JEROME E. ROGERS
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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
Excellent communication and negotiation skills enable me to develop working
relationships with customers, vendors, and staff. I'm an accounting
professional who has managed and cleaned up books for small businesses. I
have the intelligence and ability to adapt to accounting software.
. Seven years experience with QuickBooks providing ownership with
accurate information to run their business.
. Strong Excel skills preparing spreadsheets to budget, analyze cash
flow, and offer solutions for business management.
. Performed account management, month end and year end closings, and
financial statement preparation meeting required deadlines.
EXPERIENCE_
Staff Accountant, Danish Designs International, Littleton, CO
2006-Present
Provide accounting for high end furniture store.
Invoicing customer purchases for two stores and entering sales into the
general journal providing ownership with daily bank balances and sales
month to date.
Perform accounts payable paying bills and meeting deadlines.
Prepare bi-monthly accurate payroll satisfying employee and management
needs. Meet all federal and state monthly and yearly tax filing and
payment deadlines.
Train new employees on Profit (pos software) enabling them to create
customer invoices and manage inventory without assistance.
Reconcile general ledger and bank accounts reducing variances and providing
account accuracy.
Staff Accountant, 36K LLC, Denver, CO 2005-
Present
. Distribute reimbursement checks to clients following collections reducing
bad debt.
. Reconcile trust, operating, and savings accounts providing clear cash
position for the company.
. Prepare bi-weekly payroll and timely tax filings enabling ownership to
focus on operations.
Staff Accountant, National Check Loans, Denver, CO
2005-2010
Set up non existent accounting procedures, cleaned up general ledger
accounts often re-classing incorrect entries.
Managed daily cash receipts on loans and fees for three locations having
outstanding loans over $300,000.
Improved existing payroll procedures increasing payroll efficiency meeting
federal and state tax filing and payment deadlines.
Set up a system to track customer loans providing accuracy on outstanding
total loan balance and preventing fraud.
Office Manager, The Theatre Caf , Denver, CO
2004-2005
. Audited the books, determined the previous bookkeeper had been forging
General Managers signature performing check fraud, resulting in her
incarceration.
. Reconciled daily restaurant sales, taxes, tips, and comps resulting in
accurate account balances.
Managed restaurant's monthly cash flow of $100,000 to maintain efficient
business operations.
Set up systems in accounts payable to provide timely payment in high volume
environment.
Prepared bi-weekly payroll for forty employees utilizing ADP software
resulting in accurate payroll.
Reduced delinquency and mistakes preparing monthly city and state sales tax
returns on food and liquor sales.
Accountant and Manager of Human Resources, Preferred Bindery, Denver, CO
2001-2004
Improved invoicing which led to improved cash flow.
Analyzed aging reports and assisted collection efforts and had seventy
percent of receivables in the current to 30-day category.
Wrote all the accounting procedures which allowed co-workers to perform all
procedures and reduced the learning curve.
EDUCATION
B.S. Business Administration, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
AFFILIATIONS
Biltmore Who's Who
The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jerome-rogers/23/b12/a68
TECHNICAL
Windows ME, Windows98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7, Macintosh OS
QuickBooks Pro 2006, 2009, 2010, Excel, Word, Profit, Microsoft Outlook