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Daniel Okafor
Staff Accountant
Atlanta, GA · daniel@email.com · linkedin.com/in/danielokafor
Professional summary
Accountant with 5 years of experience in month-end close, reconciliations, and audit preparation across manufacturing and SaaS. CPA candidate with a record of shortening close cycles, clearing reconciliation backlogs, and supporting clean external audits.
Experience
Staff Accountant
Meridian Components Inc. · Atlanta, GA
- Own month-end close for two manufacturing entities, cutting the close from 9 business days to 6 by standardising journal-entry templates and reconciliation checklists.
- Cleared a backlog of 140 unreconciled balance-sheet items within one quarter and kept all accounts current for eight consecutive quarters since.
- Prepared PBC schedules and walkthrough documentation for the annual external audit, contributing to two consecutive audits with no adjusting entries.
Junior Accountant
Bluepine Software · Atlanta, GA
- Processed full-cycle accounts payable for roughly 300 invoices per month, maintaining 99% on-time payment and capturing early-payment discounts worth $18,000 a year.
- Reconciled deferred revenue schedules for 200+ SaaS contracts monthly, resolving billing discrepancies with customer success before they reached collections.
- Automated recurring journal entries and prepaid amortisation in NetSuite, removing about 10 hours of manual entry from every close.
Skills
Month-end close · General ledger accounting · Balance sheet reconciliations · GAAP · Accounts payable & receivable · Audit preparation · NetSuite · QuickBooks · Excel (pivot tables, XLOOKUP) · Fixed assets & depreciation · Deferred revenue · Internal controls
Education & credentials
B.B.A. in AccountingGeorgia State University
CPA candidateGeorgia State Board of Accountancy · 3 of 4 sections passed