Suzie Versage
**** ******* ***** ( Cedar Park, TX 78613 512-***-**** ( ******@***.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OZONE PURE WATER - Leander, TX
vice president
Modified accounting record detention system, established process to
maintain Resale and Sales Tax Certificates, trained operating management
on proper QuickBooks accounting procedures, set up accounts and process to
manage warranty and other unidentified costs, set up employees, payroll
taxes and weekly payroll procedure.
. Review financial statements and restate entries as needed.
. Reconcile and submit quarterly sales tax.
BUFFINGTON HOMES - Austin, TX
2008-2009
ACCOUNTING MANAGER
Recruited by controller to assist with growth and development of start up
homebuilder. Revised vendor setup options to advance PO approval process
to a paperless system.
. Updated and reconciled weekly stats and backlog reports.
. Established weekly reporting system for sales and closings.
. Reconciled approximately 25 sales and hostess commissions and submitted
to payroll.
. Troubleshot and corrected system failures caused during data transfers
with purchasing module.
. Completed and submitted initial loan packages and weekly draw budgets
for multiple lenders.
. Revised job cost budgets to better validate and expedite submissions
ensuring proper cash flow.
TAYLOR MORRISON HOMES formerly TAYLOR WOODROW HOMES - Austin, TX
2005-2008
SR ACCOUNTANT (2008-2009)
Following merger between Taylor Woodrow Homes and Morrison Homes acquired
essential duties of eliminated positions of financial analyst and
corporate project accountant.
. Revised and maintained pro formas for consolidated communities and
product.
. Consolidated and maintained commission reconciliations to conform to
revised sales contracts.
. Reconciled YTD and sustained weekly corporate unit report.
. Produced margin analysis for existing and converted jobs and
consolidated reporting.
. Assisted in conversion of accounting methodologies and obligatory system
requirements.
ACCOUNTING MANAGER (2005-2007)
Coordinated with division departments to establish approval and paper flow
policies and procedures, improving communications, cost and time
efficiency, and audit results.
. Reviewed contracts financially and provided margin analysis for
management consideration.
. Reviewed closing margin recaps and researched variances from contract
margin analysis.
. Worked closely with purchasing to analyze job cost reporting
discrepancies.
. Reconciled, established and maintained sales commission process for
corporate submissions.
. Accounting liaison to corporate accounting for division, coordinated
accounting system conversion with no training, received exemplary
internal audit review for accounting department.
EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS - "Exceeds Expectations" on all performance
evaluations
"Employee Appreciation" certificate and award for leadership and success
of company procedure system
GEHAN HOMES, LTD. - Austin, TX
2003-2005
ACCOUNTANT / A/P MANAGER
Developed professional and thorough contract paperwork review and
conducted training for sales associates. Elected as Austin division JD
Edwards Conversion Team coordinator.
. Utilized contract reconciliation files for HUD approvals, closing
entries, and backlog reports.
. Completed inventory and sold backlog reports to provide pro forma margin
evaluations.
. Reviewed A/P entries and made necessary accrual and prepaid journal
entries.
. Reviewed monthly financial reports and completed expense and cost budget
analysis.
. Reconciled sales commissions to adhere to company policies and submission
to payroll.
EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS - "Above Satisfactory" on each performance
evaluation
"Shining Star" award for implementing TRCC online filing, saving $5 per
closing at all Texas divisions
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BROADWING COMMUNICATIONS, INC. formerly IXC Communications, Inc. - Austin,
tx 1998-2002
Financial Management Supervisor / Sr. Analyst (2000-2002)
Appointed as project lead to establish and manage company adjustment
policy and reporting which resulted in a 5% activity run rate decrease and
an 11% reserve requirement decline.
. Created uniform numeric system for multiple billing systems to identify
adjustments by root cause.
. Collaborated with corporate departments to identify and validate
adjustment types.
. Constructed training guidelines and coordinated Q&A conference calls.
. Created trend reports by department, business unit, adjustment and budget
reserve type.
. Completed reserve pro forma analysis, charts, reconciliations and
rollforwards for close meetings.
. Reviewed and posted related journal entries and managed external audit
documentation.
. Produced daily cash report and assisted A/R staff with application
issues.
. Instituted and restated accounting methodology per SEC requirements.
EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS - "Consistently Exceeds" rating on performance
evaluations
"March Madness" gold award for contribution to cash management program
Financial Analyst III (2000-2000)
Obtained expanded financial analysis position following merger to
consolidate companies' reporting and to transfer Cincinnati Bell's
accounting functions to Austin.
. Allocated line cost entries and consolidated cost, revenue, and rate
analysis for review meetings.
. Directed revenue accounting in a supervisory role.
. Discovered unprocessed calls resulting in $3 million revenue recovery.
EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS - "Exceeds Expectations" rating on performance
evaluation
"Launched for Takeoff" award for role in consolidating merged companies
Revenue Analyst II (1999-2000)
Traveled to several subsidiaries to complete transfer of revenue and
cash entries resulting in a reduction of overhead costs.
. Completed retail long distance and Internet revenue trends and researched
fluctuations.
. Reconciled all business segment reserve accounts to trial balance.
. Fulfilled federal school and library credits program and Internet
analysis responsibilities during recruiting process for these positions.
. Assisted internal departments with product, bank reconciliation, A/R, and
financial statement issues.
EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS - "Team CFO" award for reconciliation of acquired
A/R accounts
Revenue Analyst (1998-1999)
Initiated contact and built rapport with personnel of five acquisitions to
transfer revenue reporting and entries in house allowing more timely close
schedules and data availability.
. Established procedures and created database for recording revenue and
contra for retail subsidiaries.
. Created revenue trend structures for those entries and tied to income
statement.
. Coordinated first reconciliation of related A/R accounts for year-end
audit.
EVALUATIONS AND AWARDS - "Exceeds Expectations" on first employee
evaluation
Promoted to lead analyst after only six month's in department
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
MS Windows ( UNIX ( IBM AS/400 ( MS Office ( Intuit QuickBooks Premier
Manufacturing & Wholesale and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions ( Sage
Timberline ( Builder MT ( Constellation NEWSTAR ( Hyphen Solutions BuildPro
( Constellation FAST ( Trained in JD Edwards/PeopleSoft ( Oracle ( Arbor
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Texas A&M/Stephen F Austin - Studied Math and Business
National Education Training Group (NASBA Accredited) - Advanced Financial
Statements ( Business Accounting ( Budgeting