Meredith Calloway

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CPA with 9 years of progressive accounting experience in manufacturing and SaaS environments, specializing in month-end close, revenue recognition under ASC 606, and financial reporting. Reduced close cycle from 12 days to 6 days at current employer while maintaining a zero-material-misstatement audit record across four consecutive years. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through ERP migrations and process automation initiatives that cut manual reconciliation hours by 40%.

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Senior AccountantMar 2020 - Present

Vantara Systems Inc., Austin, TX

Led month-end and quarter-end close for a $180M ARR SaaS business, compressing the close cycle from 12 days to 6 days by redesigning the task-ownership matrix and automating 14 journal entries in NetSuite.
Owned ASC 606 revenue recognition for 200+ multi-element contracts, identifying and correcting a $2.3M allocation error that prevented a restatement during the FY2022 external audit.
Managed a team of 3 staff accountants, conducting weekly one-on-ones and quarterly performance reviews that reduced voluntary turnover in the accounting department from 35% to 8% over two years.

Accountant IIJun 2017 - Feb 2020

Holloway Industrial Group, San Antonio, TX

Prepared consolidated financial statements for 4 legal entities with combined annual revenue of $420M, reconciling intercompany eliminations that historically contained $500K+ in unresolved variances.
Supported a Big 4 external audit by delivering 98% of PBC requests within 48 hours, contributing to the cleanest audit opinion the company had received in 7 years.
Implemented a fixed-asset tracking module in SAP, reducing depreciation schedule errors by 62% and saving 22 hours per quarter in manual spreadsheet maintenance.

Staff AccountantAug 2015 - May 2017

Brightfield CPA Group, Austin, TX

Prepared federal and state tax returns for 80+ small-business clients with revenues ranging from $500K to $15M, maintaining 100% on-time filing rate across two tax seasons.
Reconciled accounts payable and receivable sub-ledgers monthly for 12 client engagements, identifying $340K in duplicate payments that were recovered within 90 days.
Built a standardized workpaper template in Excel adopted firm-wide, reducing new-staff onboarding time for client files by an estimated 30%.

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