Customer Service Sales

SAlly Elliott

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SKill SET

Activities: journal entries; balance sheet reconciliations(including bank

accounts); accounts payable; accounts receivable; variance analysis;

expense analysis; cash requirements reporting; accruals; work-in-process

and job-costing; payroll; month-end close; audit prep; customer service;

staff supervision; wire and ach transfers.

Software: Lawson; Hyperion; QuickBooks; Peachtree; Excel; Word; Outlook;

Access; PowerPoint; Lotus; Lotus report query; Peachtree report query;

Hyperion report query; several proprietary systems.

Accomplishments: Received nomination for employee of the year (Art

Institute of Colorado); Graduated with Honors (University of Phoenix);

Employee of the year with (Consolidated Steel Services); Received awarded

for a suggestion to improve Bond Customer database (Well Fargo Bank).

Education

Masters in Business Administration

Argosy University: Graduated August 2008: GPA 3.9

Bachelor of Science in Business: Accounting Major

University of Phoenix: Graduated September 2002: GPA 3.9

Professional experience

Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 7/05 - present

General Accountant and Accounting Supervisor

Direct report to the Director of Accounting and finance; responsible for

the leadership and management of all accounting functions, including:

Interim Supervisor of accounting staff responsible for maintaining student

accounts and providing customer service.

Prepare monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts including

but not limited to: bank statements, revenue, student refund, as well as

prepare accruals for month-end, quarter-end and annual close. Provide the

student supply store with operational support for all accounting needs.

Research and resolve problems and outstanding reconciliation items or

issues.

Monitor, analyze, and correct all accounts payables operations, including

matching quotes/purchase order to invoices. Approve and code purchase card

transactions and expense reports.

Maintain SOX compliance recommendations.

Assist in the preparation of each Fiscal years budget utilizing Hyperion

software.

Instrumental in the preparation of quarterly inventories, as well as

monthly/yearly closings and audits.

Consolidated Steel Services/Consolidated Steel Construction, LLC

Littleton, Colorado

General Accountant (worked here twice) 8/92

- 8/98 and 3/04 - 3/05

Performed all in-house Accounting functions from data entry to financial

statement preparation. Responsibilities included:

Prepared and reconciled journal entries and accruals to the general ledger

in order verify compliance with GAAP, and to prepare interim financial

statements to help management interpret and analyze data for making

financial decisions.

Created Excel spreadsheet analysis for reconciling the breakdown of

revenues and expenses by job to sales, cost of goods, work-in-process, and

finished goods.

Review, classify, and post accounts payable, accounts receivable, and

fixed assets to the general ledger; preparation and issuance of billing

invoices and vendor checks.

Preparation of bi-weekly payroll using QuickBooks/Peachtree accounting

software and weekly payroll using Peachtree Accounting.

Created, and maintained a four-week cash requirements report for

management use in planning.

Prepared/submitted monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for sales,

excise, property, and payroll taxes.

Prepared various Peachtree query reports, including job cost hour

variances, sales tax, and 1099 vendors.

Administered all employee benefit plans, such as 401k, health, dental.

Responsible for written or verbal communications with customers, vendors,

and employees.

Alta Colleges, Inc., Broomfield, Colorado

7/03 - 2/04

Lead Cash Specialist

Performed all functions of a Cash Specialist in a Lead Position.

Responsibilities included:

Prepared monthly bank reconciliation for all Westwood College campuses

assigned within timeframes established by management.

Prepared daily cash report for management.

Researched and cleared outstanding reconciling items by preparing bank

wires and journal entries.

Trained new cash department employees in reconciliation procedures, and

assisted other cash specialists in meeting department deadlines.

Resolved campus related concerns and problems using both verbal and

written communications.

Interacted with other departments i.e. accounts payables and general

ledger in order to resolve differences and reconciling items.

Denver Mineral Engineers, Littleton, Colorado

9/98 - 5/03

Accountant

Performed all in-house Accounting functions from data entry to Financial

statement preparation. Responsibilities included:

Entered, reconciled and reviewed journal entries and accruals to the

general ledger on a monthly basis, in order verify compliance with GAAP,

and to prepare interim financial statements to help management interpret

and analyze data for making financial decisions.

Created an Excel spreadsheet analysis report for reconciling the breakdown

of revenues and expenses by job for Sales, cost of goods, work-in-process,

and finished goods summarized on the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

Reviewed, classified, and posted accounts payable, accounts receivable,

and fixed assets to the general ledger as well as prepared and mailed

billing invoices and AP vendor checks.

Prepared bi-weekly payroll, using at different times, both ADP and Payroll

1 payroll services.

Created and continually enhanced, as well as updated a four-week cash

requirements report on Excel for management use in planning.

Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual tax reports for sales, excise,

payroll, and property taxes.

Created, reviewed, and corrected various Peachtree query reports for job

cost hour variances.

Administered employee benefit plans including health/dental/life plans,

401k plans, and other benefits.

Responsible for performing written and verbal communications with

customers, vendors, and employees, as well as with outside professionals

such as accountants, lawyers, and city/state auditors.

Consolidated Steel Services (see above)

8/92 - 8/98

Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, California

3/74 - 11/90

General Ledger Supervisor

Over 17 years worked in a variety of positions, some responsibilities

included:

Supervised and trained general ledger, and accounts payable staff.

Created desk level procedures; performance plans; administered personnel

policy.

Created, updated, and distributed statistical general ledger reports to

department heads.

Instrumental in creating a new department within the merchant card service

division.

One of three people hand picked for a research project to resolve

differences over ten million.

Identified, researched, and resolved difficult out of balance conditions.

Reviewed cash reports for identification of suspicious transactions over

ten thousand dollars.

Reviewed and reconciled teller ledgers, examining transactions for

authenticity.

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