Brian Armstrong, CPA

•Oversee month-end close process in accordance with industry best practices. •Lead the general ledger accounting team and collaborate with accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, commissions, and purchasing functions. •Establish and monitor appropriate policies to ensure conformance and compliance with U.S. GAAP and other statutory requirements, including the analysis and documentation of all technical accounting issues. •Ensure the accounting function maintains the technical competency required for accurate reporting, including adequate training, oversight and review, and monitoring of the impact of changes in the business and new regulatory and accounting pronouncements. •Manage relationship with external auditors and oversee process of annual audits and quarterly reviews. •Perform reviews of reconciliations, financial reports and other analysis. •Prepare timely and accurate consolidated financial statements and related financial reporting information for executive management including comparative analysis with prior periods. •Develop, document and conclude on critical accounting policies for the organization including revenue recognition, capitalization of internally developed software costs, debt financing and other technical accounting areas. •Assisted in implementing ASC 606 processes for both revenue and contract costs and analyzing the impact of the guidance on the company's financial statements

•Acquired new audit clients by conducting numerous proposals to upper management and board of directors •Managed engagements while meeting client deadlines and providing quality client service •Researched and provided GAAP accounting literature to clients specifically in the areas of revenue recognition, business combinations, bankruptcy, and stock options •Reviewed staff audit work to ensure it was in compliance with firm standards •Assisted audit partners in planning/budgeting audit engagements •Lead office trainings on new accounting pronouncements and the potential impact on the profession • Recruited the future of Grant Thornton and actively participated in hiring decisions

•Lead a variety of audit engagements while assisting with the preparation of the GAAP financial statements while considering budgets and deadlines •Advised clients on implementing process improvements to their internal control structure •Researched current accounting issues and communicated the potential impacts to clients and the effects on their business •Planned engagements to identify audit risks and procedures needed to satisfy AICPA audits •Trained and developed staff in understanding accounting concepts •Assisted in SOX/internal control testing for multiple public companies