AMY TALLEY-MCGUIRE
Thomasville, NC 27360 ***********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Highly motivated goal oriented financial professional with the ability to
work independently. Thrives on opportunities to assume responsibility and
has a special talent for organization.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE EDUCATION CENTER 03/14 - 11/14
Temporary Accountant
Responsible for updating the Bankers Trust Magazine Deposit and Chase
Paymentect Bank Card Fee spreadsheets on a daily basis
. Responsible for updating the cash disbursement spreadsheet and coding
each attached backup page from Accounts Payable
Prepared entries for the month end closing process and entered them
into JD Edwards
Responsible for printing variance reports from managers and assist in
roundtable meeting
. Prepared monthly sales tax spreadsheets and online payments
. Responsible for printing and collating Mailbox and Teacher Helper
reports for the Assistant Controller
. Responsible for printing the Financial Statements once complete
. Prepared month end reconciliations for several balance sheet accounts
OLYMPIC PRODUCTS, LLC., GREENSBORO, NC 2011 - 2014
Accountant
Responsible for cash management including monitoring daily cash
activity and cash balances and forecasting future cash balances
Performed accounts payable functions and created payment batches for
all payables twice a week
Performed monthly balance sheet and bank reconciliations
Performed month end functions including journal entries and reporting
Keyed in freight bills and kept up a spreadsheet in order to ensure
proper accruing at month end
Prepared monthly related party transactions and co-ordinate the
balancing of the resulting balances with all related parties
Responsible for capital expenditure tracking and reporting
Worked directly with external auditors
BECO INC., HIGH POINT, NC 2008 - 2009
Staff Accountant
Set up new jobs in the system, including general information and
budget
. Set up the job folders for the Project Managers
. Performed billing functions of the different jobs as they came due,
ensuring all necessary forms were filled out
. Applied daily cash as it came in and deposited it in the bank
. Worked with payroll to complete the weekly forecast for field
employees
. Created and maintained reporting for GPS tracking on field employees,
which was compared, to weekly payroll
. Performed the monthly bank reconciliation for two accounts
. Reconciled Accounts Receivable and Retainage Receivable on a monthly
basis.
. Reconciled Employee Receivable on a monthly basis
. Answered incoming lines and routed them to the correct department
GILBARCO VEEDER-ROOT, GREENSBORO, NC 2006 - 2008
General Accountant
Completed month end Intra-company process
. Entered monthly FLASH forecast into Hyperion as well as the weekly
FLASH
. Released Wires from BOA/Mellon Bank on a daily/weekly basis
. Charged customer credit cards and ensured that Cash Applications had
the proper paperwork to apply the monies received
. Updated the Web-based Customer Credit Card Database
. Maintained documentation for any Vendor Changes and New Vendors for
SOX purposes
. Maintained documentation of expenses for Relocating employees
. Assigned CAR numbers, gathered documentation for current CAR's and
capitalized Fixed Assets on a quarterly basis utilizing the BNA
system.
. Assisted Corporate administrator as a back up for the JPMorgan credit
card research
Unilin Flooring, NC, LLC, Thomasville, NC 2005 -2006
Staff Accountant
. Managed cost and reconciliation of $70M capital project.
. Uploaded fixed assets to new SAP system and reconciliation including:
> Tracking cost on building and machinery
> Sales tax on assets
> Setting up of depreciation schedules
> Working with project managers on contracts and balances to
insure proper cost coding
> Coordinating sales tax audit to outside firm to insure accurate
calculation and tax payment
> Allocating working capital interest to assets
. Balance sheet reconciliation and analysis.
. Reconciled spare parts inventory and posted consumption.
. Prepared financial statements for manufacturing division of
Unilin US.
. Set up schedules for monthly recurring entries and prepaid
expenses.
. Assisted accounts payable in account coding.
. Reconciled inter-company transactions with Belgium parent company and
other Europe and US divisions.
Leggett & Platt, Inc., High Point, NC 2001 - 2005
Plant Accountant
. Performed general accounting functions including general ledger
analysis and journal entries.
. Processed costing functions including bill of material and routing
file changes.
. Entered pricing from vendors insuring accurate costing.
. Conducted fixed asset inventory and reconciled it to the books.
. Entered daily finished goods production and weekly production at cost.
. Assisted in operational, labor, and capital budgets.
. Produced necessary paperwork for capital budget purchases.
. Managed and assisted in Human Resource, Payroll, Personnel, and
Accounts Payable Departments.
. Served on the Branch Management Team, Safety Committee and Cycle Count
Committee.
. Conducted Continuous Improvement Projects.
. Led quarterly physical inventories and reported results to corporate.
. Performed duties of System Coordinator and IT contact.
High Point Furniture Industries, Inc., High Point, NC
Junior Accountant (1998 - 2000)
. Organized and documented payroll and accounts payable associated with
an outside warehouse.
. Completed daily online cash management with bank and factor agency.
. Implemented petty cash procedures and schedules for two plants and
office for authorization, fund dispensing and reconciliation of each
account including authorization tickets, receipts, and control sheets.
. Reconciled and performed detailed analysis of general ledger accounts.
. Inventoried fixed assets and calculated proper depreciation expense.
. Streamlined accounts payable procedures.
. Organized and tested physical inventory counts.
. Organized and efficiently managed Accounts Payable Department ensuring
on-time payments.
Receptionist/Accounts Payable Clerk (1995 - 1998)
EDUCATION & TRAINING
High Point University, High Point, NC
B.S., Accounting
LP9000 Certified Internal Auditor
SAP training in FI module
COMPUTER SKILLS
Implementation of AS400 Software conversion:
Set up rules for AR, AP, GL, Financial Analysis, and Report modules
Formatted all financial statements and sub-ledgers
Transferred all financial data from previous software
Software Proficiency
Monarch ISeries
SAP FI Module MS Word, Excel (Pivot
Tables), Outlook
Mainframe Mapics XA Jetform Design