Manager Accounts Payable

Joey D. Thompson

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Irvington, AL 36544

251-***-**** home

251-***-**** cell

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Objective: To obtain the position of General Accountant/Cost Accountant

Education: Auburn University Auburn, AL

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Dec. 15, 2001

Professional Option: Accounting Overall GPA: 3.4

Key Software: Navision, Baseview, Vision Data, Prosystems, Hyperion Financial

Management, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, Visual Basic, Outlook, JMP

Statistics Software, Quickbooks, Money, DOS, Windows, Track, Oracle,

Applications Oracle SSP5, Oracle Discoverer, Lotus Notes, AS/400

Experience: Technip USA Houston, TX

Commercial Specialist Mar. '10 – Apr. '12

Researched, investigated, and developed three innovative Microsoft

Access databases that allowed the company to track, analyze, and allocate

the jobsite rental expense of welding gas cylinders and both the daily diesel

fuel and consumable inventory usage costs, which allowed the company to

bill these production costs to the client thus reducing its total overall

operating costs

Prepared purchase order requisitions for materials and services needed for

the job site and then assigned purchase order numbers to them once they

had been approved by the appropriate project managers so the vendor

could invoice the company for the goods and services received

• Worked with vendors and the corporate accounts payable department to

ascertain that the invoices were processed accurately, efficiently, and in a

timely manner

• Assisted in the preparation of bids for job contracts

Performance Contractors Irvington, AL

Office Manager Project Services Jul. '07 – Jan. '10

Recorded, tracked, and analyzed the employee per diem and the daily

labor time worked on contracted shutdowns, new construction, and civil

projects in the company's timekeeping system and then billed the charges

in the client’s billing system

Researched new job cost codes in the client’s billing system to see if they

were valid codes for charging labor time against and worked diligently to

resolve any issues

Performed audits to ensure the time for each individual employee agreed to

the time that the client’s badge tracking system had recorded for the day

and worked with the client to resolve any exceptions

Performed daily tie outs to ensure the employee hours and per diem that

had previously been entered in the company’s timekeeping database

matched those hours billed in the client’s billing system

Maintained and updated a database of all company owned equipment used

on projects and entered the daily rental time in the company’s timekeeping

system then billed the rental time in the client’s billing system

Transmitted employee hours worked, company equipment rental time

billed, and per diem charged to contracted jobs along with new validated

client cost codes to the corporate office on a weekly basis so that payroll

checks could be issued and labor and equipment costs could be tracked for

job costing purposes and used to generate financial statements for the

company

Located and ordered third party rental equipment and materials needed for

the job site, created purchase requisitions, and issued purchase order

numbers to the vendors to provide for these purchases

Performed audits on all employees receiving per diem to ensure that the

company was in compliance in regards to the per diem contract

requirements

Managed and trained several timekeepers and clerks on multiple

contracted client shutdown projects and achieved significant improvements

in their productivity in regards to time management and organization skills

which helped ensure more accurate job labor cost reporting and overall job

efficiency

Processed job site invoices and sent them to the accounts payable

department at the corporate office on a weekly basis so that vendors could

be paid quickly and efficiently

Performed job audits at the end of every contracted project to verify that all

of the hours that had been previously transmitted to the corporate office

every week matched all of the hours billed so that final debits and credits

could be processed accordingly

Turner Supply Company Mobile, AL

Assistant Controller Oct. '05 - Jul. '07

Prepared, examined, and analyzed accounting records, financial

statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness,

and conformance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Developed, maintained, and analyzed budgets

Prepared periodic reports that compared month end and year end actual

costs to budgeted costs

Prepared month end reconciliations for all audited balance sheet accounts

Calculated and posted the month end payroll journal entries, other standard

month end entries including allocating entries to other branches, year end

entries, and all other special entries

Reported to management regarding the finances of the business and its

operations

Responsible for the maintenance of the company's listing of fixed assets

and used this listing to calculate the monthly depreciation expense every

month

Restructured and improved the process for reconciling the company's

operating account

Tracked the daily balance of the company's line of credit and reported this

information to upper management on a daily basis

Reported the weekly sales and gross profit information to upper

management

• Supervised the accounts payable and payroll departments and provided

necessary support when needed

Advised employees concerning their health care benefits

Worked on various projects assigned by the Chief Financial Officer

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Pascagoula, MS

Accountant Mar. '04 - Oct. '05

Responsible for many key month and year end closing journal entries that

affected cost

Prepared weekly and monthly reconciliations for many important balance

sheet accounts such as: payroll bank accounts, controlled disbursement

account, wages payable, unclaimed wages payable, etc.

Performed quarterly contract tie out variance analysis

Analyzed income statement and balance sheet variances for management

and external auditors

Prepared monthly balance sheet file that was ultimately used to upload the

month end financial information to the corporate office

Responsible for the preparation of monthly loss reserve schedules

Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Birmingham, AL

Business Manager Mar. '02 - Feb. '04

Responsible for the accounting needs of three daily newspapers and three

shoppers

Prepared reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts

Responsible for month end closing and conforming to corporate accounting

policies

Implemented procedures and policies regarding inventory, local advertising,

classified advertising, and circulation advertising

Assisted CNHI newspapers within their Texas division with accounting

procedures, month end closes, and new program implementations

Assisted the Vice President of the Texas Division and the General Manager

with budgets, financial statement analysis, strategic planning, and

forecasting

Supervised & trained the accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll,

and collections departments for all three daily newspapers and weekly

shoppers & served as the main backup for all of these positions when

necessary

Staff Accountant

Staff accountant for sixteen newspaper locations

Prepared monthly corporate intercompany reconciliations

Assisted newspaper locations during month end close

Analyzed balance sheet and income statement variances

Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino, LLC Birmingham, AL

Intern Jan. '02 - Feb. '02

Prepared business & personal income tax returns

Performed tests on A/P, A/R, Inventory, Cash, & prepared aged A/R reports

Worked on audit engagements and prepared working trial balances

Honors: Graduated Cum Laude 12/01

Member of Beta Alpha Psi (2/01-Present)

Member of Golden Key National Honor Society

Dean's List, Auburn University, spring '99, & summer '99

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