Accounting Sales
Resume:
RUTH J. GIPSON
Cordova, TN 38016
Phone 469-***-****
*******@*********.***
I am highly qualified candidate, with over 10 years of accounting experience. I have a Bachelor’s degree - majoring in Accounting and abundant experience working within the finance department. I also have knowledge in balance periodic reconciliations, financial
sheet accounts,and variance analysis, management and government reporting, preparing and processing journal entries, cash management, tax reporting and compliance. I possess the capability of multitasking, and ensuring that all aspects of procedures are carried out efficiently and professionally
to produce a successful outcome. Finally, I adore working in a team environment.
Objective:
Seeking a senior accounting position within the organization where my experience, technical skills and academic
training will be an asset
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration June 1997 Major: Accounting
USIU/Alliant San Diego, CA
Master of Science of Law in Taxation & International Financial Services August 2013
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego CA
SKILLS:
Accounting and Auditing – financial statements preparation and analysis, variance analysis, GL and bank reconciliation, reporting, budget preparation, journalizing, AR, AP
MS Office Products (Excel, Access, Word), SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, J D Edwards, AS400, Solomon, Timberline,
QuickBooks, Vertex
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
C.B. Richard Ellis (Contract) 01/2014 - Present
Senior Property Accountant
Prepare and complete accounting transactions for client financial statement packages.
Ensure that all expenses, receipts, owner's distributions, funding requests, and other
transactions are accurately posted
Review and audit funding and payment requests for accuracy, documentation and authorization in accordance
with established operating procedures.
Respond to and resolves issues and requests from management teams and clients regarding various
accounting issues and reports, including P& L statements.
Participate in budgeting and forecasting and client audit requests
Pfizer Pharmaceutical (Contract) 06/2011 – 12/2013
Senior Inventory Accountant
Set up costs and analyze sales and inventory accounting process in SAP and GMX.
Ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with transfer pricing policies. Review
intercompany mark-ups.
Prepare and analyze reports. Analyze intercompany balances with other affiliates
Perform period end financial close activities and meet all related deadlines
Reconcile various inventory accounts and research and resolve discrepancies.
Hilton Worldwide Memphis, TN (Contract) 11/2010 - 04/2011
Financial Analyst
Responsible for performing accounting and providing financial analysis of various
accounts.
Responsible for reconciliations and ad hoc reporting. Preparation of balance sheet
analysis to assure the validity of all balance sheet account balances and the proper
support for those balances exists and is readily available
Assisting in month end close
Reviewing coworkers account reconciliations and general support to corporate
accounting
Providing support to internal and external auditors
Texas Independent Bankers’ Bank, Irving, TX 06/2007 - 08/2010
Senior Accounting Associate
Reviewed accounting documents to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance of
information and calculation to company policy and GAAP. Responsible for making or
directing correcting entries.
Posted data to various ledgers, registers and logs following established accounting
techniques and procedures
Prepared, maintained, controlled and responsible for subsidiary accounting records
involving a variety of transactions and accounts
Reconciled and approved various GL accounts on a monthly basis
Performed internal audits of various accounts and provided technical support to external
auditors.
Prepared, and reviewed sales/use tax returns for compliance and correctness
Assisted with data collection and calculation of corporation tax to meet US GAAP
standards.
Reconciled tax accounts and tax payable changes monthly
Assisted in budget preparation
Performed other duties assigned by management
Dallas Morning News, Dallas (Contract) 05/2006 - 06/2007
Staff Accountant (AP)
Reviewed invoices and credit card payments to ensure correct coding, POs, taxation,
freight, approval and prompt payment to vendor.
Prepared monthly journal entries to accrue expenses and other miscellaneous journal
entries
Reviewed expenses, updated and tracked status of accruals, analyzed GL account
balances and variance explanation
Reconciled GL accounts and balance sheet
Bank reconciliation
Texas Instruments, Plano TX (Contract) 02/2005 - 05/2006
Accounting Assistant
Extracted and reviewed daily Net Revenue and Net Shipments Expected reports and
compared to the forecasts by segment and region. Researched and explained variances.
Prepared journal entries and performed monthly accounting close. This included AR
(Europe) reconciliation and close. Reviewed other adjustments for Europe for errors
Reclassified Intercompany COGS and margin analysis, Inventory close, cost analysis by
project and people.
Performed account and general ledger reconciliation, variance analysis and explanations,
conducted specialized research projects and prepared management reports
Used office automated systems to input data and generated reports using Oracle, SAP,
Cube and Modplan
Trintel Communications Irving TX 07/2001 - 12/2004
Accountant (Billing Coordinator)
Invoiced TWS receivables, recorded deposits, cash receipts, applied payments to open
invoices and researched unmatched payments
Performed AR account analysis and reporting
Reviewed customer contracts and billings
Reconciled variances
Performed month end close procedures in preparation of monthly financials for assigned
projects
Reconciled bank accounts
Reviewed customer deductions and unpaid invoices and adjusted reserves accordingly
PRIOR POSITIONS
Corporate Accounting Analyst - Verizon Wireless
Accounting/ Fixed Assets - Samsung Electronics
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