Accounting Management

Gina 's InformationLocation: W Charlotte, NCTitle: Senior AccountantExperience: 1 yearsWork Types:

Willing to Relocate: NoWilling to Travel: Once a weekCareer Level: Entry LevelWork Status: U.S. CitizenMember Since: 2010-03-04 Helpful Links

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w Charlotte, North Carolina 28269 w w **********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To obtain an entry level position in a business related field where I can apply the skills that I have obtained from previous employment.

EXPERIENCE

LOWE'S COMPANIES. INC Mooresville, NC

Senior Accountant March 2009 - Present

Provide weekly and monthly detail statements and balancing reports for expense line captains by running reports through our various PeopleSoft systems and distributing them through the company.

Process various month-end closed journal entries for store expense captains ensuring that all accounts are balanced and within budget each month.

Prepare variance explanation reports to be included in executive package for CFO at each month-end close.

Clearly and accurately document the execution of audit processes and turn in to the Auditing Group each month.

Partner with Financial Planning & Analysis group to help educate stores on how budget and account for their monthly expenses.

LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC Mooresville, NC

Finance & Accounting Rotation June 2007 - March 2009

1 of 6 participants in Lowe's Companies, Inc. 24-month Finance & Accounting Rotational pilot program, which is designed to develop individuals in Lowe's finance and accounting departments. Assisted in implementing 5 committees within Finance & Accounting Rotation to give participants and opportunity to manage their own groups.

w Utilized organizational skills

w Developed interpersonal skills

w The intended personal goal that has been set through out my duration in the Finance & Accounting Rotation program is to gain as much knowledge about Lowe's and the various departments so that once the program is completed I will be able to fall in a desirable role with little to no complications.

Finance Specialist

Controllership

External Reporting & Accounting Policy

o Formulated and presented a presentation on FASB 157 for management team in the Finance and Accounting departments.

o Prepared and filed 10Q with the SEC by completing the SEC balance sheet and the SEC income statement for the second quarter.

International Accounting & Finance

o Provided monthly reporting and accounting support for international operations during the month-end close process, reporting, and analysis by executing cash sheet and amortization insurance premium journal entries

o Implemented Mexico accounting systems and processes for international expansion by testing some of the applications and systems.

Product Accounting

Prepared numerous fixed amount and program allowance audits that resulted in collecting over $3 million from various vendors and other sources of income.

Implementing new process improvement practices set by management which decreased external and internal recovery audit claims projections by 50% for the 2007 fiscal year

Analyzed data on defective light bulb project to prevent defectives from hitting corporate margin and assisted in decreasing defectives by 28% by evaluating and executing strategies with various groups in Lowe's to enhance awareness on light bulbs for store usage

Logged actual cost margin adjustments by inputting required data received from the Vendor Funds team of approximately $100,000 on completed quarterly audits

EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration Expected Graduation: December 2011

Fayetteville State University Online, Fayetteville, NC

GPA: 3.0

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration Graduated: April 2007

Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

GPA: 3.041

TECHNICAL SKILLS/APPLICATIONS

FSR Clarity

FOCUS Workpapers

Hyperion Finance Management System

Lowe's Imaging

Mainframe Telnet Sessions

Microsoft Office Applications (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, and MS Visio)

PeopleSoft 8.4

PeopleSoft NVision

SmartView Hyperion

Vendor Allowance Tracking System (VATS)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

Presenting with Power

Resolving Workplace Conflict

Business Etiquette & Communication

Foundational Team Effectiveness Skills I

Microsoft Access Training Basics for Finance

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES & ORGANIZATIONS

Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Charlotte (November 2007 - June 2008)

National Association of Black Accountants (May 2006 - June 2008)

Habitat for Humanity (August 2007 - Present)

Urban League of Central Carolinas (August 2009 - Present)

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