Tara A. Barnes Home/Cell 347-***-****

**** **. ***** ***** #** Brooklyn, NY 11233 Email: ad44n4@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience:

Winston Support Services/New York Presbyterian Hospital- NYC, NY Feb 2024- Apr 2024

Temp Accounts Payable Specialist

Provided Administrative Support to the NYP accounting staff with full cycle accounting tasks sorting and distributing invoices by department, scanning the approved and processed invoices into Box share drive, answering, and responding to vendor calls, emails, etc.

Coded, processed, and posted 50-100 vendor invoices, check requests as financial executive staff per requests.

Prepared and verified weekly check, run, ACH wire reports with Positive Pay etc.

Performed all other accounting duties as assigned and required.

Robert Half/Bookazine- Bayonne, NJ Nov 2023 - Jan 2024

Temp Accounts Receivable Specialist

Managed and processed online payments for customers through the online portal.

Reconciled, Researched, and applied large monthly cash payments to large companies e.g. Walmart and Amazon to offset against various payments submitted.

Processed and entered customer credits for shortages, damaged goods.

Made collections calls to customers with outstanding credit terms as required.

Scanned, Prepared, and entered Batched checks for weekly Bank Deposits.

Processed and entered daily batch wire transfers.

Performed other accounting duties as assigned and required.

The McCloud Group, LLC- Long Island City, NY Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

Assistant Accountant

•Prepare code and distribute expense reimbursement and payments to employees.

•Review, Entered and processed weekly Superintendents and employee timesheets in a timely manner.

•Track and processed per superintendent’s request daily AIA Billing requests to the General Contractors for payment.

•Maintained and filed all vendor documents as well as assisting in data entries and Journal entries for month end and year end closing.

•Researched, verified and confirmed building/project ID along with the LLW number for billings.

•Reconciled outstanding monthly CM Labor weekly timesheets for discrepancies, payment, and approvals per email inquiries with the Special Project Officers at the SCA (School Construction Authority) for approvals etc.

•Performed all other related accounts receivable duties as assigned and required.

Resources Global Professionals/Battelle Memorial Institute Oct 2021- Apr 2022

Contractor Billing/Accountant

•Support the Project Accounting team with managing and peer reviewing setup requests, also uploaded Created invoices, send out to customers via email, credit memos, collection from customers.

•Work with Project Managers, Project Finance Controllers, Contracts, and Revenue Compliance staff to ensure project setup configurations meet the billing, revenue recognition and reporting requirements and are aligned with ICF Project Accounting standards and policies.

•Created and processed journal entries for accrual expenses 50 employees etc.

•Responsible for project data and vendor maintenance actions e.g., Vendor 1099s and Sales Tax in Costpoint

•Investigated and Processed Contract modifications according to Government and Non-Government financial agreements, dates, POP changes, Funding Value increases etc.

•Performed all accounts receivable as assigned and required.

Jones Lang Lasalle Americas Inc- Brooklyn, NY Sept 2015- Aug 2020

Accounts Receivable and Payable Specialist

•Processed, calculated, and entered monthly contract item accruals such as janitorial, security and utility expenses to match expenses to period incurred, and review trial balance for reversing of same entries in next accounting period.

•Review and Processed accounts payable voucher and work order submissions for legal and repair and maintenance expenses.

•Reviews and approves invoices such as work orders, vendor invoices, tenant credit memos, non- recurring tenant billings and questionable cash receipts for entry by accounting and facility managers.

•Interacts effectively professionally to answer and resolve inquiries from Facility Managers, accounting/finance staff and vendors regarding GL coding, business units, property descriptions, etc.

•Full cycle Accounts Receivables, following up on payments, and handling transactions.

•Prepare property invoices for monthly Funding files for Client submission to ensure timely payments.

•Performed all other accounting duties and responsibilities as assigned and required.

Akima, LLC. – Herndon, VA February 2015 - June 2015

Contractor Accounts Payable and Receivable Specialist

•Prepared, coded and processed approximately 200-400 purchase order vendor and non-vendor 2 and 3-way match subcontractor, consultant invoices weekly to include correct GL accounts, project task codes indirect and direct according to programs and type of purchases, etc.

•Prepared weekly check runs match and distribute all expense, vendor and non-vendor, subcontractor checks to the proper individual as required.

•Provided support to respond to vendors, employees and staff of AP/AR inquiries as needed and required.

•Performed all accounting duties as assigned and required.

Serco, Inc. - Reston, VA April 2014 - December 2014

Accountant

•Uploaded and imported all approved employee expense reports, timesheets, wires, PO, and Non-PO invoices for payments weekly.

•Monitor expense report submissions and audited in a timely manner.

•Created and processed monthly visa and petty cash integration formatted spreadsheets.

•Invoicing for government and commercial clients

•Updated and entered employee info i.e., 1099 forms for new vendors, contractors etc. T&E hours and other payroll data into accounting system weekly.

•Assisted in the approval of project-based employee timesheets, processed garnishments, payroll modifications i.e., salary advances, increases, terminations etc.

Affordable Housing Corp- Arlington, VA October 2013 - April 2014

Contractor Accountant

•Process tenants move-ins, transfers efficiently and thoroughly.

•Processed approximately 200-400 non-PO vendor invoices according to property location and site.

•Collected and logged all forms of rental payments from programs tenants; prepared and submitted deposits to finance departments according to property locations.

•Accounts payable, accounts receivable, entered, post, and processed checks, 1099 forms for new vendor maintenance set up.

Matt Martin Real Estate– Vienna, VA June 2013- October 2013

Contractor

•Prepared journal entries, reviewed and processed accounts of rent receipts, charges of all forms of rental payments by property locations.

•Analyzed all properties financial info thoroughly; accurately compile and report feedback to property managers, finance department and other staff as needed.

•Performed all accounts receivable duties as assigned and required.

Orbital Sciences Corp – Dulles, VA August 2008- May 2013

Senior Accounts Payable Associate

•Audited, processed approximately 200-250 Travel & Expense Reports weekly with Government direct and indirect project codes, purchases, and phone expenses according to Government guidelines and procedures.

•Prepared, coded, and processed approximately 200-400 PO non-PO vendor invoices weekly.

•Prepared and processed weekly check runs; Cash Disbursements; verified ACH’s and EFT’s, bank transmittals through automated BOA and positive pay systems.

•Investigate and reconcile monthly American Express bill of employee Travel Expense Variances

•Input accruals into accounting system.

•Monitored and Maintained funding spreadsheets of subcontractor projects, to ensure available funding and create third party invoices for customers.

Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC – Germantown, MD December 2006- August 2008

Staff Accountant

•Responsible for the day-to-day processing and payments for the company

•Provided accounting/subcontract support and information for managers, third party vendors, staff, employees in the areas of accounting.

•Provided daily contract/subcontract administration support to approximately twelve contracts; acted as liaison to approximately 90 subcontractors.

•Monitored and maintained subcontractor/ contractor funding spreadsheets to ensure available funding for services to invoice external vendors in compliance.

•Ensured task orders were authorized and funded.

•Utilized spreadsheets and impromptu reports to assist in the reconciliation of accounts payable, subcontracts accrued purchases and prepaid travel accounts for manual payments to resolve discrepancies.

•Invoicing for government and commercial clients

•Input accruals into accounting system and processed expense Reports,1099 forms for new vendor maintenance and contractor set up.

Catholic Healthcare System- New York, NY September 2005-October 2006

Accounting Coordinator

•Maintained and processed invoices for approximately 30 healthcare and rehabilitation facilities

•Updated and maintained all files open and closed to validate each facility.

•Prepared invoices for weekly check run, ACH payments, batch and match checks for mailing etc.

•Created new customer accounts and extended credit for new vendors.

•Performed all other accounting duties as assigned and required.

Education:

Touro College, New York, NY

B.A. Psychology, 2006

A.A Liberal Arts, 2004

System Experience: AS-400 Primavera CM-13 Construction Mgmt. E Gordian, Deltek Software(s) i.e., Cost Point 6.0, 6.1, 7, 8, Deltek Vision, Vantagepoint, Timberline, Jamis, Yardi Voyager Salesforce, Oracle, JD Edwards, Sage 100, MS Dynamics, Windows 7& 8 XP MS Word, Excel, internet email and inbox, Lotus Notes and MS Skype Team Chat Outlook 7 & 10. Solid Knowledge of Wide Area Workflow WAWF, Computer Systems i.e., SharePoint, Concur FAR, FTR, GAAP, GSA, JTR.

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