Accounting Customer Service

KELVIN W. BONNER

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

Farmington Hills, MI 48336

313-***-**** Cell

Email: opulent_ acs1mf@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

An Accounting or Management Position that utilizes my Accounting skills and knowledge.

FORMAL EDUCATION

2007 M.B.A. in Business from The University of Phoenix Livonia, MI

1986 B.B.A. in Accounting from Memphis State University Memphis, TN

1977 Associate of Science from Shelby State Community College Memphis, TN

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

2006-2014 Budget reporting and analysis support system (BRASS), Oracle Core

Financials, City of Detroit, MI

2000 Detroit Resource Management System (DRMS) Subject Matter Expert

City of Detroit, MI

1998-1999 Budget Reporting and Analysis Support System (BRASS), Oracle Core

Financials, Project and Grant Accounting City of Detroit, MI

1997-1998 Governmental Accounting and Auditing Seminars: Michigan Association of

CPAs Troy, MI

1989-1995 Tax Preparation: Jackson-Hewitt, Nationwide and H & R Block Tax

Services Detroit, MI and Memphis TN

Tax Examining Clerk Internal Revenue Service Memphis Service Center

Memphis, TN

Income Tax Seminar for Tax Practitioners Mississippi State Tax

Commission Hernando, Mississippi

1980-1987 Military Airlift Command: Air Load Planners and Hazardous Cargo Courses

Ft. Sill, OK

U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer Basic & Survey Basic Courses Ft. Sill, OK

U.S. Army ROTC Advanced Camp Leadership and Weaponry FT. Riley, KS

KELVIN W. BONNER

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Page 2

2006- Present Principal Accountant: Municipal Parking Dept. City of Detroit

Conduct monthly reviews of the operations of Joe Louis Arena, the

annual reserved hockey audit, process and issue meter cards. Process

refunds for monthly users, input monthly operators expense reports into

legacy system. Audit petty cash for the Parking Violations Bureau and the

Automotive Parking System. Prepare vendor/operator statements for

payment. Approve Purchase Requisitions and Orders for payments.

Reconcile the Operations and Maintenance accounts for the department.

Input Budget amounts into BRASS. Perform field audits as requested and

prepare reports for management.

2002-2006 Principal Accountant: Treasury Dept., City of Detroit

Supervise twenty-five personnel that comprise the property tax refund

section, the correspondence section, the property tax section and the

machine room for the Treasury Division. Reconcile the legacy systems

(BARS-Billing and Accounts Receivable System & Equalizer) to the

Oracle System for property taxes paid. Make adjusting entries into all

systems. Handle taxpayer questions and concerns. Act as liaison between

banks, mortgage companies, tax services and the city for questionable

transactions. Import payments into the system electronically and manually.

Maintain mortgage code list for electronic posting of property taxes.

Research questionable payments for reconciliation into the systems

1998-2002 Senior Accountant: Health Department City of Detroit

Worked as a Project, Grant and Budget Accountant for the Health

Department. Trained as a Subject Matter Expert for Oracle Core Financials

for the City of Detroit. Reported Grant spending to various governmental

agencies and input entries into the Core Financials. Established Project

Accounting entries into Oracle Core Financials to track spending. Reconciled

the revenues for the Vital Statistics Bureau.

1996-1998 Semi-Senior Accountant: Financial Reporting City of Detroit

Compiled data and other statistical information assigned for presentation in

the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the City of Detroit.

Verified statistical information, links in the various exhibits and maintained

informational integrity.

1995-1996 Junior Accountant: Department of Water & Sewage City of Detroit

Reconciled seventeen bank accounts monthly, at the Water and Sewage

Department, to the two legacy systems and the bank for the funds that each

account represented. Made adjusting entries into the General Ledger and

made cash receipts for money to be deposited into the various funds.

KELVIN W. BONNER

CONTINUING EDUCATION Page 3

2008 Human-Resources Rules & Directives and How City Government Works, City of

Detroit, MI

2005 Microsoft Access 2000, City of Detroit, MI

2004 Let’s Meet, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), City of Detroit, MI

2003 What Every Office Professionals Should Know, Coaching, Benchmarking

Customer Service and Career Planning, City of Detroit, MI

2002 Discrimination & Diversity and Managing The Process, City of Detroit, MI

2001 Leadership Development and Conflict Resolution, City of Detroit, MI

2000 Supervisors' Academy, City of Detroit, MI

1998 First Things First Time Management, Business Writing I, Basic Computer

Literacy Assessment (Information Technology Services), Performance Through

Problem Solving & Decision Making (Strategic Solution) and Continuous

Improvement Process Awareness, City of Detroit, MI

1997 Effective Business Writing/ (Business Writing II) and Microsoft Word 7.0 Basic

Course, City of Detroit, MI

1996 Stress Management and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, City of

Detroit, MI

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