TAWNASHAE M. SCALESE
Aurora, CO 80016
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EXPERIENCE
Active Partner/Accounting Manager, Direct Tint, LLC
Write-up work through financials
Preparation of individual income tax returns, partnership tax
August 2006- returns
February 2011 Calculation and preparation/payment of all sales taxes and related
forms
Calculation and preparation of all estimated income tax payments
Develop and maintain internal controls at every level of business
function
Responsible for customer marketing materials (brochures, pricing
schedules, etc.)
Responsible for funding strategies
Responsible for business growth planning
( Responsible for budget preparation, and variance analysis
Responsible for review and supervision of the Accounts Payable
process
Responsible for 1099 preparation and communication with IRS
Responsible for payroll and employee related issues
October 2000- Senior Accountant, Catholic Health Initiatives
September 2005
( Responsible for the supervision of 2 professional accountants
( Review/analyze monthly financial statements for 128
consolidated departments
( Reconcile inter-company billings and transfers
( Improved accuracy of financial reporting by instituting a
more rigorous financial
review, which resulted in identifying and rectifying significant
company wide
financial issues
( Directly responsible for policy and procedure development,
implementation
and enforcement
( Report and work closely with Director of Accounting and
Corporate Vice President
of Finance with special projects relating to strategic analysis of
MBO
performance, sale of companies and wind down phase, and assist in
research
and analysis relating to specific company performance
( Responsible for budget coordination, preparation, and
variance analysis for each
January 2000- region
October 2000 ( Responsible for entire accounting process including year end
audit coordination
(E&Y) and certain tax related issues
Responsible for developing and maintaining internal controls
Responsible for review and supervision of the Accounts Payable
process
Responsible for 1099 preparation and communication with IRS
Special Projects as assigned
Senior Accountant, Abacus Direct (a division of DoubleClick Inc)
Supervise and review month end close for $10 million dollar
DoubleClick Inc subsidiary
December 1998- Perform account reconciliation and financial statement preparation
January 2000 of subsidiary accounts
Present monthly financial results and analysis to Financial
Managers overseeing operations of subsidiary unit
Trusted to manage documentation and write up for Research and
Development tax credit
Responsible for managing and reporting all Sales and Use tax
transactions
Maintain direct relationship with Director of Accounting by
providing month end analysis of cash flow needs
Senior Accountant, Coram Healthcare Corporation
Directly responsible for all accounting functions associated with
Coram partnership ventures
Maintain close relations with area Financial Managers overseeing
operations of partnership ventures
Assist with dissolution, set up, and deconsolidation of
partnership ventures
Prepare monthly standard journal entries, financial packages,
invoices for partnership billing
Prepare general account and bank reconciliations
December 1996- Maintain close relations with all area Financial Managers and MIS
December 1999 dept. to resolve commingled cash issues
Reconciliation of partnership accounts receivable and
inter-company transactions
Prepare monthly SG&A analysis for various departments
Prepare accurate and timely monthly financial reports and
schedules
Analyze and correct in-transit inventory, identify variances
February 1997- between Oracle G/L and sub-ledger
November 1998 Assist in the preparation of supporting documentation needed for
the quarterly earnings release and annual audit
Maintain documentation to support inter-company accounting
policies and procedures
Accountant, T.A. Miller, CPA, P.C.
Write-up work for clients through financials
Exposure to not-for-profit accounting including issuing checks,
monitoring of credit card donations and fund maintenance on MIP
application
Client consultation on Quickbooks applications
Staff Accountant, Emergent Genetics, Inc.
June 1995-
February 1997 Accounts payable consisting of entering and paying invoices
received from outside companies
Bank reconciliations for all checking and money market accounts
Accounts Receivable consisting of preparing client invoices and
receiving payments
Expense reports of partners and associates, consisting of journal
entries, verifying amounts charged to clients and entering into
system
EDUCATION Payroll consisting of completing annual and quarterly tax returns
Administrative responsibilities consisting of monitoring of bank
account balances, maintenance of accounting files
Accountant/Tax Assistant, Scott Neitenbach & Associates, P.C.
Write-up work for clients consisting of trial balances, general
ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and financial
statement preparation
Preparation of bank reconciliation's and payroll including 940's
and 941's
Preparation of individual income tax returns, estate tax returns,
corporate tax returns
( Job Costing for construction clients and monitoring of change
orders per
customer
MBA with emphasis in Accounting/Finance - December 2002
Regis University-Denver Colorado
BS in Accounting - May 1999
Metropolitan State College of Denver - Denver, Colorado
ACTIVITIES Health Care Financial Management Association (HFMA) - Member