Erika Lempke has over 15 years of accounting experience including roles as a senior accountant, tax analyst, and staff accountant. She has a Master's degree in Accounting and Taxation and is a Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Currently she is a senior accountant at Florida Power & Light where she prepares financial statements and is responsible for a $3.4 billion project.
1. Erika Lempke, CPA
4091 Ilex Cir S
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
239-450-0102-erikalempke@yahoo.com
Summary of Qualifications
• Founder of the Hispanic Organization of Latino Americans (H.OL.A).
• Member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Lunch and Learn Committee.
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle a variety of projects and meet deadlines.
Education
• Master of Science in Accounting and Taxation
• Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL December 2007
• Bachelor of Accounting
• Florida International University, Miami, FL December 2005
Related Experience
Florida Power Light Company Juno Beach, FL 09/08/14 to Present
Senior Accountant – Financial Accounting
• Responsible for preparing monthly journal entries and related supporting schedules for consolidated balance sheet.
• Responsible for Clauses Income Statements (including Fuel, Conservation, Environmental, Capacity, Storm,
Franchise & Gross Receipts).
• Responsible for GAAP to FERC Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
• Responsible for FERC to GAAP reconciliation.
• Responsible for Accounting and Closing of FPL Recovery Fund (FREC), formed in 2007 for the sole purpose of
issuing storm-recovery bonds pursuant to the securitization provisions of the Florida Statutes and a financing order
of the FPSC.
• Responsible for Preparation of Balance Sheet Variance Explanations.
• Responsible for preparing quarterly disclosures for 10Q filing.
Florida Power Light Company Juno Beach, FL 07/06/10 to 09/07/2014
Senior Accountant - Nuclear Cost Recovery Accountant
• Provides accounting and regulatory oversight and guidance on $3.4 Billion Extended Power Uprate (EPU) project.
• Responsible for monitoring and complying with all nuclear cost recovery docket filing.
• Responsible for the preparation and review of Nuclear Filing requirements (NFR’s) and all exhibits to be included in
March and May Nuclear filings resulting in $662M in recoveries as of December 2013.
• Responsible for identifying adjustments needed to be made to NFR’s.
• Responsible for creating new templates to facilitate the preparation of NFR’s and other schedules.
• Provide Accounting witness support at Hearings.
• Responsible for the accuracy of all numbers in the March, May and rebuttal testimony and related filings in the
Nuclear Cost Recovery dockets and ensuring the final NFR’s agree to testimonies and exhibits.
• Responsible for responding to discovery.
• Responsible for final review of all journal entries before Manager Approval in SAP.
• Oversee and trained new employees.
2. ACS, Inc, A Xerox Company Fort Myers, FL 02/26/07 to 07/01/10
Tax Analyst
• Preparation of multi-state sales and use tax returns, ensuring compliance with
payment, reporting or other tax requirements for all General Electric corporations.
• Responsible for performing tax research and updating tax rates.
• Responsible for estimated tax calculations in the millions.
• Responsible for responding to tax notices.
USI / West Coast Insulation Fort Myers, FL 06/19/06 to 01/26/07
Staff Accountant-Internship
• Responsible for preparing monthly financial statements and Journal entries.
• Responsible for reconciling general ledger balances.
• Assist the Controller in analyzing account variances.
• Prepare schedule of fixed assets.
• Assist with Budget.
Express Net Airlines Naples, FL 08/12/05 to 06/19/06
Staff Accountant
• Responsible for accounts receivable.
• Prepared schedule of fixed assets and relate journal entries.
• Assist with inventory control.
• Responsible for assisting in the preparation of monthly financial statements.
• Responsible for reconciling general ledger accounts.
• Assist the Controller in analyzing account variances.
The Wedding Experience Miami, FL 10/17/02 to 08/10/05
Bookkeeper
• Managed high volume of accounts payable.
• Prepared weekly and monthly settlements with all major cruse lines.
• Prepared cost analysis report that provided management with product analysis by region
• Prepared Federal, and State payroll taxes, forms 940,941 and UTC6.
• Processed payroll for approximately 50 employees on a biweekly basis and reconciled payroll accounts.
• Processed and reconciled sales tax accounts according to prescribed tax rates in the various U.S. States.