Erica Blackwell

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Lexington, SC 29073

615-***-**** - ad2bfa@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

My experience in project management, process improvement, internal cost controls, staying up-to-date with current compliance, increasing planning and data gathering enable me to work throughout the width/expanse of teams, build strong relationships, offer business solutions and enforce implementation.

Skills

I am a thoroughly motivated professionally with over 20 years of experience in monthly cycle closes regarding, general ledger, account reconciliation, accounting operations, management & supervision, analysis, reporting, AP/AR, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Inventory, and various software and reporting systems. Also, met compliance, guidelines,and requirements for GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and VDA.

Career Highlights

Ability to reduce costs and increase process efficiency while focusing on KPIs and transfer cost. Knowledge and ability to audit while workflow is completed internally and externally.

Career Interruption 12/2020 - 01/2022

December 2020 youngest uncle had a stroke that rendered him blind and heart issues.

January 2021 eldest uncle passed away due to cardiac arrest.

June 2021 mother passed away due to breast cancer.

November 2021 grandmother had right breast and lymph nodes removed due to cancer.

June 2023 grandmother passed.

I was a caregiver for family members due to health issues and am able to return to the workforce.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Husqvarna Group (Aston Carter) Contractor Orangeburg SC, 11/2022 – 02/2023

Job Description: Accountant

●Updated standard costs on new parts and/or ECN changes.

●Created and reviewed journal entries, account reconciliations, and subsidiary ledger activity.

●Communicated with Finance and Operations personnel at various management levels.

●Lead projects for vendor and anti-dumping tariff reconciliations.

●Spearheaded ad-hoc reporting for local requests.

●Assisted Accounts Payable department as needed.

●Researched and evaluated payment/invoice issues.

Maynard Nexsen PC fka Nexsen Pruet LLC - Accounting (Insight Financial Services) Contractor Columbia, SC, 04/2022 – 06/2022

Job Description: Accounting Project Manager

●Investigated Trust Accounts outstanding checks for escheatments.

●Researched Trust Accounts outstanding balances for escheatments.

●Created spreadsheets for researched Operating bank reconciliations.

●Supervised Escheatment Project with one reporting Accounting Assistant.

●Secured goals and support were met prior to the deadline due date.

●Updated VDA documentation for NC and SC guidelines were accurate to apply.

●Worked in Aderant with SQL Consultant to report and provide trend analysis between current and prior year.

●Communicated with AP, AR, other areas within finance in case of audit scrutiny.

●Managed meetings for Billing, AR, AP, and Reporting for accounting monthly end close.

●Documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for escheatment procedures.

●Maintained spreadsheets with dormant items.

●Trained department to utilize excel functions; pivot tables, Lookups, and formulas.

●Created Standard Operating Procedures for all accounting departments.

●Assisted with tax preparation for sales & use tax, month end close,.

●Maintained Fixed Assets, depreciation, Construction In Process (CIP); including Personal Property Tax.

●Worked in-depth with Aderant daily as the main software system expert for client.matter setups, educated others on applications while working with IT.

Richland County Government – Finance: Budget & Grants, (AppleOne - Temp) Contractor Columbia, SC 12/2018 – 12/2020

Job Description: Budget Analyst II

●Researched and analyzed historical data to identify trends.

●Required to provide multi-year projections for revenues and expenditures.

●Made financial decisions in development of scheduled fee, levied taxes, long-term OPEX and CAPEX cost.

●Validated analysis that could reflect negatively financially on the County.

●Responsible for the accuracy and timelines of processed budget transfers.

●Developed and distributed detailed quarterly budget analysis reports to the County Council.

●Conducted a monthly analysis of all revenue and expenditures County fund

●Analyzed all budget-to-actual variances.

●Identified the true causes and formulated resolution strategies for long-term correction.

●Maintained a working knowledge of the County’s fund structure and chart of accounts and made recommendations.

●Organized and formatted data obtained in development of the County Budget Book in accordance with Government Finance Officers’ Association (GFOA) standards for 2020 - 2021 Richland County Biennium Budget II .

●Evaluated and received a national distinguished budget award program to maintain County certification.

Schneider Electric, (Volt Temp Agency) Contractor Nashville, TN 05/2016 – 01/2018

Job Description: Senior Accountant

●Participated in monthly and annual closing processes.

●Prepared journal entries in accordance to GAAP/IFRS standards.

●Prepared monthly financial reports, reconciled balance sheet accounts.

●Maintained employee functionality ensured time tracking and accurate project costing was captured.

●Planned and coordinated the execution of annual and forecasts.

●Reported financial results submitted into Corporate Reporting Systems evaluated trend analysis from prior year to current year.

●Managed creation of project codes for new projects in local accounting systems utilizing Microsoft Access queries and tables.

●Assisted and reported quarterly budgets, forecasts, and made sure P&L was reasonable.

●Identified accounting problems and corresponded with the Financial Shared Services and expedited resolution before month end close.

●Consolidated and maintained monthly financial reports and templates to deliver accurate reporting, planning, and forecasting for Business Units.

●Managed and spearheaded the approval process for capital requests and coordinated subsequent accounting of the assets with Finance Shared Services.

●Maintained controls and implemented procedures on computer-based accounting systems, SAP, Quote to Cash, MTTS, and HFM Reporting System.

●Ensured systems and procedures were in GAAP/IFRS compliance with Company policies and acceptable accounting practices using Euro currency.

●Brought inconsistencies and problem areas to the attention of management.

●Researched possible errors for solutions and formed conclusions to present.

●Prepared and reviewed interpretations of financial results and advised management on the meaning of my findings.

●Reviewed and verified the accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications.

●Completed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for routine work, general instruction on new assignments and projects.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Nashville, TN 05/2015 – 05/2016

Job Description: Senior Accountant

●Maintained general ledger identified and recorded necessary journal entries and adjusted in the financial system Aderant.

●Utilized Table Lookup of Journal Entry Numbers to ensure journal entries keyed were uploaded into Aderant.

●Completed month end cycle by entering journal entries for current close including recurring as well.

●This entailed keying the actual Account, Description, Employee, Office, Dept, Prof, and Posted for Debit and Credit and made sure everything balanced before posted.

●Prepared journal entries and would receive a posted and journal entry number if correct with Source, Status (Release/Unreleased), Firm Period, Source Period, Changed By, Type, Created by, On (This the date journal entry is completed) can be current date if within current month end close or last day of close, Source Office, Currency, and System completed accurately; to give a posting number.

●If not; the error message would give the Verifying Session message to inform the Verification failed and list where the error was located in order to complete and correct.

●Researched variances through Quick look Inquiries for trends.

●This application was a great go to as it housed everything that you could drill down to find any information needed to research or review.

●Researched information for Client/Matter, Disbursement Inquiry, Trust, Bank Information, and Pillsbury Inquiries.

●Reviewed Timekeeper Information to research what person was assigned to an Employee Code and what Office.

●Setup Clients and Matters to coincide with Client for bids won.

●Reviewed contracts agreed upon between bids won and all contributed for percentages per contract.

●Added the appropriate employees to Matters for each Contract and made sure they were also included in the Expert Entity Manager.

●Utilized Ariba for some billings done.

●Created and revised billings monthly to ensure all that worked on a particular contract were assigned the correct rated in Aderant.

●Contacted employees to ensure time was reported and reviewed hours to make sure no errors were made.

●Ran reports every Tuesday and Thursday to capture time in order to have every hour worked for each employee entered accurately for the current period.

●Ran billing for each close on the 2nd or 3rd day utilizing the perimeters and dates from Sunday to Saturday to have invoices generated and sent to all parties for approval for the prebill process monthly.

●Completed prebills and sent bills out and ran WIP as needed.

●Created Manual billings only to show different breakdowns for employees working on a contract per clients requests.

●Ran reports in Aderant and completed bank reconciliations; made sure I could explain any outstanding items from month to month.

●Prepared Reports that I could tailor based upon what I needed in Aderant.

●Implemented due to cost effectiveness and to avoid any audit scrutiny.

●Worked closely with IT utilizing SQL in order to set up queries to build reports and modified reports to show pertinent items needed.

●Requested layout of what certain reports variances needed quickly.

●Exported information month from Aderant to have raw data dumped into Excel and refresh monthly with current month end result end with a right click of refresh.

●Other responsibilities included reconciliation of fixed assets to the general ledger system, reviewed foreign office checkbook transactions, and performed bank reconciliations for assigned accounts.

●Managed year-end external audits and GAAP compliance and ensured the Firm was within guidelines.

Change, Inc. Emdeon, Inc., Nashville, TN 10/2009 – 05/2013

Job Description: GL Staff Accountant

●Generated, and reviewed financial statements utilizing Oracle Financial System.

●Compared budget to actual, investigated, and explained variances to management.

●Verified adequacy of reserves and accruals.

●Analyzed key accounts, follow-up and reviewed unusual transitions. with management

●identified as unusual transactions.

●Prepared accruals, adjustments and ensured accuracy of actual submission to Corporate.

●Prepared general ledger entries and reconciliations for month end close.

●Worked with SAGE FAS Best Fixed Assets in-depth.

●Actual versus budget analysis was utilized to identify trends and/or issues.

●Maintained monthly, quarterly, and annual fixed assets and accumulated depreciation and roll forwards.

●Retained and monitored applicable SOX and GAAP compliance controls.

●Maintained inventory and cost control procedures.

●Provided support to internal and external auditors.

●Carried on duties as the Unclaimed Property Coordinator.

Diversicare Management Services—Brentwood, TN 10/2007—10/2009

Job Description: Staff Accountant

●Maintained multiple general ledgers for nine nursing home facilities,

●Prepared monthly journal entries, analysis, and account reconciliations as required to accurately close the monthly fiscal period.

●Prepared/Reviewed detailed monthly actual vs. budget variances for reports to support practice management for monthly operating performance.

●Prepared monthly reporting for key indicators and statistics.

●Assisted Practice Management, as needed with financial information requested and and answered questions when needed.

●Distributed monthly reports to appropriate Practice Management personnel.

●Prepared monthly reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts; included documentation to support all balances.

●Prepared monthly reconciliations for Patient Trust accounts/bank statements.

●Completed monthly Sales and Use Tax.

●Maintained strictest confidentiality to ensure that privileged proprietary information was adequately safeguarded against disclosure, in accordance to GAAP requirement and SOX guidelines.

●Ensured that all processing and reporting deadlines were met consistently.

●Performed timely internal compliance audits for Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Treasury, and A/R (CBO) as directed to complete deadlines.

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.—Brentwood, TN 09/2005—07/2007

Job Description: Capital Management & Construction Account Specialist

●Handled invoice process and issues for facilities/vendors.

●Maintained and updated budgets for CAMs projects.

●Completed monthly reconciliations—GL to stats,

●Posted journal entries/accruals to general ledger.

●Completed quarterly depreciation adjustment reports for 51 facilities.

●Implemented up-to-date information for LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. procedure manual related to CAMs invoices and ADA project qualifications.

●Assisted Fixed Assets Manager with FAS Best database maintenance.

●Corresponded with facility contacts.

●Pulled/Copied invoices per external audits request.

●Granted employee access and setup temporary companies to/for FAS Best database.

●Participated in development and detailed review of annual operating budgets and performance projections, to ensure everything met GAAP requirements and SOX guidelines.

●Conducted monthly budget meetings with Project Managers.

EDUCATION

Degree: Bachelor of Science, Business Administration & Management, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 08/2004

EXPERIENCE

Total years of experience: 19 years

Most recent title: Accountant

Most recent employer: Husqvarna Group (Aston Carter) Temp

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