Senior Accountant

robert B. thomas

** *. ******** **** ? Parkesburg, PA 19365 ? *****@*******.*** ? 610-763-

6982

General Ledger Analysis . Project Management . Expense

Reimbursement

Accomplished manager and individual contributor within Corporate Finance

and Accounting department with a strong background in budgeting, credit and

collections and general ledger accounting. Results-oriented, decisive

leader with proven success in supporting business operations through

analysis of key performance indicators and building cohesive teams focused

on performance. Track record includes devising, evaluating and implementing

process improvements to reduce expense with very tight budget constraints.

Possess expertise with MS office suite of products, PeopleSoft, SAP and

Hyperion.

Key Strengths:

. Month-End Close . Payroll . AP Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008-Aug. 2014 Verizon Communications, Inc.

West Chester, PA

Senior Accountant-Debt Sales

Managed Debt Sales Process for Verizon Telecom. Responsible for integrating

Verizon Telecom and Wireless Debt sale processes. Facilitated the sale of

over $1.4B in delinquent accounts in 2013.

Managed project to implement Forward Flow Debt sales. This allows for

standardized, repeatable process and flow of accounts from late stage

collection life cycle to sale. Forward Flow model lowers costs and provides

volume control for both Verizon and its partners. Implemented new reporting

and effected changes in the collection system to support new collection tier

for debt sales. Worked with financial planning and analysis to devise

analytic and reporting requirements.

Forecast and budget annual sales volumes as well as cost/benefit analysis

for any changes to pre-sale or post sale collection life cycles. Provided

monthly journal entries for debt sales to Accounting group.

Managed AP department of 4 that handled sold account direct payment invoice

process through PeopleSoft. Worked with monthly Incentives/Rebates team to

collect on monthly basis. Interfaced with suppliers to ensure data and

percentages were accurate.

Managed debt sale dispute and escalation processes department.

Selected Achievements:

Was able to negotiate debt sale price increases 2 of last 3 sales of over

20%.

Managed project to automate and complete a forward flow sale platform within

collection systems.

2004-2008 Verizon Communications, Inc.

West Chester, PA

Senior Accountant

Responsible for all financial aspects of the monthly close for 6

Non-Regulated Verizon business units. Responsibilities focused on the

monthly closing process, monthly and year over year balance sheet change

analysis. Processed monthly uploads to Hyperion system for each entity

including monthly/quarterly and annual Hyperion schedules.

Daily duties included monthly journal entries, account analysis and

reconciliations, payroll and payroll tax entries. Monthly journal entries

included validation of AP and Capital Asset entries. Analyzed changes in

year of year Capital Assets budget. Additional duties included monthly and

annual budget variance analysis, monthly financial statements and year-end

tax schedules.

Selected Achievements:

Worked with business units to change reporting processes for sales to

decrease journal entries and facilitate automatic monthly journal entry

uploads.

Managed process changes with business units to improve information provided

monthly so that monthly and quarterly Hyperion schedules/account

reconciliations could be done more efficiently.

2000-2004 VERIZON TELEPRODUCTS, INC.

WEST CHESTER, PA

Accounting Manager

Managed staff accountants for Verizon TeleProducts and Verizon-On-Line. Was

responsible for monthly close processes including monthly variance and

analysis of Balance Sheet reconciliations.

Managed AP and AR departments. Was responsible for monthly AP, AR and Fixed

Asset close. Worked with 2 entities Capital Asset and Capitalized Labor

costs for projects as well as CIP. Input asset purchases into PeopleSoft AP

and Fixed Asset registers on a weekly basis. Daily payment of invoices,

employee expense reimbursement and commission payments. Worked with monthly

variances and discrepancies of commissions with vendors. Also organized,

oversaw and completed annual physical inventory process. Worked with

Warehouse staff to budget and analyze E&O Inventory. Implemented PeopleSoft

AP electronic approvals for invoices, purchase orders and expense reports.

Managed Payroll process for weekly and bi-weekly union and exempt employees.

Worked with third party vendors and in house processes for entries and tax

entries.

Was responsible for reporting, payment and audit processes of sales and use

taxes.

Maintained and prepared monthly journal entries and allocations for two

Non-regulated Verizon companies. Performed monthly account reconciliations.

Reconciled inter-company balances.

Selected Achievements:

Manage cross functional team to implemented program where we provided

preprinted return labels with new customer orders cutting yearly overnight

shipping carrier costs by 22%.

Implemented process changes along with fully implementing all functionality

in PeopleSoft AP and Fixed Asset modules to shorten monthly close from 7 to

5 days.

1993-2000 The Gregory-Allison Group, Inc. Cochranville, PA

Accountant

Responsible for all financial aspects of Gregory-Allison Group business.

Responsibilities focused on the monthly closing process, management of the

corporate balance sheet and income statement, as well as the timely

dissemination of financial results to agency management.

Daily duties included invoicing, accounts payable, accounts receivable,

collections, bank and customer reconciliations, payroll, payroll taxes and

human resources. Additional duties included yearly budget, monthly

financial statements and year-end assembly sheets and work papers. Also

organized, oversaw and valued Physical Inventory.

Implemented new computer system that integrated insurance claims, third

party billing and accounting systems.

Managed the claims reporting process for Commercial and Personal Lines

insurance claims.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (BS) Accounting . Shippensburg University

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