Sales Customer Service

LOIS J. RISCH

719-***-****, *******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Accountant position where I can use my education, work experience, and

professional skills to perform functions based on compliance and

implementation of policies and procedures to improve financial results

and increase operating efficiencies.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Monthly and year end journal entries

AR, AP, and Payroll processing

Reconciliation and research

Financial statement preparation and analysis

Capital asset depreciation calculations

Annual budget and monthly forecast analysis

Audit schedules

Procedure documentation

Sales and Use tax preparation

Inventory analysis and entries

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

Accounting Programs: Oracle 10.7, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 10.0,

Expandable, Dataworks, Solomon, JD Edwards, Lawson, Peachtree and

QuickBooks

Other Programs: Microsoft Office - Excel (Advanced), Word, and Outlook,

Lotus Notes, Crystal Reports

Career Accomplishments

o Researched condition errors in Custom Oracle report setup creating

inaccurate and incomplete data and corrected by working with

management and Oracle IT team.

o Identified GAAP based calculation error in project revenue forecast

workbook and corrected.

o Recommended monthly process of automated review of journal entry data

for inactive cost centers to reduce out of balance conditions in

final reporting which the Plant Controller implemented.

o Worked within a team to reduce AR Days Outstanding from 58 days to

53, within six weeks.

o Recommended automated account coding of expense reports in Excel that

reduced coding time by 75%.

o Reconciled AR sub-ledger postings and identified customer set-up

issues that prevented customer payments from reducing the sub-ledger

balance.

o Reconciled seven months of AP activity for one vendor working with

the vendor, buyer and receiving department. Negotiated savings of

finance charges and miscellaneous charges.

o Modified Daily Bookings/Shipments report, which reduced daily

preparation time from an average two hours to one hour - a 50% time

reduction and manual data entry.

o Performed company financial analysis and obtain financing for new

building to double storage unit capacity.

o Recommended asset renovation over purchase based on client's cash

flow, debt percentage and return on investment.

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PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

02/10 - 07/10, Senior Accountant - Accountemps (Ink manufacturer)

. Prepared monthly financial statements with six departments.

. Generated monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids, depreciation

and amortization.

. Reconciled general ledger and bank accounts.

. Processed accounts payable checks and customer receipts.

. Processed bi-weekly payroll and journal entry.

. Supervised, trained and mentored staff.

05/07 - 06/09, Senior Accountant - Springbok Services (Prepaid Credit Card

manufacture & B2B sales)

. Prepared journal entries, reconciled financial statement accounts and

reviewed financial statements.

. Trained personnel on processing customer's receipts, order adjustments

and account reconciliations.

. Processed multi state payroll and fixed asset transactions and set up

inventory items.

. Worked with database developer, sales, customer service and

manufacturing personnel to improve processes and procedures and helped

work through issues.

06/04- 03/07, Senior Accountant - Volt Services (Lock manufacturer and

wiring contractor)

. Prepared monthly financial statements, supporting schedules and

journal entries.

. Calculated revenue based on percent complete and invoiced based on

contracts.

. Reconciled financial general ledger accounts, bank accounts, and

vendor's statements.

. Worked with a team of eight to reduce Accounts Receivable aging.

. Prepared Daily Report of Bookings and Shipments report and submit to

over 150 managers/employees.

. Created Excel workbook to combine eleven departments for plant's

annual operating budget and updated for revised forecast and entered

end of month actual numbers for comparison.

07/03 - 06/04, Senior Accountant - USFilter Water Systems, Inc. (Water

system manufacturer)

. Analyzed monthly sales and costs of manufactured parts for revenue and

cost accruals, accordingly.

. Prepared multi-state Sales and Use Tax returns.

. Posted customer and inter-company cash.

. Reconciled various general ledger accounts.

. Developed procedures for capturing sales data for apportionment

schedules using Crystal Reports.

. Trained and assisted six support staff on account reconciliations and

accounting processes.

03/93 - 04/02, Owner/CPA - Lois J Risch, CPA (Sole proprietor practice)

. Prepared financial statements for clients.

. Processed payroll, tax deposits, prepared quarterly and annual

reports.

. Prepared small business and individual tax returns.

. Assisted client with financial planning.

. Consulted on small business accounting software.

08/87 - 02/93, Internal Auditor - American Electric Power (Utilities)

. Audited 13 offices, with approximately 600,000 customers, billing and

collection procedures.

. Audited corporate office payroll, cash disbursement and petty cash.

. Submitted audit findings in both verbal and written format in a timely

manner to management.

EDUCATION

BS, Accounting, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

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