Cynthia L. Strozier, MBA, MSA

Email: ac2ubr@r.postjobfree.com

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

oAccounting industry 25+ years’ experience

o Proficient in use of Navision, Great Plains, and Oracle

oActive manager of non-trade payables, MRO inventory management and associated personnel

oSkilled in analyzing cost-reduction, non-trade spending and inventory levels.

oComputer skills include Microsoft (Outlook, Excel, Word, and Power Point)

oManagement experience 12+ years

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016 - Current MARTA, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Accountant-Fixed Assets-Property

oManage job allocation for over $1.8 billion capital projects

oReconciling fixed asset sub-ledger to general ledger monthly

oMain responsibilities included managing tangible and intangible asset

oSuccessfully supported all department level personnel in capital investment: Development, Approval, Tracking, and Review.

oRecord depreciation, and accounting for the disposition of fixed assets

oPrepared fixed asset journal entries and reports for upper management as needed

oWorked closely with project initiators to gather information on the status of projects; advised project managers on resolution of issues related to improper spending or overspending on projects.

oInvestigate the potential obsolescence of fixed assets

oConduct periodic physical inventory counts of fixed assets

2007 - 16 NEWELL RECYCLING, LLC, East Point, Georgia

Accounts Payable Manager

oProvided leadership, training and development to a team of up to 8 processors ensuring accurate and timely payments of over 4000 invoices and expense reports per month.

oPlayed a major role in the centralization of A/P from 20 different business entities and several regions to corporate headquarters, thereby improving workflow 20%.

oReallocated job duties for staff to improve workflow by focusing on individual's strengths / responsibilities, which reduced duplication of effort and resulted in 85% reduction in account errors.

oManaged day-to-day operations of different AP areas including PO and Non-PO invoice processing,

oCreated & maintained departmental policies, job descriptions and performance evaluations for Accounts Payable Team

oMonitored all Accounts Payable processes, including 1099 processing, petty cash, credit cards, expense report and fleet management account reconciliation

oAssisted Controller with cash planning; provided recommendation on weekly vendor cash disbursements

oDeveloped & maintained strong vendor relationships, contracts & negotiated payment and discount terms which improved the company’s profit

oAssisted Controller with month end processing, including accruals, intercompany transactions and account reconciliations

oResolved over $100K of unusual cost and receipt discrepancies in collaboration with Purchasing and Receiving

oManaged job allocation for capital projects

oSolely responsible for the Accounts Payable department compiling, auditing, approving all payables and processing invoices and payments through two mergers.

oReconcile accounts payable data against general ledger, edit, post, and update ledger, monthly journal

oInstituted thorough cross-checking of packing slips, receivers and invoices that halted a previous history of thousands of dollars in overpayments to suppliers.

2001- 07 TRINIDAD BENHAM, LaGrange, Georgia

Accountant

oPerformed the entire cycle for accounts payable in Great Plains

oProvided Assistance to Controller in preparing financial statements and reports.

oPrepared year-end Audit documentation and act as liaison with internal/external auditors.

oReconciled projected vs. actual budgets for discrepancies

oInvestigated discrepancies in general ledger, approved journal transactions for data entry

oCompleted trend analysis on expenses, and various other costs

oReconciled cost analysis and audit for inventory management

oReceived and posted monies for Accounts Receivables for employees and outside vendor foil sales.

oMaintained petty cash in excess of $1K.

oAnalyzed and resolved any invoice found under dispute or question.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATONS

oStrayer University, Atlanta, GA ~ M.S.A in Accounting ~ 2018 ~ CPA Track

oStrayer University, Atlanta, GA ~ M.B.A in Forensic Accounting ~ 2016

oStrayer University, Atlanta, GA ~ Bachelor of Science/Accounting ~ 2012

oBecker CPA Exam Review ~ Atlanta, GA ~ 2017

LICENSES

oState of Georgia Notary Public

oSenior Treasurer of Homeowners Association

REFERENCES – Available upon request

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