KAROLE

ROWLAND

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Littleton, CO 80120

303-***-****

ac744b@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Business Analyst with six years in the highway construction industry. Consultant with emphasis on job cost, fixed assets, contract billing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, equipment, procurement and general ledger. Expert on business and systems requirements, user acceptance testing, process improvement and end-user training. Accounting and administrative experience in various industries including construction, homebuilding, mining, property management and manufacturing. Customer support for J.D. Edwards (ERP) financials, job cost and procurement.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts: Business Administration/Accounting

Regis University

EXPERIENCE

Accountant: Hadley-Mendel Management Company

JUNE 1985 TO DECEMBER 1991

Provided extensive AP/AR, payroll and GL support for property management company.

Generated financial statements and facilitated account closing procedures each month for approximately thirty companies.

Customer Service Specialist: J.D Edwards & Company

JAN 1992 TO APRIL 1996

Answered support calls and addressed customer inquiries and solved software and other issues.

Conducted customer training classes.

Provided testing assistance for the development team.

Consultant: J. D. Edwards & Company

APRIL 1996 TO JAN 2005

Provided on-site consulting support for upgrades and new JD Edwards software installations. Conducted training classes and documentation when required in areas of expertise. This included general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, job cost, contract billing, fixed assets, equipment and procurement. Based on the firm’s requirements, I would configure the system and test to confirm the correct results were met. This required not only industry knowledge but knowledge of accounting processes as well. One client was able to complete the monthly revenue recognition process in one day versus five days due to added job cost functionality.

Consultant: Self employed

JAN 2005 TO APRIL 2009

Provided on-site software support and training for clients in the areas of financial and job cost systems.

Clients included construction, homebuilder, manufacturing and mining as well as the State of Nebraska where I designed and implemented a custom billing system for the transportation department.

Consultant: Palazzo, Inc.

APR 2009 – NOV 2011

Provided on-site software implementation support and training for financial and job cost systems.

Tasks included converting accounts receivable and fixed assets as well as configuring JDE to match business requirements.

Traveled to Dubai to work with a construction firm on JDE go-live issues and also conducted JDE World training for a manufacturing company there.

Business Analyst: Colas, Inc.

NOV 2011 – DEC 2017

Provided customer support to user community as needed for the construction operations group.

Supported job cost, contract billing, purchasing and equipment systems. This required in-depth knowledge of job and cost code setup, budgets, revenue recognition and projections. The purchasing system included tracking commitments and approvals and interfaced with accounts payable via the three-way match process. All assets were tracked through the equipment system where work orders and preventative maintenance were utilized.

Documented business processes and analyzed procedures to see that they would meet changing business needs.

Managed testing cycles, including test plan creation, development of scripts and co-ordination of user acceptance testing.

SKILLS

Experienced in accounting procedures

Excel/Word

Detail Oriented

Team Player

Creative

Problem solving

ACTIVITIES

I do volunteer work for the Dumb Friends League, a local animal shelter.

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