Accounting Manager
Resume:
Dinah Watkins, CPA
**** *********** ****** *********, ** 38671 Phone: Cell 901-487-
Descriptio A high performing, innovative self-starter who is focused on
n adding value. A unique combination of experience,
motivation, and progressive thought that is a valuable
resource for any company with a desire to enhance the
efficiency and effectiveness of its financial management
team.
Experience Dec 2007- Present First Tennessee Bank
Memphis, TN
Accounting Manager - Chief Accounting Officer's Division
Manage all aspects of fixed asset accounting- including
purchases, acquisitions, retirements, sales, and monthly
depreciation.
Provide documentation and reports as requested by both
internal and external auditors and provide ad hoc reports as
requested to other company managers
Responsible for maintenance of mainframe database
Reduced staffing by implementing methods of uploading large
volumes of data to the mainframe from a text file so that
many hours of manual entry (& errors) have been eliminated
Have implemented many procedural, documentation & reporting
improvements eliminating audit issues (which existed when I
arrived)
Interpret and implement the company's Capitalization Policy,
which involves GAAP/FASB research and communication with all
levels of management
GL account reconciliation and review
Financial statement review and variance analysis
General Ledger entries
June 2007-Dec 2007 T&W, LLC
Healthcare Financial Consultant-Decatur General Hospital,
Decatur, AL
Engaged in all aspects of finding, recommending and
implementing financial improvements that improved the
hospital's bottom line.
This involved comprehensive analysis and recommendations
pertaining to revenue cycle, productivity & labor standards,
supply cost reduction and reporting for ultimate managerial
effectiveness.
Developed and implemented charge master revisions which
resulted in more consistent billing and improved
reimbursement overall.
Dec 2000 - June 2007Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division
Memphis, TN
Supervisor - Property & Plant Accounting
. Supervise employees in plant/construction accounting;
cost analysis and billing of reimbursable construction,
maintenance and repair work; booked asset depreciation,
retirements, and gains (losses) on sale of assets (Total
plant, including work in progress, is over $1 billion.)
. Responsible for compiling costs for specific large
projects, determining eligibility of costs per FEMA and
procuring governmental funds (e.g., FEMA funds for repair
costs of the windstorm of July 2003.)
. Perform studies of depreciation expense,
transportation/equipment costs and other
interdivisional/intradepartmental expenses to determine
necessary adjustments to overhead loadings and
transportation rates.
Develop, revise, and enforce the company's Capitalization
Policy
Calculate & submit (in lieu of)tax payments to Shelby County
and all cities therein
Accountant III - Budget and Financial Planning
Performed cash flow forecasts, in order to determine budget
parameters, future service rate increases or necessary
issuance of bonds.
Team member on 2 bond issues
. Work with management personnel throughout the company
in developing departmental expense budgets for
individual areas and in developing the company's capital
budget.
Performed extensive actual-to-budget expense variance
analyses and prepared reports and presentations for
upper-level management and the Board of Commissioners.
July 1996 -Dec. 2000 Baptist Memorial Hospital
Controller - BMH Desoto, Southaven MS
. Responsible for General Ledger/Construction
Accounting functions and monthly/annual financial reporting
for the hospital, nursing home/rehab center, and 3
physicians office buildings
. Responsible for Accounts Payable for these facilities
. Responsible for Payroll for these facilities.
Financial Mgr- Surgical Services Memphis,TN
. Responsible for surgical patient scheduling, billed
surgery charges, surgery supplies and inventory purchasing
. Responsible for installation and maintenance of
surgery system software
. Performed financial analyses, budget variance
analysis and productivity reports for all activities
pertaining to the Surgery Department with a focus on cost
reduction opportunities
April 1983-July 1996 Memphis Light, Gas & Water
Division Memphis, TN
General Ledger Accountant Aug 1991 - July 1996
Layout Designer/Drafter- Electrical Engineering Apr 1983 -
Aug1991
Education Christian Brothers University Memphis,
TN
. B.S., Business Administration- Accounting Graduated
Summa Cum Laude
State Technical Institute at Memphis Memphis, TN
. A.E., Industrial Engineering Technology. 4.0 Average
Certification State Board of Accountancy of Tennessee - CPA
Competencies Microsoft Office - Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint
Oracle Business Objects Data Warehouse
WebIntelligence user defined HTML reports
MSA/DBA/GEAC/INFOR accounting software (IBM Mainframe)
Hyperion Essbase
AXS-One/Computron
Ariba
McKesson HBOC - ESI
-Comfortable learning/using new software and assisting with
system conversions/go-lives
Contacts Home phone 662-***-****
Cell phone 901-***-****
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