Michelle Frazer

Email: abp7a0@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ***** **** **. *****

City: Bethesda

State: MD

Zip: 20814

Country: USA

Phone: 301-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $85,000

Willing to Relocate

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Michelle Frazer

5225 Pooks Hill Rd, 1510N, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-***-****, abp7a0@r.postjobfree.com

FINANCIAL ANALYST

SECURITY CLEARANCE

SUMMARY

Staff Accountant with more than 27 years of Finance and Accounting experience. Expertise in preparing financial statements, financial modeling, monitoring daily transactions, developing annual budgets, and recording all financial activity for small to medium sized businesses. Strong background in Finance and Accounting methodologies and practices.

QUALIFICATION

* Problem Solving - Assessed existing fiscal procedures, identified and implemented improvements to strengthen the financial cash flow. Committed to the projects overall sales growth and the success of the project.

* Management by Mentoring - Active motivator, supervisor and trainer.

* Fiscal Communications - Experienced presenting fiscal information to senior management and documenting financial policies and procedures.

* Maintained financial schedules and ensured quality reports and analyses.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lockheed Martin, Alexandria, VA. 2008 to October 2012

Multi - Functional Financial Analyst

Served as financial point of contact for project manager on various business portfolios, presented weekly financial results and project operating expenses. Consulted on weekly reporting of expense tracking for timecards systems. Provided VIP training to develop and enhance quality customer relations. Ensured and maintained ethical accounting practices. Reduced weekly reporting from 3 days to 1 day.

* Developed and implemented comprehensive weekly budgets, and provided accurate and timely monthly reports to control budget overruns.

* Managed Accounts Receivable and Billings, provided training to ensure consistent quality, and addressed employee concerns. Improvements in workplace environment reduced staff turnover by 25%.

* Performed multiple financial cost analysis functions, including Pricing reviews, Profit and Loss Statements/cost allocations reviews, EAC`s, Earn Value Management, Contract closeouts, Purchase Card reconciliation, invoicing, setting up cost control system reports, data collection, controlled project costs and prepared weekly status reports to program managers and management.

* Analyzed financial accounts to provide detailed reports of fiscal health to senior management.

* Conducted financial administration and review of contract budgets based on actual performance and analysis. Released purchase orders to supply chain management.

* Reviewed, complied, aging and cash collection. Resolve discrepancies and notify management of changes required to financial procedures.

* Developed procedures for VIP and vendors with VIP manager.

Allbritton Communications Company, Arlington, VA. 1997 to 2008

Staff Accountant

Worked on Special Fixed Asset Project reviewing, FAS/SAGE streamlined files and converting to Great Plains with tight-deadlines and high-quality control requirements. Worked closely with Controller proving data input to create systems, uniformity among 7 television stations. Received performance bonuses every year.

Assisted Accounting Manager, Controller, and Chief Financial Officer in daily financial processing, included monitoring of payroll data, cash receipts, billing, disbursements, expense accounting, and deposits. Developed corporate policies/procedures and internal controls for fiscal management.

* Plan, organize and direct accounting department functions, including accounts payable, general ledger, inter - company and financial statement preparation; develop projection goals and objections for managers; partner with senior managers and accounting managers on special projects; manage outside vendor and auditors.

* Provided coordination and implementation of corporate procedural policy and system support to television stations mangers and external auditors.

* Conducted Fixed Assets Analysis to identify opportunities to strengthen assets. Analyses resulted in additional $15 million fixed asset acquisition.

* Prepare timely monthly accruals; reversals; post interfaces including cash; work in process, and fixed assets. Efficiently close financial books, prepare, and issue monthly financial reports.

* Maintain general ledger, provide support to CFO/Controller for preparation of financial statement; year-end audit reports; implement systems designed to improve operational effectiveness, workflow, and efficiency of accounting department.

* Developed concepts; procedures; analyzed; debugged and resolved fixed asset interface with computerized distribution system.

* Prepare timely monthly accruals; reversals; post interfaces including cash; work in process, and fixed assets. Efficiently close financial books, prepare, and issue monthly financial reports.

* Worked with the Controller and VP of Tax department on SOX compliance procedures to strengthen operational efficiencies. Improved policies and procedures for accounts payable system, expense reports and fixed assets in conjunction to year-end audit station wide.

The Wyatt Company, Washington, DC. 1988 to 1997

Staff Accountant

Re-engineered A/P and A/R and fixed asset programs for IT, Health Care and Human Resources clients. Evaluated several software programs to determine compatibility with current requirements and provided recommendations report to management.

* Refined operational policy controls; played role in department of treasury, account receivables and fixed assets policy, with projected elimination of problems previously stalling productivity of accounting and internal audit functions.

* Researched, identified and investigated: A/R, Payroll, Internal and Treasury interface transactions; verified, reconciled, approved, and posted payments entries into network accounting system.

* Analyzed software; developed concepts and procedures; implemented computerized general ledger system. Resolved, improved accuracy and efficiency of overall effectiveness of processes related to accounting month-end journals with general ledger interfaces.

Staff Accountant, Fairfax, VA. 1987 to 1988

Wills-Chalmers

Maintained Accounts payable and Accounts receivable ledgers

* Preformed general accounting functions, focused on high-risk audit of daily funding for six construction sites, weekly disbursements of short-term payable accounts, and reporting for management review.

Blue Chip Enterprise, San Diego, CA. 1985 to 1987

Finance Director/Partner

Small size company; annual revenue $100,000; provided accounting and supervision for four subcontractors labor employees. Assisted in financial research, statistical analysis and budgeting. Coordinated, state bond insurance policy for the company.

EDUCATION

Lorain County Community College 1985

AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

* Member, Montgomery County Board of Education GT/LD Advisory Board Committee Member 2008

* Gifted and Talented/Learning Disabilities Network Executive Board Member

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