Natasha Armstrong
AR Staff Accountant
Bloomfield, NJ
*.**********@*****.*** - 973-***-****
WORK EXPERIENCE
AR Staff Accountant
PEARSON EDUCATION INC - November 2007 to Present
Prepare and post journal entries.
● Prepare and analyze account reconciliations.
● Prepare reports detailing monthly expenses by cost center.
● Assist Corporate Accounting Supervisor in preparing Corporate forecast by cost center.
● Provide monthly detail to the Supervising Accountant for General Journal Entries
● Assist with payroll system and payroll related items.
● Perform such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as may be required.
● Monitor and reconcile the aging of Intercompany Accounts.
● Monitor and collect on Depositories.
● Perform the month-end closes and manage monthly reporting.
● Analyze the accounts receivable from depositories.
● Prepare monthly reports tracking changes to receivable balances and aging of receivable balances.
● Calculate and report DSO and aging information for all receivable balances from depositories.
Junior Accountant
AMERICAN AUTOMATION ASSOCIATION (AAA) - October 2006 to November 2007
November 2007
• Responsible for month end close and preparation of associated journal entries.
• Prepares monthly bank reconciliations.
• Prepares monthly cash flow journal entries to record cash transactions.
• Maintains corporate bank accounts and prepares daily bank deposits.
• Responsible for accounts payable and accounts receivable including ensuring accuracy of invoices, printing
checks, collection calls, and preparation of aging reports.
• Edits daily travel agency sales transactions and enters commission revenue.
• Point of contact for agent's questions regarding commissions.
• Prepares and issues weekly and monthly reports indication productivity and profitability by agent and for
each branch office.
• Reconciles travel account system reports to general ledger accounts on a monthly basis.
• Prepares and files ARC reports weekly.
• Performs monthly branch audits and special projects as needed.
EXPERIENCE WHILE
ATTENDING COLLEGE:
Junior Accountant
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY (UMDNJ) - June 1995 to October 2006
2002 - 2006)
• Processed, applied, and reconciled cash receipts.
• Prepared bank reconciliations.
• Processed patient and student payments; processed and reconciled billing.
• Inputted journal entries for cash receipts.
• Prepared month-end and year-end financial reports using Word and Excel.
• Received, classified, reconciled, interpreted, consolidated, and/or summarized documents and information.
• Maintained records and balances information for control purposes.
• Compiled complex reports, drawing data from a variety of sources within and outside of the department.
• Provided assistance as required to departmental personnel on accounting procedures.
Student Assistant
University of Medicine and Dentistry - Newark, NJ - June 1995 to October 2006
Collections Coordinator
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY (UMDNJ) - 1999 to 2002
• Responsible for collecting and posting patient payments. Maintained balances, payment history and
registrations for services rendered in the Dental School.
• Responsible for collecting and posting various department deposits processed.
• Assisted with the collection of tuition payments and distributed student refunds daily.
• Prepared daily bank deposits by balancing daily receipts with cash and checks received.
EDUCATION
BA in Economics
Rutgers University
2005
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SKILLS: Oracle, Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, JD Edwards, SAP