Karen L. Monteith
Portland, OR *****
Cell 971-***-****
Email: **************@*****.***
Summary of Qualifications for Position:
1)All phases of Accounts Payable, from purchase order through vouchers to disbursements
2)Coordinated purchase card processing, ensuring purchases met the company requirements, and were coded correctly and processed timely
3)Completed annual filing of Form 1099s using the ERP and filing quarterly of
Companies reports such as fuel tax and sales taxes
4)Entry of verified invoices into the ERP system and scheduled invoices for payment
5)Coordinated and monitored chargeback systems including maintaining daily and monthly billing and completed copying and printing requests
6)Completed year-end closure of outstanding purchase orders, setting up new vendor
Professional Experience:
Accounts Payable – All phases, from purchase order to issuing checks
Cost accounting – job cost, standard cost, process costing
Coordinate month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
Management of general ledger and account reconciliations
Review variances from analysis of monthly budget vs. actual, meeting with managers
Inventory accounting – Both physical counts and process counts
Fixed Assets – Establishing cost, set up and following depreciation, plus disposal
Project Accounting – from initial project set-up, percent of completion billings and final
Payroll Management in a Union Company – For two different companies
Preparation and coordination of audit work papers – saving company money
Budgeting in large and small companies
Seven plus years in a manufacturing environment
Computer experience:
Software
SAP QAD Lawson
Microsoft Word JD Edwards AccPac
AccPacPlus PeopleSoft Oracle
Excel Word Powerpoint
Access WordPerfect Outlook
AS400 Hyperion Great Plains
Dbase III Plus Unix
Employment History:
Contract Senior Accountant 11/07 to 01/12 Various locations
Senior Accountant, Snyder Roofing, Inc, Tigard, OR 01/13-01/19/12(Contract)
Senior Accountant, UTI Corporation, Portland, OR 11/9/11-1116/11(Contract)
Production Accountant, Darigold Dairy, Portland, OR 04/13/11-4/17/11(Contract)
Gen. Ledger Accountant, Self-Enhancement Inc., Portland, OR 09/2010-10/10(Contract)
Senior Accountant, LEP High School (Charter High School), 08/08-10/08(Contract)
Senior Accountant, Hewlett Packard,, Corvallis, OR 05/08-07/08(Contract)
Supervisor, Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 01/2008-02/08(Contract)
Accountant, Cascade Microtech IncBeaverton, OR 02/07-10/07
Senior Accountant, Knowledge Universe Portland, OR 10/06-02/07(Contract)
Senior Accountant, Beall Corporation, Portland, OR 04/06-07/06(Contract)
Senior Accountant, Nautilus Vancouver, WA 01/06-04/06(Contract)
Fixed Asset Accountant, Knowledge Learning Corp., Portland, OR 08/05-02/06(Contract)
Senior Accountant, Livebridge, Milwaukie, OR 06/05-08/05(Contract)
Sr Accountant, United Way of Columbia-Willamette, Portland, OR 01/05-03/05(Contract)
Accountant/Office Mgr, Rigging Products, Inc., Portland, OR 04/03 to 07/04
Senior Accountant, Providence Medical Center Portland, OR 01/02 to 04/03 (Contract)
Cash Office Supervisor/Accountant, Meier & Frank Company, Portland, OR 01/01 to 12/01
Cost Accountant, Atlas Copco Wagner, Inc., Portland, OR 01/00 to 01/01
Education:
Bachelors in Management, Minor in Accounting
Linfield College; McMinnville, OR; August, 2002
Associates in Business, Minor in Accounting
Clatsop Community College; Astoria, OR; June 1990
Post Secondary Coursework in Business, Minor in Accounting
Clark College; Vancouver, WA