Sales Associate

Maria Fladseth

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Greenville, TX 75402 *********@*****.***

SKILLS

Sales Tax Accounting… Accounts Payable/Receivable… Inventory Management…Bookkeeping

Over 10 years of finance accounting experience with JC Penney Corporation utilizing

MS Office Suite, Cognos, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Remedy, Avalara Tax Automation, Vertex

Sales Tax Rate Locator, OneSource Sales Tax Applications.

Completed the Medical Office Administration Assistant course at Ogden Weber Applied

Technology College, Ogden UT, July1999

EXPERIENCE

McKesson Corporation Greenville, TX May 2014 to Present

Bookkeeper/AR

•Balancing 12 ledgers daily.

•Separate client’s mail for (Physicians/Clinic)

•Deposit check and cash payments from patients and insurance companies, manually and electronically.

•Respond to emails requesting batch numbers or ledger entries.

•Email other departments to re-class entries that were incorrectly posted.

•Send correspondence to patients to re-issue checks.

•Verify ledger entries against finalized bank deposit slips.

•Adjusting the ledger for checks that were returned for insufficient funds.

•Finalizing the ledger on the monthly basis.

JC Penney Corporation Greenville, TX February 2014 to May 2014

Retail Sales Associate

•Greets customers to determine their needs and wants

•Serves multiple customers with exemplary and timely service, discovers their needs, and sometimes make recommendations regarding alternative purchase options

•Restock and replenish merchandise on the sales floor

•Maintains working knowledge of store’s policies and procedures

•Keeps sales area clean and organized at all times

•Handles cash, checks, and credit card transactions

JC Penney Corporation Salt Lake City, UT January 2009 to January2014

Sales Tax Accounting Clerk II

•Filed monthly tax returns, online and manually, for assigned stores located in LA, SC, SD, VA, ID, RI, KY, NM, ND, UT, WY, and WI

•Streamlined the accounting process for several states using MS Access and MS Excel which decreased processing time and increased accuracy

•Ensure tax returns are mailed on or before their due date, avoiding unnecessary penalties

•Provided assistance and support with Home Office Tax Department in Plano, TX with audit data tracking

•Communicated with state Auditors from city, county, and state agencies regarding tax rates, calculations, penalties and assessment issues.

•Reviewed the Vertex Tax system on a monthly basis for tax rate changes

•Notified the Tax Department, Rent Department, and multiple Catalog Sales Merchants (CSM) and JCP stores of applicable tax rate changes.

•Reconciled tax credit accounts by comparing it with general ledger. Created journal entries when required.

•Created check request and ACH credit request spreadsheet to process for payments

•Set up EFT payments for government agencies to pay sales tax due for electronically filed returns

JC Penney Corporation Salt Lake City, UT December 2007 to January 2009

Store Licensing Clerk II

•Maintained Licensing database

•Conducted jurisdiction research to determine licensing requirements for new and current JCPenney locations

•Responsible for the licensing of all new JCPenney stores and beauty salon locations nation-wide. This included the renewal of existing licenses of all currently operating stores and beauty salons as well

•Prepared exemption and resale certificates for all JCPenney suppliers

•Created journal entries for license renewals

•Responsible for the preparation of multiple gross receipt sales returns for all JCPenney store, beauty salons and Catalog Sales Merchants

•Resolved multiple Health and Safety, Security, and License Citation issues with various governmental jurisdictions

JC Penney Corporation Salt Lake City, UT March 2005 to November 2007

Centralized Inventory Control Associate

•Worked with JCPenney stores to process merchandise transfer activity

•Identified, analyzed, and resolved store stock inventory inaccuracies

•Created schedule for stores annual inventory count

•Coordinated with store managers and suppliers and arranged Return to Vendor (RTV) of defective merchandise

•Responded to store’s work order’s regarding missing shipments of merchandise coming from JCP Warehouse and located shipment at the incorrect JCP store

• Worked with store's Loss Prevention Department and provided instructional guidance regarding damage

loss, theft, and natural disaster

JC Penney Corporation Salt Lake City, UT February 2003 to February 2005

Not For Resale A/P Team Lead

•Matched purchase orders against the orders received, and the applicable invoice

•Verified that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures

•Assisted suppliers with missing and unpaid invoices

•Reviewed invoice for nontaxable items that were self-assessed, and create charge back to claim credits

•Worked with Buyers at Home Office regarding Purchase Orders

•Reviewed department expenses and created journal entries and adjustments for incorrect entries

•Verified the teams work prior to release

•Tracked shipments and notified Claims Department as required

•Extracted and prepared reports based on team's monthly performance.

JC Penney/Eckerd Drug Salt Lake City, UT September 1999 to January 2003

A/P Audit Match Team Lead

JCPenney-Eckerd, SSC - Salt Lake City, UT - September 1999 to January 2003

•Matched purchase orders against the orders received, and the applicable invoice, at the department level.

•Reviewed invoices for payments and applied correct accounts and the Area Of Responsibility (AOR).

•Issued charge-backs to suppliers for incorrect routing.

•Reviewed the departments matched work for accuracy.

•Identified training issues in the department through audit processes.

•Reported increase/decrease error rates for each team member.

•Assigned weekly work to the team.

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