Kimberly Karol Mason

Cell: 712-***-****

Email: ad208e@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

Buena Vista University - Denison Center, Storm Lake, Iowa

Major: Accounting - B.A. GPA 3.97

Des Moines Area Community College - Carroll Campus, Des Moines, Iowa

Double Major: Accounting Paraprofessional - A.S.; Liberal Arts - A.A. GPA 4.0

Exceptional interpersonal skills:

●Assertive – proven ability to clarify and confirm customer requests or special requests from management and team in a professional and friendly manner

●Prioritize and organize to complete tasks timely

●Make suggestions as needed and create process improvements to increase efficiencies

●Direct and concise verbal and written communications to clarify requests

●Organized to meet deadlines

Summary of Experience:

Federal Home Loan Bank - Des Moines Des Moines IA 50309

Corp Accounting Analyst

Aug2021 - May2022 (Contract Project)

Accounts Payable

●Strong attention to detail to process and monitor AP inbox

●Process and monitor Supplier Vendor Related compliance information within Workday

●Complete payment research for Management and Business Units

●Code and enter payments into Workday

Metro Waste Authority Des Moines IA 50309

Payroll Accountant

Oct2017 - Mar2021

Payroll for 75+ employees - Union and Administrative

●ACH generation and payments

●Reconcile, create wire transfers, ACH and check requests

●Accrual posting, reconciliation

●Third party vendor payments/reconciliation

●Create processes and documentation for 3rd Party payment procedures

●Audit cost centers, variance research and corrections

●GL entries

●Bank reconciliations

●GL account reconciliations

●Create data-heavy, formula-embedded excel spreadsheets

●Mine, analyze, interpret, create managerial reports

●Continuous process improvement: test for validity, reasonableness and accuracy

●Prepare for yearly audit

●Reconcile AP and AR vendor accounts

●Contact vendors, correct accounts, verify with AP/AR accounting specialists

●Update vendors contact and payment information, W9s, 1099s

●Organize and maintain departmental files of records, reports and correspondence

Dillard-Lewis, Highland Express Shuttle Raleigh NC 27604

Staff Accountant

Oct2013 - Sep2016

Payroll

●Audit, cost centers, variance research and corrections

●GL entries, Bank reconciliations

●Multiple state payroll tax research and resolutions

●B/S, P&L GL account reconciliations

Accounts Payable

●Verify, code, check runs

●Update vendors, W9s, 1099s

GKN Driveline – Alamance Mebane, NC 27302

Financial Analyst (Contract Project)

May2013 – Aug2013

Fixed Assets

●Analyze, verify, reconcile $30M of capital expenses for 2007 through 2013 audit

●Create data-heavy, formula-embedded excel spreadsheets

●Manually pull, scan, save AP invoices for backup

●Updated 2014 projects for new budget

Duke University Durham, NC 27708

Financial Analyst (Contract Project)

Oct2012 – Apr2013

Database

●Alumni Development Records maintenance

●Analyze, update alumni/friends bio information

Mail/File Maintenance

●Screen, route mail and documents.

●Organize and maintain departmental files of records, reports and correspondence

ABB, Inc Cary, NC 27511

HR 3rd Party Payroll Analyst, Project Development (Contract Project)

Mar2011 - Apr2012

Project Development

●Create process and documentation for 3rd Party Payroll procedures

●Mine, analyze, interpret, create managerial reports and reconcile data from multiple sources

●Test for validity, reasonableness and accuracy, continuous improvement

●Create data heavy excel spreadsheets with macros

John Deere & Co Fuquay Varina, NC 27526

Budget Accountant, Cost Analyst

Dec2009 - Nov2010

Budget

●Create, maintain multiple department budgets and reports - YE expense calculation and accrual

●Quarterly audits - petty cash, warehouse and plant security

●Sox Internal Control review process and audit participant

●ME/YE close GL entries and accruals

●GL accounts reconciliation

●Motor Fuel Tax calculations

●Travel/Expense accrual

●Yen Derivative forecast, monthly exposure

Cost

●Cost/Price Ratio analysis

●Rep Machine cost in put and maintenance used for cost analysis and NAFTA verification

●Scrap analysis

●Cost of IT

John Deere & Co Moline, IL 61265

Freight Pay Accountant, Financial Analyst, Project Development (Freight Re-engineering)

Mar2008 - Dec2009

Freight Pay Accountant

●Manage .5 billion dollar 3PL freight payment stream

●Sox compliance review departmental representative

Database

●Query, maintain, analyze and create financial reports to support managerial and customer decisions

General Ledger

●Reconcile GL accounts

Cost Accounting

●Apply costs to Deere business units

Banking

●Reconcile, create wire transfers, ACH and check requests

Project Development

●Freight re-engineering project and documentation

Computer/Software Experience

●Accounting software: APD, Workday, Great Plains, QuickBooks, SAP, Creative Solutions, AS-400, Business Objects, Hyperion, Oracle

●Microsoft Windows: proficient in Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook

●Macintosh OS X, Windows Office for Mac 2004: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook

●Industry-specific software: Cost Management Solutions (CMS)

Achievements

●President's list (4.0) - 8 semesters; Dean's list - balance of semesters

●Phi Theta Kappa honor society member and treasurer

●Studied at University of London, United Kingdom, February - April 2003

●Iowa Tuition Grant liaison between Buena Vista University and Iowa State legislators

●Honored by having several college projects used as teaching examples by former professors

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