Ann-Marie Courtney 918-***-****
**** * **** *****, *****, OK 74105 abm80a@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Profile
To provide support to an organization within an administrative
position by committing to objectives, building professional
relationships, and influencing others to achieve success.
Software Experience: Advanced Microsoft Excel(including
creating: macros, creating and modifying schedules, reports, and
templates, vlookups, concatenation, custom reporting, pivot and
data tables, importing/exporting all file types. Other software
experience includes QuickBooks, PeachTree, SyteLine, Great
Plains, HFM/Hyperion, JD Edwards AS400, and PeopleSoft.
Accounting/Finance experience includes, manufacturing, A/P, A/R,
inventory processes, month end closing functions(including
reviewing/preparation of financial statements and schedules),
journal entries, payroll/benefit processes, and all types
management reporting.
Inventory processes including: purchasing, receiving, count,
variance reporting, and product/vendor research for cost
comparison.
Account/Bank Reconciliation
Month end closing and reporting, including coordinating closing
duties and responsibilities within accounting and other
departments
BSBA, accounting major
Budget analysis
Motivated, self-starter
Positive and encouraging attitude, enjoy assisting team members
and customers with challenges. Understand the importance of
building positive relationships that enhance business activities
and create customer and employee engagement.
Focus on goal setting and process improvement
Experience supporting executive level staff
Professional Experience
Educational Concepts, Tulsa, Oklahoma
December 2009-February 2010
Bookkeeper/Office Manager
Responsibilities:
Updated monthly ad list
Prepared items to be shipped
Updated employee files
Ordered supplies for staff
Researched potential cost saving strategies
Prepared customer orders
Bookkeeping functions including: Preparing deposits, billing,
accounts payable, prepared financial
reports internal sales reports, payroll
Riverspirit Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 2009-August 2009
Senior Accountant-contract
Responsibilities:
Bank/Account Reconciliations
Prepare journal entries for monthly closing processes
Monthly closing activities
Credit card reconciliations
Assisted controller and accounting manager with process
improvement activities for accounts payable and new purchasing
system
Setup vendor master files
Proofed, approved, and posted accounts payable batches for
remittance distribution; followed up with AP team to ensure
error correction
Prepared monthly fixed asset documents for monthly closing
Special projects
Achievements:
Asked by controller to be part of process improvement; provided
system feedback
Air-X-Changers, Catoosa, Oklahoma
October 2008-May 2009
General Ledger Accountant
Responsibilities:
Monthly Account Reconciliations/Closing Activities
Prepared divisional corporate and internal management reports
monthly, including: aging reports, sales and vendor status,
freight, and revenues
Calculated monthly performance, safety, and executive bonus
accruals
Audited inventory cycle count, prepared audit report and
exceptions
Prepared biweekly payroll for distribution
Communicated with management within all departments regarding
monthly activity in order to properly prepare monthly financial
statements
Uploaded monthly financial conversion for corporate reporting,
responsible for ensuring submission by deadline
Quarterly corporate reporting
SOX compliance activities
Special projects
Maintained employee benefit file in order to prepare payroll,
holiday pay, overtime, vacation, pension, and performance bonus
journal entries. Reconciled with employee benefit reports
created through human resources department.
Freight and commission reconciliation
Oklahoma Heart Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma
September 2008-October 2008-contract
Staff Accountant
Responsibilities:
Audit daily cash deposits
Invoice coding
A/P vendor research
Special projects
Account Reconciliation
Ihloff Salon & Day Spa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
April 2006-July 2008
Location Manager
Customer and Sales positions 2000-2005
Responsibilities:
Responsible for ensuring that financial objectives for location
are met
Led weekly meetings with corporate president, reporting sales
and service growth ($4 million budgeted annual revenue), budget
to actual (sales, expenses, and payroll), inventory and vendor
alternatives that will generate reduction in location's
expenses, best practices that created revenue growth, corporate
savings strategies, and status of accounts receivable for
location.
Acted as a liaison between management and accounting team,
provided management with feedback on how to improve financial
reporting based on operational activity.
Created purchase orders, updated item costs in inventory
database, received orders, contacted vendors regarding order
discrepancies, inventory count and adjustments.
Researched options for equipment acquisition including; lease
vs. purchase options and the effect on budget.
Tracked actual and budgeted payroll expense, making schedule
adjustments in order to meet payroll
goals
Achievements:
Successfully ended 2007 with location meeting retail growth
benchmarks
Location recognized as on of the top 50 salons in the U.S. by
Elle Magazine, July 2008.
Implemented consolidated weekly order process, reducing annual
location charges by 50%.
Promoted from customer and sales positions to location manager
QuikTrip, Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 2004- April 2006
Accounting Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
Payable invoice entry, QT Kitchens and QT Carwash
Inventory item setup, AS400
Setup manufactured goods, AS400, including: inventory items
required, quantity of each item, the costs for each manufactured
good
Month-end closing duties for all three subsidiaries
Reconciliations, chemical usage for carwash, carwash POP units,
carwash redemptions, goods produced and store deliveries for QT
Kitchens, fuel deliveries for QNT
Assisted generalist with inventory cycle count at QT Kitchens,
involved in preparing for monthly audits
Made entries for scrap and variances, QT Kitchens and QT Carwash
Trained and provided relief for QT Kitchens Generalist, duties
included: creating daily production work orders for bakery and
deli, ensuring inventory G/L entries are processed for all
steps of manufacturing process, prepared sales orders for stores
daily, and ensured that routes had delivery information
Created procedure manual for QT Generalist position
Calculated use tax for QNT invoices and made entries for each
Calculated inventory for fuel in transit
Achievements:
Promoted from A/P Specialist to Accounting Systems Analyst, a
new QT position and was solely responsible for all subsidiaries,
including QT Kitchens, QT Carwash, and Quik n Tasty
Worked with assistant controller to create procedures, training
manuals, inventory protocol, and monthly closing duties for all
subsidiaries
Represented new department in inventory meetings
Corporate Mentoring Program: Selected by corporate controller
for professional development
Education
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
BSBA, Major-Accounting
Graduated May 2004
Member of Beta Alpha Psi, honors accounting fraternity
Accounting/Finance Intern, Tulsa Area United Way-2002 & 2003
pledge campaign
References
References are available upon request.