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Cole Gudzak

Baltimore

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Accountant

LifeStraw
05.2025 - Current
  • Prepared monthly financial statements ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
  • Assisted in annual audit preparation, coordinating with external auditors effectively.
  • Managed accounts payable process, streamlining invoice approvals and payments.
  • Monitored cash flow closely to ensure sufficient funds were available for operational needs.
  • Implemented improvements in data entry procedures to reduce errors and increase efficiency.
  • Maintained general ledger accuracy through regular account reconciliations, journal entry adjustments, and transaction reviews.

Staff Accountant

Element Fleet Management
08.2023 - 05.2025
  • Compile and analyze financial information to prepare general ledger entries.
  • Executes month-end close procedures, ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance with strict deadlines.
  • Resolve inconsistent and inaccurate financial information in preparation of schedules, account reconciliations, and reports.
  • Perform statistical analysis to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes to general ledger accounts.
  • Proficient in utilizing excel tools such as pivot tables within to analyze and summarize complex financial data.

Financial and Administrative Intern

Board of Childcare
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Worked closely under the CFO to assist with research, data entry, filing and general coordination.
  • Assisted in managing documentation and processes within the organization.
  • Facilitated staff and third party resources to ensure accuracy and completion of tasks.

SEC Reporting and Financial analyst Intern

Vornado
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • Assisted in the preparation of financial statements, including the footnotes to the financial statements and MD&A disclosures for the 10-Q SEC filing.
  • Prepared quarterly schedules to tie out numbers to most recent SEC disclosures to ensure accuracy.
  • Used financial reporting software (Workiva) to edit and update the 10-Q documents.

Education

B.S. - Finance

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
05.2023

Skills

  • SAP
  • NetSuite
  • BlackLine
  • Snowflake Datawarehouse
  • MS 365 Applications
  • MS Excel
  • IDEA (caseware)
  • Smart Sheet
  • Team Player
  • Strong Communication
  • Motivated
  • Leadership
  • Technical & analytical
  • Eager to Learn

Timeline

Staff Accountant

LifeStraw
05.2025 - Current

Staff Accountant

Element Fleet Management
08.2023 - 05.2025

Financial and Administrative Intern

Board of Childcare
05.2023 - 08.2023

SEC Reporting and Financial analyst Intern

Vornado
06.2022 - 08.2022

B.S. - Finance

Seton Hall University
Cole Gudzak