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Sr Project Accountant

Location:
Chino Hills, CA
Posted:
March 01, 2014

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YVONNE A. KORCOK

**** ********* ***** **.

CHINO HILLS, CA 91709

909-***-**** accwrt@r.postjobfree.com

OCCUPATIONAL GOAL:

Primary goal is to join an organization in need of a challenge-orientated individual who will utilize my

knowledge and past experiences, to excel in problem solving and getting the job done.

EDUCATION:

Fullerton College, Associate in Science in Accounting, 1998

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT – Marquee Staffing (4/2013 to 8/2013) position held at CHOC Children’s

Hospital. Duties included project closeout and archiving.

SR PROJECT ACCOUNTANT – Atkins North America, Inc. (former PBS&J) Engineering firm, City

of Orange, CA (6/1996 to 4/2012)

To provide advanced level support to District Administrative Managers in specific areas such as accounts

payable, general ledger, project related analysis, joint ventures, country wide projects and projects that

may require complex invoicing.

• Supports PMs with project initiation, ongoing support, and project close-out

• Gathers records such as contract information, timesheet records or purchase orders to compile

needed data

• Responsible for project invoicing, setting up revenue control methods and billing assignments

• Supports PMs with preparation of monthly progress entry for revenue recognition and projected

future loss analysis

• Assists PM in preparing monthly progress reports for client and special client reporting

• Monitors financial status of projects and provides proactive financial analysis; identifies

potentially adverse trends based on review of project financial data and brings to attention of PM

• As part of project team, interfaces with team personnel, including clients, to identify and resolve

project schedule and financial issues

• Examines and resolves unusual cost transactions

• Assists PM with revenue validation

• Analyzes unbilled transactions and issues log. Collaborates with Project Financial Managers and

Finance Director to resolve unbilled services issues

• Tracks and monitors subcontractor payment

• Serves as resource for billing generation and issue resolution

• Provides advanced project cost and schedule support including earned value management to PM

as required

• Assists with audits as needed

• Performs all work in compliance with company policy, Generally Accepted Accounting

Principles, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements as defined by and implemented through key

controls

• May perform such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary

SR PROJECT ACCOUNTANT – Woodward-Clyde Consultants (merged with URS), Santa Ana, CA

(6/1993 to 5/1996)

Responsibilities included working directly with project managers to ensure the client that all provisions of

the contract are adhered to. Responsible for all billings and related functions including communication

with project managers and clients, reviewing costs, paying special attention to accuracy and detail of each

job. Monitor project budgets and unbilled fees, set-up and maintain project files. Exercise consistent

discretion and judgment. Work along with, and guide others in the department. Assist with periodical

audits of files. Trouble shoot computer billing system.

BOOKKEEPER – Purkiss*Rose-RSI Landscape Architecture, Fullerton CA (1/1992 to 5/1993)

Responsibilities included posting to general ledgers, inputting job cost, closing monthly job cost and

revenue, accounts payable and accounts receivable, collections, bank reconciliation, bank deposits,

prepared monthly invoices, maintained ledgers, entered cash receipts and sales journal, ran reports for

month-end closing and interacted with project managers.

BILLING ACCOUNTANT – Willdan Associates, Engineers and Planners, Anaheim, CA (10/1984 to

4/1991)

Responsibilities included managing all aspects of job control through cost accounting and billing

procedures for over 1,000 jobs and two regional offices of a 500+ people engineering and planning firm.

Additional responsibilities included administering gross revenue through accuracy of total billed and

unbilled “work-in-process” revenue amounts. Experienced in preparing monthly invoices for seven

different cities in both City Engineering and Building and Safety. Prepared census reports, revenue

reports, permit analysis, including logging all permit activities and appropriate job changes.

SKILLS:

Oracle, Deltek Advantage system, BST Programming, Microsoft Office and Windows operating systems



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