Accounts Payable Sales

JoAnn Pursley Lynch

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Birchwood, TN 37308

Home phone: 423-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

A highly creative, goal-oriented professional with solid accounting experience. Demonstrated experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable, commissions, purchasing, payroll and sales tax. Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines. A strong work ethic combined with a commitment to excellence in all projects undertaken. A team player, working effectively with sales staff, vendors, state tax agencies and senior management in accomplishing objectives. Exemplary communication and presentation skills. Computer literate with Excel, Word and Great Plains software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ERMC, Chattanooga, TN 2014 - 2016

Staff Accountant

Bank reconciliations and petty cash for several companies. Fixed assets tracking, depreciation expense and reporting. Business licensing, renewals, property tax listings and filings and annual report filings for all ERMC companies. Assist with all audits and compiling all month end reports to binders. Special projects as needed.

HYCHEM, INC.-Tampa, FL 2006 – 2013

Senior Staff Accountant

Month end operating system closure for Hychem and Hychem Canada. Responsible for subsidiary reports, accruals and journal entries. Complete responsible for bank reconciliations, all accounts payable duties, all State sales taxes and Canadian GST filings, including researching and submitting amended returns. Responsible for monthly inventory reconciliations with all public warehouses. Responsible for fixed asset entry, disposal and reporting. Responsible for accounts receivable and invoicing for Hychem Canada. Responsible for submitting commission and expense reports to payroll. Responsible for assisting with annual audit requests.

Instrumental in clearing numerous sales tax issues with various States

Instrumental in organizing and maintaining filing system

Cleared all old accounts payable issues to current within three months.

CORVEST-Largo, FL 2006

Staff Accountant

Month end operating system closure for Advalite, a division of Corvest. Assisted accounts payble. Responsible for intercompany reconciliation for three subsidiary companies via Corvest. Responsible for daily cash draws, sweeps, and reconciliations, including wire transfer to customers and between companies. Responsible for department supply orders from Corporate Express.

S&R FASTENERS-St. Petersburg, FL 2000 – 2006

Staff Accountant

Month end operating system closure through completing financials for International Epoxies & Sealers, Inc., a division of S&R Fasteners along with preparation of budget comparisons for management. Responsible for all accounts payable. Complete responsibility of commissions, including providing 1099 information. Responsible for sales/use taxes. Receiving, logging and tracking special orders on items not carried in inventory. Responsible for bank transfers. Reconciling accounts receivables and matching to cash journal. Analyzing and computing bin leases for sales department. Back-up support for processing sales orders and accounts receivables.

Instrumental in making all past due accounts payable current within one month of hire date

Instrumental in making past due bin leases current and getting new leases completed in a timely fashion.

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON GROUP-St Petersburg, FL 1998 – 1999

Accounting Specialist

Responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable and dividends payable for mutual funds. Responsible for daily sales and redemptions reporting for Templeton funds by appropriate daily deadline. Analyzing and correcting exception items on various reconciliations and projects. Back-up support for the daily holdover reporting. Training and monitoring of new employees into accounting area.

Instrumental in clearing difficult exception items

Chosen for special projects requiring analytical skills

Recipient of Four Management Discretion Awards, Four Weekend Warrior Awards, One On-The-Spot Award and One Goofy Award

BEST LABS-St Petersburg, FL 1998

Accounts Payable Accountant

Responsible for all accounts payable and payroll for approximately 75 employees. Reorganizing and instituting new filing system for accounts payable. Back-up support for Controller.

Increased efficiency 15% with new filing system.

PROVIDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE-Chattanooga, TN 1981 – 1987

Administrative Assistant

Responsible for licensing mass marketing field agents and paying commissions. Preparing 1099 tax information forms, administering advance checks and inputting commission checks. Balancing and maintaining various monthly reconciliations. Monitoring and training several employees.

Enhanced working relationships between salespeople and clerks

Assisted in setting up new Mass Marketing Division.

EDUCATION

TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE-Athens, TN

B.S. in Business Administration: Accounting, 1998

B.S. in Business Administration: Finance, 1998

GPA: 3.867

Dean’s List * Alpha Chi * Top Female Junior * Kiwanis Club Honors

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship * Who’s Who Among Students

CLEVELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-Cleveland, TN

A.S. in Business Administration, 1996

GPA: 4.000

Dean’s List * Phi Theta Kappa

Outstanding Student Award-Business Administration

Outstanding Student Award - Economics

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