Customer Service Accounting

Joseph Lackay

*** ********** ****** ( Pickerington, Ohio 43147

Home: 614-***-**** ( Cellular: 614-***-**** ( E-Mail: *******@**.******.***

ACCOUNTING & AUDITING

A financial professional with eight years of accounting and auditing experience.

My job functions include the following: assisting with monthly and quarterly

financial reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, general

ledger maintenance, month end closing and budgeting. The ability to synthesis

data, summarizing information, and developing ideas and solving problem skills;

strong desired to produced results in a high performance environment, excellent

accuracy and attention to detail.

Possessed excellent communication and verbal skills, interpersonal skills,

problem solving and decision making abilities. Works well under minimal

supervision. The ability to researched technical and complex accounting issued,

reviewed, analyzed and report on costing activities, especially inventory and

production variances. Effectively interact with accounting, auditing, various

functional areas and all levels of management to ensure knowledge is effectively

shared.

Areas of Strength & Expertise

Financial Reporting Performed Account Analysis Strong Problem solving

Experience and Reconciliations skills

strong reconciliation Maintained Chart of Accounts Proven Organizational

skills Maintained financial and Skills

General Ledger Accounts Operational controls and Advance PC Skills

Month-End Closing procedures Excel, Word, and Access

Processed Excellent customer service skills

Reconciled and Skills

Maintained Balance Sheet SAP, Sybase and Hyperion

Accounts skills

Professional Experience

CITIGROUP Columbus, Ohio

03/2006 - 11/200

Senior Accountant

. Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepared entries to

accounts, such as general ledger accounts, month-end closing and

documenting business transactions.

. Ensured that all month-end accounting is performed in a timely and

accurate manner with a high level of attention to detailed.

. Timely and accurate financial reporting of assets under management,

revenue and expenses, posting monthly journal entries, performing

general ledger accounts reconciliations.

. Reconciles and maintained balance sheet accounts and ensured

appropriate accruals each month.

. Maintained financial and operational controls and procedures.

. Identified areas of opportunity, weakness, and recommended solutions

for achieving optimal efficiency in a controlled environment.

PROTEAM RESOURCES Columbus, OH

11/2001 03/2006

Staff Accountant

. General ledger accounts maintenance.

. Distributed expenditures, encumbrances, receipt, and receivables

according to schedules.

. Analyzed financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and

capital, and prepared balance sheet, income statement, and other

reports to summarized and interpret current and projected departmental

financial position for directors.

. Preparation of financial statements

ANALYTICAL SERVICES, INC. (Sub-contractor to PriceWaterHouseCooper)

Columbus, OH 02/2000 - 07/2001

Accountant/Auditor

. Reconciled and identified unmatched disbursements, and make the

necessary adjustment to DFAS systems.

. Reconciled Government contracts using DFAS Systems.

. Reviewed, investigated, and corrected errors and inconsistencies in

financial entries, documents and reports.

. Assisted and/or coordinated audit activities with other staff

auditors.

. Completed audit work within established time budgets or explained

variances.

Education & Professional Development

DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of management ... Columbus, Ohio

Master of Accounting and Financial Management/Emphasis in Public Accounting

GPA 3.06

Graduated 04/2008

Devry university, Keller graduate school of management ... Columbus, Ohio

Master of Business Administration/Emphasis MIS

GPA 3.10

Graduation due 10/2010

(I have completed my courses of study awaiting graduation)

DEVRY UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio,

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

GPA 2.75

GRADUATED 10/2005

FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio,

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - ACCOUNTING

GPA 2.500

GRADUATED 08/2000

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