Years Experience Accountant

WENDA GILLIAM-SPANN

*** ******* ***** *****, *******, PA 19025

267-***-**** / **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

. 14 years experience as a General Ledger Accountant, Payroll Bank

Coordinator, Senior Accountant, Tax Examiner, Staff Accountant,

Intermediate Accountant and Investment Accountant working for industry

leading financial institutions, multi-national corporations and

government agencies.

. Proven ability to manage complex accounting operations with a consistent

track record of meeting or exceeding all performance based objectives.

. Experienced at producing and reviewing financial statements in addition

to performing Sarbanes-Oxley audits.

. Adept at analyzing a broad range of financial data, producing

process/procedural recommendations and generating Board-Level reports.

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY:

General Ledger Accountant/Operations Analyst, Aramark, Philadelphia, PA

2008 to 2011

. Managed stadium, arena and convention center account portfolios grossing

revenues from $10 million to $100 million, assuming direct responsibility

for month end closings and assessing P&L statements in accordance with

client contracts and GAAP.

. Resolved material financial issues in addition to performing detailed

Balance Sheet analysis including all GL accounts

such as Cash, Accounts Receivables, Prepaid Expenses, Deferred Income,

Property Tax Accruals, and Fixed Assets.

. Performed financial reporting, month/year end closings and prepare audit

schedules for financial statements.

. Complied with contract reviews or obligations and calculate commission

payments.

. Made recommendations to properly account for costs and revenue for

maximum profits in accordance with GAAP.

. Identified improvements for process improvement and enforce internal

controls.

. Maintained communications with business unit Controllers and Regional

Finance Directors.

Consulting Various Positions from 2004 to 2008:

Payroll Coordinator, Ararmark, Philadelphia, PA

2007 to 2008

. Contracted to process system wide payroll stop payments and reissues and

make all associated adjustments.

. Acted as a system-wide payroll resource by resolving problems and by

communicating company- wide payroll procedures to payroll contacts.

. Identified and rejected fraudulent checks in the banking system and

assisted with investigation.

Senior Accountant, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

2007 to 2007

. Worked under contract to Temple University with responsibilities

encompassing journal entry initiation, account

analysis, reconciliations and monthly closings.

. Prepared and processed bill charges and analyzed various general ledger

department/account budgets.

. Prepared cash flow statements and wire transactions.

Fiscal Staff Accountant, Child Care Information Services, Philadelphia, PA

2004 to 2004

. Worked under contract to produce monthly budget variance explanations

and reconciliations, generated invoices, distributed checks to clients

and researched client issues as requested.

. Created/customized spreadsheets and trained new hires on proper invoice

processing techniques.

Homemaker: caring for newborn

2002 to 2004

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Senior Accountant, PNC Global Investment Servicing, King of Prussia, PA

1999 to 2002

. Prepared production calendars and coordinated activities between clients,

sub-advisors, printer, auditors, legal and accounting management teams.

. Prepared financial statements and footnotes for semi-annual/annual

reports and performed detailed

financial statement reviews ensuring compliance to GAAP and SEC

standards.

. Supervised, trained small staff of accountants and reviewed financial

statements, expense and accrual analysis.

. Performed budget projections and prepared monthly expense accrual

analysis.

Associate Analyst II, Prudential Investments, Newark, NJ

1997 to 1999

. Prepared financial statements and Excise, Federal, state and local tax

returns, estimated annual budgets and

maintained expense accrual analysis.

. Compiled quarterly reports for the Board of Directors and

computed/reconciled monthly management and

distribution fees.

. Coordinated and submitted SEC filings of forms NSAR and 24F-2 in

accordance with regulatory requirements.

. Effectively performed compliance testing of portfolio thresholds and

other control procedures.

Investment Accountant, PNC Global Investment Servicing, Wilmington, DE

1996 to 1997

. Prepared trial balances, cash flow projections, calculated

interest/dividend income, input general journal entries,

and maintained audit schedules.

. Reconciled bank reconciliations, prepared cash positions sheets, booked

trades and priced investment products.

EDUCATION:

B.B.A. in Accounting, Temple University

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Vista, Clarity, IAS,

Edgar Database (SEC filings)

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