Accounting

SHANNON K. MURPHY

843-***-**** **********@*****.***

CAREER SUMMARY

Accounting professional with 20+ years of diverse experience including month and year-end close, financial statement production and analysis, budget creation and management, reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, fixed assets, sales taxes, payroll and cash management. Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, creatively solve problems, prioritize workload, create and utilize spreadsheets to better analyze data, and provide excellent customer service to clients and co-workers.

EMPLOYMENT

The Hultquist Firm Staff Accountant January 2018 – present

Full charge bookkeeper, client adviser for small business clients of the firm. Duties include account reconciliations and financial statements.

J. Banks Design Group General Ledger Accountant May 2016 – January 2018

Manage various financial aspects of this national/international interior design firm including commissions, multi-state sales tax management, cash management, supervision of accounts payable functions and staff, produce monthly financial statements including balance sheet reconciliations and analysis. Budget management and reporting. Some human resource duties, training of staff, backup for all payables and limited receivable duties. Extensive problem solving, research of software errors, as well as procedural planning. Full charge bookkeeping of small ancillary property management business including budgeting and common area maintenance reconciliations.

RLDA & Associates / Island Financial Staff Accountant June 2004 – April 2016

Full charge bookkeeper, up to the point of tax return, for more than thirty commercial clients. Managed cash flow, receivables, payables, bank and other account reconciliations, sales and related taxes, job costing, fixed asset management, produced financial statements, analyzed profitability, created budgets, and worked closely with CPA’s, payroll services, and business owners. Responsible for a large variety of clients including restaurants, retail stores, medical offices, consulting firms, designers, churches, construction and landscaping firms among others. Used both Peachtree and Quickbooks accounting software, as well as extensive use of spreadsheets to create efficient processes and creative financial reporting for clients.

Lighthouse Financial Services Staff Accountant December 1999 - March 2004

Participated in regulatory reporting for the bank and managed collateral available for borrowing. Prepared balance sheet account reconciliations and roll-forward schedules, workpapers for annual independent audit, and analysis of risk-based capital. Managed the fixed asset accounting and created process for daily correspondent bank reconciliation and for automatic commission calculations. Performed non-payroll withholding tax remittances and returns, escheatment of stale-dated items, and reconciliation and remittance of funds for investor-owned loans. Learned about bank operations by clearing of daily suspense accounts, controlled and audited cashiers checks, and analyzed calculated interest accruals. Implemented use of query tool and was deeply involved in the financial aspects of the merger with SunTrust Bank.

Marriott Vacation Club Int’l Accounting Manager June 1996 - December 1999

Prepared and analyzed Owner Associations’ financial statements, intercompany, cash and sales tax reconciliations and remittances, ancillary business analysis, forecasting and budgeting. Completed OA audit workpapers and worked closely with auditors and board members. Developed spreadsheets to simplify financial statement preparation. Trained staff and was actively involved in management initiatives. Was awarded Manager of the Quarter award and was appointed to a national committee created to adapt Peoplesoft Projects to OA capital reserves accounting. Managed a staff of two.

Janice Johnson, CPA Staff Accountant November 1992 - June 1996

Payables, payroll, property management, job costing, sales and payroll tax returns, financial statement preparation and analysis. Some limited income tax preparation exposure, on both corporate and personal returns.

SKILLS

Proficient in Excel, Knowledgeable in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and other Microsoft applications. Quickbooks ProAdviser certification. Very experienced with Studio by Design, Peachtree, Quickbooks, DataEase, TCS, TurboTax, PeopleSoft, and RealWorld accounting software. Have used Access database and SQL query tools. Have worked with Bisys banking software products and have used report/query writer applications to access a DB/2 DataWarehouse through an ODBC connection.

EDUCATION

Furman University Greenville, South Carolina Bachelor of Arts degree

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