RUTH J. GIPSON

**** ******** **** **

Cordova, TN 38016

Phone 469-***-****

E-mail

aceuhf@r.postjobfree.com

I am highly qualified candidate, with over 10 years of accounting experience. I have a Bachelor’s degree - majoring in Accounting and abundant experience working within the finance department. I also have knowledge in balance periodic reconciliations, financial

sheet accounts,and variance analysis, management and government reporting, preparing and processing journal entries, cash management, tax reporting and compliance. I possess the capability of multitasking, and ensuring that all aspects of procedures are carried out efficiently and professionally

to produce a successful outcome. Finally, I adore working in a team environment.

Objective:

Seeking a senior accounting position within the organization where my experience, technical skills and academic

training will be an asset

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration June 1997 Major: Accounting

USIU/Alliant San Diego, CA

Master of Science of Law in Taxation & International Financial Services August 2013

Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego CA

SKILLS:

Accounting and Auditing – financial statements preparation and analysis, variance analysis, GL and bank reconciliation, reporting, budget preparation, journalizing, AR, AP

MS Office Products (Excel, Access, Word), SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, J D Edwards, AS400, Solomon, Timberline,

QuickBooks, Vertex

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

C.B. Richard Ellis (Contract) 01/2014 - Present

Senior Property Accountant

Prepare and complete accounting transactions for client financial statement packages.

Ensure that all expenses, receipts, owner's distributions, funding requests, and other

transactions are accurately posted

Review and audit funding and payment requests for accuracy, documentation and authorization in accordance

with established operating procedures.

Respond to and resolves issues and requests from management teams and clients regarding various

accounting issues and reports, including P& L statements.

Participate in budgeting and forecasting and client audit requests

Pfizer Pharmaceutical (Contract) 06/2011 – 12/2013

Senior Inventory Accountant

Set up costs and analyze sales and inventory accounting process in SAP and GMX.

Ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with transfer pricing policies. Review

intercompany mark-ups.

Prepare and analyze reports. Analyze intercompany balances with other affiliates

Perform period end financial close activities and meet all related deadlines

Reconcile various inventory accounts and research and resolve discrepancies.

Hilton Worldwide Memphis, TN (Contract) 11/2010 - 04/2011

Financial Analyst

Responsible for performing accounting and providing financial analysis of various

accounts.

Responsible for reconciliations and ad hoc reporting. Preparation of balance sheet

analysis to assure the validity of all balance sheet account balances and the proper

support for those balances exists and is readily available

Assisting in month end close

Reviewing coworkers account reconciliations and general support to corporate

accounting

Providing support to internal and external auditors

Texas Independent Bankers’ Bank, Irving, TX 06/2007 - 08/2010

Senior Accounting Associate

Reviewed accounting documents to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance of

information and calculation to company policy and GAAP. Responsible for making or

directing correcting entries.

Posted data to various ledgers, registers and logs following established accounting

techniques and procedures

Prepared, maintained, controlled and responsible for subsidiary accounting records

involving a variety of transactions and accounts

Reconciled and approved various GL accounts on a monthly basis

Performed internal audits of various accounts and provided technical support to external

auditors.

Prepared, and reviewed sales/use tax returns for compliance and correctness

Assisted with data collection and calculation of corporation tax to meet US GAAP

standards.

Reconciled tax accounts and tax payable changes monthly

Assisted in budget preparation

Performed other duties assigned by management

Dallas Morning News, Dallas (Contract) 05/2006 - 06/2007

Staff Accountant (AP)

Reviewed invoices and credit card payments to ensure correct coding, POs, taxation,

freight, approval and prompt payment to vendor.

Prepared monthly journal entries to accrue expenses and other miscellaneous journal

entries

Reviewed expenses, updated and tracked status of accruals, analyzed GL account

balances and variance explanation

Reconciled GL accounts and balance sheet

Bank reconciliation

Texas Instruments, Plano TX (Contract) 02/2005 - 05/2006

Accounting Assistant

Extracted and reviewed daily Net Revenue and Net Shipments Expected reports and

compared to the forecasts by segment and region. Researched and explained variances.

Prepared journal entries and performed monthly accounting close. This included AR

(Europe) reconciliation and close. Reviewed other adjustments for Europe for errors

Reclassified Intercompany COGS and margin analysis, Inventory close, cost analysis by

project and people.

Performed account and general ledger reconciliation, variance analysis and explanations,

conducted specialized research projects and prepared management reports

Used office automated systems to input data and generated reports using Oracle, SAP,

Cube and Modplan

Trintel Communications Irving TX 07/2001 - 12/2004

Accountant (Billing Coordinator)

Invoiced TWS receivables, recorded deposits, cash receipts, applied payments to open

invoices and researched unmatched payments

Performed AR account analysis and reporting

Reviewed customer contracts and billings

Reconciled variances

Performed month end close procedures in preparation of monthly financials for assigned

projects

Reconciled bank accounts

Reviewed customer deductions and unpaid invoices and adjusted reserves accordingly

PRIOR POSITIONS

Corporate Accounting Analyst - Verizon Wireless

Accounting/ Fixed Assets - Samsung Electronics

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