Accounting Accounts Payable
Resume:
Karen Rivers
*******@*.*******.***
Permanent Address
Central, South Carolina 29630
OBJECTIVE To obtain a challenging accounting position that will permit the use of current experience in the audit sector,
while developing additional knowledge and skills.
EDUCATION
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Master of Professional Accountancy, August 2010
Overall: GPA 4.0
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
B.S. in Business Administration, December 2008
Major: Accounting Minor: Hotel Restaurant Tourism Management
Overall: GPA 3.919 Accounting: GPA 3.812 Hotel Restaurant Tourism Management: GPA 4.0
HONORS AND
AWARDS
• Nominated and attended the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. (2003)
• Nominated to attend the Global Young Leaders Conference
• One of four winners to represent the Moore School of Business scholarship recipients in the 2006 Annual
Progress Report
• Dean’s List (GPA of 3.5 or above)- 5 semesters
• President’s List (GPA of 4.0)- 4 semesters
• 2006-2007 & 2007-2008 Royalle Scholarship recipient, received from the Moore School of Business,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
• 2007-2008 William Stubbs Scholarship recipient, received from the University of South Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina
• 2004-2008 LIFE Scholarship recipient
• Finalist for the University of South Carolina MACC Program Fellowship
• Graduate Assistantship recipient for the 2009-2010 MPACC Program at Clemson University
• Clemson University’s 2010 Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP Achievement Award recipient
RELEVANT
COURSEWORK
• Audit I
• Operational Auditing
• Tax I
• Tax Research
• Advanced Financial Accounting III
• Advanced Managerial Accounting III
EXPERIENCE
Elliott Davis, LLC, Greenville, SC
Summer and Winter Audit Intern (May-July 2008, and January-April 2009)
• Assisted in Employment Benefit Plan audits, specializing in eligibility and participant testing
• Performed audit test work with a primary focus on cash, accounts payable, and accounts receivable
• Prepared various internal control documents, which detailed my interviews with various audit clients
• Attended various trainings, had one-on-one sessions with co-workers, and concluded both internships with
evaluations of my work, thus all furthering my accounting knowledge vastly
USC Pulmonary & Allergy, Columbia, SC Office
Assistant (2007)
• Assisted with accounts payable, reconciling bank statements, and preparing trial balances
• Collected balances due from patients after analyzing the portion paid by their insurance carrier
• Assisted in medical records, phone answering service, and HIPPA cases
Karen Rivers
*******@*.*******.***
Permanent Address
111 Aiken Street
Central, South Carolina 29630
REFERENCES
Mr. D. Keith Hendrix, CPA
Relation: Former Supervisor
Occupation: Shareholder
Elliott Davis, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina
Phone: 704-***-****
Address: 700 East Morehead Street, #400
Charlotte, NC 28202
Mrs. Mary Beth Freeman
Relation: Fellow Church Member
Occupation: Former State House Representative (District 53), SC
Phone: 843-***-****
Address: 109 Calhoun Drive
Cheraw, SC 29520
Dr. Thomas Dickens CPA, CMA
Relation: Former Tax Research Professor
Occupation: MPACC Director and Professor of Accounting, College of Business and Behavioral
Science, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Phone: 846-***-****
Address: School of Accountancy & Finance
301 Sirrine Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
Dr. Richard White CPA
Relation: Former Tax I professor
Occupation: Administrative Director of the MACC Graduate Program,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Phone: 803-***-****
Address: 1705 College Street
Columbia, SC 29208
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