KELLY BAUM

PROFILE

BaumKelly@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/kellybaumMBA
(707) 322-9633

Seasoned accounting professional with a broad skillset, strong moral compass and 15+ years of
business experience. Resilient, challenge-seeking personality which enjoys working in a growing
business to create organizational efficiencies and valuable internal reporting packages which help
guide management in making strategic business decisions. Now seeking a leadership position in the
wine industry where I can contribute to the growth and strength of a wine business.
EXPERIENCE
7/2014 Present Kosta Browne Winery
Sebastopol, CA
Accounting Manager (Hired as General Accountant & promoted 9/2015)
Designed and executed a plan to bring A/P and payroll in-house, creating efficiencies and reducing costs.
Recruited, hired, trained and managed team of two to reduce monthly report package publishing time from
30+ days to 10 days.
Completed timely product costing, inventory reconciliations, bank & balance sheet reconciliations, ad hoc
reporting, and cradle-to-grave reconciliation of all grape procurements.
Issued consolidated financial statements for wholly and partially owned subsidiaries.
Bolstered the month-end JE process by implementing a procedure to consistently amortize appropriate
expenditures such as prepaid expenses and created an organized filing system for easy JE access.
Discovered and utilized automatic recurring and reversing journal entry feature in accounting system.
Completed and remitted Sales/Use tax return and monthly prepayments in a timely manner.
4/2013 7/2014 Ray Carlson and Associates, Inc.
Santa Rosa, CA
Accountant/Office Manager
Performed all accounting tasks including A/P, A/R, GL, payroll, tax filings(excluding income tax), bank
reconciliations, month-close, year-end, and creation of financial statements.
Completed bookkeeping for BCD Vineyards (a venture of Ray Carlsons), and intercompany transactions.
Performed office duties including processing credit card transactions, bank deposits, client file
maintenance, database maintenance, customer service, client contracts, and overseeing project
management.
Managed all marketing efforts including tradeshow appearances, marketing materials, and advertising.
Oversaw employee relations and general staff management including all HR responsibilities.
Administered healthcare plans, 401K, and profit sharing plan.
11/2008 4/2013 Redwood Regional Medical Group (250+ employees)
Santa Rosa, CA
Staff Accountant (Hired as high volume A/P Specialist, Promoted to Accountant 7/2010)
Managed inventory of chemo drug supplies across multiple clinic sites including reconciliation, recording
acquisitions of new supplies, patient allocations and resolving discrepancies of inventory quantities.
Performed timely completion of month-end close responsibilities including journal entries, creating and
reviewing recurring journal entries, importing payroll GL entries and reconciling with payroll reports,
creating payroll accrual entries, posting A/R receipts and preparing A/R invoices.
Reconciled bank statements and various GL accounts including intercompany accounting, reconciled
employee benefit accounts and communicated with HR and payroll to resolve benefit account variances.
Analyzed expense accounts to identify and book necessary expense and revenue accruals and adjustments.
Assisted with monthly reporting package and maintained amortization schedules.
Prepared sales/use tax return, assisted with annual audit prep and issued annual 1099s.

1/2001 1/2007 Ethan Allen (small local business)

Santa Rosa, CA
Accounting Manager / Full Charge Bookkeeper
Streamlined preexisting bookkeeping systems to improve efficiency
Performed all bookkeeping tasks including A/P, A/R, GL, payroll, bank reconciliations, monthly workers
comp reports, monthly sales tax returns, 1099s, and created corporate financial statements
Performed and provided oversight for office tasks including processing credit card transactions, creating
invoices, obtaining client credit approval, sales reports, bank deposits, establishing vendor accounts and
maintaining positive vendor relations
Provided extensive customer service regarding financial transactions including auditing customer accounts
to identify problem transactions and resolve payment disputes
Administered employee healthcare and 401K plans
Prepared and maintained sales commission reports and calculations of commission pay

EDUCATION/CONTINUING EDUCATION
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Rohnert Park, CA:
Wine Business Management Certificate Candidate
Wine MBA Candidate (Projected graduation date: Fall 2016)
GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY, San Francisco, CA:
B.A. in Business Management, summa cum laude
SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE, Santa Rosa, CA :
2-year Accounting Certificate (32 units, including the following undergraduate level courses):
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Federal Income Tax Law
Intermediate Accounting
Cost Accounting
Computer Applications in Accounting

A.S. in Natural Sciences, with Honors

COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Vintegrate, Jet Reports, Vintrace, Tableau,
QuickBooks, Peachtree, ADP EZ Labor, ADP Payroll and HRB online systems, MS Excel (including pivot
tables, VLookup, SUMIF and other advanced features), MS Word, Outlook, Power Point, Access, AS400

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AICPA
Women for WineSense