Dana Pierce
Leesburg, GA *****
Cell: 229-***-****
acz613@r.postjobfree.com
Experience
Bookkeeper/Accountant
Backwoods Outdoors / Livi & Company, Leesburg, GA
August 2016 - Present
● This job entails all accounting duties and office management for three locations which are under the ownership of one owner. Responsibilities include cash management and reconciliation, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, and financial reporting for three retail stores. I am responsible for compiling all year-end and financial information to provide our CPA for tax return preparation. Duties also include general administrative and office management.
Bookkeeper/Accountant
Knight’s Appliance, Albany, GA
November 2014-August 2016
● The responsibilities of this job consist of all accounting procedures, including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, and general ledger postings and reconciliations. Duties include monthly closing of the accounting system, the preparation and review of monthly financial statements, and updating financial worksheets. I also worked with owner and outside business consultant in developing an annual company budget, which was updated and reviewed with owner on a monthly basis.
Sales Administrator
Flint Equipment Company, Albany, GA
July 2014 – November 2014
● This job entailed handling all transactions relating to equipment inventory, including loading received equipment and attachments into accounting system, entering A/P invoices for all equipment-related transactions, entering internal change orders for equipment, invoicing all sold equipment, and paying for sold equipment. Duties also included extensive use of Sharepoint and John Deere’s web-based dealer system. I was responsible for communicating with salesmen, finance manager, and branch managers concerning all equipment sales and costs and calculating sales commissions. This position was responsible for these duties for five branch locations.
Bookkeeper/Accountant
Town & Country Equipment, Albany, GA
September 2013 – July 2014
● The responsibilities of this job included the full-range of the accounting process for a retail outdoor equipment dealer, including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, multiple-account bank reconciliation, and general ledger postings and reconciliations. Duties included the reporting and payment of payroll and sales taxes, monthly inventory reconciliations, providing monthly financial statements to management, and handling contracts on sold equipment. Until March 2013, the company operated a separate store location in Americus, Georgia; I also handled all bookkeeping work for this branch location. Worked with Aspen software as well as processing payroll with QuickBooks software.
Bookkeeper/Accountant
Holley Group/Miles Drywall, Albany, GA
May 1995 – September 2013
● The responsibilities of this job included the full-range of the accounting process for a commercial drywall subcontractor, including cash management, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, contract billing, job costing, general ledger, and providing monthly financial reporting to management. Worked extensively with preparing monthly contract billings with all documentation. Maintained all job-related contracts, change orders, and other correspondence. I was responsible for working directly with CPA firm to provide information for fiscal-year and tax reporting. Duties also included general office procedures, such as typing bid proposals and extra work estimates, maintaining insurance certificates, payroll and sales tax returns, filing, and typing miscellaneous correspondence. Worked with AccuBuild software.
Accounts Receivable Clerk / Contract Billing
Pan American Electric, Nashville, TN
June 1994 – May 1995
● Duties included preparing monthly progress billings for large commercial construction projects for an electrical subcontractor. This position was also responsible for preparing billing invoices for service/maintenance calls for both the service and petroleum divisions of the company. In addition, I worked with the petroleum division of the company in setting up a computerized inventory system.
Bookkeeper/Office Manager
Miles Plastering, Inc., Albany, GA
June 1988 – May 1994
• Originally hired as the payroll clerk, responsible for preparing weekly payrolls, tax reports and payments, and W-2 forms. Duties also included general office procedures of typing, filing, and answering phones. Promoted after two years to bookkeeper, with duties including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, job cost, monthly contract billing, and general ledger.
Georgia Southwestern State University
Bachelor Degree-Business Administration/Accounting
2011 - 2013
•Award for highest undergraduate GPA
•Graduated summa cum laude
•Member of Beta Gamma Sigma
Darton State College, Albany, GA
Associates Degree – Business Administration/Accounting
1998-2000
•Experienced in QuickBooks
•Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
•Completed college-level course in Peachtree accounting software
REFERENCES
Louis Martin
CPA, Partner at James Moore & Co.
2477 Tim Gamble Place
Tallahassee, Florida 32308 850-***-**** acz613@r.postjobfree.com
Milton Jordan
CPA, Former Partner at Draffin & Tucker
Albany, Georgia
Larry Griffin
Manager, Flint Equipment
1206 Blaylock Street
Albany, GA 31705
Dan Stallings
Former Owner, Town & Country Equipment
2815 Gillionville Road
Albany, Georgia 31721
Brian Wetherald
Owner of Wetherald Associates
1804-C Cowles Lane
Albany, Georgia 31705
Chuck Knight
Owner of Knights Appliances
146 N. Slappey Blvd.
Albany, Georgia 31701
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