Christopher Renner

About Christopher Renner

You take initiative and produce results.\"- DonorsTrust account advisor.I\'m a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Virginia. I retain information and adapt to unfamiliar environments rapidly, enjoy continually learning, and love working in a role that\'s not excessively proceduralized or restricted to the official job description.

Experience

1. Controller

   Donorstrust

   Jul 2018 — Present · Alexandria, VA, US

   Automated several accounting processes using Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), which reduced recording times for credit card purchases by 90% and security purchases / sales / cash dividends by 80%• Fund accounting, including (weekly/monthly/quarterly) activity and balance reports, for over 500 donor-advised funds, 20 fiscal sponsorships, 10 foreign NGO funds, and five endowments• Communicated with high net worth donors regarding their contributions, charitable intent, and specific grant requests, maintaining strict confidentiality• Entered/imported/reviewed general ledger, journal entries and other accounting records for DonorsTrust and 8 related entities• Implemented ACH payment system (using Bill.com) for grantees subject to COVID-related office closures• Entered or reviewed over grants with a cumulative value of over $1.1B• Payroll and direct deposit setup/processing, human resources (onboarding) and administration of 403(b) contributions and other employee benefits• Tax and audit compliance (including liasing with external auditors / Form 990 return preparers, 1099 compliance, W-2, state withholding tax, state sales tax exemption)• Track expenses chargeable to grants and compile expenditure reports to donors• Expense reporting/reimbursement process (using Zoho Expense + payroll)• Bank and other financial statement reconciliations• Assist external contractor with charitable solicitation registrations• Accounts payable (vendors and employees)• Maintain fixed asset schedule• Supervise a team of three• Accounts receivable• Monitor cash flow• Month-end close• Budget reports

Education

• University of Virginia

  Certificate in Accounting, Accounting

  2014 — 2015

• University of Pittsburgh

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics / Business

  1999 — 2004

Skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Tax
• Auditing
• Economics
• Database Administration
• Accounting
• Account Reconciliation
• Database Development
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Practice Cs
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Payroll
• Financial Analysis
• Microsoft Word
• Sales & Use Tax
• Access
• Quickbooks
• Journal Entries
• Visual Basic for Applications (Vba)
• Budgets
• Finance
• Public Speaking
• Sql
• Forecasting
• Management
• Politics
• Databases
• Financial Accounting
• Government Contracting
• Bookkeeping
• Tax Preparation
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• General Ledger
• Adobe Acrobat
• Cost Accounting
• Government
• Nonprofits