Accounts Payable Accounting

Robert C. Gourley

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Clawson, Michigan 48017

Phone 248-***-****

Strengths: Cost Accounting (Standard, Job and Actual), General Accounting,

Forecasting, Budgeting, Tax, Financial Reporting

Accomplishments: Reduced Financial Statement preparation time from three

weeks to three days, reduced Tax worksheet preparation from four months to

two months

Professional Experience:

1/2013- 5/2013 Contract Accounting

Contract Accountant

Lear Corporation - Inter-company accounting, month end journal

entries, month end reporting, account reconciliations, accounts payable,

verifying quantities received on invoices with receivers and resolving

issues with outside and inter-company suppliers.

2/2011 - 5/2011 Contract Accounting

Contract Accountant

Lear Corporation - Inter-company accounting, bank deposits, month end

journal entries, month end reporting

4/2010 - 5/2010 Contract Accounting

Contract Accountant

Level One Bank - Reviewing vendor invoices for authorizations and

entering them in Accounts Payable system, matching checks to invoices and

mailing, preparing daily and monthly account reconciliations, developing

Excel cash flow worksheet

12/12/05 - 1/15/2010 Bank of New York

Accounting Analyst

Client bank account reconciliations using Excel, General Ledger

reconciliations, investment account reconciliations, review of daily

activity in 252 client accounts and initiating resolution of errors,

posting payments received to Quick Books receivables.

8/01/99 - 12/12/05 Contract Accounting

Accounting Consultant

Consultant to various small and medium sized companies, tracking

and analyzing job costs, month-end closings, and preparation of Financial

Statements, Budgeting, annual physical inventories, year-end work-papers

and account reconciliations.

Accountant Bank of New York - Preparing Bank reconciliations, Fixed Asset

and Depreciation reconciliations, Customer account reconciliations, Census

Bureau reports, Canadian Financial Survey, Journal Entries and Written

Procedures for doing queries and obtaining reports from general ledger,

accounts payable, accounts receivable and printing income statements

Accounting Consultant Comcast Preparing Division Daily, Weekly and Monthly

operating reports, and linking daily and weekly reports to provide Monthly

activity reports

Traveling Tooling Accountant for Johnson Controls working with job costs

General Accountant for Oakland Press, financial statements account

reconciliations

Interim Controller for Etkin Property Management

Putting financial statements of companies in Chapter 11 into EXCEL

spreadsheets for representative of Bank One

Vendor reconciliations for Manufacturing company just coming out of Chapter

11

1986 - 7/31/99 GMAC / Motors Insurance Corp. Detroit, Michigan

Financial Reporting Accountant 1996 - 7/31/99:

Reconciliation of Cash in Transit, Fixed Asset and Accumulated

Depreciation accounts, Fixed Assets additions and deletions and reporting,

Depreciation expense, creation of Excel spreadsheets for use in booking

cash activity and for preparation Financial Statements, preparation of

Financial Statements.

Tax Accountant 1994 - 1996:

Preparation of premium tax returns and Sales & Use tax returns,

reporting and remitting escheatable amounts to States and reconciliation of

escheatable accounts.

Systems Accountant 1992 - 1994:

Reconciliation of bank accounts, setting up of procedures for

moving items to escheatable account.

Accounts Payable Accountant 1989 - 1992:

Accounts Payable, reconciliation of various inter-company accounts,

preparation and processing of check requisitions.

Tax Accountant 1986 - 1989:

Preparation of premium tax returns and Sales & Use tax returns and

payments, creating

Spreadsheets and instructions for tax calculations.

Prior to 1986:

1981 - 1986 R. G. Associates Royal Oak, Michigan

Accounting Consultant

Consultant to various small and medium sized companies and

GMAC/Motors Insurance Corp., tracking and analyzing job costs (acting Cost

Supervisor), preparation of Financial Statements, Budgeting, and annual

physical inventories, year-end work-papers and account reconciliations

preparatory to annual audits.

1980-1981 Michigan Metal Processing Corp Detroit, Michigan

Controller

Full control of General Ledger, Financial Statements, responsible for

Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, annual physical inventory,

supervision of seven employees and partial responsibility for Credit and

Collection.

1978-1980 Allen-Bradley Company Ann Arbor, Michigan

Plant Accountant/Controller

Supervision of two employees, full control of General Ledger,

Accounts Payable, Payroll, Depreciation, cash receipts, petty cash,

Financial Statements, Cost Accounting, Annual Budget, Forecasting, annual

physical inventories, Standard Cost and account reconciliations.

1975-1978 Sycor, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Leased Asset Accountant

Monthly inventory and report of equipment used in operations,

Depreciation, account reconciliations, Unit Flow report, Gross Margin

report, Stock in Trade report, Unit Count reportFASB-13 lease reviews and

journal vouchers.

1973-19738 Bendix Machine Tool Corporation Ann Arbor, Michigan

General Accountant/Forecast Accountant

Full control of General Ledger, account reconciliations, inter-

company payables receivables, tax work-papers for submission to Central

Office, Financial Reports, Forecast of departmental expenses, Depreciation

journal entries, Capital Asset additions and eliminations, reconciliation

of Forecast to General Ledger, Cash Flow Forecast, reconciliation of Job

Cost report to General Ledger and Forecasting job cost for "Flexible"

machines.

Education:

Walsh College Troy, Michigan

Accounting and Microcomputer classes

Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan

Bachelor of Business Administration/Major in Accounting

Special Skills and Training:

Training classes taken include Introduction to and Advanced

Lotus 1-2-3, Introduction to and Advanced Megacalc, Introduction to and

Advanced Excel, Word for Windows, Lotus Notes, Introduction to Hyperion,

AS400 A/P system, SBT PRO.

Additional training includes the Dale Carnegie course and Graduate

Assistant for the Dale Carnegie course.

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