Accounts Payable
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Anjalena Gillem
Charlotte, NC 28213
*********@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
RJ Young Company
Nashville, TN 2/2014-4/2014
Copier Service Industry
Accounting Assistant (Temporary Assignment)
Enter invoices for payment to vendors
Match purchase orders and packing slips to invoices
Scan check copies and support into accounting system
Open and distribute mail
Martha O'Bryan Center Nashville, TN 8/2012 - 5/2013
Non-profit Organization
Senior Accountant (Temporary Assignment)
Managed grant releases for a non-profit organization.
Performed month end close procedures.
Organized and oversaw the set-up of two accounting databases.
Filed and recorded payroll tax.
Recorded and analyzed budgets.
Recorded aging of pledges received by individuals, churches, and corporations.
Prepared and submitted billings for monthly grant payments.
LA Community & Technical College System
Baton Rouge, LA 1/2007 - 4/2011
Financial Analyst 1/2008 - 4/2011
Compiled and analyzed data required for the preparation of specialized monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
Reviewed and processed routine purchases or expenditures and state contracts.
Oversaw the Pell Grant disbursement process to 40 college campuses.
Documented the receipt of all items coming into the Fiscal Affairs office.
Performed related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Trained new Accountant 2 employee on the processing of Pell checks, and Pell returns
Reviewed and approved journal entries prepared by two accountants.
Accountant 1/2007 - 1/2008
Printed vendor/student PELL checks for seven regions and their campuses
Maintained cash management records, including funds drawn and received, funds disbursed by sources, deposits of funds, and issuance of refunds; which includes reviewing bank reconciliations for the various Regions.
Assisted in the preparation of the annual financial reports to include preparing the supporting schedules for the Statement of Net Assets, Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets, and the Statement of Cash Flows.
Communicated with other campus accountants, state and federal auditors, banks, program and management personnel, and vendors for the purpose of providing information and technical assistance needed to resolve problems.
Reviewed and approved journal entries for items due at year end and also to correct coding and posting errors as found. Also reviewed and approved transaction documents for the LTC Regions which include vendor setup forms, budget adjustment forms, and project grant id setup forms.
Monitored campus budgets and review adjustments necessary for budget failures on pending payments and journal entries.
Baltimore Dredges, LLC Baltimore, MD 12/2005 - 5/2006
Manufacturing Industry
Staff Accountant
Processed packing slips received by shipping department in order to generate and print accounts receivable invoices that are mailed to vendors for payment of goods received
Recorded Cost of Goods Sold by analyzing accounts receivable invoices on a daily basis for goods sold, before they are mailed to vendors
Recorded shop employee labor cards and office time sheets in preparation for
payroll
Matched accounts payable invoices to purchase orders and record invoices in system
MedStar Health Baltimore, MD 1/2005 - 11/2005
Healthcare Industry
Staff Accountant
Reconciled and traced cash/credit card deposits for two hospitals on a daily basis
Prepared and entered journal entries for month end close, which include prepaid expense and accrual entries
Performed a trend analysis for month end by analyzing various accounts to make sure that the entries recorded were correct and in the right accounts
Completed and updated all prepaid expense schedules for both hospitals on a monthly basis
Performed an account analysis monthly to reconcile all balances of accounts from expense schedules to the Lawson database
Cleared any variances on a monthly basis that may have occurred between cash/credit card records and the general ledger
Prepared and entered inventory usage and balances for month end
Entered all petty cash reports for month end
Recorded all non sufficient funds checks that went through the bank
Geonerco Management, Inc. Seattle, WA 1/2003 - 11/2004 Homebuilder
Staff Accountant
Completed and distributed inventory report weekly to banks, general managers, CFO, and owners
Tracked closings of houses by company lot, buyer name, closing date, proceeds received and selling price
Prepared and distributed proceeds report monthly to general managers, CFO, and owners of company, which showed all houses that were closed during the month and the proceeds received from each; Along with the projected closings of houses over the next three to four months.
Verified loan payoff amount of each closed house by comparing final settlement statement to company records. If discrepancies were found follow-up was done with Escrow Company and bank to make sure all shortages were paid.
Prepared sales/cost of sales summary report which was used for profitability analysis
Prepared and recorded entries of acquisitions and financings
Reconciled monthly interest statements from banks to company records
Performed the sixth month close reconciliation, in which closed houses were closed six months later to allow any costs to come through and be recorded
Prepared and distributed work in progress reconciliation monthly, which showed houses left to close, their costs & loan amounts as well as closed houses that were not yet closed through the six month close reconciliation.
Identified and coded property taxes by subdivision and lot number and paid them twice per year
Rational Software Corporation Cupertino, CA 8/2000 - 11/2002 Software Industry
Accountant
Made timely payments to over 100 vendors
Assisted with the preparation of month/year end close
Processed expense reports for employees across the country
EDUCATION
1999 San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Science Degree
Major: Accounting
Ernst & Young LLP Scholarship recipient 2 years running
2009 Jackson Hewitt Tax School Graduate
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, Timberline, Business Works, Lawson 8.0, Oracle 10.7 & 11i, Profit Key 6.2.1, PeopleSoft 7.5, e-automate 8.5, Quick Books, and Sage accounting software packages
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