Deborah Melanson

***** ****** ******** *****

Midlothian, VA 23112

804-***-****

ace1uu@r.postjobfree.com

Position To obtain a position on a team that will allow me to use my skills

Objective and experience in various branches of finance to assure maximum

efficiency and compliance.

Professional General and Fixed Assets Accountant Oct 2011 -

Experience Present

Fareva Richmond, Inc, Richmond, VA

Prepare Financial statements for the US companies for the monthly

consolidations package

Maintain the Fixed Asset register for Manufacturing and Sales

office

General Ledger Accounting and Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Inter-company Accounting and Reconciliations

Track, report and settle Capital projects

Review and approve purchases requisitions

Prepare the tax returns for company owned and leased personal

property

Integral team member for the creation of the Finance department

Maintain Site Accounting Manual

Issue W9 and Sales & Use tax certificates

Prepared reports and performed analysis of departmental spend for

Site Leadership Team

Troubleshoot SAP-FICO for US companies

Implementation of SAP-FI/AA for US companies

Accountant Fixed Assets Dec

2008 - Oct 2011

Pfizer Inc (formerly Wyeth), Richmond, VA

Managed the Fixed Asset register for 8 sites within the Consumer

Division, Cost of $415 million for 5,596 assets

Organize and execute the Physical Inventory of Assets for 6 sites

Maintain Insurable Values within AON-Risk Console

Track and settle Capital projects

Review and approve Capital purchases in SRM

Managed the accelerated depreciation and accounting needed for site

closure

Prepare the Tax reports for Personal Property, State, and Federal

returns

General Accountant and Fixed Assets Nov 2000-Dec 2008

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Richmond, VA

General Ledger Accounting and Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Preparation and analysis of departmental spend for Consumer

Division

Inter-company Accounting and Reconciliations for 6 legal entities

Monitored bank accounts for fraudulent activity, resolved findings

Analyze sales data and calculated lowest sale price per pill per

sku (active and inactive) for the Medicaid Drug rebate program

expenditure between $300,000 and $500,000 annually

Managed the Fixed Asset register for 8 sites within the Consumer

Division, Cost of $645 million for 18,534 assets

Acquisition accounting and capitalization of $33 million in assets

with purchase of a product line and manufacturing equipment.

Reported severance and forecast restructuring for 2 site closures

Managed the accelerated depreciation and accounting needed to close

4 locations

Prepare the State and Federal Tax reports for 6 legal entities to

aid the Tax department in filing the returns

Prepared and presented audit requests for the Internal Auditors 3

times per year, External 3 times per year and SOX audits 4 times

per year

Maintained the process documentation for the Fixed Asset Cycle and

peer tester for Revenue cycle of Sarbanes-Oxley

Project lead for the migration from JD Edwards to SAP for the Fixed

Assets module

Returns and Credit

Dec 1998-Nov 2000

Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Richmond, VA

Worked with Customers on the Returns policies

Authorized the return of products

Analyzed credit requests for proper compliance to policies

Accounts Receivable cash application and deduction resolution

Accountant

Mar 1996-Jul 1998

Rag Shop, Hawthorne, NJ

Sales Audit for 72 stores

ADP Payroll processing

Accounts Payable

Education William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

Bachelors of Science, Accounting

Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY

Associates in Applied Science, Accounting

Computer Technical Skills

Skills JDEdwards integrated ERP system

SAP-integrated ERP system

Eagle-one

IWS

Positive Pay

SRM

Crown

X-tools

Excel look-ups, and tables

Showcase Strategies advanced query

AON-Risk Console

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