Thayis M. Nicholson
Sicklerville, NJ 08081
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Career Snapshot:
. Twenty-five years general accounting/bookkeeping experience
. Five Years underwriting experience for a major health insurance
company
Computer Skills:
. Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Lotus Notes, One-Write Plus
for Windows, Visual Fox Pro,
SagePro, Crystal Reports, Oracle, AS400, SAP, and various applications,
software, and databases.
Key Skills:
. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Account Analysis, Billing,
Collections, Bank Reconciliations
. General Journal Entries, Automated and Manual Payroll, Payroll taxes,
Quarterly and year-end reporting, 1099 generation and reporting.
. Medical coding analysis utilizing ICD-9 and CPT coding
Professional Experience:
April 2005- April 2010
Liberty Resources, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
Position: Billing, Accounts Receivables Manager (hired as Senior Billing
Assistant)
Synopsis of responsibilities: Oversee daily operations of a manual billing
system for services rendered to the disabled community of the Greater
Philadelphia area, billed to the Department of Welfare and various county
aging programs. Generated in excess of $1 million in revenue weekly.
Personally handled and generated special contract billing for other
municipal and state entities according to their requirements. Generated
month end reporting and general journal entries. Assisted and provided
required information for internal and external auditors. Reviewed and coded
all agency vendor invoices for Accounts Payable. Handled all staffing
needs, training, personnel reviews, and disciplinary action.
November 1998 - June 2004
Independence Blue Cross
Philadelphia, PA
Position: Renewal Underwriter
Synopsis of responsibilities: Monthly processing of AmeriHealth-NJ small
and large group insurance renewals. This process included the review of
census data, benefit upgrades or downgrades, retrieval of paid claims and
income data for review and calculation of loss ratio for previous year, Q &
A of quarterly base rates and coding. This required daily interaction with
the following departments: Actuarial, Marketing, Product Management,
Technical Support/Information Services, Underwriting Control. These
services were supported by in-house databases: MBRS, AAA, Broker
Administration, MHS, and Legacy, Microsoft Windows 97 (Excel, Word, and
Access).
August 1996 - October 1998
Managed Care Concepts of DE, Inc.
Position: Premium Accountant
Synopsis of responsibilities: Created and developed the Accounting
Department and the Premium Reporting Database in Visual Fox-Pro and
subsequent reporting. Converted a manual accounting system to One-Write
Plus for Windows. Processed, recorded, and reported all premium insurance
payments and supplied the insurance carriers (Gerber Life Ins, Lamar Life
Ins, Mutual of Omaha, Guardian Life Ins,) with monthly premium reports and
various support documentation. Provided Underwriting, Marketing, and
Brokers with requested premium reporting and analysis. Generated commission
payments for Brokers. Set-up and monitored interstate premium trust bank
accounts, initiated wire transfers, reconciled all accounts. Provided
financial support for outside auditors. Interviewed, hired, and trained all
accounting personnel and temporary help.
These services were supported by Microsoft Windows 95, Lotus 123, Visual
Fox-Pro, and One-Write Plus.
Thayis M. Nicholson
6 Little Court
Sicklerville, NJ 08081
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March 1995 - August 1996
OfficeMax, Inc. Philadelphia Delivery Center
Delran, NJ
Position: Administrative Assistant
Synopsis of responsibilities: Processed and maintained all personnel and
payroll records. Maintained, processed, and followed up on all medical and
Worker's Compensation claims. Maintained OSHA logs. Calculated and
submitted weekly on-line payroll.
Served as office manager and liaison with other delivery centers, OfficeMax
stores, and home office. Created and published a weekly newsletter
informing other delivery centers and stores of any policy changes,
development of new procedures, and personnel changes.
March 1994 - October 1994
Stradley, Ronin, Stevens, & Young
Philadelphia, PA
Position: Payroll Administrator
Synopsis of Responsibilities: Maintained and processed bi-weekly and
monthly payrolls and all related responsibilities for 200+ employees. The
payroll, adjustments, and reporting were initially supported via on-line
payroll systems, Ceridian and ADP but later converted to an in-house
system; ABRACADBRA 2000 Human Resource and Payroll system.
September 1979 - September 1993
Miles-Samuelson, Inc.
Franklin Square, NY
Position: Accounting/Office Manager
Synopsis of Responsibilities: Oversee the daily operations of the
Accounting Department and the management of the main office and two out of
state offices. Responsibilities included:
. Weekly in-house payroll
. Weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reporting and tax
payments
. Year end W-2 and 1099 processing
. Administration of 401k accounts and investments
. Personnel processing and maintenance
. General ledger coding, account analysis, monthly schedules,
forecasting schedules
. Client billing and advertising billing
. Processing of government contracting and sub-contracting progress
payment reports
. Liaison to outside auditors, programmers, and insurance carriers
. Processed and followed up on all medical and Worker's Compensation
claims.
. Inventoried and ordered all office supplies
Education:
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA
A.A.S. Accounting
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
Major: Business Administration