Maxwell Winkelhake
About Maxwell Winkelhake
Maxwell Winkelhake is a Senior Accounting Operations Specialist at Convoy Inc, where he has worked since 2019. He has a background in economics and extensive experience in accounting operations, including roles at Amazon Web Services and Convoy Inc.
Work at Convoy
Maxwell Winkelhake has been employed at Convoy Inc since 2018. He initially served as a Billing Specialist for one year before transitioning to the role of Accounting Associate in 2019. In 2020, he advanced to the position of Senior Accounting Operations Specialist, where he has worked for four years. His responsibilities include preparing monthly cash burn analysis, initiating automated cash flow reports in Workday Financials, and managing billing and collections teams. He has also created KPI and Metric dashboards in SQL to monitor billing activities and documented key financial processes.
Experience at Amazon Web Services
Prior to his tenure at Convoy, Maxwell Winkelhake worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an Investigations Specialist from 2017 to 2018. His role lasted for eight months in the Greater Seattle Area. Earlier in 2017, he briefly worked as a Data Entry Associate at Amazon for one month. His experience at AWS provided him with insights into operational processes and investigations within a large technology company.
Education and Expertise
Maxwell Winkelhake holds a Bachelor's degree in Business/Managerial Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Northern Colorado, where he studied from 2015 to 2017. He also studied Economics with a focus on Financial Economics at the University of Redlands for one year in 2014. Additionally, he earned an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree in Art from Shoreline Community College in 2015. His educational background provides a solid foundation for his expertise in accounting and financial operations.
Achievements in Financial Operations
In his current role at Convoy Inc, Maxwell Winkelhake has implemented several significant improvements in financial operations. He has managed a cash application team, developing a process to efficiently apply cash to over 10,000 invoices daily. He also created automated revenue and COGS support in SQL, which standardized month-end journal entries. His work in transitioning from Quickbooks to Workday involved creating a new GL structure and ensuring GAAP compliance, demonstrating his ability to enhance financial processes.