Project Manager

Marie L. Strong

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Profile

. Motivated, personable, business professional with 15 years of accounting

experience and 10 years management experience. In my first eight months

I was promoted to Project Accountant Manager. Within that time one of

our main focuses was on collecting revenue, in one year I administered

the collection department who collected 5.1 million in revenue. In

today's struggling market, our daily operating cash is 3.6m.

. I have excellent team building skills.

. Outstanding success in building and maintaining client relationships.

Member of the Distinguished Sales Club

(Prince George's County Assoc of Realtors.)

. Exceptionally well organized - with a track record that demonstrates self-

motivation, creativity, and initiative to achieve both personal and

corporate goals.

. Flexible and versatile - Able to maintain professionalism under extreme

pressure and multiple deadlines.

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. Skills Summary

. Supported office staff in every capacity from technical support to all

general office duties.

. Reduced office overhead by half, resulting in 72,000 annual savings by

training one staff member to do the work and picking up additional work

myself.

. Demonstrated good customer relations with corporate contractors.

. Created and implemented new procedures and policies for

collections/receivables for two companies that did not have any in place

. Served as project staff accountant assigned to work on project of at

least 10 million dollars and above.

. Reviewed documents

. Trained company staff in Microsoft office suite.

. Managed day to day office operations

. Created bid packages to present to the client, Water and Sewer Authority

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. Professional Experience

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. 2005-2010 - Delon Hampton and Associates

. Responsibilities included overseeing billing of all projects within DHA,

performing billing and accounting reconciliations related to billed and

unbilled account receivables. Explained monthly financial results for the

region to management. I was also responsible for setting up new and

maintaining existing projects, vendors and sub consultants. I managed one

or more project accountants, temporary employees and interfaced regularly

with project managers and principals and followed up with clients on

billing related matters.

. Managed day to day activities of staff

. Managed and implemented new processes and procedures.

. Ensured that all projects were set up in BST within 24 hours; and

maintained properly throughout the life of the project.

. Managed and maintained accurate project budget levels within BST.

. Managed complex billing-rate agreements, and specific billing needs.

. Addressed any billing concerns and responded to client requests for

clarification.

. Liaised with project managers and external clients in billing

preparation.

. Supported multiple contract types.

. Generated accurate, timely, and detailed invoices monthly.

. Made adjustments, reissued invoices and processed credit memos.

. Reviewed project management summaries for correct allocation of work- in-

progress.

. Maintained accurate records of all invoices in electronic form monthly.

. Configured invoice templates to suite customer requirements.

. Met with Joint Venture Partners, clients, and project managers to resolve

invoicing issues, and collect account receivables.

. Captured and consolidated information from every office for accurate

billing of expenses.

. Conducted detailed profitability analysis of projects to ensure that they

were performing within budget.

. Provided accurate and timely financial information to the field on active

projects.

. Provided detailed information for revenue recognition and monthly revenue

posting.

. Ensured that the revenue equals monthly billing, reconciled and corrected

any differences.

. Integrated transactions with general ledger and accounts receivables.

. Developed and maintained billing schedules for all active projects and

distributed to project managers monthly.

. Responsible for the collection of account receivables. Sent letters and

made calls to clients, made payment arrangements and followed up on

severely delinquent accounts.

. Documented collection efforts and worked with project managers to ensure

payments were properly credited to the correct accounts.

. 2000-2005 Metcalf & Eddy Project Staff Administrator

. Managed day to day activities of staff

. Reduced office overhead by half, resulting in 72,000 annual savings

. Liaised with project managers and external clients in billing

preparation.

. Created and implemented new procedures and policies for

collections/receivables for company

. Served as project staff accountant assigned to work on a 10million dollar

project.

. Prepared client invoice to include sub consultant invoices.

. Trained company staff in Microsoft office suite.

. Prepared bid packages to present to the client.

. Reviewed and approved sub consultant invoices.

. Education and Training

0. I've worked with the public for over 35 years and has achieved

excellent customer service over the years beginning with being a

cashier to becoming Project Accountant manager contracting with

Government clients.

1. Prince George's community college - (presently enrolled) Business

Management with a current GPA of 3.26 on a 4.0 grading system.

2. Graduated top of my class at TESST Electronics now TESST college in

1998 and received my diploma in the studies of the Microsoft office

suite which consists of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint,

Using the internet and Microsoft Outlook. The business professional,

Applying proper English and Specializing in Office Management as well

as typing course for one year, graduated typing 51 wpm.

3. Skillpath one day seminars: Becoming a Better Manager and Office

Assistant

4. Skillpath one day seminars: How to handle the Administrative Assistant

Technical Skills

5. Skilled with Windows XP, 98, 95, NT, MS Office (Word, Excel

PowerPoint, Publisher), Oracle, WordPerfect, QuickBooks Pro, BST

Enterprise, as well as several other accounting programs. A skilled

and accomplished fast learner in all computer applications with a

continued willingness to learn something new as well as teach else if

the opportunity arises. I also possess several years of payroll

experience while working with T n'T services from 1991 until 1998.

While employed there I processed payroll weekly for over 200

employees, as well as accounts receivables and payables.

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