RENEE ROBINSON, CPA

Phone: 773.339.8386 or 951.247.7486

Email: rrobinson101@yahoo.com

CONTROLLER | AUDIT MANAGER | SENIOR AUDITOR

Top-performing Accountant and Auditor credited with combining team leadership and accounting expertise to
deliver successful financial results. Strong expertise in planning and implementing successful financial audits of
government and non-profit organizations. Highly accomplished team leader and trainer. Proficient in managing
and balancing organization and department budgets to accomplish company financial goals.

A REAS OF EXPERTISE
Financial Statement Audits
Audit Planning and Execution
Compliance Audits

Government Contract Review

Cash Flow Projections
Accounts Receivable and Payable

Budget Analysis/Forecasting
Asset Valuation
Inventory Analysis

M ANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Direct accounting department and all related affairs to maintain and improve the organizations
financial management system across five operating legal entities and seven limited partnerships.
Provide leadership, training and direction to a four-person accounting team accountable for
payroll accounts receivable and payable, grants and contracts management.
Oversee the preparation of monthly financial statements, including the timely posting of events,
transactions, accruals and adjustments, reconciling of accounts and disclosure of all information.
Govern the administration of grants and contracts totaling $6.2 million, along with debt
compliance reports, vouchers and contract-billing processes with all regulatory bodies and
institutions.
Manage, plan and assign work segments to audit team personnel, implementing and managing
program within time and resource constraints.
Manage and maintain actual and budgeted reports along with forecast projections for special
projects.
Administered and implemented TeamMate software conversion team of ten auditors throughout
the upgrade and workflow.
Train accounting clerks and technicians in Peachtree, QuickBooks, and ATX software.

A UDIT EXPERIENCE

Plan and perform financial, federal, and state compliance audits of government organizations
with assets up to $4.8 billion, non-profit establishments and small firms in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Government
Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
Review previous audit findings and management responses, as well as implementation progress
of outstanding findings. Also review and verify completion of deferred revenue, accruals,
temporary restricted accounts and contract reconciliation of bank, receivable, payroll allocation
and general ledger line items.
Analyze reconciliation process for revenue, receivables, and cash receipts. Also analyze deferred
revenue, unrestricted, temporarily restricted and permanent restricted fund balances, adjusting
entries for completeness.
Perform risk-based operational, compliance and legislative audits of department operational
activities, procedures and processes.

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A CCOUNTING EXPERIENCE

Reconcile monthly statement of master and sub-accounts, analyzing monthly department

budgets of $4 million and accounting reports to maintain expenditure control. Perform
bookkeeping for all daily general ledger accounting transactions.
Provide advice and technical assistance with analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
Submit recommendations for approval or disapproval of fund requests.
Trace and vouch reimbursement of federal and state grant expenditures. Oversee and examine
classification and distribution of income and expenditures to proper fund accounts.
Prepare bi-weekly payroll for part-time, temporary and full-time employees.
Prepare tax forms 990, data collection, 1120, 1120S, 941, 940, and 940 U-1. Prepare federal, state,
and local income tax returns for individuals, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations.

W ORK HISTORY
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL INTERIM CONTROLLER
2015
INDEPENDENT AUDIT CONSULTANT-GOVT., NON-PROFIT, CORP., M ORENO V ALLEY, CA 2014 - Present
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, BUDGET ANALYST/S R. INTERNAL AUDITOR, R IVERSIDE, CA
2008 2013
BENFORD BROWN & ASSOCIATES-PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
STAFF AUDITOR/ACCOUNTANT, CHICAGO, IL
2006 2008
A.L. TAYLOR & ASSOCIATES PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM,
STAFF ACCOUNTANT/AUDITOR, CHICAGO, IL
2004 2006
QUI-T-ELLE WOW, BOOKKEEPER, CHICAGO, IL
1994 2004

EDUCATION & T RAINING

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL
Becker CPA Review Course
Certified Public Accountant License #127098
Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor
Grier Leadership Academy

RELEVANT SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

PEOPLESOFT SIMPLER TEAMMATE MAX TAX PRO SERIES EXCEL ACCESS POWERPOINT
WORD PEACHTREE ACCOUNTING QUICKBOOKS PRO ACCOUNTING MIP ACCOUNTING