areas of expertise include finance, inventory control, accounting, accounts receivable; process improvement, development departmental processes and cross development of direct reports. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Important responsibilities of this financial analyst included interfacing with corporate and divisional personnel to develop financial analysis/ forecasts of company or business unit Performance on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Duties covered performing all budgeting activity for a $1.2 Billion operating division including P&L, balance sheets, Cash flows and financial statistics, as well as providing overview and training for Lawson financial software to all levels of management. Assisting in due diligence and analytics in connection with merger and acquisition projects was provided, along with coordinating financial data for Form 10 registration statement related to spin-off of the company. This individual carried out the implementation and training for Lawson financial software in all operating units and the creation of customized Lawson reports. One of the skills brought to the table consisted of partnering with store operations as well as information systems to develop a weekly store payroll budget and monitoring tool.

Functions in other jobs consisted of providing accounting and controls related to inventory accuracy, inventory movement and shrink, in addition to managing the sales audit function by reconciling Cash and Credit receivables to store sales.

Could your organization use a financial analyst who is experienced in IT, manufacturing and education industries, as well as proficient in Lawson, PeopleSoft and Peachtree/Sage 50? Technical proficiencies cover Lawson, PeopleSoft, Peachtree/Sage 50 and Oracle. Educational background includes Master of Business Administration (Finance) and Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Some impact contributions of this financial analyst included purchasing Performance plan data collection and reporting, as well as assisting in budget preparation. This individual handled Cost analysis and negotiated with current or prospective vendors. Key roles involved running monthly diesel volume reports using the maintenance system, tracking diesel future Prices and collecting diesel data (hedge diesel). Bloomberg and Nymex research were efficiently handled. Aside from tracking OPIS weekly Prices and sending it out to the regions, various data and analysis were provided to purchasing director LCM, corporate VP, all LCM and corporate SSDs, SSMs. Working closely with the regional managers was done to collect and share data. Reporting and preparing LCM spent (photography) were completed using Lawson and Crystal reporting.

Skills brought to the table involved gathering all the necessary data for liquid AC then analyzed them for Price and volume comparison also tracking weekly Prices for liquid AC, in addition to setting vendor records for new vendors, and responsible from all AP related problems. Functions covered gathering data and reporting Horizon, A&C and Backhauls report, along with rebate tracking and allocating the rebates between BU’s and regions. Providing LCM spent data to all purchasing group was done using the systems Lawson, TMT and Access.

Would hiring an accounting analyst with experience working in banking, architecture and financial services industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Administration. Computer skills include Lawson ERP, QuickBooks, PeopleSoft, SAP, Timberline, Oracle, Concur and ADP.

Acting as a general accounting analyst in a bank, maintained/updated the W8/W9 file when new vendor payments are setup in Lawson and scanning vendor set up documents, as well as assisted the procurement team with investigating Contract and PO discrepancies, including trouble shooting of the invoice receipt and matching process. Part of the job was to provide lead assistance in resolving vendor invoice and payment issues as necessary to support timely payment to vendors. Also, scanned and processed invoices and expenses for an increasing volume of business, as well as supported month-end A/P close process relative to accurate accruals and vendor account reconciliations.

While working for a bank, reviewed expense receipts to ensure that they support the travel and entertainment expenses. This professional contacted employees regarding expense discrepancies: requested additional supporting data as needed; requested personal reimbursements to the company when required; documented and maintained a log of all T&E resolution communications. Furthermore, provided service for fielding questions and requests pertaining to the travel and entertainment issues for all employees.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this accounting analyst with work experience in insurance and hospitality industries? Educational background is composed of Bachelor in Business Administration and Finance. Computer skills involve Lawson ERP, Informix, LAS, Solomon and Goldmine.

Contributed to the organization’s success by performing all accounting duties for the small fleet trucking insurance department, as well as reconciling, processing checks, and paying all insurance companies within the department. Acting as an accounting analyst in an insurance company, performed all accounts payable duties for a transportation department, handled all accounts receivable duties for the small fleet trucking insurance department, as well as researched and processed incoming endorsements. Some of the responsibilities were following up on non-pays for payment, completing all month and year end financial statements as necessary for the department, as well as assisting the CFO in researching accounting discrepancies.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by researching and fixing any discrepancies in general ledger regarding rent, as well as communicating effectively with all internal and external parties. Serving in a hospitality company as an accounting analyst/assistant controller, responsible for the timely processing of merchandise vendor invoices and reviewed weekly reports to ensure invoices in “Error” were uploaded into Lawson. Moreover, ran matched-status report for critical vendors to review past due invoices, as well as updated weekly missing short log to advise stores of receipts needed. Additionally, ensured statement reconciliations were current, as well as built and maintained positive vendor relations.

Is impacting your organization with an accounting analyst who worked in banking, property management and petroleum industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of BS Accounting. Expertise in computer applications consists of Lawson (APL), ImageNow and AutoTracker. Areas of practice includes Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Bank Statement Reconciliation.

While employed in a bank as an accounting analyst, verified, sorted, coded, and processed invoices using Lawson (APL), analyzed invoices to ensure accuracy, as well as obtained approval from Federal Reserve Bank business areas for payment of invoices. Other tasks were coordinating with vendors as well as Business areas to resolve overdue or erroneous invoice issues, as well as reviewing vendor statements and Purchase orders to resolve Open items. In addition, matched Purchase Order invoices and released for payment once all items have been received by the business areas and coded to their proper object of expense accounts. Also, matched paid invoices with correct payment advises and scanned into Lawson using ImageNow scanning software.

Part of the job as an accounting analyst in a property management company was to assist residential property management corporation with software implementation. Additional duties were processing high volume of data from tenants into MS Excel spreadsheets, as well as verifying accuracy of documents and calculations using financial and bank statements, IRA, mutual funds, equity forms and affidavits. Furthermore, reported any discrepancies to management.

What contributions could a senior accounting analyst with extensive experience working in a nonprofit organization bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of AAS Accounting and BS Accounting. Technical skills are composed of Lawson, PeopleSoft and QuickBooks.

Challenges like reviewing and analyzing bank fees for accuracy, as well as creating special journal entries as needed that relate to bank reconciliations were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. While employed as a senior accounting analyst in a nonprofit organization, responsible for daily reconciliation and approval of payments against the company’s 5 major bank accounts, as well as responsible for reviewing and reconciliation of 12 general ledger accounts. Some of the tasks were developing several reports in Lawson accounting system to streamline monthly account and bank reconciliations, as well as doing the coordination of bank system changes, testing and concerns between the financial reporting area and the information technology team. In addition, prepared the monthly postings, repetitive journal entries, new accounts set up, year-end closing, changes to existing reports and the creation of new reports.

Shared expertise by being responsible for analysis of investment activity and journal preparation, as well as responsible for summarizing all investment information for financial reporting, auditing and analysis purposes. Moreover, was responsible for preparing appropriate monthly journal entries to reflect monthly accounting activity. Furthermore, was responsible for monitoring and reconciling 403 (b) and 401(k) savings plan activity with fidelity and retirement savings staff, as well as responsible for the input and maintenance of manual payroll checks that are prepared in house.