Ernest S. Motley

**** **** **** ******, *******, IL 60643 Phone: 773-***-****

acdnwg@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

College of Dupage, City Colleges of Chicago and Chicago State University

(150/150 hours)

. Procured Accounting coursework as a student at large to sit for the

Uniform C.P.A. Examination

Accounting GPA (3.67/4.00) (Graduation date Spring 2013) (30/30 Accounting

Hours) (January 2011- May 2013)

Coursework: Income Tax Return Preparation (A), Federal Taxation I (B),

Microcomputer Accounting (B) (QuickBooks 2011), Intermediate Accounting I

(A) Intermediate Accounting II (A), Auditing I (B) and Cost Accounting (A)

and Advanced Accounting (A)

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois

Bachelor of Science in Finance Coursework: Capital Budgeting (B), Senior

Capstone Class (A) (August 2008)

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Potbelly Sandwich Works Inc.

Chicago, Illinois

Accounting Analyst - Cash and Sales

(September 2013-Present)

. Assisted with the Cash Reconciliation for the entire company to tie

back all Chase and PNC bank transaction activity to the balance per

bank to the balance per book and researched any variances and

anomalies to close the books for the period.

. Coded on average of 8,000 Chase Bank Account Transactions per period

relating to : (Dunbar vault information, tax payments, deposit

information, 401k, credit cards, delivery sales, ach transactions,

IPO, transactions and notes payable)

. Reconciled Aloha daily deposits amounts to Dunbar and Chase deposits

and identifying patterns of missing deposits, cash o/s overages and

shortages to the cash o/s expense line item for over 298 shops

. Created reports to send to the field using pivot tables to highlight

trends of missing deposits, theft and cash o/s issues

. Prepared the Sales and Use Tax report for filing by KPMG

. Completed month end journal entrees to capture cash and tax related

transactions including but not limited to the Sales J/E with average

Sales of $24,000,000 per period

. Completed General Ledger Account Reconciliations for the month end

close process

. Oversaw New store opening change fund delivery and initial payment to

Dunbar, average annual store openings 35

Potbelly Sandwich Works Inc.

Chicago, Illinois

Accounts Payable Specialist (April

2013- September 2013)

. Implemented a new process to manage all current and past due invoices

for 8 vendors simultaneously to bring all accounts current

. Prepared month-end accruals to ensure all unpaid expenses are captured

and accrued for

. Research and resolved multiple past due invoice issues

RPAI (Retail Properties of America) Property Management

Oak Brook, Illinois

Data Entry Clerk

(January 2013 - March 2013)

. Assisted the Accounts Payable department by getting their back logged

invoices, utility bills and waste bills up to date (Approximately

5,200 past due invoices)

. Entered Invoices into AvidXchange to pay bills and prepare checks to be

sent off for payment (Approximately 525)

. Audited the Mileage report and Expense Reimbursement report

Nordstrom Inc.

Orland Park, Illinois

Inventory Assessor

(January 2013)

. Assisted with the semi-annual inventory assessment of 19 department

store inventory with 30+ employees

The Northern Trust Company

Chicago, Illinois

Associate Fund Accountant

(December 2008-May 2009)

. Analyzed movement in the Net Asset Value (NAV) due to price changes,

futures and securities based on domestic market activity in 5 domestic

funds and 1 monthly fund worth $538 million

. Identified, researched and resolved inquiries and discrepancies in fund

holdings, cash, trade activity and unit activity

SKILLS

Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, Integration Manager, Cash reconciliation

software Trintech and ( R.O.C.S.), QuickBooks 2011, Taxwise, Microsoft

Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint), Oracle and AvidXchange

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