EDUCATION

Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh PA **219

Masters in Business Administration, (December 1998), GPA 3.83

Graduated Cum Laude

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260

Bachelor of Science in Business Accounting (August 1991), concentration on Accounting, GPA 3.30

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Accountant, Irene Stacy Community Mental Health Center 2013-Present

Responsible for all aspects of month end closing procedures; which includes all journal entries, cash receipts and bank reconciliations. Responsible for preparation of monthly financial statements. Communicate variances to CFO.

Responsible for Monthly Butler County Billings.

Created Cash Receipt spreadsheet and accurately prepare bank deposits and record cash receipts.

Responsible for creating and monitoring Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable policies and procedures.

Responsible for reconciling Receipts and Revenues between the Accounting System (MIP) and the Billing System (Anasazi).

Designed Customer Statement to correctly invoice clients. Extracted information from the billing system (Anasazi), compiled the information in Excel and merged into a formatted statement in Word.

Accounting Manager, National Carwash Solutions 2005-2012

Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly Cash Reconciliation. Report cash status daily.

Responsible for all aspects of month end closing; which consists of reconciling balance sheet accounts, entering journal entries and reviewing sales and expenses. To ensure deadlines are met a month end checklist was created detailing specific due dates.

Integral part of Implementation team for new Accounting software – Greentree. Spearheaded the transition financial information from the old system into Greentree. Point person for Greentree process questions.

Created Excel templates for the financial statements which pulled information directly from the system.

Recorded vehicle and asset purchased into Greentree. Point person for adding and updating inventory locations.

Responsible for uploading AP Invoices, Inventory transactions and journal entries into Greentree from Excel.

Prepared monthly sales tax for several states.

Responsible for the reconciliation of the Due To Due From, Intercompany accounts and credit cards.

Assisted in the creating SOP’s for the company.

Accountant, Allegheny Steel Distributors 2002-2005

Handled all month end-closing procedures, which included reconciling all Balance Sheet accounts and analyzing Revenues vs. Expenses. Prepare month end schedules for Corporate.

Created and generated Excel Reports such as Top 50 Customers ranked by: margin dollars, percentage and DSO, Monthly Operating Analysis and other reports as needed. Created an analysis of all customers; which included gross sales, credit memos, net and gross margin dollars and percentage, DSO and monthly meals and entertainment.

Utilized StelPlan and FoxPro Software packages.

Created an Auto Policy for the company.

Prepare weekly and monthly Sales by Week.

Maintained 1,000 assets in FAS Asset Software. Created asset reports through Crystal Reports.

Accountant III, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 2002-2002

Responsible for the accounting of 45 Cost Centers. This included accruing expenses, explaining variances and reporting variances to upper management. Responsible for various balance sheet reconciliations.

Responsible for monthly entries, which include a Falk Pharmacy, Linen, Transcription, Utilities and Nursing Temporary Entry.

Communicated with department heads concerning any problems or questions that occur during the month.

General Ledger Accountant, Napco, Inc. 1999-2002

Supervised two accounts payable clerks.

Prepared and entered all weekly and monthly journal entries, which included biweekly payroll entries, shop and salary payroll accruals, utility, accounts payable and rebate accruals.

Prepared spreadsheets to perform bank reconciliation and to accurately track outstanding checks. Also logged outstanding check in J. D. Edwards. Prepared weekly sales analysis.

Assisted upper management with month end activities. Answered questions on variances when needed. Prepared extensive spreadsheets required by corporate; which included 7-day, 10-day, Quarterly and yearly packages.

Maintained two companies’ assets in FAS. Successfully updated appraised value of assets in FAS.

Prepared spreadsheets identifying differences between FAS and G/L depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation.

General Ledger Accountant, Napco, Inc. continued

Handled entries made to Construction in Progress and logged onto Capital Project spreadsheet. Distributed CIP reports to plant managers and project administrators.

Received closed Appropriation Request Forms; which allowed me to close out the project in CIP spreadsheet as well as add to asset to FAS and to create new depreciation entries.

Responsible for distribution of funds for weekly check run.

Accepted vendor calls when necessary.

Assistant Controller, #1 Cochran Automotive 1999-1999

Maintained all aspects of Accounting for the Saturn of Monroeville and Saturn of Robinson stores. Prepared and sent Financial Statements to Saturn. Reconciled all Saturn’s Intercompany accounts as well as their open account with Saturn.

Responsible for the oversight of one general accounting person.

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company 1995-1999

Property Analyst

Maintained 5,000 assets in FAS Encore, which included the depreciating, disposing, transferring and adding assets.

Successfully converted 12,000 assets from a prior fixed asset system to FAS system and maintained as above. Created spreadsheet to match appraisal of above assets which included the write up or down of assets and changes in estimated lives.

Prepared Depreciation and Capital Expenditure budgets. Responsible for keeping track of open jobs and appropriation requests. Maintained the costs associated with the open jobs and posted items to cost sheets.

Maintained and reconciled CIP and Property accounts. Prepared rollforwards for CIP and Property accounts.

Assisted external auditors for annual audits.

Cost Analyst

Analyzed three plant’s month end closing activities. Assessed variances between standard and actual costs and explained differences. Reconciled inventory accounts for three plants and fabricating contractors. Reconciled consignment location inventories monthly. Made correcting journal entries as needed.

Assisted in standard cost revision for the next year.

Responsible for the accounting of our Fabricating Contractors such as coding and verifying vendor invoices, entering production into the computer and monitoring and analyzing the variances that occur between the invoice and standard costs.

Tax Analyst

Preparation of Sales and Use Tax returns for the majority of the fifty states monthly.

Collected overpayments from the States. Reconciled the Sales and Use Tax accounts. Prepared amended Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax Returns. Gathered information and aided State Auditors during the Audit Process.

Cash Processor

Maintained daily cash received from corporate lock box. Corrected errors, which included determining the error, entering data into a spreadsheet and distributing to the appropriate personnel.

Researched credit information and set up customer accounts. Collected overdue customers nationwide. The collection process was enhanced by using the GET PAID software.

Accounts Receivable Clerk, Vista Metals, Inc. 1992-1995

Maintained computerized accounts receivable records; which consisted of distributing daily deposits and invoicing customers.

Calculated monthly commissions. Collected overdue accounts both foreign and domestically.

Compiled credit information to determine credit limits.

Instructed peers in the basics of WordPerfect.

Collected information to prepare budgets for several accounts and explained the variances monthly.

Month end closing duties which included updating, printing and distributing Financial Statements and verifying their integrity.

Accounting Clerk, Rite-Way Tool Company 1985-1992

Received checks and generated weekly deposits. Recorded salesmen’s commissions

Collected overdue accounts. Invoiced customers. Wrote accounts payable checks.

Prepared month end totals manually.

Handled various office duties such as: typing, answered phones, greeted visitors & ordered office supplies.

SPECIAL CLASSES

Introduction to FAS Encore Microsoft Office, including Access, Excel and Word

Coaching Courses for the CMA Examination Zenger Miller Training Courses

References Available Upon Request

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