Business Manager

Eve Fontanella

Loris, SC

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Controller/Business Manager

BH MEDIA GROUP- Florence, SC May 2017- February 2019(layoff)

· Oversee all of the financial functions for the following departments: Editorial, Advertising, Circulation, Production, IT and Administration. Close interaction with all department heads. Organizing, updating and maintaining all company records.

· Processing expense reporting and compensation to circulation carriers (contractors) and all other departments. Building strong interpersonal relationships with employees, vendors and customers- processing payments and assisting when issues arise.

· Supervise Accounts Receivable - Advertising sales team and Circulation department customer. Maintain trade agreements, credit applications and prepay accounts. Assist in producing monthly Sales goals and Commission reports; Monthly reporting to our corporate headquarters.

· Supervise Accounts payable, tracking and approving - recording accruals monthly when needed.

· Bank and Credit Card Reconciliations; Paypal, Chase paymentech and online banking; utilizing the following accounting program DSI, SBS, AdBase and Microsoft office application (also trained employees on these systems).

· Month end closings; Calculate and Record monthly journal entries; inventory, payroll, sales tax, depreciation/amortization, construction in progress, etc...Creating all financial statements; Including but not limitied to Trial balance, Balance sheet, Income statements and Statement of Cash flows.

· Additional reporting included weekly Projections, weekly/monthly Forecasting, monthly Contingency plans, monthly publishers reporting, semi-annual Strategic planning and annual Budgeting.

· Maintain all business licenses and property/personal taxes. Filed/Paid monthly sales tax returns.

Staff Accountant

MHM Management Group, LLC – Myrtle Beach, SC February 2015 to May 2017

Oversee Seven Franchises; Responsibilities including, but not limited to the following:

· Checking, payroll and savings bank account reconciliations. Created and maintained chart of accounts.

· Monthly end closings; Record monthly journal entries; inventory, payroll, sales, taxes, etc...

· Accounts payable - Created and maintained customer files; including W9 (where applicable)

· Created invoicing, attaching backup; bill of lading. Issued electronic and check payments in a timely manner.

· Calculate and pay state and federal sales tax.

· Reconcile Vendor monthly statements. Maintain filing.

· Accounts receivable - Applied payments (checks, ACH and Nexxhub) to open invoices; in AS400 program.

· Deposit payments electronically. Post payments in QuickBooks. Maintain filing. Enforce collections when necessary.

· Human Resources; entered and maintained employee files. Utilized Accuchex.

· Track employees’ time and process payroll (tracking vacation time). Calculate and applying uniform and wage garnishments.

· Calculate and process State and Federal taxes; Quarterly payroll and State sales

Finance Manager

America’s Furniture Warehouse - Myrtle Beach, SC April 2014 to February 2015

· Manage all aspects of Finances; Bank and credit card reconciliations. Monthly closings.

· Accounts payable-Review and approve purchase orders; follow the orders to their completion attaching all

Documentation such as bills of ladings and final vendor invoicing. Reconcile Vendor statements; issued payment either by check, credit card or online or applied these payments against open invoices in QuickBooks.

· Accounts receivable-Create invoicing, attaching any/all backup supporting services rendered; supply them to

clients. Process credit card payments.

· Followed up on all scheduled payments such as utility, rent, car payments and taxes.

· Enforce collections when necessary. Applied payments to open invoices; Credit Card (online processing),

· Cash and Check (created and posted bank deposits). Created Credit memos.

· Human Resources; entered and maintained employee files. Assess and organize cost effective Health and

Workers’ Compensation insurance premiums annually. Track employees time and process payroll - Utilized ADP -(monitoring sick/vacation time) applying wage garnishments.

· Calculate and process State and Federal taxes; Quarterly payroll and State sales. Update and maintain all business licensing.

· Monthly end closings; Record monthly journal entries; inventory, payroll, sales, taxes, etc...

Full Charge Bookkeeper/Office Manager

MADD Hatter Screen Printing - Roselle Park, NJ May 2009 to March 2014

· Manage all aspects of Finances; Bank and credit card reconciliations. Monthly closings.

· Accounts payable-Review and approve purchase orders; follow the orders to their completion attaching all

documentation such as bills of ladings and final vendor invoicing. Reconcile vendor statements; issued

payment either by check or credit card and applied these payments against open invoices in QuickBooks.

· Accounts receivable-Create invoicing, attaching any/all backup supporting services rendered; supplied them

to clients.

· Followed up on all scheduled payments such as utility, rent, car payments and taxes.

· Enforce collections when necessary. Applied payments to open invoices; Credit Card (online processing),

· Cash and Check (created and posted bank deposits). Created Credit memos.

· Human Resources; entered and maintained employee files. Assess and organize cost effective Health and

Workers Compensation insurance premiums annually. Track employees and processed payroll (monitoring

sick/vacation time) applying wage garnishments.

· Calculate and process State and Federal taxes. Update and maintain all business licensing and legal aspects of business.

· Record monthly journal entries; inventory, payroll, sales, taxes, etc...

· Manage personal accounts such as insurance premiums, credit card and bank reconciliations for owner

EDUCATION

Bachelors in Accounting

University of Phoenix – CURRENTLY ENROLLED September 2017 to September 2019

Associates in Business Management & Finance

University of Phoenix August 2015 to August 2016

SKILLS

Applications: highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook etc.…)QuickBooks Pro, AS400, Corel Draw, Google Drive, Adobe Acrobat, Vormitag, ; Numeric 10 key over 13,000 kph per minute & Alpha 80wpm

CERTIFICATIONS

Notary Public - State of South Carolina – Commission expires 8/2/2026

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