
Jessica Loffa
@jessicaloffa
Controller at The Backend Architect building AI automation, dashboards, and financial workflows for small businesses.
What I'm looking for
At The Backend Architect, I help small businesses find operational bottlenecks and build custom AI automation, dashboards, workflows, and SOPs. I stay involved through implementation so the systems are put to use.
At FoodPrep Solutions, I automated accounts payable, saving 8+ hours a week, and reduced the month-end close timeline by 40%. I also built a budgeting and forecasting model for executive reporting and decision-making.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Independent Financial Consultant (Contract) · The Backend Architect
Jul 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)
I help small businesses solve a problem I've seen across industries: owners drowning in manual, repetitive tasks, even though the tools to fix them already exist.
My work focuses on three things:
🔍 Finding the bottlenecks — I audit business operations to identify exactly where time and money are being lost
⚙️ Building the systems — I design and implement custom AI automation solutions tailored to
Led financial strategy and backend systems development for a fast-scaling food service company. Oversaw monthly close, cash flow, forecasting, and systems optimization.
• Automated the full accounts payable process, saving 8+ hours/week
• Reduced month-end close timeline by 40% through streamlined procedures
• Built a budgeting & forecasting model for executive reporting and decision-making
• Men
Supported Controller in day-to-day financial operations, audit preparation, and cash management during a high-growth period.
• Led preparation for year-end audit and created audit-ready templates
• Created and implemented a new expense categorization process across departments
• Managed cash reporting and daily bank reconciliations across multiple accounts
• Piloted a weekly ops-finance sync to i
Accounts Payable Manager -
• Assists with the annual 1099-reporting process with a third-party service provider
• Oversees handling and coding of invoices to maintain general ledger expense account and inventory records.
• Handling allocations and approvals in Accounts Payable and General Ledger systems
• Assist with daily cash reporting
Senior Accountant -
• Prepare journal entries and take a
• Manage Accounts Payable analyst who completed accounts payable administrative functions
• Defined and implemented Account Payables processes
• Work closely with the Operations department to solve purchase order discrepancies
• Work closely with CFO to ensure critical vendors are paid on time
• Created monthly standard fixed asset tracking and reconciliation workflows
• Collaborated with IT and
• Complete month-end close processes including account reconciliations, adjusting journal entries
• Created monthly standard asset tracking and reconciliation workflows utilizing Cognos TM1
• Manage accounting work processes within an outsourced environment
• Improved work flows through robotic process automation using Blue Prism systems
• Collaborated with finance to automate processes to reduc
• Tracking and reconciliation of fixed assets on a monthly basis
• Monthly resolution of inter-company transaction issues, reconciling discrepancies to multinational banking systems, and resolving on going issues
• Collaborated with IT and other business partners during Fixed Asset systems go lives
• Assisting with establishing systems Disaster Relief protocol and testing
• Implementing more accu
• Responsible for various balance sheet analyses
• Preparation of month-end close journal entries
• Fixed Asset tracking and analysis, freight resolution
• Monthly royalty estimates
• Providing timely and accurate variance analysis on sophisticated budgets
• Extensive responsibility for Accounts Payable and Receivable and invoicing of customers
• Supervising accounting functions in an outsourced environment.
• Assisted with daily cash forecasting
• Preparation of quarterly reports as well as SOX internal controls and compliance Participated in month end close process and b
Assumed responsibility as Accounting Clerk for daily bank reconcilations and entry of
data into SAP while training on global technical systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
How to Be Both Assertive and Likable
Feb 2023
Power BI: Dashboards for Beginners
Apr 2023
A Modern Guide to Strategy Implementation
Sep 2022
How to Have a Happier Workweek
Jun 2022
The Six Morning Habits of High Performers
Aug 2022
Four Simple Strategies to Boost Creativity and Productivity
Aug 2022
Managing Your Personal Finances
Aug 2022
Kean University
Master's degree, Accounting
2008 - 2009
Berkeley College
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
2003 - 2006
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Software and tools used professionally
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