Edward H. Graham

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Los Angeles, CA 90005

213-***-**** Home

213-***-**** Cell

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

* ***** ********** ** ********** manager of currency counting department.

2 years as a full charge bookkeeper/purchasing agent.

Experience working with a CPA.

13 years in charge of accounts payable.

Background in accounting.

Dependable and conscientious; accurate at detail work.

Easy to work with; a cooperative and supportive colleague.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Working as an Independent contractor handling accounts payable for a Community services non-profit organization. Full-cycle AP position.

Worked as a billing coordinator for a psychological educational consulting organization. Responsible for invoicing of consultant services to private clients, regional centers, and school districts. Also responsible for maintaining several spreadsheets, including the tracking of consultant service hours to ensure that consultants do not exceed allowable time permitted with individual clients.

Worked in the Auditor Controller department for the county of Los Angeles. Duties included travel expense journal vouchers, quarterly sales tax returns, quarterly use tax returns and monthly wire transfer, for all departments countywide. Also responsible for countywide warrant and postage departmental expenditure distribution, vendor table federal id maintenance, vendor file maintenance, vendor table requests/update and processed statistics, and child support warrant cancellation preparation.

Worked for a real estate/property management company. Duties included processing invoices, researching invoice and statement discrepancies, heavy copying, filing, and maintaining files and records.

Worked in the accounting department for major international public relations firm. Primary responsibilities were accounts payable, billing reconciliations, accounting for Ronald McDonald House charities fundraiser and bank deposit preparation.

Was in charge of accounts payable for a large non-profit organization. Duties included processing invoices, purchase orders and check requests. Reconciling accounts, verifying expenditures, ensuring accuracy of payments, researching invoice and statement discrepancies, posting journal entries, weekly check run, maintaining files and records and resolving problems. Also assisted controller in preparing budget and responsible for entering budget into system.

Worked for a joint collaboration organization responsible for the accounting for the construction of the MTA Redline railway. Primary responsibilities were researching billing and statement discrepancies, and account and billing reconciliations.

Supervised staff of 35-40 employees in currency counting department of an accounting firm. Responsible for the management and general production of the department to ensure that operational goals were attained; performing the duties of accounting of the daily purchase, scheduling and coordinating employee work assignments, and preparing performance reports.

Performed all accounting duties through trial balance for a boating manufacturer and also made all of the purchases of materials and supplies for the production of the boats. Duties included payroll, weekly

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payroll check run, processing invoices and check preparation, quarterly payroll tax returns, bank deposits and bank reconciliations.

Related Skills

Experience doing accounts payable/receivables, journal entries, payroll and quarterly payroll taxes, quarterly sales tax and use tax returns, bank reconciliations, batch coding and entries, account reconciliations, account analysis, general ledger maintenance, billing preparation, verification and corrections, and financial statements.

Working knowledge of Word, Excel, Lotus, Quicken, Accpac, Solomon, Costpoint, MAS90, QuickBooks, Timberline, Quattropro, American Fundware, CAPS, Camis, ADP Payroll for Windows, and other software packages.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

A.A., Business Administration – Santa Monica College

A.A., Accounting – Santa Monica College

Occupational Certificate, Accounting – Santa Monica College

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

7/07-Present Accounts Payable People Coordinated Services Los Angeles, CA Independent Contractor

6/04-12/06 Billing Coordinator Focus Psychological Services Los Angeles, CA

4/03-5/04 Accounting Jobs Various Temp Agencies Los Angeles, CA

9/01-3/03 Accountant-1 LA County Auditor Controller Los Angeles, CA

2/00-8/01 Accounting Jobs Various Temp Agencies Los Angeles, CA

6/97-1/00 Accounts Payable People Coordinated Services Los Angeles, CA

1/92-5/97 Accounting Jobs Various Temp Agencies Los Angeles. CA

1985-91 Operations Manager Financial Information Services Los Angeles, CA

1982-84 Bookkeeper Darrah Industries, Inc. Conway, SC

REFERENCES

Yu-Rang Hsu Accounting Manager People Coordinated Services 323-***-****

Jacqui Wilcox Office Manager Focus Psychological Services 323-***-****

Sherry Smith Head Clerk LA County Auditor Controller 213-***-****

Robert Rankin Contract Manager Financial Information Services 323-***-****

Robert Fortson Vice President Darrah Industries, Inc. 843-***-****

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