Thomas Pietrandrea
Woodbridge
Summary
Dynamic Senior Financial Analyst with extensive experience in Corporate Accounting and FP&A at Amtrak, excelling in monthly accounting, financial forecasting, and variance analysis. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and enhance budget management processes. Adept at leveraging SAP and Oracle NetSuite to drive strategic planning and improve financial reporting accuracy. Strong communicator committed to delivering impactful results.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Analyst
Amtrak
Washington
04.2022 - Current
- Collaborate with project managers to ensure accurate and timely recording of monthly forecasts for various projects.
- Work with project managers to established budgets for various operating and capital projects.
- Owned month-end accounting duties and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Track and record various investment account activities monthly.
- Manage collaboration between finance teams to ensure accurate and timely recording of cash and investment account activities.
- Conducted detailed variance analysis monthly to identify discrepancies in trends, prior years, and in forecasts versus actuals across all income statement accounts.
- Support various annual audit requests and internal controls testing.
- Track and record payroll accruals related to various unions across Amtrak to streamline processes for union agreement ratification.
- Analyzed financial statements and projections/forecasts to support strategic planning.
Senior Accountant
Optum Health/United Healthcare
Washington
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Assist in the merger/integration of Rally Health into Optum/United Healthcare.
- Assisted on the documentation and the transition of the general ledger activities from Rally Health to Optum Health.
- Process invoices related to accounts payable for Real Appeal business unit.
- Perform month-end accounting duties and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Receive and process inventory.
- Process billing for services provided to clients.
- Ensured that all transactions are correctly reflected in the ledger monthly.
Accountant
Rally Health
Washington
03.2021 - 10.2021
- Provided General Ledger support and analysis inclusive of period-end financial close responsibilities.
- Perform daily journal entries related to cash, accounts payable, inventory, prepaid expenses, and payroll.
- Perform various general ledger month end close accounting duties.
- Process billing for services from Real Appeal platform.
- Perform Month end balance sheet reconciliations. Receive and process inventory.
Senior Associate
Baker Tilly, L.L.P
Tysons Corner
08.2020 - 03.2021
- Handle and oversee a variety of financial reporting and accounting functions.
- Work directly with clients to provide timely deliverables.
- Develop invoices and complete journal entries for clients.
- Prepare income tax returns for a variety of clients, including Corporations, REITs, and Partnerships.
- Facilitate quarterly REIT testing for large clients.
- Review supporting work papers, give comments and teach staff associates how to properly deliver timely and thorough deliverables.
Staff Accountant
Baker Tilly, L.L.P
Tysons Corner
10.2018 - 08.2020
- Handle a variety of financial reporting and accounting functions.
- Develop invoices and complete journal entries for clients.
- Prepare income tax returns for a variety of clients, including Corporations, REITs, and Partnerships
- Facilitate quarterly REIT testing for large clients.
- Preparing the supporting work papers for all returns and supporting any tax planning initiatives.
- Researching and providing details about recent tax law changes.
Finance and Accounting Intern
Technica Corporation
Dulles
- 08.2016
- Assisted the Enterprise Planning and Control Manager in budgeting and pricing for government contracts such as Air Force National Capital Region.
- Categorized billable hours by employee or contractor.
- Created deliverables for specific tasks relevant to applicable government contracts.
- Produced a Microsoft Power BI Information System to support the instantaneous sharing of monthly financials.
Education
Master of Science - Accounting and Information Systems
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL05.2017
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP (BPC), Oracle NetSuite, and PeopleSoft
- Able to efficiently evaluate and interpret financial statements
- Superior leadership and project management skills
- Tax experience
- Account reconciliation
- Bank reconciliation
- General ledger reconciliation
- Financial forecasting
- Budget management
- Variance analysis
- General ledger accounting
- Audit support
- Strategic planning
- Client collaboration
- Data analysis
- Process improvement
- Effective communication
- Time management
Timeline
Senior Financial Analyst
Amtrak
04.2022 - Current
Senior Accountant
Optum Health/United Healthcare
10.2021 - 04.2022
Accountant
Rally Health
03.2021 - 10.2021
Senior Associate
Baker Tilly, L.L.P
08.2020 - 03.2021
Staff Accountant
Baker Tilly, L.L.P
10.2018 - 08.2020
Finance and Accounting Intern
Technica Corporation
- 08.2016
Master of Science - Accounting and Information Systems
Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Florida State University
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