MILROY MCGARRELL
•*** N. Lawn Ave Elmsford, NY **523
acd6wv@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Multi-faceted, efficient & reliable professional with 20+ years of experience in the accounting
field.
Detail-oriented
Diversified skill sets covering administrative support, client relations, writing, and account
management. Excellent inter-personal and phone communication skills.
Proficient in all of the standard office desktop software Solomon, Oracle, Great Plains, Excel,
Microsoft, Micro Word,)
EDUCATION
MERCY COLLEGE WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK
Pursuing a Degree in Business Management (68 credits 3.67 GPA)
Member of Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society.
Dean’s list of Scholars
Insurance Producer Certificate
SECURITY CLEARANCE – PUBLIC TRUST
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Accident Health and Life Insurance Producer
AFLAC 03/2012 - 06/2012
• Canvassing Prospecting Businesses.
• Calling Businesses to set up appointments.
• Recruiting-Calling to set up appointments to join AFLAC.
Temporary Agencies 04/2010 – 10/2011
Food & Drug Administration, Bio-Technological industry Organization, People’s
Population Services, World Wild Life Fund)
Reviewed, coded and verified invoices for accuracy.
Filed invoices.
Inputted invoices using Great Plains accounting system.
Verified and mailed checks.
Processed expense reports using Lawson Accounting System.
Reconciled the monthly airfare account.
Maintained monthly invoice log using Excel.
Returned incomplete and inaccurate forms for additional information.
Assisted in reconciling and updating data from prior years.
Nespresso USA 01/2007 - 03/2010
Accounts Payable Specialist
Wrote and implemented procedures for the accounts payable department.
Set up new suppliers in Nessoft Accounting System.
Checked invoices for accuracy.
Verified invoices are signed and authorized to pay with all necessary receipts and reports
attached.
Process Expense Reports.
Process Checks and wire transfers.
Process Commissions and send out payments.
Report of all open invoices is sent to all responsible departments at mid-month.
Accounts payable ageing reports submitted to F & C Manager mid-month.
Answered calls and resolved issues from suppliers.
Assist in month end closing of the Account Payable Account.
The Jefferson Sunrise Senior Living 04/2006 – 10/2006
Accounting Assistant
Managed all independent living business activities including; Generating and distributing
monthly billings to residents, responded to all questions regarding bills relating to all entries,
cash/accounts receivables.
Maintained all independent living residents records pertaining to admissions and discharges via
automated census as well as manual census log.
Responsible for maintaining all residents files according to company and community procedures
and policies.
Posted and reconciled all residents accounts receivables and cash deposits.
Processed and maintained all independent living credits.
Assisted in accounts receivables reconciliation and collections, communicating directly with the
residents and/or with responsible parties to ensure timely refund/collection of residents accounts
receivables/outstanding debts.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Sparks Personnel Agency 01/2005-12/31/2005
Iron Mountain Records Management
Billing Specialist
Downloaded the daily vehicle logs on hold list report generated by system upport staff.
Separated list into regions and emailed to respective managers.
Verified completeness and accuracy of daily vehicle logs, and revised any errors in order to bill
customers.
Entered into computer all information for bill generation using specialized billing software.
Updated and maintained credit spreadsheet that tracked revenues and non-revenues of the
department.
Accessed computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those
related to specific accounts from customers.
Ensure that all daily vehicle logs are entered by the monthly deadline date.
Billed an average of ten million dollars monthly.
Prepared and emailed to credit spreadsheet to director.
Management Concepts
Accounts receivable
Prepared bank deposits by verifying and balancing receipts, and taking cash,
check or other forms of payment to bank.
Identified and sorted into different classifications through research.
Created batches.
Created deposit slips and deposited at bank.
Entered checks to update accounts through Quick Fill, Solomon, and Path lore
software.
Did Journal and General Ledger entries to update accounts.
Chevy Chase Bank (Consumer Finance Corporation
Identified accounts that are paid in full and are satisfied
Generated and mailed customer account statements.
Identified accounts that are to be charged off., allocated charged off accounts to collection
agencies and turned over account records to attorneys when customers failed to respond to collection
attempts.
Resolved customer credit history disputes through internet site.
Maintained and updated credit history records through internet site to keep current.
Manually updated credit accounts that were paid off at the office.
Assisted customers that called in with questions and inquiries.
Performed various administrative functions such as recording address changes and purging
satisfied accounts.
Department of State (Federal Management Systems-Contractor) 07/2001-10/2004
Sr. Financial Analyst
Classified, recorded, analyzed, and summarized numerical and financial data in
order to compile and keep financial records, using computers.
Prepared financial reports to maintain records of financial activities within an
organization
Reconciled all current and prior year’s deposits.
Identified and researched discrepancies in accounting records.
Reconciled or note and reported discrepancies found in records.
Implemented changes to correct and adjust discrepancies.
Prepared weekly and monthly reconciliation reports.
Downloaded and separated all Cash Link deposits.
Prepared, distributed, and monitored separated reports for data entry.
Verified data entries for accuracy.
Reconciled reports matching RMS reports and Cash Link.
Researched and reported all inquiries pertaining to Cash Link deposits