Accounting Accounts Payable
Resume:
Professional Experience
An enthusiastic and adaptable professional with substantiated successes in
Non-Profit, Public, and Government Industries. A leader with extensive
experience in demanding work environments and a proven ability to
prioritize business needs, then implement creative solutions. Consistently
demonstrates a passion to exceed organizational goals by taking the lead,
improving quality and reducing costs, and improving customer satisfaction.
Thoroughly professional and driven to add value to companies and business
units. I am dependable, have a positive attitude, hard working, have
strong organizational skills, and results focused.
Principal Areas of Practice
Staff Accountant/Financial Analyst with extensive budgeting and forecasting
experience. Strong reconciliation, financial analysis, cost control, and
data management skills. I have excelled in the Non-Profit Accounting,
Revenue Accounting, and Operational Accounting environments. Works well in
environments with tight deadlines. I have supervised and trained
accounting staff as well as worked independently.
Major Projects
Private Contractor
June 2008 to February 2014
. Performs various accounting activities by maintaining general
ledgers, cash receipts, cost journals, accounts payable journals,
payroll, and ledgers.
. Reviews and audits Financial Reports to determine accuracy,
completeness, and adherence to Government regulations (monthly and
year end) and budgets.
. Reconciles bank statements.
. Performs monthly data entry of journal entries, billing, payroll,
and accounts payables.
. Coordinate, prepare and present major annual budgets to directors.
. Research, prepare and presents forecasts and purchase requests to
directors.
. Maintains all records for accounting and purchasing.
. Prepares all payroll related tax returns.
. Orientation of new hires.
. Performs inventory. Reviews daily packaging inventory.
Non-Profit-Fund Accounting
San Antonio Housing Authority
Cost Analyst/Staff Accountant II
February 2005 to June 2008
. Performs various accounting activities by maintaining general
ledgers, cash receipts, cost journals, accounts payable journals,
and ledgers.
. Performed inter-company account booking and reconciliation
. Reviews and audits Financial Reports to determine accuracy,
completeness, and adherence to Government regulations (monthly and
year end) and budgets.
. Provides accounting services to SAHA subsidiary programs, maintains
these records, and determines the cost to SAHA for these services.
. Requisitions, organizes and maintains authorized funds from
local/federal agencies to assure necessary cash flow to carry on
normal operations.
. Reconciles bank statements and prepares daily reports of
reconciliation with status updates of outstanding encoding errors.
. Performs monthly data entry of journal entries.
. Coordinated, prepared and presented major annual and quarterly
budgets to senior management.
. Researched, prepared and presented forecasts to senior management
Name
Esther Pokladnik
Address
27 Crestline Dr.
Pleasanton, TX 78064
******@*****.***
Areas of Practice
General Ledger Accounting
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Research and Reconciliation
Budgeting and Forecasting
Month-end Closing
Financial Analysis
Variance Analysis
Cost Control
Job Costing
Activity Costing
Fixed Assets
Capitalization
Depreciation
Amortization
Inter-company
Journal Entries
Invoicing
Payroll
Billing
Position Control
Taxes-Individual
Taxes-Partnerships
Banking Download
Funds Management
Inventory Control
Training
Procedure Manuals
Organization
Industry Lines
Non-Profit
Non-Profit - Government
Public
Military
Banking-Mortgage
Certified Public Accounting
Manufacturing
Construction
Medical
Real Estate
Property Management
Computer Applications
Certiflex
TxEIS
JD Edwards
Great Plains
Excel
Microsoft Office
Oracle-Financials
QuickBooks
Access
Peachtree
MLS
Elite
Military Applications
Many stand alone systems
Education/Qualifications
BS General Business
Accounting - 20 credit hours
20 years of progressive accounting experience
Esther Pokladnik
Name
Esther Pokladnik
Education/Qualifications
BS General Business
Accounting - 20 credit hours
20 years of progressive accounting experience
Customer Service Care
Cultural Diversity
Safety
Fire Prevention
Slips, Trips, & Falls
MSDS
Lockout/Tag out
Safe Lifting
Blood Borne Pathogens
Substance Abuse
Ethics
Violence in the work place
Procurement
Sexual Harassment
Business Writing
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Section 8 Funds Management
Project Based Accounting & Budgeting
Team Leadership
Office Equipment
Computer
Fax
Scanner
Typewriter
Calculator
10-key by touch
AWARDS/CERTIFICATES
Certificate - Real Estate Agent
Award - Multiple Performance Awards
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Volunteer:
Mentor and Aide (local school)
Boy Scouts (Chairman & Assistant Den
Leader)
Southwest Business & Professional
Women Organization
Housing Authority Management Association (Treasurer)
Proprietor:
Arts and Crafts Business
Tax Business
Banking
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK
Loan Servicing Specialist
August 2003 - December 2004
. Responsible for specific accounts and reconciliations and validated
and analyzed encoding errors for bank accounts.
. Validated and analyzed incoming non-sufficient funds for accuracy
. Analyzed and researched financial variances of borrower's home
loans as well as performed data entry
. Analyzed and prepared NSF information and reports for distribution
to key branches
. Prepared daily reports of reconciliation with status updates of
outstanding encoding errors.
Profit-Fund Accounting
American Payroll Association
Staff Accountant
October 2001 to August 2003
Manufacturing
TRISTAR
General Ledger Accountant
October 2000 - September 2001
. Responsible for preparing and analyzing balance sheets and general
ledger.
. Prepared and/or reviewed accuracy of journal entries including
general ledger, Account Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll.
. Performed account reconciliation and analysis while ensuring
supporting documentations were accurate.
. Coordinated accounting matter to directors
. Supported other accounting functions
. Maintained local control of GMAC funds.
. Selected to perform Accounts Payable functions as well as current
position.
Military
UNITED STATES ARMY (Westaff) Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Budget Clerk
September 1999 - October 2000
. Responsibilities involved preparing budget feeder data for
inclusion in Budget Estimate.
. Prepared budget executive reviews, maintained local control of and
received, validated,
coded and recoded variety of obligating documents for both OMA and
OMAR funds.
. Certified the availability of funds, cited proper fund codes and
prepared and processed
necessary obligating documents.
. Reviewed expenditures where costs would rise above acceptable
parameter.
. Selected as primary instructor for new personnel after short period
of indoctrination and
performance review.
. Recognized for in-depth research abilities and professionalism.
. Ensured department operations ran smoothly in absence of
supervisors.
Career Highlights
Budgets. Received promotion due to ability to analyze financial statements
and reduce each department's budget.
Customer Care. Executed a single point of contact relationship between
suppliers, procurement, and managers to resolve quality and payment issues
with accounts payable. Increased efficiency and satisfaction of
communication from 60+ days to the contracted less than 30 days within a 30-
day period.
Funds Management. Executed a single point of contact with bank personnel
to resolve banking errors. Increased efficiency and satisfaction of funds
from 3-week period to 3-day period.
Leadership. Due to unforeseen circumstances I took on the responsibility
of the accounting office within less than 1 month as a temporary employee.
Was awarded special accommodations for my abilities. Selected as primary
instructor for new personnel after short period of indoctrination and
performance review. Also, due to unforeseen circumstances I took on the
responsibility of another employee and was commended for ability to adapt
in a demanding work environment and prioritize the workload. Ensured
department operations ran smoothly in absences of supervisors.
Reconciliations. Within 3-month period reconciled funds for investment and
borrowing. Borrowing ability was increased by 1.5 million.
Training. Selected as primary instructor for new personnel after proven
ability of leadership and detailed-oriented.
Esther Pokladnik
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