Katherine R. Westfall
West Unity, OH 43570
Cell: 419-***-****
Objective: To secure an accounting position with a well-established company that will utilize my education, skills, and experience, as well as provide growth opportunities and challenges.
Experience:
10/04 – Present Bionix Development Corporation, Toledo, Ohio
Corporate Accountant
Prepare and submit the monthly and quarterly sales/use tax returns.
Reconcile monthly bank statements.
Prepare and issue the daily cash report to management.
Review and identify inventory issues, as well as address, fix, and resolve costing problems within the inventory module.
Responsible for receiving inventory into the system, facilitate monthly physical inventory counts, identify discrepancies, as well as month end reconciliation of inventory to the general ledger.
Review and analysis of sales product gross margins for costing accuracy.
Maintain listing of fixed assets for 4 divisions and process asset transfers, disposals, and general ledger reconciliation.
Post accounts receivable and sales posting batches to general ledger.
Review and editing of accounts payable batches for coding accuracy to budget prior to posting to general ledger.
Process employee health insurance enrollments, changes, and termination paperwork.
Submission of employee and employer Health Savings account contributions.
Invoice and post Bionix Radiation Therapy customer sales to AR, as well as invoicing of intercompany billings as needed.
Responsible for the calculation, accrual, and payment submission of royalty license agreements.
Responsible for the calculation, accrual, and submission of employee sales commissions.
Prepare commissions for Independent Reps.
Prepare month end journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, review general ledger trial balances at month end, and financial statement preparation.
Issuance of financial statements and supplemental reports to the management team.
Prepare account reconciliations, work papers, and assist with year-end audit compilation.
Prepare the annual reconciliation and summary for the Research and Development Tax Credit.
Assist with the preparation of the annual budget.
Process projects and various analysis upon request of management.
1/04 – 9/04 Accounts Payable Coordinator
Code and audit company credit card statements and expense reports for receipts, IRS compliance, and resolve discrepancies.
Code, entry, posting, and payments of accounts payable invoices for 4 divisions.
Maintained corporate petty cash account and bank reconciliations.
Invoicing and posting customer billings to AR for 3 divisions.
Maintained approved vendor file for yearly ISO Audit.
Calculated hourly employee’s payroll for processing.
Track employee vacation and personal time.
12/00 – 12/03 S.E. Johnson Companies, Inc., Maumee, Ohio
Staff Accountant
Prepare and file annual and semi-annual real estate tax payments for 275 properties.
Prepare annual personal property tax returns and process payments for 47 counties.
Responsible for the accrual of real estate and personal property taxes for the corporation.
Prepare and file the monthly and quarterly sales/use tax returns.
Reconcile general ledger accounts and bank statements.
Prepare month end recurring journal entries, as well as adjusting entries.
Maintain and provide customer service for company credit cards and telephones.
Audit company credit card statements for receipts and verify variances.
Process fixed asset transfers, disposals, and reconciliation.
Deposit and post all accounts receivable payments to client accounts.
Weekly entry of payroll for approximately 250 union and non-union employees.
Code, approve, enter, and posting of accounts payable invoices.
Maintain corporate office checking and petty cash accounts.
11/98 - 11/00 Boise Marketing Services, Inc., Maumee, Ohio
Jr. Accountant
Prepared and filed monthly and quarterly sales tax returns for 23 states.
Responsible for the compilation and accrual of client rebates.
Reviewed daily invoiced sales, which included reporting the sales figures to the corporate accounting department at Boise Cascade Office Products.
Reconciled general ledger accounts.
Prepared month end recurring journal entries, as well as adjusting entries.
Reviewed month end departmental expenditures for variance fluctuations.
Processed monthly analysis of expenses for review by department managers.
1/96 - 10/98 Boise Marketing Services, Inc., Maumee, Ohio
Accounts Receivable Coordinator
Processed and applied payments to customer accounts.
Prepared monthly sales report package for account managers.
Reconciled general ledger accounts.
Accountable for the input of all journal entries at month end.
Reconciled and coded corporate credit cards, audited expense reports, processed freight invoices, and managed petty cash.
8/95 – 12/95 AIM Executive Temporary Agency, Maumee, Ohio
Temporary placement work. Jobs required alpha and numeric data entry, filing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll entry.
Education:
8/14 - Present The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting – Currently working on completing program.
9/91 - 3/95 The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Associates Degree in Applied Business, March 1995
Major: Accounting, GPA 3.8/4.0
Addendum: Computer experience includes:
Windows 10
Microsoft Outlook 2013
Microsoft Excel 2013
Microsoft Word 2013
Quicken 2016
AS 400 Operations Navigator
Assist Financial Software
JD Edwards Financial Software
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 Software
Microsoft FRx 6.7 Financial Software
Adaptive Insights Budgeting Software
References: Available upon request