Manager Accounting

Tara Taylor

**** ***** ***, ***** ******** Hills Texas, 76182 817-***-**** *************@*****.***

Summary

Over 10 years’ experience in various aspects of accounting management, financial reporting, internal and external auditing procedures and project management. Strong analytical, organizational skills, attention to detail and proficient in Microsoft Office. Core competencies include:

Financial statement analysis

Conflict resolution

Account reconciliation

General ledger accounting

Result Oriented

Superior research skills

Effective time management

Process Improvement

Experience

ACCOUNTANT III UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER 07/2006 TO CURRENT

Investigate and resolve discrepancies in monthly income and expenditure accounts while under tight deadlines. Reconcile balance sheet accounts. Answer and/or research questions from management, departments, and external/ internal entities. Preparation and analysis of financial reports including the Annual Financial Report, National Science Foundation, Working Trial Balance and the Cash Reconciliation, and quarterly MSRDP/FSP reports. Coordinate with department on reports provided by them to meet monthly, quarterly and yearly deadlines. Review income and expenditures for proper coding. Monthly reviews of financial statements for variance analysis. Special projects as needed.

-Hold quarterly meetings with Assistant VP of Accounting and Fiscal Services and the Director of Accounting Operations and Fiscal Reports to review the MSRDP/FSP reports before sending to The University of Texas System.

-Support the Director and Manager with unassigned Annual Financial Report (AFR) task such as foot notes, supervision of fellow staff with checking for errors throughout all funds which is crucial for financial soundness, and overseeing tasks that has not yet been completed.

-Train and guide coworkers on difficult tasks to improve processes and department efficiency.

-Instruct coworkers to verify the WTB balances with the Statement of Net Position and the Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position.

-Assist Fiscal Reports Manager with training on how to utilize Microsoft programs such as access to create pivot tables and reports for variance analysis which is distributed to upper management.

-Facilitate training of co-workers on Journal Voucher uploads into PeopleSoft.

-Trained Hospital Accountant on all monthly and yearly duties related to the hospital including schedules, the accuracy of non-capital and capital, RFS Debt, and reconciling and clearing payroll and miscellaneous entries from the intercompany accounts.

-Manage and maintain proper Reconciliation of the OAS system (internal) to Siemens system (Hospital external system).

-Researched and implemented procedures to extract data for hospitals reports from the OAS and Siemens systems.

-Supervised the development of the C-1A (Schedule of Hospital Revenues) envision report. Verify annually to make sure all accounts are included and UT System did not make any changes to the report.

-Implemented procedures for the C-1A (Schedule of Hospital Revenues) and C-2A (Schedule of Hospital Expenditures) to ensure accuracy.

-Prepared the AFR Blended Component Units such as Moncrief Foundation, Moncrief Cancer Institute, and the National Pediatric Infectious Disease Foundation into the Annual Financial Report. Managed communication with the component units to resolve any discrepancies.

-Prepared AFR Tuition Discounting entry and ensured spreadsheet formatting was correct, if not department was contacted for corrected spreadsheet.

-Supervised the training of coworkers assigned to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) report and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

-Managed communications with departments to receive information in a timely manner to meet NSF deadline.

-Revamped and improved processes to obtain NSF information from accounting system.

-Initiated the implementation of the current end of year Working Trial Balance (WTB) which makes the end result that the Auditors provide more efficient and understandable which reduced the variance analysis explanations.

-Created process to obtain information from PeopleSoft for the Cash Reconciliation.

-Serve as a resource to co-workers for advice and guidance on issues/questions on an as needed basis to ensure timely delivery of financials.

BUSINESS MANAGER – RURAL HEALTH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 09/2003 TO 07/2006

-Managed and reconciled department accounts.

-Oversaw and managed the Audit for the Area Health Education Center.

-Instructed and resolved any accounting issues medical staff encountered.

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 08/2000 TO 09/2003

-Managed the opening and closing of accounts in a timely manner.

-Managed and reconciled balance sheet accounts

-Answer and/or research questions from management, departments, and external/ internal entities.

-Prepared internal and external financial reports.

-Managed grantees to make sure guidelines set by grantor were followed.

-Supervised the reconciliation of TechFim system (internal) to USAS system (external).

-Investigated and resolved discrepancies in monthly income and expenditure accounts while under tight deadlines.

Education

BACHOLORS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: ACCOUNTING 1998 AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY

Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity

Additional Information

-Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Birdville Area Youth Futbol Alliance for four years. Oversaw all financial decisions, managed the accounting system, and made decisions in the absence of the President and Vice President.

-Assisted the President of the Family Readiness Group with soldiers’ deployment. In charge of all communications between the battalion and the spouses, spouse and finance while deployed.

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