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Jessica Loffa

@jessicaloffa

Controller at The Backend Architect building AI automation, dashboards, and financial workflows for small businesses.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I work with founders who need fractional CFO support and Controller-level help building financial infrastructure. I focus on finding operational bottlenecks, implementing systems, and creating clarity through dashboards, workflows, and SOPs.

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

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Current

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

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Financial Controller

Apr 2024 - Jun 2025 (1 year 2 months)

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

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Assistant Controller

Aug 2023 - Apr 2024 (8 months)

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

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Senior Accounting Supervisor

Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 2 months)

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

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Accounts Payable Manager

Jun 2020 - Jun 2022 (2 years)

• 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

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Senior Accountant

Mar 2018 - May 2020 (2 years 2 months)

• 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

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Sr. Accountant

Aug 2014 - Mar 2018 (3 years 7 months)

• 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

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Accountant

Aug 2011 - Aug 2014 (3 years)

• Responsible for various balance sheet analyses
• Preparation of month-end close journal entries
• Fixed Asset tracking and analysis, freight resolution
• Monthly royalty estimates

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Accountant

Jul 2006 - Aug 2011 (5 years 1 month)

• 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

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Accounting Clerk

Aug 2004 - Sep 2006 (2 years 1 month)

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

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KU

Kean University

Master's degree, Accounting

2008 - 2009

BC

Berkeley College

Bachelor's degree, Accounting

2003 - 2006

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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