Sales Accounting
Resume:
Barbara D. Gilbertson
Woodbury, MN 55125
Qualifications Summary
. Excellent organizational skills, math aptitude, accuracy & attention
to detail
. Enthusiastic and energetic attitude
. Initiative to improve efficiency/productivity of the job
. Cooperative, flexible team player
. Strong interpersonal & communication skills
. Demonstrated success in corporate environment, working well with
diverse people & functions
. Skills: Proficiency with Quick Books and Timberline, Excel; 10-key
proficiency
Commonwealth Properties, Inc
Accounting July 2008
- April 2010
Prepare monthly financials for ten of the owners resort island, hotel and
property management businesses. Responsible for maintaining chart of
accounts, general ledger, income statement and balance sheet, ensure all
journal entries are entered into Quick Books. Prepare monthly financial
packages to be reviewed with owner on a monthly basis. Reconcile multiple
bank accounts, and intercompany A/P & A/R, ensure intercompany accounts
balance. Take monthly inventory of Food and Beverage and make entries into
QB. Generate journal entries for end of day sales for lodging and
restaurant operations. Report Use and Sales tax to states each month.
Responsible for all employees records with pertinent information to
payroll, process payroll for 25+ employees on a bi-weekly schedule using
Paychex.
Custom One Homes by Mike Rygh
Accounting December 2001 - February
2009
Prepare monthly financials for all nine businesses for owner, Mike Rygh.
Generate cash flow, income projections and credit line spreadsheets.
Prepare annual budget. Responsible for daily cash management, reconciling
bank statements and tracking trust accounts. Transfer and track loans and
lines of credit. Assist with customer closings by preparing all closing
documents including construction 'draw requests', sworn construction
statements, legal documents and variance reports. Handle accounting
journal entries. Responsible for payment of all invoices, in accord with
terms and conditions of the payment agreement.
The Pillsbury Company
Accounting, Advertising, Sales & Promotions October
1998 - June 2000
Responsible for the management of Advertising, Sales & Promotions (A&SP)
budgets for the Progresso Soup, Heritage and Potatoes businesses. Prepare
monthly journal vouchers related to the A&SP expenses, process invoices and
spending plans, prepare monthly actual results. Act as resource for
Marketing regarding the A&SP budgets. Prepare quarterly and annual A&SP
forecasts, and ensure General Ledger integrity both by expense type, and
brand. Provide support and ad hoc reporting to key customers via budget
analysis and account reconciliation.
The Pillsbury Company
Accounting - Pizza/Brands/Other March 1996 -
October 1998
Pillsbury Pizza Businesses: This position was very similar to the one
listed below, but with the following additional responsibilities:
Responsible for consolidating total Pillsbury Brands volume, P&L, balance
sheet, and cash flow financial information for Pillsbury Corporate.
Compile spreadsheets for Controller's P&L Report, download data from Micro
Control and check financials for accuracy prior to distribution. Work
closely with Financial Planning & Forecasting analyst to assure accuracy of
actual reporting data.
The Pillsbury Company
Accounting Administrator - Canada's Businesses January
1995 - March 1996
Responsible for General Accounting duties supporting the Green Giant,
Pillsbury Baked Goods and Old El Paso brands, for Canada. Duties include
accounting and reporting of actual results for volume, P&L, Balance Sheet
and Cash Flow. Responsible for the maintenance and reporting of
information from the Brands P&L System. Participate in monthly accounting
'close' and sales journal activity. Input information into Micro Control
and G&A disbursement processing. Provide detailed support for the analysis
of financial results, versus forecast.
Honeywell, Inc. / Alliant Techsystems Inc. Minneapolis
Financial Reporting Assistant June
1987 - May 1993
Responsible for consolidating and reconciling Divisional Sales & Profit,
working capitol and backlog. Also responsible for maintaining the
Financial Information File which contained all the financial data for the
Company's contracts. Prepared tax schedules. Supported the corporate and
divisional reporters during 'closing cycles', Alliant Tech consolidations,
Statement of Operations and Special Projects.
Financial Receivable Collections Specialist August
1983 - June 1987
Coordinated the timely collection of billed Receivables for foreign,
domestic, commercial and government customers. Processed Accounts
Receivables remittance and maintained the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary
Ledger.
Accounts Receivable Billing Assistant Sept
1981 - Aug 1983
Prepared and billed accumulated cost-on-cost-type customers. Assured
accuracy of all billings and provided information needed by Honeywell
personnel, customers and government audit groups.
Accounts Payable Manual Accounting Clerk April
1978 - Aug 1979
Responsible for processing vendors' invoices, assuring the accuracy of
account coding and account distribution. Assured conformance of vendors'
invoices to the terms of the purchase orders, as well as company
disbursements and procurement procedures. Worked to avoid loss of cash
discount.
Accounts Payable Interdivision Accounting Clerk August
1977 - April 1978
Accounts Payable Automated Accounting Clerk June 1977 -
August 1977
Education
Southwest State University, Marshall, MN
Fridley High School, Fridley, MN
References available upon request.
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