Erik Kirchhoff
Metairie
Summary
CPA candidate with eight years of professional accounting management and consulting experience. Consistent growth utilizing collaboration and consensus, with a keen ability to build relationships across diverse industries and clients. Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills delivering time sensitive financial statements and project management results.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Independent Contractor
Kirchhoff Accounting & Business Solutions
01.2017 - 01.2025
- 2025: Collaborated with multiple small e-commerce businesses on accounts payables & receivables processes
- 2024: Facilitated a financial software conversion from LN-Juris to QuickBooks Online Advance for DLS Marine
- 2022: Restructured Zephyr Drones LLC increasing profit while reducing costs, freeing up working capital to drive growth and development into emerging markets
- 2021: Assisted with P&L preparation, project estimates, and strategic business planning for Treas Contracting
- 2020: Provided accounting services for multiple small residential construction contractors in various trades
- 2017: Implemented a P&L, inventory tracking system, and marketing program for Grand Isle Partners LLC
Assistant Controller
ADT Solar
09.2022 - 09.2024
- Primary reconciliation preparer for balance sheet current, assets & liabilities monthly/quarterly
- Accountable for administrative/field ops over +$300M Inventory controls for North America
- Acting liaison for SOX Compliance with ADT LLC’s Internal Auditors & KPMG/PwC CPA External Auditors
- Multi-team controls process facilitator with Management, Senior, and Staff Accountants in ADT Solar subsidiary
Executive Controller
JLV Construction
07.2021 - 05.2022
- Initial co-visionary segueing to integrator of the Entrepreneurial Operating System 'EOS' facilitating transformation into a world-class corporation
- Reorganized our corporate structure to streamline operations for growth and development in 2022
- Launched the JLV Commercial Division in 2022 by capitalizing on the Director of Sales business contacts exceeding 2021 Q3 & Q4 by $2.3 million with $25 million in prospects and $11 million signed Q1 2022
Corporate Controller
Ruby Enterprises, LLC
11.2020 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: an IHOP franchisee
- Coordinate all financial activities including planning, budgeting, forecasting, negotiations, and partnership compliance for 17 subsidiaries under the corporate umbrella
- Manage $70M in assets by providing strategic leadership direction for all directors/managers in short and long-term business goals
- Oversee the procurement of formal financial statements for the owners, external partners and stakeholders
- An IHOP franchisee
Senior Accounting Manager
Ducky Johnson Recovery
12.2018 - 12.2019
- Assisted the CFO/Project Managers in daily corporate accounting management of all subsidiaries, acquisitions, and strategy development/execution
- Managed $50M in state and federal government projects across the US and its territories
- Prepared consolidated financial statements for year-end closing and assisted external audit scope requests
Accounting Manager
B&G Construction & Restoration
10.2017 - 12.2018
- Assisted the Managing Partner and Director of Operations in key project management decisions
- Managed the development and expansion of a new division, increasing our market reach
- Managed full cycle accounting for financial statements, quarterly tax filings, and state audits for the corporate office and external CPA’s
Accounting & Audit Staff
Wegmann Dazet & Co. CPA’s
12.2016 - 05.2017
- Assisted in developing audit scopes, engagements through substantive testing, and attestation of procedures/financial data
- Prepared quarterly and year-end reviews for financial statement compilation services for different industries/clients
- Performed extensive trial balance work with reconciliations of asset/liability accounts and audit TOCS
Education
Graduate Pre-CPA Program - CPA Candidate Certificate
College of Business Administration – University of New Orleans
12.2016
Bachelor of Arts - History
College of Humanities & Social Sciences – Louisiana State University
12.2002
Skills
- Financial reporting
- Audits
- AP and AR management
- General ledger management
- Project management
- Month-end reporting
- Cost accounting
- Staff training and development
- Project accounting
- Internal controls
- Process improvement
- Variance analysis
- Financial statement presentations
- Cash flow management
- SOX compliance
- Accounting solutions integration
- Consolidation accounting
- Inventory auditing
- Financial policies development
- Month-end closing
- Year-end closing
- Profit and loss monitoring
- GAAP knowledge
- Operational reporting
- Prioritizing and planning
Software Proficiencies
- NetSuite
- Oracle Cloud
- Intuit QuickBooks
- SAP
- Sage Intacct
- Google Sheets
- MS 365 & Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
- Asana
- EOS Software
- Salesforce
- Shopify
- MuleSoft
- ADP
- Paychex
- BuildPro
- AccuLynx
- Xactimate
Timeline
Assistant Controller
ADT Solar
09.2022 - 09.2024
Executive Controller
JLV Construction
07.2021 - 05.2022
Corporate Controller
Ruby Enterprises, LLC
11.2020 - 01.2021
Senior Accounting Manager
Ducky Johnson Recovery
12.2018 - 12.2019
Accounting Manager
B&G Construction & Restoration
10.2017 - 12.2018
Independent Contractor
Kirchhoff Accounting & Business Solutions
01.2017 - 01.2025
Accounting & Audit Staff
Wegmann Dazet & Co. CPA’s
12.2016 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Arts - History
College of Humanities & Social Sciences – Louisiana State University
Graduate Pre-CPA Program - CPA Candidate Certificate
College of Business Administration – University of New Orleans
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