Education

Strayer University, Bachelor Degree in Accounting - 2005

Coastal Carolina Community College, Associates Degree Accounting -1995

Professional Experience

Diversified Port Holdings, Jacksonville, FL 4/2016 to 7/2016

Staff Accountant - Payroll

Process weekly payroll using Kronos payroll software.

Follow-up with operations managers and HR for approvals, transfers, pay changes, and/or other information needed to process payroll.

Set up new employees in payroll system, including Federal and state tax setup and exemptions, as well as garnishments and other deductions not related to employee benefits.

Reconcile payroll totals and verify all payroll deductions. • Compile, prepare, and maintain payroll reports and statistics. • Calculate and remit employee wage garnishments.

Process 401k funding and various 401k reporting requirements.

Prepare weekly payroll journal entries and enter into the general ledger system(S.A.P)

Compute, process, and remit employee and employer payroll taxes on a semi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis (Federal and multi-state).

Prepare and file monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll tax returns.

Calculate and prepare monthly workers compensation premium payments and accruals for all companies.

Reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts for all companies on a monthly basis as part of month-end close.

Allocate, code, and accrue monthly self-insurance and group insurance billing.

Work with payroll system application vendor, IT Department, and HR Department to identify and correct system calculation and setup issues as they arise.

Maintain filing system for payroll and payroll tax information, with proper retention and restricted access procedures

Kavaliro Staffing contractor for NGA (Northgate Arinso), Jacksonville, FL 11/2015 to 4/2016

Senior Accounting & Funding Analyst

Prepare accurate and timely posting of weekly, biweekly and monthly payroll journal entries.

Prepare and maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations including timely resolution of outstanding reconciling items.

Prepare, update and maintain payroll policies and procedures.

Interact with Payroll Operations Manager to ensure employee’s benefits are appropriately processed.

Recommend process and customer service improvements and innovative solutions.

Support internal and external year-end audit requirements.

Provide payroll data for internal tax filings.

Complete special projects and analysis as needed.

Manages and monitors overall operational performance including root cause analysis, trend analysis and other metrics.

Recommends continuous improvements that enhance timely, responsive, accurate and well controlled service delivery and customer satisfaction ratings.

Essential to this role are the responsibilities that include: evaluating high risk escalations, determining the potential financial and legal impacts to NGA, clients and client employees, and independently recommending on the appropriate course(s) of action to be taken by NGA to minimize adverse impacts to both NGA and its clients.

Stafftime Staffing contractor for Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Jacksonville, FL 7/2015 to 11/2015

Senior Accountant

Prepares and forwards ad-hoc reports

Bank reconciliation

Reviewing the General Ledger

Special projects

Fidelity Information Services (FIS), Jacksonville, FL 3/2015 to 6/2015

Financial Analyst

Performs technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance.

Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial plans, trended future requirements and operating forecasts.

Meets with organizational unit/department managers to discuss and establish timelines and methodologies for completing budgets.

Researches and compiles data to forecast and prepare annual and monthly budget projections for a division or similar of organizations.

Tracks revenue and expenses on a monthly basis, comparing actual to forecasted figures and makes necessary adjustments.

Prepares reports for management summarizing results of research, analyses and evaluation of any discrepancies.

Gathers and analyzes current data to aid in estimating future expenditures.

Performs other related duties assigned as needed.

DISYS Staffing, Jacksonville, FL 11/2014 to 3/2015

FIS Accountant Contractor

Record in General Ledger Month-end closing in Oracle for International Division of FIS for Deferred Revenue Accounts.

Reviews and Prepares Balance Sheet reconciliation for Deferred Revenue accounts in Blackline.

Prepares and Calculate Sales Commission based on compensation plan for sales members.

Prepares and forwards ad-hoc reports from the Sales Pipeline for management.

PARC Management LLC, Jacksonville, FL 11/2009 to 11/2014

Payroll Manager/ Accounts Payable Manager/ Staff Accountant

Review and Process all payrolls from rate changes to child support, court-ordered garnishments and levies.

Successfully completed payroll conversion from UltiPro, ADP to Paychex.

Consistently worked with park Payroll/HR staff to train, standardize and provide management decisions on how best to handle a multitude of situations that occurred every day.

Implemented, standardized and managed J1 Visa tracking an payroll taxation policy.

Implemented and managed relocation tracking and payroll reporting procedures.

Analyzed and maintained monthly bank reconciliation for payroll accounts.

Reconciliation of 941, to Ultipro to General Ledger for payroll.

Process 10,000 W-2 for accuracy

Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financials and related management reports.

Maintain general ledger and prepare monthly and quarterly journal entries within the required time frame.

Assists with intercompany allocations and charges.

Compiles and computes year-end audit items for 401K and Worker’s Comp.

Assist with annual forecasts and budgets.

Recommend and drive continuous improvement through analysis and experience.

Ability to lead and take ownership of all assigned special projects.

Talagy/ATS Support Services, Inc. Jacksonville, FL 10/2007 to 7/2009

Staff Accountant/Internal Auditor

Prepare Financial Statement and budget for all companies.

Analyzed and maintained monthly bank reconciliations.

Prepare taxes and monthly accruals.

General Ledger reconciliations.

Month-end closing and enter routine Journal Entry’s.

Various Short Term & Temporary Contracts (2005 – 2007)

ARC/Nassau Yulee, FL 06/2007 to 12/2007

Accountant Consultant

World Auto Parts, LLC Jacksonville, FL 11/2006 to 5/2007

Accountant

ATS Support Services, Inc. Jacksonville, FL 03/2006 to 10/2006

Staff Accountant/Internal Auditor

ResortQuest, St. Simons, GA (with Express Personnel) 11/2005 to 03/2006

Homeowners Association Accountant

Well Traveled Imports, Inc. Fernandina Beach, FL 01/2005 to 3/2005

Staff Accountant

Technical/Software

S.A.P, Great Plains, AST, Oracle Financial Reports, Ultripro (Payroll), Kronos (Payroll), ADP, Paychex, Microsoft Work, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook & PowerPoint (MS certified), WordPerfect, Front Office Management/ Supervision, Ten Key, QuickBooks Pro, Quicken, Lotus 1,2,3,Peachtree, First Choice, DacEasy, One Write, Dbase III plus.

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