Amber Gibson
New Richmond, OH *****
*************@*****.***
Work Experience
Senior Accountant/ Payroll AP Manager
Belcan, LLC - Cincinnati, OH
April 2019 to December 2023
• 5–4–4 Fiscal Calendar
• Prepare and record month/ year end JE’s and accruals
• Responsible for various Balance Sheet account reconciliations and true-ups
• Supervised accounts payable processing for 500–600 invoices weekly
• ACH processing and wire transfers both domestic and international
• Analyze various accounts and report to upper management for strategic planning and budgeting
• Internal Auditing
• Annual/ Interim External Audits/ Government Audits
• Process Documentation Assessment and Implementation
• Payroll – including garnishments, benefits, payroll tax reporting, W-2 prep, commissions, and company payback for 9000+ weekly and bi-weekly employees
• Payroll Tax jurisdiction setup
• Responsible for payroll/ payroll taxes across US, Canada, and Mexico
• Managed company Travel expense program including company credit cards
• Financial Statement Review/ Analysis
• 1099 Filing
• Managed small payroll/ AP team of 5–8 staff members
• Full Software Conversion/ Implementation
• Mergers/ Acquisitions/ Divestitures
• Sales and use tax reporting
• Fixed Assets Management
Accounting Manager
Buffalo Wings & Rings - Cincinnati, OH
January 2017 to January 2019
• 4–4–5 Fiscal Calendar
• Prepare and record month/ year end JE’s and accruals
• Various Balance Sheet account reconciliations and true-ups
• Processed accounts payable for 100–150 invoices weekly
• ACH processing and wire transfers both domestic and international
• Analyze various accounts and report to upper management for strategic planning and budgeting
• Inventory control
• Internal Auditing
• Annual/ Interim External Audits
• Process Documentation/ Implementation
• Payroll – includes garnishments, benefits, payroll tax reporting, W-2 prep, commissions, and employee
payback
• Main POC for all employee payroll related issues or concerns
• Oversaw company credit cards and expense reimbursements
• Managed an accounting team of 4–7 staff members
Contract Staff Accountant
Aurora Casket Company - Aurora, IN
February 2016 to March 2017
• Prepared and recorded month/ year end JE’s and accruals
• Completed various Balance Sheet account reconciliations and true-ups
• Processed accounts payable for 500–600 invoices weekly
• ACH processing and wire transfers both domestic and international
• Financial Analysis of various accounts to report and assist upper management with strategic planning
and budgeting
• Inventory control
• Daily inventory receiving
• Internal inventory auditing
Staff Accountant
Havel’s INC. - Cincinnati, OH
December 2013 to December 2015
• Prepare and record month/ year end JE’s and accruals
• Various Balance Sheet account reconciliations
• Monthly Bank & Credit Card Reconciliations
• Analyze various accounts and report to upper management for strategic planning and budgeting
• Invoicing & Billing
• Cash Application
• Collections
• Financial Statement preparation
• Monthly Roll-forward preparation
Staff Accountant
Alternative Power Solutions - Houston, TX
April 2012 to June 2013
• Processed payroll for 50 employees using Paychex Payroll Service
• Experience with garnishments, deductions, employee payback, commissions
• Prepare and record month/ year end JE’s and accruals
• Various Balance Sheet account reconciliations
• Processed accounts payable for 200–300 invoices weekly
• ACH processing and wire transfers both domestic and international
• Expense Account Review/ Processing and Management of company credit card program
• Monthly Bank & Credit Card
• Analyze various accounts for reporting to upper management to assist with strategic planning and
budgeting
• Benefits administration such as healthcare, PTO, and retirement Education
B.S. in Accounting
Northern Kentucky University - Highland Heights, KY 2006 to 2008
Skills/ Software
• Leadership
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Account reconciliation
• Bank reconciliation
• Tax Reporting
• Cash reconciliation
• Journal entries
• GAAP
• General ledger accounting
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• General ledger reconciliation
• Tax Reporting
• Inventory control
• Benefits administration
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Software implementation
• Fixed Assets
• 10 key typing
• Expense management
• Financial auditing
• Debits & credits
• Concur Travel/ Expense
• Financial review/ analysis
• Financial statement preparation
• Accounting
• Payroll
• Microsoft Office
• Non-profit accounting
• Accrual accounting
• Double entry bookkeeping
• Presentation skills
• Supervising experience
• Construction
• Sage Intact
• Macola
• Ctuit
• Mirus
• AS 400
• JD Edwards
• Oracle
• Unanet
• SAP
• Quickbooks Pro Plus, Quickbooks Online, and Quickbooks Enterprise
• Payroll platforms include Paycor, ADP WFN and Vantage, Paylocity, Ceridian Dayforce, Workday, and Paychex
• Power BI
• Kronos