Accounting Assistant

Veronica Lehew

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***** ****** **** *****, *******, TX 77095, Phone 832-***-****,

***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

An Accountant with professional background that reflects diversified

experience that includes, but is not limited to the following: Treasury

Management, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Accounts

Receivable, and Account Reconciliation/Analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS

. Detail oriented with good analytical skills

. Strong research and reconciliation abilities

. Ability to multi-task, work in a fast paced environment while

providing attention to detail

. Proficient in Microsoft office products

. Adept at learning new accounting systems in a short amount of time

. Experience with accounting/financial software (MAS200, Solomon IV,

SAP, Peoplesoft, MRI, Yardi)

. Self starter, able to work with minimal supervision

. Team player

. Ability to work with diverse personalities and communicate

effectively across all levels of management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Transwestern Commercial Services . Houston, Texas 2005 to 2011

Treasury Accountant

. Collaborated with bank institutions and six regional accounting

departments to provide treasury services for a property management

company. This included: wires, ACH/setups, new account requests, online

user setup/entitlements, discrepancies/issues, account analysis fees,

signature cards, audit requests.

. Completed bank reconciliations.

. Contributed with month end close. Journal entries,

reconciliations/analysis of clearing/intercompany accounts.

. Assigned as bank system administrator. Maintained internal controls.

Served as backup for Treasury Manager during absences.

. Initiated corporate wires/ACH such as payroll, commissions, intercompany

funding. Determined daily short term investments.

. Coordinated Positive Pay. This included daily file processing for over

15+ banks and resolution of exceptions. Liaison between bank, IT dept,

and owners to create, test, and implement new accounts with positive pay.

Managed databases to collect all positive pay information for easy access

to dept. Continuously worked toward the improvement of the process.

. Awarded Accountant of the Year, 2005.

Educational Products Inc . Houston, Texas 2003 to 2005

Senior Staff Accountant

. Assist in the preparation of financial statements. Collaborated with the

Assistant Controller to complete month end and year-end closings.

Prepared and posted general ledger entries. Reviewed expenses and

reconciled general ledger accounts to ensure all charges are posted.

Posted monthly accruals. Assisted the Assistant Controller in quarterly

and yearly audits.

. Calculated facilities and labor allocations.

. Updated fixed assets schedule.

. Supervised and assisted accounting clerical staff of seven to ensure

proper coding, adhere to accounting procedures, and collect proper

documentation.

. Performed bank duties: download online reports, execute wire transfers

and prepare daily cash balance reports.

. Served as Human Resource link for the Houston office during last year of

employment.

Accountemps . Houston, Texas 1999 to 2001

Accounting Clerk

. Completed various short-term assignments for a national temporary agency.

. Duties within the assignments included: accounts receivable

reconciliation, cash receipts, inventory reconciliation-physical to book

inventory.

. Accounting assistant duties consisted of preparing deposits, cash

reports, general ledger reconciliation, creating journal entries for

month-end close.

Sonat Exploration Company . Houston, Texas 1995 to 1998

Intermediate Accounting Clerk

General/Operational Accounting department.

. Analyzed and reconciled accounts receivable balances. Light commercial

collections.

. Responded to Joint Interest Billing inquiries. Responsible for

prepayment/advances ledger from joint owners.

. Assisted AP and AR during month-end.

. Special projects included: review of AR data to compile into new

Peoplesoft accounting system. Also, gathered AR data for

mergers/acquisitions and lawsuit settlements.

Sonat Exploration Company . Houston, Texas 1990 to 1995

Treasury Accounting Clerk

Finance Department.

. Prepared daily cash report. Printed and disbursed automated and manual

checks. Printed monthly royalty checks. Processed wires. Managed petty

cash fund. Completed internal audit requests.

. Assured adherence to all cash control procedures and internal controls to

maintain the security of deposits, blank check stock, and cash.

. Documented treasury functions for the purpose of providing a step-by-step

guidelines for others in case of absence. Maintained working relations

with other departments to provide treasury services to all company

personnel.

EDUCATION

University of Houston . Houston, Texas 2001

B.A., Accounting, Minor in Latin American Studies

Bilingual - Spanish

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