Quality Control Manager
Resume:
Sheila Campbell-Tordsen
Redford, MI 482389
abmd9t@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY OF AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Financial Analysis, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Asset
Management, Account Reconciliation, Bank Reconciliation, Cash Application,
Cash Flow Management, Job Costing, Budgeting, Forecasting, Evaluation of
Taxing Requirements for Various Governmental Agencies
INDUSTRY LINES
Civil Engineering, Service, Banking/Savings and Loan, Transportation,
Manufacturing: Automotive - Parts, Quality Control Systems, Insurance
EXPERIENCE
Accountemps (Employment Services) 03/2007 - Present
Troy, MI
Financial Specialist/Staff Accountant
Projects/Assignments:
. North Pointe Holdings (Insurance)
o Performed complex bank reconciliations, most of which had not been
completed accurately, if at all, for several months. Made journal
entries as necessary to clean up and balance accounts.
o Developed system for streamlining the reconciliation process to ensure
faster, more accurate, results.
o Assisted in reinsurance billing, cleanup, and ad hoc requests.
. Perceptron, Inc. (Manufacturing-Quality Control Systems-Auto and Other)
o Participated in month-end closing activities (including, creating and
entering various G/L entries, running month-end reports and generating
financial statements, closing work orders, running closing utilities,
etc.).
o Performed fixed asset accounting to capture activity related to the
acquisition, disposal, and depreciation of capital purchases.
o Performed account and bank reconciliations.
o Reviewed and updated inventory material pricing in a manufacturing
system.
o Worked closely with Controller to compile quarterly and annual audit
files.
. Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. (Manufacturing-Auto Parts)
o Created retro bills for customer invoices that had been billed
incorrectly.
o Maintained pricing information in accounting system to ensure that
clients received accurate billings.
o Performed special projects as needed.
. Durakon Industries, Inc. (Manufacturing-Auto Parts)
o Prepared work papers to determine the amount of tax owed for Canada's
Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST), account,
tooling, and other reconciliations.
o Analyzed transactions and calculated Use Tax, using state-mandated
requirements for manufacturing enterprises.
o Performed G/L account analyses and reconciliations.
. Ryder, Inc. (Transportation)
o Primary responsibilities centered on the timely and accurate posting
of the voluminous amounts of payments received daily. Made adjusting
entries to A/R, as necessary.
o Resolved issues with unapplied payments, and created various ad hoc
reports to advise account team managers and payment inquiry department
regarding the status of their various accounts.
o Posted adjusting entries to A/P to ensure accurate payment of
contracted carriers.
o Processed client refunds, and made entries to process inter-office
cash transfers.
o Prepared work papers for auditors to use in analyzing rates to ensure
company's compliance with various clients' contracted terms.
o Learned and documented business processes, made improvements, and then
trained staff on those procedures.
John T. Warren & Associates, Inc. (Civil Engineering - Mass Transportation
Planning and Design) 04/1992 - 08/2004
Oakland, CA
. Financial Reporting and Analysis:
o Analyzed and projected cash flow. Made recommendations based on
projections.
o Frequently interacted with project managers and clients to resolve
invoicing issues, such as contract interpretation, budgets, and
collections.
o Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepare accounting
entries.
o Prepared and maintained property tax schedules and returns.
o Worked closely with government auditors and CPA firms during annual
audits.
o Prepared 1099's for subcontractors and vendors.
o Researched projects and prepared comparative analyses.
o Prepared proposals, presentations, calendars, government forms, and
client contracts.
. Accounts Payable:
o Handled all aspects of A/P, including vendor payments, invoicing
discrepancies, and account reconciliations.
o Coded employee expense reports and invoices.
. Accounts Receivable & Cash Management:
o Responsible for billing clients and handling cash receipts and
application.
o Maintained petty cash fund.
o Performed bank reconciliations.
o Made adjusting entries for bad debts and other transactions affecting
A/R.
. Payroll and Employee Benefits Administration:
o Prepared, input, and verified accuracy of P/R data, which required
keeping abreast of state and federally mandated statutes and applying
management policies.
o Ensured payments were collected for garnishments, insurance policies,
401K contributions, etc.
o Resolved timesheet issues.
o Prepared work papers to input journal entries for reconciling P/R
journal and cash account.
o Acted as liaison between the external 401K/Pension Plan Administrator
and company, including handling employee distributions, loan
repayments, and correspondence and communications to/from company and
employees.
o Assisted Office Manager/Human Resources Administrator.
Responsibilities included interpreting and conveying information
regarding management and benefit policies, managing the paperwork for
hiring, terminations, insurance policies, COBRA, pension and profit
sharing plans, and acting as a liaison between insurance companies and
employees to resolve issues in dispute.
. Project Management:
o Job Costing responsibilities included preparing costs proposals,
developing project budgets, and monitoring project budgets to identify
potential overruns.
o Responsible for interpreting contractual language to ensure accounting
procedures were in compliance with various government agencies'
stipulations.
o Prepared various standard and ad hoc project management reports,
according to each manager's specific needs.
SKILLS
. Systems Experience: MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint (including version 2007),
PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, AS400-JBA (GEAC), QAD, PTE Financial
Solutions/Freedom, MAS-200, Sage FAS 100 Fixed Asset Accounting, Alpha
V7.3, AS 2000, Deltek/Semaphore, ADP EasyPayWin, Lotus Notes, MS Outlook,
Turbo Tax
. Excellent written and oral communication skills
. Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
. Extremely reliable, proactive, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
. Very adept at multi-tasking
. Fast, eager, and adaptive learner
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
M.B.A. - Accounting
California State University
Hayward, Hayward, CA
B.A. - Human Development
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