Customer Service Sales
Resume:
SHERRY POPEJOY
Placerville, CA 95667
*************@*******.***
Objective To obtain long term employment with your company
where I can utilize my 20 years of managerial
experience in team work and financial accounting
following GAAP standards.
Experience
Green Valley Church - Placerville, CA
2008-Present
Volunteer for Nonprofit Group
Volunteer 20 hours a week participating in
preparation and execution of scheduled services
offered through Green Valley Church.
Exercise teamwork and resourcefulness while providing
excellent Customer Service to those receiving
services and benefitting from resources offered
through Green Valley Church to our local Community.
Sierra Home Alternatives - Placerville, CA
2003-2008
Office Administrator
Executed all bookkeeping functions; reconciliations,
journal entries, invoicing, accounts payable,
accounts receivable, for daily, monthly, and annual
Reporting. Set up books for CPA to complete taxes
only.
Reviewed all expenses for cost effectiveness and
negotiated with Vendors and Non Vendors for better
rates and terms. I achieved an overall savings of 20%
of the company's bottom line of expenses .
Wrote Policy and Procedures, designed, and updated
many of the daily functions and financial records and
forms. The system which I designed helped to raise
the companies daily production with achieving greater
cost effectiveness and financial efficiency.
Goals Achieved: Created year-end inventory procedures
and forms which brought the accuracy of the count and
reconciliation favorably by 35%. Brought inventory
time from 4 days to 2 days as well as increased count
quality by 50% in the number of recounts. Created new
company books and inventory in Quick Books Premiere
to open a second store.
Track N Trail, Overland Trading Co., Eagles Nest &
TNT - El Dorado Hills, CA
1989-2002
Financial Accounting Manager
Managed and directed staffing of 14 in the following
depts. accounting, payroll, audits, accounts payable,
fixed assets, accounts receivable, and inventory
control for a multistate retailer. (4 companies, 199
stores)
Developed and implemented company policies and
procedures relating to inventory control, A/P, A/R,
daily store cash, safety, security, sales taxes,
property taxes, banking, credit cards, assets,
liability insurance, and more.
Responsible for General Ledger account
reconciliations' (35), check collections, credit card
receivable, store rents, fixed assets, lease
administration, sales taxes, and property taxes for
40 different states.
Responsible for staffing including hiring,
motivating, evaluating, promoting when applicable and
wage control. Developed the overhead budget control
for our departments. Written explanations were given
for any cost not within budget constraints.
Monthly, Quarterly and year end closings of the books
reviewed, researched, created journal entries and
wrote up explanations' for all companies (4)
departments that were not in compliance with the
budget affecting Income Statements by company (4)
Operating Income Statements by stores (199) and
Balance Sheets by companies(4).
Established cooperative relationships with
institutions; banks credit card associations, check
cashing service, inventory service, vendors, and more
to receive the best service and lowest rate for the
service in order to help business and our bottom
line.
Created and maintained policies and procedures,
results were departmental streamlining, duplication
of tasks were no longer an issue, creating
departmental efficiency.
Created Compliance Reports on the overhead costs that
were affecting the bottom line of the company in a
negative manner. Met with Executives, Regional
Managers, and District Mangers in order to help them
help their stores resolve these over the budget
costs.
Assembled and maintained all control work papers for
year-end audits. Met with outside auditors
(PricewaterhouseCoopers & Delloit & Touch ) on daily
testing of our system postings. Verified to their
list of needed items such as invoices, check runs,
POS posting etc. Walked outside auditors through our
systems reports verifying Income Statements, Balance
Sheets, and Operating Income Statements according to
GAAP.
Skills
Windows XP, Microsoft, Excel, Vista, Import, Export,
Education Outlook, Calendar, STS, QuickBooks
Premiere, and Internet.
West Valley Jr. College - A/A
Saratoga, CA
San Jose State University - B/A San
Jose, CA
Salary History Available upon request.
References Available upon request.
Letters of Recommendation Available upon request.
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