Tina M. Jackson

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Accountant

Summary of Qualifications

●7+ years of accounting experience with expertise in preparing journal entries, bank reconciliations, and variance analysis.

●Experience processing and managing general ledgers for internal department in accordance with accounting laws and compliance regulations. Supervisor for eight in a fast paced, wealth management industry.

●Proven track record in problem solving using Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle Financials and PeopleSoft applications to meet accounting deadlines.

●Master Science Degree with a concentration in Accounting, CPA Eligible.

Core Competencies

Oracle Financials PeopleSoft General Ledger Internal Audit

Accounts Payable/Receivable Pivot Tables Journal Entries X - Lookup

Microsoft Dynamics GP Advanced Excel Bank Reconciliation Financial Management

Cash Reconciliation Organizational Skills Financial Controls Cash Management

V - Lookup Finance Principles Sales Force & SAP Variance Analysis

Professional Experience

Senior Accountant, Ingredion, Bedford Park, Illinois 1/2023 to 8/2023

Provided financial information to support month-end accounting and analysis of plant operations for U.S./Canadian manufacturing plants (sweetener and plant-based protein). Daily tasks consist of timely and accurate completion of financial close, analysis of costs and providing business driven variances to forecasts. Participated in and guided forecasting for plant manufacturing expenses. Ensured the journal entries posted for inventory calculated the year-to-date accrual. Created procedures for my daily processes.

Financial Analysis/Month End Accounting – Provided product cost estimates, accruals and analysis; analyzed and reported on cost variances against standard/forecasts; participated in the month-end closing process of plants.

Internal Audit: Performed monthly and quarterly testing.

Inventory Variance Analysis: Reviewed mid-month/Monthly production and inventory adjustments to ensure accurate and timely reporting of plant performance.

Inventory Management: Monitored inventory receipts/balances to ensure accurate and timely reporting of plant balance sheet accounts.

Forecasting/Budgeting: Worked cross-functionally across several plants to prepare monthly forecasts and periodic budgets.

Account Reconciliation: Prepared monthly account reconciliations in a timely manner to ensure internal control policies were being followed.

Accountant, Gateway Foundation, Chicago, Illinois 1/2022 to 1/2023

Ensured my balance sheet and income accounts were reconciled and balanced in Microsoft Dynamics. Reconciled the non-for-profit donation reconciliation. Reclassed any entries creating the end of the month variances. Analyzed the monthly expense accounts to allocate the appropriate accruals. Created journal entries to capture the monthly balances for telecommunications usage for several locations. Researched discrepancies on the utilities spreadsheet versus the amounts documented by the bank. Prepared the accounting schedule for enterprise auto variances. Reviewed the income and expense reports to retrieve documentation for variances. Created procedures for my daily processes.

Account Reconciliation: Reconciled ten accounts monthly for variances.

Variance Analysis: Reviewed the weekly site analysis for any variances over 5k.

General ledger: Researched the transactions documented on the general ledger but required a ‘re-classification’.

Internal Audit: Ensured the supporting detail was clear and concise for my daily processes.

External Audit: Prepared schedules and footnotes for the audited financial statements.

Month End Close: Expedited the end of month analysis and journal entries to assist with this process.

Robert Half, Chicago, Illinois 7/2020 to 04/2021

Accountant, Les Mills

Reconciled the collections receivables for accounting by utilizing Microsoft Dynamics. Researched the miscellaneous items on the aging report over sixty days. Responsible for collections processes and maintenance of the customer aging report. Monitoring of accounts receivable aging for overdue debtors for license fees, equipment and virtual music software.

Account Reconciliation: Ensured the customer payments and credits were applied to the correct account.

Financial Analysis: Reviewed the account receivable aging and ensured the bad debt goal was surpassed.

Accounting Audits: Reduced and maintained a less than sixty-day a/r balance from weekly quality control.

Cash Reporting: Created and agreeing to payment plans and managing the customer obligations. Processed debit and credit memos which resulted in wire or check returns to clients.

Creative Financial, Chicago, Illinois 1/2020 to 03/2020

Accountant, Smith Bucklin

Reconciled accurate client reporting daily for five clients. Ensured the account analysis reports and general ledger were accurate. Compiled the financial statement package and submitted to management for review. Located detailed back up for client entries for the auditors. Ensured the appropriate client codes were used for the Oracle reports. Verified the back up for the expense reports for proper payment.

Account Reconciliation: Entered client monthly activity into the cash sheet to be reconciled monthly.

Treasury: Processed wires and verified check request per the client request.

Financial Analysis: Compiled the statement of financial position every month for the client.

Reporting: Reconciled fee reports according to the information provided by the clients and analysis reports.

Account Reconciliation: Reconciled the bank statement and investment statement to ensure the client had proper reporting.

Robert Half, Chicago, Illinois 12/2019 to 1/2020

Accountant, Ontario Management

Reconciled parking tax for each event, while ensuring the information is accurate by date, amount and event name. Parking lot utilization was documented to ensure the audit was accurate by date and time specified. Parking tax audit was completed to provide a detailed analysis for each event.

Accounting Audits: Reviewed online sales by event to cross reference against the monthly parking tax audit. Verified inventory sold, revenue shares and box office fees against the ledger analysis.

Account Classification: Entered the event and parking information on the audit spreadsheet by month, date and year.

Financial Analysis: Calculated the utilization rate for each parking event.

Account Reconciliation: Reconciled the end of month total against the information provided by the event promoter.

Robert Half, Chicago, Illinois 11/2019 to 12/2019

Accountant, Greenheart International

Traced voucher transactions related to invoice, credits memos, refunds, and payments between program database and the financial general ledger system (multi-view), identified any transaction either missing, unrecorded, recorded but requires ‘reclassification’ and prepared a list of those transactions for appropriate ‘general ledger’ recording as per GAAP.

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Financial Analysis: Compiled invoice, credit memos, refunds records in the program database and compared against financial general ledger system (multiview) in order to identify missing transactions or inaccurate transactions.

Account Reconciliation: Compiled payment transactions related to those invoices received via wire, credit cards, ach and identify if any payment transaction has not been recorded in the financial general ledger system (general ledger multiview) in order to identify missing/unrecorded transactions, reclassification.

Accounting Audits: Prepared a list of documented transactions by clearly identifying and gathering supporting documents.

Cash Reporting: Invoiced, credit memos, refunds records exist in the program database, however, never billed/booked in general ledger system.

General ledger: Ensured the transaction records have been documented in general ledger but require a ‘re-classification’ as per supporting documents.

Addison Group, Chicago, Illinois 06/2019 to 08/2019

Accountant, Metropolitan Capital Bank

Accountant, Catholic Theological Union

Oversaw monthly cash reconciliations for the bank and union by using Oracle account software. Analyzed the account reconciliations before completing the current month reconcilement. Produced reports to analyze the account analysis versus the general ledger for those reconcilements.

Account Reconciliation: Ensured the analysis on the prior month reconcilement coincided with the current reports.

Financial Analysis: Analyzed the information from the system reports to the general ledger analysis. This information was compared to the data on the statement of income.

Accounting Audits: Identified discrepancies between the bank statements and general ledgers using oracle reports and account analysis reports.

Accountant - Independent Contractor 01/2019 to 05/2019

Accounting Audits: Processed electronic tax returns for select individuals and ensuring the appropriate IRS forms were completed for each person.

Accountant, Leggett & Platt, Bedford Park, Illinois 08/2018 to 12/2018

Reconciled the monthly cost accounting by utilizing the Oracle software. Created general ledger entries to balance the bank statement to the items on the monthly reports. Researched the monthly out of balances to ensure proper reporting for quarter end. Ensured the information on the financial reports were accurate before submitting to management.

Account Reconciliation: Completed costing for multiple locations and categories, maintained and investigated costing discrepancies, reconciled overseas inventory, freight, and agent commission fees at month end.

Financial Analysis: Ensured the system reporting was accurate for the weekly cost rollups, calculated royalties for the unit and redistribute cost. Verified the information on the final reports were accurate compared to the statement of income.

Accounting Audits: Assisted in resolving invoice match discrepancies, coded accounts payable invoices to the correct account number.

Trend Analysis: Tracked ocean freight trends, accrued freight and inventory on the water at month end, completed discount trends in the system, and calculated the rebate payments.

General ledger: Created entries to document the freight on the water versus items on hand. Ensured the entries on the reports were accurate compared to the bank statements.

Accountant - Independent Contractor 01/2018 to 05/2018

Accounting Audits: Processed electronic tax returns for select individuals and ensuring the appropriate IRS forms were completed for each person.

Accountant, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois 04/2017 to 11/2017

Oversaw monthly cash reconciliations for ten commercial and department accounts by using Oracle account software. Verified the capital assets invoices to ensure proper accrual from accounts receivable reports. Analyzed the account reconciliations before completing the current month reconcilement.

Account Reconciliation: Analyzed and reconciled main cash accounts using the general ledger versus the bank statement and processed changes for balanced books which resulted into accurate monthly accounting.

Accounting Audits: Identified discrepancies between the bank statements and general ledgers using oracle reports and account analysis reports.

Treasury: Performed daily bank related cash management activities by ensuring oracle journal entries were created to reconcile the daily bank statement.

Check Processing: Processed Oracle journal entries for check requisitions and budget line refunds after this task has been approved the check information is entered on JP Morgan Chase check processing system.

Tax Allocation: Compiled the monthly data for treasury to pay monthly property taxes, this was completed from allocating the percentage to pay to each cost center.

Accounts Payable Accrual: Verified the invoices for capital assets to ensure they were properly allocated; the information was derived from the accounts payable report versus the oracle financial reporting.

Year End Audit: Assisted with the yearly audit by updating assigned audit tasks with the new stats for current year based on performance metrics.

Technical Coordinator, Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, Illinois 06/2004 to 06/2015

Executed all duties related to providing a steady workflow. Prepared process optimization reports to management regarding the staff daily stats. Provided back up support for my staff for high volumes times. Provided team leader support by ensuring the staff was adequately train in all support areas.

Leadership: Supervised eight wire funds processors and technicians and monitored the workflow and ensured the daily goals were met.

Financial Audits: Performed monthly self-audits and assisted the internal auditors with the necessary data to surpass audit guidelines.

Quality Control: Printed checks and ensure quality before distribution, this process prevents duplicate or illegible checks.

Fund Reporting: Generated daily fundmaster reports for processing to ensure the global accounts were processed timely before the end of day.

Senior Funds Technician, Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, Illinois

Directed the reconciling of cash breaks and out of balances. Researched the discrepancies by following up with the fund managers. Compared the wiring information to the imaged copy on file for accuracy. Ensured the reporting was current to prevent late trading. Verified the accuracy of the redemption fees. Approved Webcash movement wires from fund managers.

Cash Reconciliation: Reconciled cash transactions to Northern Funds via eft, wires and IL gl. to ensure accurate numerics for the reporting sent to the fund managers.

Cash Reporting: Updated Crystal reports to ensure no late trading and reviewed daily exception report for trust related inquiries.

Fund Allocation: Processed weekly redemption fee breakdown for month-end closing to fund accountants which resulted in an accurate balance of accounting records.

Senior Reconciler, Northern Trust Bank contracted through Addison Search, Chicago, Illinois

Directed the reconciling of security and cash out of balances. Ensured the asset codes were originated from the correct source. Posted general ledger journals to clear any old reconciling items. Ensured the reporting and data were accurate between Julius Baer global custodian and Northern Trust.

Stock Reconciliation: Reconciled security transactions between Northern Trust and Julius Baer and reconciled security and cash transactions to Julius Baer global custodians.

Reporting: Processed daily exception report for outstanding items which allowed the fund managers to actively research pending items.

Financial Statements: Reviewed the trial balance for missing statements to ensure cash transactions that require reconciling.

Financial Specialist, United Insurance, Chicago, Illinois 01/1999 to 12/2003

Reconciled the monthly district reconciliations. Compiled data to ensure the balance sheet review was successful. Researched out of balances in relation to the bank statement versus general ledger. Ensure the cash management activities were processed accurately. Reviewed the electronic wire information before processing daily wires.

Cash Management: Processed ACH wire transfers daily from operating account to ensure that the daily cash management activities were updated in a timely manner.

Account Reconciliation: Reconciled outstanding records and payments based on duplicates and fraudulent requests.

Balance Sheet Review: Reviewed and prepared monthly balance sheet for state filings from the income statement.

Accounts Payable/Paycycle Analyst, Andersen Consulting, Chicago, Illinois 01/1997 to 1/1999

Assisted in the daily full cycle Accounts Payable process. Entered invoices and cross-referenced the charge numbers for accuracy in People Soft. Obtained a high percentage rate of a 99% on invoices while surpassing the daily quota of 100. Researched incomplete invoices to ensure quality and processed past due invoices.

Account Audits: Achieved a 99% success rate on invoices while obtaining daily quota of 100 by reviewing and auditing accounts payables and receivables transactions.

Customer Service: Assisted customer contact team by resolving and logging daily service calls. This resulted in a higher rate of satisfied clients.

Accounts Payable Reporting: Processed weekly status reports of outstanding invoices. This allowed us time to process past due invoices.

Education

Master of Science, Accounting (GPA 3.67)

Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Accounting

Robert Morris College, Chicago, Illinois

CPA Eligible – Becker CPA Review 2017

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