Christopher P. Werwicki, CPA

Lake Forest, IL ****5

www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-werwicki-cpa

ac1xng@r.postjobfree.com 847-***-****

Accountant

Dependable, Reliable, Detail-Driven Professional

Expertise in financial accounting, cash management and acting as liaison with other departments and vendors. Recognized as efficient problem-solver, completing daily tasks, resolving issues quickly and taking ownership of assigned duties, utilizing reliable and cooperative approach to work. Demonstrated team-player, working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to accurately adjust financial data that was incorrect or incomplete.

General Ledger Reconciliations Bank Reconciliations

Spreadsheet Analysis Memo Writing Research Microsoft Excel

Professional Work Experience

VOLKSWAGEN CREDIT, INC., Libertyville, IL 2004 to 2016

Accounting Specialist

Developed and maintained special financial data reports. Completed ledger and bank account reconciliations. Assisted or reviewed posting of journal entry vouchers. Reconciled on daily and monthly basis recycled customer payments (unidentified payments). Trained back-up person and updated changes of procedure when necessary. Worked on special projects.

Managed, monitored and reconciled daily flow of customer cash receipts from Bank Lockbox, ACH Transactions and 3rd Party Payers and maintained Excel spreadsheets of individual sources of customer cash, capturing differences or incorrect effective posting dates that needed research.

Coordinated with IT staff at month-end, ensuring Accounts Receivable module was correctly posted into Oracle.

Expedited and followed-up with any daily cash problems via liaison with bank or other internal company departments, resolving problems within 24 hours.

Ensured daily cash receipts were properly posted to General Ledger system in Oracle Financial, ensuring accounting information was in correct accounts.

Worked closely with Financial Maintenance department, resolving outstanding recycle issues.

Maintained monthly cash clearing spreadsheet in Excel, providing detail of customer payments that balanced to Oracle G.L. account for cash clearing, using GL Wand system (Oracle based), making process quicker and less time consuming.

Developed more transparent reconciliation process by reconciling daily ACH returns re-deposited though banking system.

Assisted other departments, ensuring accounting detail in spreadsheets and prepared J.E vouchers were correct before posting into Oracle.

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Reviewed and corrected prior bank reconciliations and helped in researching bank differences, resulting in recovery of customer cash payments due to banking errors.

Worked successfully with IT on special project, implementing new business program ACH fees into Customer Accounts Receivable module and into corresponding general ledger accounts in Oracle, testing data and finding programming errors.

Assisted on special company project, converting Account Receivables data to new operating system.

Developed simple Macro’s for certain ongoing internal financial reports, greatly reducing clerical time in updating Excel files.

Additional Work Experience

ACCOUNTEMPS, Libertyville, IL

Temporary Accountant

PARKSIDE SENIOR SERVICES, L.L.C., Skokie, IL

Corporate Accountant

CENTURY SURETY UNDERWRITERS, Skokie, IL

Corporate Accountant

GOLD STANDARD INTERNATIONAL, Lincolnwood, IL

Temp Accountant (contract position through Accountemps)

IMPERIAL CLOTHIERS LTD, Northbrook, IL

Staff Accountant

ACCELERATED RECEIVABLES MANAGEMENT, Lincolnwood, IL

Accountant

BANK OF NORTHFIELD, Northfield, IL

Bookkeeper

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Loyola University of Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science, Minor: History, from Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Attended Loyola’s Rome Center of Liberal Arts in Italy

Advanced Accounting Courses, Keller Graduate School of Management, Lincolnshire & Chicago, IL

Certified Public Accountant (CPA), State of Illinois

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