Manager Assistant

Melissa McClendon, CPA

*******@*****.***

PO Box 2232, Gypsum, CO 81637; 970-***-****

Work Experience

Robertson & Marchetti, PC, Edwards, CO

*/** - */** ********* Special District Manager / Assistant Association

Manager

Worked in a supervisory role to provide financial management and

administrative support to quasi-governmental special district

and homeowner association client organizations.

. Compiled and presented financial statements and financial

reports at board of director meetings to inform boards of

financial position of their organizations.

. Prepared budgets and long-range financial plans to ensure

fiscal health of clients.

. Managed cash flow for clients.

. Coordinated yearly financial audits with independent auditors

for approximately 40 firm clients. Worked with firm

employees to ensure all requested documentation was supplied

to auditors.

. Worked as Designated Election Official for 11 special

district clients for May 2010 elections.

. Ensured compliance with state and local government filing

deadlines for clients.

. Worked as part of bond issuance teams to ensure debt was

issued in the best interest of clients.

. Researched and certified costs for clients requesting

reimbursement from bond funds for infrastructure constructed.

. Recorded capital expenditures and retainages for multiple

construction projects totaling more than $11 million per year

for over 50 contracts.

Vail Cascade Resort and Spa, Vail, CO

2/06 - 2/07 Assistant Controller

Responsible for timely production of accurate monthly financial

statements for resort which included 292 hotel rooms, 80

condominiums and homes, a full-service spa, and a fitness

center.

. Performed all balance sheet reconciliations and posted all

month end journal entries.

. Worked closely with Executive Committee members and

department heads to ensure P&L accuracy.

. Integral in converting hotel accounting to Oracle software.

. Wrote monthly executive summary for corporate office.

Managed daily functions of 13 professionals in finance,

purchasing, and IT departments.

. Supervised monthly inventory of food and beverage items.

. Provided performance reviews at 90-day and year intervals for

employees.

6/05 - 2/06 Accounts Receivable Manager

Managed all aspects of the billing and collection of group

accounts, which comprised 65% of total resort revenues.

Supervised A/R staff accountant.

. Responsible for timely collection of all accounts receivable.

When promoted from this position, there were no accounts

aged over 60 days at the resort.

. Considered all requests for direct billing from groups, based

on a review of their credit profile. As necessary, contacted

groups with weak credit and collected additional advanced

deposits.

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2/05 - 6/05 Staff Accountant

. Compiled daily revenue and labor reports for resort. As

there was no direct interface between different hotel

systems, this required careful manual data uploads and data

checks.

. Processed payroll checks for entire population of resort

employees (500+) when Payroll Manager took vacations.

KPMG, Dallas, TX

1/04 - 1/05 Financial Services Auditor

Gained experience as an auditor on Sarbanes-Oxley and financial

statement audit teams.

. Identified controls, performed control test work, and

documented results for both Sarbanes-Oxley and financial

statement audits.

. Performed extensive substantive test work and documented

results in work papers.

Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin, TX

9/03 - 12/03 Student Accounting Intern

Learned about franchise fund accounting, and about the

relationships between federal governmental entities.

KPMG, Washington, DC

6/03 - 8/03 Governmental Assurance Intern

Became familiar with the comprehensive audit methodology used by

the firm.

City of Austin, Austin, TX

4/01 - 8/02 Special Project Assistant

Reconciled the City of Austin accounting system with the

corresponding federal government database as part of an 11-

member team.

. Utilized Access queries, extracts, and Excel spreadsheets for

reconciliation.

. When necessary, reconstructed past reimbursements using

original expenditure and reimbursement detail.

Education University of Texas, Masters in Professional Accounting, Audit

Emphasis, December 2003

University of Texas, Bachelor of Arts in History, December 1998

Skills Governmental accounting, GAAP accounting, construction

accounting, SMS Host hotel management software, many GL

softwares, Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.

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