Tamara Callahan

Tamara Callahan

Degreed

Major Pre-Law and Business

Minor Psychology

Areas of Practice

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Budgeting

Payroll

Inventory

Financial Reporting

Audits

Cost Accounting

Journal Entries

General Ledger

Reconciliations

Reporting

Property Management

Computer Applications

ADP

Maestro

Peachtree

QuickBooks

SAP

VIP

SAGE

Kronos – UKG

Yardi

SharePoint

MIP

TEAMS

Professional Experience

Seven Lakes Water District – Auditor/Accountant

April 2023- Present (part time 1 day a month)

Review, monitor and reconcile accounts, A/P, A/R, payroll and GL. Analyze accounts to ensure accuracy and efficiency.

OPAL – GL Accountant/AR Accountant

December 2023- February 2023

Reviewed and reconciled GL and AR accounts, streamlining backup process, received and processed cash receipts and payments, reviewed and processed all rental and lease payments of over 1,000 customers, projects as assigned.

Swinomish Tribe – Staff Accountant

April 2023- November 2023

Reviewed, approved, and reconciled GL, A/P invoices and A/R accounts, received and processed cash receipts, monthly A/P audit and process for Enterprises (Tribal Owned), projects as assigned.

TransWestern – Staff Accountant

December 2022- March 2023

Job costing preparation and processed monthly A/P’s, prepared draws to lending institutions, audited month end and year end reports for job cost full cycle A/P and A/R processing, managed the cost of each construction project through recording, planning, and helping with the decision-making process, maintained and updated file, prepared month end and year end reports for A/P, A/R and property management, maintained filing for GL and prepared all monthly journal entries, payroll – processed timecards and payroll checks, communicate with ADP for monthly payroll preparation and payment, audit ADP reports to GL, managed bank accounts and prepared reconciliation, prepared mortgage, insurance, and property tax payments, corresponded and collaborated with CPA.

Island Hospital – Payroll Administrator

January 2022- November 2022

●Part of a Ransomware project. Managed payroll processing operations for 800 plus, employees on a bi-weekly basis with employees in Washington, re-established policies and processes deleted by the ransomware, re-developed and produced payroll-related statistical reports in Kronos, managed and implemented payroll in Kronos, processed paper timecards to be loaded into the payroll system once Kronos was running properly, oversee issuance of payroll in coordination with HR and Controller implementing various codes for each employee, owned EFTPs system and filing payroll taxes, set up all tax information for each employee and their personal information, complete all required tax filings as they relate to payroll.

Skyline Engineered Systems – HR/Payroll Administrator March 2021- January 2022

●Processed payroll for 100 plus employees on a semi-monthly basis in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, and Arizona, managed and Implemented payroll through Paychex, enhanced the organization’s HR by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and HR policies, programs, and practices, updated job requirements and job descriptions for all positions, testing, and interviewing program, working with managers, conducting and analyzing exit interviews, scheduling management conferences with employees, implemented employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits, recommending benefit programs to management, obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts, maintaining records, enforced management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures. Complete all required tax filings as they relate to payroll.

Lashliner – Staff Accountant

February 2020- June 2020

●Chart of accounts, managed, implemented, and processed payroll for over 80employees on a Semi-Monthly basis through Paychex, trained employees on their Flex accounts and how to manage their own time clocking in/out and 401K accounts, HR onboarding employees and making sure all paperwork was correct, involved in paying affiliates and reconciled business receipts w/credit cards.

Nutra Dried – Assistant Controller October 2019- December 2019

●Reconciled all vendor accounts; updated on all Open POs on a weekly basis, researched department of revenue rulings on nexus and use tax, compiled a lease agreement for additional warehouse space, reconciled all accounts, audited inventory and cost accounting review, trained AP on proper vendor setup and invoicing procedure.

Crown Distributing – Senior Accountant September 2016- October 2019

●Audited inventory for cost accounting review, recorded the inventory, planned, and controlled the activities of the business by assisting in the decision making of the budget and production controls, processed payroll for 155 plus employees on a bi-weekly basis, researched and entered bank and account reconciliations, owned all banking activity and interbank transfers, prepared financial statement, managed GL, managed budget and daily bank operations, prepared month-end/year-end journal entries, accountable for capitalizing assets, depreciation, and disposal of assets, responsible for accurate and timely preparation, maintenance, and reporting of PP&E accounting transactions and records in accordance with GAAP and company policies and procedures, provided audit support by providing copies of journal entries and other supporting documents, prepared yearly budget based on past president and managed actual budget daily/monthly/yearly.

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