Owen Gallagher

Staff Accountant

Denver, CO, United States

Professional Summary

Detail-oriented Staff Accountant with 5+ years in multi-entity month-end close, AP/AR, and audit support for mid-market companies. Known for tightening reconciliations, cutting close cycles, and partnering with controllers on GAAP-compliant reporting. Comfortable in NetSuite, Excel (advanced), and collaborative remote finance teams.

Employment History

Staff Accountant

Peakline Consumer Goods · Denver, CO

Mar, 2022 · Present

• Own full month-end close for two product entities; cut close from 12 to 7 business days. • Reconcile 40+ balance-sheet accounts monthly; cleared a $1.2M aged reconciling-item backlog in two quarters. • Partner with external auditors; delivered PBC lists on time for two consecutive year-end audits with zero material adjustments. • Built rolling cash and AP aging dashboards in Excel/Sheets used by FP&A and the controller weekly.

Accounting Associate

Front Range Manufacturing · Boulder, CO

Jun, 2019 · Feb, 2022

• Processed AP for ~180 vendors; reduced duplicate payments by introducing 3-way match checks. • Supported AR collections; improved average days sales outstanding from 48 to 39. • Assisted with inventory and fixed-asset schedules during annual physical counts.

Accounting Intern

Summit Bookkeeping Partners · Denver, CO

Jan, 2018 · May, 2019

• Prepared bank and credit-card reconciliations for 12 small-business clients. • Entered invoices and expense reports; flagged exceptions for senior review.

Education

B.S. Accounting

University of Colorado Denver

2018

CPA candidate (FAR and AUD passed)

Skills

Month-end close

GAAP

NetSuite

QuickBooks Online

Advanced Excel (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTables, Power Query)

Account reconciliation

AP/AR

Audit support

Multi-entity accounting

Cash forecasting basics