Elizabeth A. O'Brien
Fairview, TN 37062
Cell: 615-***-****
Home: 615-***-****
abmf3x@r.postjobfree.com
Summary: A professional accountant with extensive computer and analytical
experience; consistently able to produce accurate reports and files at a
higher than average deadline rate.
Computer Skills:
Advanced Excel User Great Plains
SAP CO Administration PeopleSoft
Peachtree Outlook
PowerPoint MS Word
Work Experience:
Onlife Health/Gordian Health Solutions Franklin, TN
Senior Staff Accountant 2008 to present
. Monthly produces financial slide presentation for senior management
meeting
. Created and maintains monthly Customer P&L's
. Responsible for creation of monthly Income Statement
. Calculates COGS for monthly Income Statement
. Creates external customer invoices in Great Plains accounting
software
. Determines revenue and expense accrual amounts for posting into
Great Plains
. Determines and posts amounts of deferred revenue to be moved to
actual revenue monthly
. Posts client payments into Great Plains
. Creates upload files from Great Plains to PeopleSoft monthly
. Assists managers in the annual budget process
. Answers managers' questions regarding actual versus budgeted
expenses
. Balances and maintains inventory
. Performs maintenance functions in Great Plains
. Improved reporting process by using past knowledge of linked files
in excel
Nemak USA, Inc., Dickson, TN
Staff Accountant 2007 to 2008
. Reconciled accounts, including bank statements
. Entered vendor invoices into Peachtree accounting software
. Printed and mailed vendor checks from both SAP and Peachtree
. Estimated and recorded accruals to the monthly income statement
. Produced financial statements out of Peachtree for uploading into a
consolidation system
. Ran external customer invoicing transactions in SAP
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Work Experience, continued:
Nissan North America/Randstad Nashville, TN
Accounts Payable Representative 2006 to 2007
. Entered invoices into SAP system
. Researched items that appeared on a pending list
Nordson Corporation Atlanta, Georgia
Senior Financial Analyst 2004 to 2006
Financial Accountant 2000 to 2004
Associate Accountant 1996 to 2000
. Performed the duties necessary to close, on a monthly basis, the CO
side of SAP
. Performed monthly commission calculations using Excel pivot tables
. Prepared monthly discount reports for management review using Excel
pivot tables
. Prepared and entered monthly journal entries for the proper
statement of cost of sales figures
. Produced monthly staff meeting schedules for the Corporate Vice
President in charge of the Business Unit
. Consolidated forecast and budget data for business segments by
linking Excel files
. Created the necessary files used in the consolidation of forecasts
and budgets
. Forecasted sales and expenses for business units
. Developed annual budgets
. Performed inventory audits
. Calculated quarterly bonus payments
. Produced monthly financial statements
Education:
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration Major: Accounting
Additional Professional Accomplishments:
Member of SAP implementation team & Member of SAP implementation
upgrade team
Sarbanes Oxley exposure
Lean Manufacturing competence
Taught SAP classes to company personnel
References available upon request