VICKIE A FANNING, CPA
P.O. Box *** . Huntland, TN 37345 . 931-***-****
*************@***.***
ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT
Regulatory Compliance
An accounting professional with more than 10 years of experience in
analysis, organization and management of special projects. Proven ability
to identify issues, develop strategic solutions and implement procedures
that achieve the desired results. Experience includes accounting
functionality in production, commercial, public accounting and
governmental environments.
SUMMARY OF KEY STRENGTHS
. Accounting Automation . FAR/CAS . Business
Tracking
. Deltek GCS Implementation . Intercompany Communication .
Payroll Reconciliation
. Accounting Process Development . Budget Preparation . SOX
Compliance
. Financial Reporting . Multi Location Accounting .
Project Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
LogiCore Corporation Huntsville, AL
Project Control Specialist 2009 -
Present
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:
Communicated with executive staff designing and implementing billing
procedures to ensure timely invoicing and streamlined revenue collection
process. Invoice approval signature process had become burdensome and
required excessive time which caused delay in invoice from being forwarded
to client. IMPACT: Reduced operational loan from $1M outstanding to 0 and
excess credit line requirement to operate business that kept invoices
current and saved interest charges.
. Provided financial analysis and corporate administrative support at
project, program, operation and corporate levels and prepared billing
based on proper SLIN. Experience in project / program control for
Federal Government contracts to include R&D and OMA appropriations for
AMRDEC, AMCOM IMMC, SMDC and C-RAM.
. Examined and entered accounts payable. Tracked contracts to determine
available hours and requested additional hours if needed to be able to
complete the project.
. Analyzed information using administration principles, methods and
techniques, accounting systems and related reports to monitor budget
execution with different sources of funding (RDTE, OPA/APA and OMA)
and contract types to include cost plus award fee(CP), cost plus fixed
fee(CPFF), indefinite delivery indefinite quantity(IDIQ), time &
material(T&M), and firm fixed price(FFP). Experience with budgeting
laws, regulations, policies, processes, and procedures to assure
budget forecasts, estimates, and submissions conform to government
requirements and guidelines. General ledger account experience with
technology and software implementations that transitioned from
QuickBooks to Deltek.
. Prepared resource plans and submissions for program proposals to
reflect allocation of resources needed to achieve program objectives;
provided pricing and cost estimating; formulated task order and
contract budgets (cost, man-hours and workload) for projects and
programs; established financial processes and controls to ensure
proper execution; analyzed project / program schedules, technical /
management reports, financial reports, and other data to determine
status; monitored and analyzed execution performance against operating
budgets; generated textual, charts and graphical financial reports for
management and customers through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) and
invoicing through MPO.
Deltacom Huntsville, AL
Senior Staff Accountant 2007
- 2008
. Analyzed general ledger accounts. Processed and prepared Journal
entries. Prepared 1099's.
. Monitored intercompany accounts. Prepared invoices and downloads.
. Prepared month end journal entries. Prepared information for the
auditor.
Jacobs Technolgy Tullahoma, TN
Tax Accountant 2003 -
2007
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:
Researched, evaluated, communicated and insured that the company was in
compliance with legal, regulatory and management agencies to keep from
being fined and sections shut down. Developed extensive research into areas
and had company segments set up and complete research on all new areas to
be opened. Jacobs was brought into compliance and stayed compliant Result:
Company was brought into compliancy and stayed complaint with legal
regulations and rules.
Analyzed intercompany tax account with the parent company and identified
tax amounts being paid in error. Subsidiary felt amounts being paid for
taxes was in excess of actual amounts due; audited records and reported
errors to management. Result: Saved the subsidiary money and eliminated
overcharge of taxes.
Created system to monitor payroll taxes to be paid and when they were to be
paid to resolve situation causing fines and penalties. Set up system that
tracked when the taxes were due and how much was due in order to alleviate
the fines, penalties, and interest that was charged when taxes are not
filed on time. Result: Payroll taxes were paid on time and no fines and
penalties were assessed.
. Supervised and reconciled intercompany accounts. Assisted process of
bringing payroll in-house. Oversaw the preparation of 1099's.
. Made sure that tax returns were prepared correctly. Prepared tax
estimates for proposals. Prepared ICE reports.
. Reconciled Flex checks and payroll accounts.
Giles and Kendall Huntsville, AL
Accountant 1997 -
2003
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:
Observed and analyzed accounting operations and activated more effective
methods to complete the job. Realized the job was not being performed as
efficiently as possible and created several spreadsheets to automate and
evaluate work so that the operations did not require as much manual labor
and could produce more accurate results. Results: Reduced required labor
and produced more accurate results.
Organized journal entries and completed some before close week because many
journal entries were repeated each month. Month end close is always a
pushed time and organization provided a smoother monthly financial
reporting cycle. Result: Able to get the information to the president in a
timelier manner so that better business decisions could be made.
Examined employee receivable account to determine what employees owed the
company for insurance. Set up a system to enable the company to keep an
accurate track of what insurance was owed and realized the company was
paying additional insurance for people and not receiving reimbursement from
payroll deductions. Result: Saved the company thousands of dollars.
. Brought payroll in house. Worked with President and Vice-President of
finance on special projects.
. Reported intercompany accounts to management. Prepared payroll taxes,
W'2's and 1099's.
. Prepared 10 financial statements a month including a group financial
statement with the Controller.
ACT Personnel Service Huntsville, AL
Jr Accountant
1996
. Reconciled Payroll, Accounts Payable, Compiled information and Billing
of Service contracts
EDUCATION
A.S. - Accounting - Motlow State Community College - Tullahoma, TN
B.S. - Accounting/Business Management - Middle Tennessee State University -
Murfreesboro, TN
M.B.A. - Accounting - University of Phoenix
VICKIE A FANNING
P.O. Box 206 . Huntland, TN 37345 . 931-***-****
*************@***.***
ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT
Regulatory Compliance
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION PHONE
Ward Harder Accounting Motlow State 931-***-****
Professor
Cheryl Parks Accounting Manager Jacobs Engineering 931-***-****
Jeanne Weaver Vice President of Giles & Kendall 256-***-****
Finance
PERSONAL REFERENCES
NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION PHONE
Ellis Counts Director of Safety Franklin County 931-***-****
Schools
Rob Wilkinson Owner Walnut Hill Nursery 931-***-****
Tim Cole Owner 931-***-****