Accounting Management

SENIOR-LEVEL ACCOUNTING MANAGER

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Fiscally responsible Accounting Manager and administrative leader with over 15 years’ experience in accounting, payroll, HR support, office management, and consumer lending. Strong analytical, planning, forecasting, financial management, and team building skills. Experienced managing and handling general ledgers, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, financial reports, bookkeeping, collections, cash flow management, credit analysis and internal audits. Highly analytical and organized with impeccable attention to details. Proven knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance. Delivers excellent support to accounting leaders and executives, partnering company-wide to achieve goals. Proven track record managing multiple simultaneous priorities with tight deadlines. Reliable individual contributor and cooperative team player. Adaptable to fast-paced environments. Competently meets deadlines and continuously maintains confidentiality. Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

SKILLS & CORE COMPETENCIES

Accounting Management & Business Analyses

Accounts Payable (A/P)

Accounts Receivable (A/R)

Team Management & Leadership

Financial Management & General Ledgers (GL)

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Policies & Procedures Development

Vendor & Project Management

Financial Software & Technical Acumen

Monthly, Quarterly & Year End Closes

Billing, Budgeting & Financial Forecasting

Financial Statements, Analyses & Reporting

Internal Audits

Accounting Department Development

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Special T, Alpharetta, GA 2015 - Present

ACCOUNTING ANALYST

Preparation of monthly commission reports

Preparation of quarterly tax reports

Variance analysis on all Sales Orders and A/P Invoices

Complete monthly bank reconciliations

System file maintenance and cleanup

Sales Order and A/P invoice entry as needed

Community Club Management, Roswell, GA 2008 – 2015

ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Charged with directing accounting operations and supervising an accounting staff of five. Oversaw general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, collections, vendor relations, payroll processing, expense policy and expense control.

Compiled and distributed monthly financial statements, and performed variance analysis on all income statements.

Prepared annual budgets as well as monthly budgets for new properties.

Completed financial forecasts, organized and monitored monthly financial closes.

Corrected monthly general ledger and prepared financial forecasts.

Prepared invoices for chargebacks based on A/P account activity.

Suntrust Bank, Atlanta, GA 2007 – 2007

BUSINESS ANALYST

Liaised with external vendors on behalf of management and Human Resource teams. Reviewed, analyzed and evaluated business systems and user needs, gathering relevant information and recommending solutions to improve business operations.

Documented and translated business processes, providing detailed reports to leadership team and HR.

Developed and delivered multiple HR and payroll Excel spreadsheet reports to management.

Created several Access queries and reports, reporting payroll, HR, and business analysis details.

Alfred Karcher Inc., Duluth, GA 2006 – 2007

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ANALYST/SPECIAL PROJECTS

Performed accounts payable duties and completed special accounting projects as assigned.

Processed invoices into SAP, organized weekly check-runs, reconciled general ledger accounts and bank statements.

Created various production and inventory Excel spreadsheets for management reporting.

Clorox Corporation, Oakland, CA 2004 – 2006

VENDOR ANALYST

Served as customer liaison between outside vendors, A/P team and managers. Led as project member responsible for centralizing A/P functions within accounting team. Provided systems support for A/P and plant locations. Developed management reporting tools.

Analyzed and reconciled SAP accrued liability accounts.

Ran numerous SAP accounting reports for management team.

Implemented new SAP accounting system company-wide.

Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA 2000 – 2003

BUSINESS ANALYST

Partnered with project managers, ensuring timely completion of internal system projects. Liaised on behalf of HR, Payroll department and external vendors. Created web-based tools to manage payroll and benefit changes initiated by employees

Developed detailed and functional specifications for various HR and Payroll projects, streamlining processes while reducing overhead costs.

Managed payroll and benefits projects using Visual Basic, MS Access and MS Project.

Chevron Corporation, Concord, CA 1985 – 2000

SYSTEMS ANALYST

Organized monthly and biweekly payroll closes and coordinated foreign payroll. Facilitated training and implemented new reporting system using MS Access and Oracle databases; saved company $16M annually in reporting expenditures. Managed a team of six accounts payable clerks.

Implemented, trained and provided ongoing support of JD Edwards’ payroll system.

Provided ongoing support and created new reports as needed.

Charged with monthly and yearly accounting closes, and account reconciliations.

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Managed incoming purchase orders and service agreements, and conducted account reconciliations. Responsible for month end closes. Opened and closed all fixed asset accounts.

Created training manuals and test cases for JDE payroll system.

Coordinated training classes and meetings with users and programmers.

Provided assistance for programming, user changes and system updates.

EDUCATION

Business & Accounting

Los Medanos Junior College, Pittsburg, CA – AA Degree

Accounting & Computer Science

John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA

TECHNICAL SKILLS

QuickBooks SAP JD Edwards MS Word Access Excel MS Project MS Visual Basic

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