Manager Accounting

Ramona Shawn Burnham

*** ******* **** ********* ****, Huntsville, Alabama 35806 C: 256-***-**** *********@*****.***

Summary

Seeking a position with a progressive company that will utilize my education and accounting skills, currently in the process

of relocating back to the area at my own expense

Experience

Accountant/ Business Manager 07/2003 to Current

ERA Ben Porter Real Estate Huntsville, Alabama

• My responsibilities include preparation of all A/R, A/P, Payroll transactions, and miscellaneous G/L entries which

produce consolidated financial statements which include income statements, balance sheet, and trial balance for

corporate office as well as four subsidiaries utilizing QuickBooks 2014.

• I am responsible for all internal and external audits including year end, workman’s comp, liabilities insurance, and

various state escrows.

• I am responsible for calculating sales commission/expenses for 70 agents, which includes reviewing and

approving all HUD closing documents.

• Other responsibilities include calculation of City and County Business Licenses taxes.

• I am responsible for the preparation of sales and expense budgets for corporate and subsidiaries and provide

monthly variances analysis between actual and budget numbers.

• Other responsibilities as a business manager includes troubleshooting minor I/T issues and website management.

Assistant Business Manager/Accountant 05/2001 to 06/2003

Child Development Center Shelbyville, Tennessee

• My responsibilities included Payroll preparation for approximately 65 employees, including 941’s, unemployment

taxes, 403(b), W-2’s, quarterly tax forms, year-end tax forms, and other miscellaneous deductions.

• Responsible for posting payroll to general ledger, balancing payroll accounts, reconcile monthly bank statements

and reconciling payroll liabilities accounts.

• Responsible for all accounts payables and accounts receivable transactions, reconciling cash transfer account,

monthly closings through financial statements and balance sheets.

• Responsible for grant support and contract compliance for three grants with the Department of Human Services.

• Responsible for preparing monthly billings for the Department of Human Services.

• Responsible for reporting ISC monthly expenses, and billing each department for expenses spent over their yearly

budgets, reconcile administration allocations, cash disbursement on a weekly basis, and assisting with

preparation of yearly budgets for all programs.

• Other responsibilities included assisting with program contracts and proposals, revising job descriptions, assisting

in establishing a pay scale for the center, and responsible for tracking all investments in the 403(b) plan.

Accounting Bookkeeper/H.R. 01/2000 to 05/2001

06/1999 to 05/2001

St. Thomas Church Bardstown, Kentucky

St. Augustine Church/School Lebanon, Kentucky

• My responsibilities included Payroll preparation for approximately 75 employees, 941’s, state and local tax forms,

W-2’s, quarterly tax forms, year-end tax forms, annuities, 403(b), and other miscellaneous deductions.

• Responsible for posting payroll to general ledger, balancing payroll accounts, and reconciling payroll liabilities

accounts.

• Responsible for all account payables and accounts receivable transactions, monthly closings through financial

statements and balance sheets.

• Reconciled monthly bank statements including payroll and general accounts, and assisted with preparation of our

yearly budgets.

• Attended all quarterly finance meetings to answer variances to said budgets.

• My H. R. responsibilities included new editions to enrollment, health care, filing Workman’s Compensation and

other related H. R. functions.

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Education

Bachelors Degree in Accounting 12/2013

Athens State University Athens, Alabama 35611

Associate of Science in Accounting 05/2008

Calhoun Community College Huntsville, Alabama 35801

Associate Applied Science Degree in Office Systems Technology 05/2000

St. Catharine College St. Catharine, Kentucky 40061

Honors

Athens State University Athens, Alabama 35611

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & College 05/2014

Graduated with Summa Cum Laude, Phi Theta Kappa, Delta Mu Delta 12/2013

Calhoun Community College Huntsville, Alabama 35801

Graduated with Magna Cum Laude, Phi Theta Kappa 05/2008

St. Catharine College St. Catharine, Kentucky 40061

Graduated with High Distinction 05/2000

National Dean’s List 05/2000

National Dean’s List 12/1999

National Dean’s List 05/1999

National Dean’s List 12/1998

Dean’s List 05/1998

Software Highlights

• Proficient in Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010, QuickBooks Pro 2015, Peachtree Accounting 2003, ADP, ACH

Software, QuickBooks

• WordPerfect 8, Quattro Pro, PowerPoint, MS-DOS Ledgers and Payables 2.4, PDS Census / Contribution

Program 17.4, Lucero

Volunteer Experience

• Finance Committee Member, St. Augustine and St. Thomas Parish

• St. Catharine College, 1999 Baccalaureate Program Designer

• Awards Banquet Committee Member, St. Catharine College

• Campus Ministry Member, St. Catharine College, Spring 1999

• Phi Theta Kappa International Society, St. Catharine College, Historian, 1999

• 1998 – 1999 Awards Program Designer, St. Catharine College

References

Reference given upon request.

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