Anjalena Gillem

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Southaven, MS 38671

ed24lq@r.postjobfree.com

225-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Looking for a growth opportunity in accounting which will utilize and expand my current skill set.

EXPERIENCE

2007 - 2011 LA Community & Technical College System Baton Rouge, LA

Financial Analyst 2008 - 2011

-Compile and analyze data required for the preparation of specialized monthly,

quarterly, and annual reports.

-Review and process routine purchases or expenditures and state contracts.

-Oversee the Pell Grant disbursement process to 40 college campuses.

-Document the receipt of all items coming into the Fiscal Affairs office.

-Performed related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

-Trained new Accountant 2 employee on the processing of Pell checks, Pell returns and

Louisiana Technical College (LTC) deposits.

-Review and approve journal entries prepared by two accountants.

Accountant 2007 - 2008

-Printed vendor/student PELL checks for seven regions and their campuses

-Maintained cash management records, including funds drawn and received, funds

disbursed by sources, deposits of funds, and issuance of refunds; which

includes reviewing bank reconciliations for the various Regions.

-Assisted in the preparation of the annual financial reports to include preparing

the supporting schedules for the Statement of Net Assets, Statement of

Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets, and the Statement of Cash Flows.

-Communicated with other campus accountants, state and federal auditors, banks,

program and management personnel, and vendors for the purpose of providing

information and technical assistance needed to resolve problems.

-Reviewed and approved journal entries for items due at year end

and also to correct coding and posting errors as found. Also reviewed and

approved transaction documents for the LTC Regions which include vendor setup

forms, budget adjustment forms, and project grant id setup forms.

-Monitored campus budgets and review adjustments necessary for budget failures on

pending payments and journal entries.

2005-2006 Baltimore Dredges, LLC Baltimore, MD

Staff Accountant

-Processed packing slips received by shipping department in order to generate and

print accounts receivable invoices that are mailed to vendors for payment of

goods received

-Recorded Cost of Goods Sold by analyzing accounts receivable invoices on a daily

basis for goods sold, before they are mailed to vendors

-Recorded shop employee labor cards and office time sheets in preparation for

payroll

-Matched accounts payable invoices to purchase orders and record invoices in

system

2005 MedStar Health Baltimore, MD

Staff Accountant

-Reconciled and traced cash/credit card deposits for two hospitals on a daily

basis

-Prepared and entered journal entries for month end close, which include prepaid

expense and accrual entries

-Performed a trend analysis for month end by analyzing various accounts to make

sure that the entries recorded were correct and in the right accounts

-Completed and updated all prepaid expense schedules for both hospitals on a

monthly basis

-Performed an account analysis monthly to reconcile all balances of accounts from

expense schedules to the Lawson database

-Cleared any variances on a monthly basis that may have occurred between cash/credit card records and the general ledger

-Prepared and entered inventory usage and balances for month end

-Entered all petty cash reports for month end

-Recorded all non sufficient funds checks that went through the bank

2003 – 2004 Geonerco Management, Inc. Seattle, WA

Staff Accountant

-Completed and distributed inventory report weekly to banks, general managers,

CFO, and owners

-Tracked closings of houses by company lot, buyer name, closing date, proceeds

received and selling price

-Prepared and distributed proceeds report monthly to general managers, CFO, and

owners of company, which showed all houses that were closed during the

month and the proceeds received from each; Along with the projected closings

of houses over the next three to four months.

-Verified loan payoff amount of each closed house by comparing final settlement

statement to company records. If discrepancies were found follow-up was done

with Escrow Company and bank to make sure all shortages were paid.

-Prepared sales/cost of sales summary report which was used for profitability

analysis

-Prepared and recorded entries of acquisitions and financings

-Reconciled monthly interest statements from banks to company records

-Performed the sixth month close reconciliation, in which closed houses were

closed six months later to allow any costs to come through and be recorded

-Prepared and distributed work in progress reconciliation monthly, which

showed houses left to close, their costs & loan amounts as well as closed

houses that were not yet closed through the six month close reconciliation.

-Identified and coded property taxes by subdivision and lot number

and paid them twice per year

2000 – 2002 Rational Software Corporation Cupertino, CA

Accountant

-Made timely payments to over 100 vendors

-Assisted with the preparation of month/year end close

-Processed expense reports for employees across the country

EDUCATION

1999 San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Science Degree

Major: Accounting

Ernst & Young LLP Scholarship recipient 2 years running

2009 Jackson Hewitt Tax School Graduate

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, Timberline, Business Works, Lawson 8.0, Oracle 10.7 & 11i, Profit Key 6.2.1, and PeopleSoft 7.5 accounting software packages

REFERENCES

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