LISA A ANDERSON
Email: ********@*********.***
Address:
City: Hawthorne
State: CA
Zip: 90250
Country: USA
Phone: 424-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Accounting professional and bookkeeper with 13 years of extensive experience with accounts receivable and payable. Detailed oriented. Excellent working with figures and problem solving. Job Objective: Seeking a position that allows me to utilize my independence and leadership skills as well as be a team player in order to contribute to the company's overall business success.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Cerritos College, Cerritos CA 1/2001 to 1/2000 (Accounting)
Job History / Details:
Summary
Accounting professional and bookkeeper with 13 years of extensive experience with accounts receivable and payable. Detailed oriented. Excellent working with figures and problem solving.
Job Objective:
Seeking a position that allows me to utilize my independence and leadership skills as well as be a team player in order to contribute to the company's overall business success.
Highlights
Domestic & International compliance routing guides and vendor agreements
Preparation of financial reports to management
successful resolving collections with a high a volume of large Retail Customer base
Create and maintain multiple excel spreadsheets
Vast understanding of credit reporting agencies
Team leadership/development
Policy development
Interface closely with sales, purchasing, production and customer service staff to effectively resolve and/or avoid unauthorized deductions
95 percentage successful in recovering funds due to deductions related to unauthorized chargebacks.
Experience
Current
Culver City, CA
Sr Accounting/Credit Analyst
Maintain domestic and international customer credit files and agreements.
Developed and wrIte credit procedures in collaboration with a staff of 2, for the purpose mainstreaming and improving the A/R departments performance for proper structure and regulatory compliance for yearly audits.
Build, maintain, and strengthen collaborative relationships with internal sales to improve quality control in order to adhere and comply with customers compliance guides.
Verify and post daily cash and wire transfers; credit card batch settlement with bank; process customer refunds.
Resolve unauthorized deductions for 50 major domestic, export, Canadian, and close out accounts; consisting of price discrepancies, vendor shared markdowns, allowances, co-op advertisement, freight, billing errors, shortages, damages and various compliance issues.
Reconcile A/R to the general ledger; prepare bi-weekly cash forecast report.
Make collection calls; set up payment schedules with customers; review and mail customer statements. verify credit references completeness; contact D&B, Omega Gain and collection agencies to determine customers credit worthiness and proper action to be taken on
uncollected receivables.
Backup: Release orders, cash applications & process credit card payments.
January 2006 to January 2009
Paramount Roll & Forming Santa Fe Springs, CA
Accounting Manager
Responsible for: Heavy Collections/Chargebacks, Bank Reconciliations for 4 bank account.
Keeping accurate calculation, preparing and completing the filing of sales Tax Return.
Worked directly with sales department creating quotes, PO's and Work orders.
Invoiced customers using Job Control, Conditional and Unconditional Waiver procedures, as well as Terms, C.O.D and Cash procedures.
Handled Vendor and Customer accounts, verifying setting up and determining credit limits using Dunn & Bradstreet.
December 2003 to December 2005
Los Amigos Medi Research Institute DOWNEY, CA
Senior Accountant
Responsible for maintaining, reconciling, and Billing for Non-profit Government and State Grants, Contract Awards and Internal Budgets.
Prepare and complete filing of Qrtly Employer State and Fed Tax Returns, as well as Sales Tax Return; W-9's.
Prepare payroll to be electronically transmitted to ADT services.
Entered journal entries and adjustments to prepare for month end close.
Maintained depreciation schedules for hospital office equipment.
reconciled several bank account; prepared quarterly reports to doctors, regarding profit, loss and interest earned from Schwab investment accounts.
Education
Cerritos College Cerritos, CA
Accounting
University of Phoenix - ongoing
Micro Computerized Accounting - Certified 1999
United Mortgage & Teller Sch, Hawthorne, CA
Affiliations
Accounting fields of experience:
Harley Davidson - Motor cycle Manufacturer
American Honda Corporation - Auto Manufacturer
Future Kids - Domestic & International School literature Sales Co.
PacifiCare - Member services (health Insurance)
Founders National Bank - Compliance & Operations
Additional Information
CA Drivers License Class: C (passenger car) Willing to relocate: Yes