Management Accounts Payable

Donna Walker Morris, CPA

**** ********** ***** + High Point, NC + Home: 336-***-****,

cell:336-***-**** ******@*****.***

Achievement-oriented financial professional with diversified experience in

financial reporting and analysis, grant accounting, budget planning and

development, cash flow management, payroll, procurement and accounts

payable. Strong communication and supervision skills. Excellent analytical

and multi-tasking skills. Licensed CPA.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES

+ Financial Reporting & Analysis + Strong analytical and problem-

solving skills

+ Budget Development and Management + Strong communication and public

relations skills

+ Grant Accounting + Strong organizational and

management skills

+ Not-for-Profit Accounting + Highly flexible and adaptable

+ Cash Management & Forecasting + Meet and exceed project deadlines

+ Payroll Administration + Work independently and with a

team

+ Accounts Payable + Self-motivated

+ Strong knowledge of GAAP + Proficient in MS Word and Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contracts and Grants Accountant/Purchaser, Bennett College (Robert Half),

Greensboro, NC 27401, (September 2012 - January 2013)

.Oversees the maintenance of fiscal records related to restricted

programs and grants, providing required assistance with the

development of grant proposal budgets and external reviews of various

programs, and maintains an accurate schedule of all grants and

contracts and their applicable reporting requirements

.Journalizes all activity related to restricted programs and grants

.Verifies restricted requisition budget amounts and authorization

.Ensures that unrestricted funds are reimbursed for all programs

.Reviews reasonableness of restricted expenditures for all restricted

accounts, researching account activity as needed

.Assists faculty and staff in the preparation of their grant proposal

budgets

.Generates and distributes standard and ad-hoc reports, including

restricted budget reports, on a monthly basis

.Ensures that grantor agency requirements related to requisitions,

recommendations to hire, requests for consultants, and budget

activation forms are in agreements with award notices

.Respond to agency and management inquiries

.Reviews purchase requests for completeness and to determine whether

the documents require further attention before processing

.Negotiates and obtains competitive pricing, ensuring that quality and

price requirements are met in the procurement process

.Provides timely notification to internal and external customers

regarding purchase order issuance and status

.Maintains centralized filing system for all purchase orders generated,

to include supporting documentation

Senior Grant Accountant, Housing Authority of the City of High Point, High

Point, NC 27260 (June 2009 - March 2012)

.Maintain full and accurate records of fiscal matters relating to the

operations of a $20 million HOPE VI Grant

.Prepare regular and special financial reports related to HOPE VI

spending, analysis, and control

.Monitor General Ledger accounts to assure accuracy of monthly activity

.Conduct financial analysis of variances and report to management

.Timely draw of revenues and record journal entries in the general

ledger

.Ensure that expenditures are in compliance with Federal grant

guidelines and properly categorized

.Assist in the budget development process and prepare budget revisions

.Directly interact with auditors and participate in the annual audit

.Assist with the preparation of year-end financial reports

Business Services Manager, Centerpoint Human Services, Winston-Salem, NC

27106

(July 1988 - November 2008)

.Manage, plan, and direct activities related to Financial Reporting and

Analysis, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Budget Administration, Cash

Management, Payroll to ensure accuracy and completeness

.Provide leadership, direction and mentoring for Accounting staff

.Ensure financial data is in compliance with GAAP, Federal, State and

Local governmental guidelines, policies and restrictions

.Analyze variances between budget and actual performance and make

recommendations

.Oversee internal agency month-end and year-end financial reports

.Prepare or review journal entries to accurately record the agency's

financial transactions in the proper period

.Review and sign off on reconciliations

.Ensure accurate and timely preparation of payroll, maintenance of

payroll accounts and payment of payroll taxes and related liabilities

.Write policies, procedures and develop internal controls

.Coordinate external audit, interact with auditors and respond to audit

findings

.Exercise professional judgment in the disposition of fiscal problems

.Promote continuous improvement in highest quality services to meet the

needs of the community, vendors, consumers and staff

.Serve on committees that recommend and implement improvements in

fiscal areas

.Perform duties of the Chief Financial Officer in his absence

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Religion, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Bachelor of Science in Accounting (magna cum laude), NC A&T State

University, Greensboro, NC

Associate Degree, Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC

VOLUNTEER WORK

Member of Financial Literacy Program of the NC Association of CPAs

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