Senior Accountant Staff Accountant General Ledger Accountant

DEBORAH ROBERTS

Senior / Staff Accountant

Phone: 617-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-roberts-905

Detail-Oriented Financial Leader who consistently demonstrates initiative while being focused on results. Proven ability to improve productivity by 25%-30% through development, integration, and training. I specialize in the knowledge of accounting process flows from transaction to reporting. I enjoy getting into the nooks and crannies of ERP software systems. Ability to interface with people at all levels of a company, developing positive relationships. I have a can-do attitude with a solid work ethic to manage time and workload to meet client needs. I have strong communication skills. High Integrity! Highly motivated!

Variance Analysis General Ledger Accounts Payable Bank Reconciliations

Financial Reporting Month End Close Accounts Receivable Sales Taxation

System Conversions Journal Entries Payroll & Payroll Taxes Intercompany/Inter-branch Reconciliations Balance Sheet Fixed Assets Management Job Cost Accounting Personal Taxation Ad hoc Reports Inventory Excel Expert

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SENIOR ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT, Houston, TX 07/2023-Present

MCCLAIN GLOBAL, XL PARTS (Contract Jobs – Wholesale Distributors)

- Managed high dollar impact journal entries, variance analysis, account reconciliations with correcting entries.

- Lead the month end closing process, accounts receivable, accounts payable, banking, intercompany transactions.

- Reconciling high volume bank statements for claims & operations, accounts payable. Payroll Journal Entries from ADP.

Key Accomplishment: (XLP) Within the last seven months and with little to no training, advanced from 10 journal entries at month end to 120 journal entries plus 38 reports at month end. (Inventory, Accruals, Allocations, Intercompany, Rebates, Bad Debt, etc.)

ALLEGIANCE BANK/STELLAR BANK, Houston, TX 01/2022-07/2023

Senior Accountant – Contract (layoff due to merger)

- Daily, weekly, and monthly general ledger account reconciliations with journal entries for assigned accounts.

- Identify and resolve all variances. Manage assigned areas of month end, year-end closing processes.

- Reconcile bi-weekly payroll, inter-branch and inter-company transactions involving 55 branches, 140 lenders.

- Recommend, and implement changes in procedures to improve the efficiency of the accounting department

- Special projects such as booking the sale of branches, assist with software conversion and procedure write up.

INFRARED BUILDING & POWER SERVICE, Boston, MA (Moved to Houston) 09/2020-05/2021

Accountant - Contract

- Collaborated with the sales team by providing trend analysis, accounts receivable aging report

- Targeted collections expert, full cycle accounts receivable for construction projects, AIA forms

- Perform treasury functions such as cash monitoring & ACH downloads various portals, bank reconciliations

Key Accomplishment: Within six months, outstanding receivables dropped by 35% due to collection efforts. Recovery of

two debts over 180 days totaling $100,000.

SENIOR ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT, Boston, MA 09/2016 – 09/2020

FIVE COMPANIES: Southshore Bank, TechEtch Manufacturing, Harbar Manufacturing, Partylite, Sullivan & Folan;

Streamlining Procedures. Focused on various troublesome areas including hard to collect accounts, reviews and approvals for new accounts, general ledger reconciliations, accrual and adjusting journal entries and bank reconciliations, sales tax filing, and monthly depreciation schedules. fixed asset maintenance.

- Southshore Bank: Trusted to handle multi-million-dollar transfers to/from the Federal Reserve using high security clearance.

- TechEtch: Produced corporate financial statements for three locations consolidated into one set of financials.

- Harbar: Reduced receivables from $700,000 to $400,000. Performed mock audit of transactions for two years for adherence to new procedures.

- Partylite: Designed a macro to format UPS shipment data, choose out of it the expedited shipping and create a summarized report.

- Sullivan & Folan: Worked one tax season for a CPA Office in Braintree using Thompson Reuters Ultra Tax software.

UNDERWOOD AND ASSOCIATES (CPA Office) Neosho, MO 08/2013 – 02/2016

Senior Accountant

- Monthly bookkeeping journal entries and financial reports including cash flow for small business clients

- Trust income tax return filing and personal income tax return filing at year end

- Assist with special projects associated with tax returns or payroll using analytical & technical skills

- Assist with Quick Books issues while reviewing account activity for general ledger maintenance

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Houston, TX 12/2005 – 11/2007

Senior Accountant

- Expert general ledger account analysis, variance reporting & data mining using Excel formulas & pivot tables

- Guided multiple payroll reconciliations, adjusting, accrual & month end journal entries, high volume payroll

- Prepare and reconcile quarterly 941 payroll tax reports as well as year-end W2's processing

- Manage the data interface from payroll system to general ledger system as part of accounting controls

- Sarbanes Oxley Documentation SOX writing expert for training and compliance, Ad hoc reports

Key Accomplishment: Created a macro for payroll data formatting & error capture. Savings of $31,000 over two years.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

CPA Certified Public Accountant, State of Missouri – Certificate #19181

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, Edmond, OK

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Accounting Systems: Advanced Microsoft Excel & Word, Microsoft Access, Office 365, Great Plains, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle, Lawson, ADP Payroll, QuickBooks, Sage, Banner, Prologue, Nautilus, Jack Henry, Horizon, Blackline, Ultra Tax (Thompson Reuters) SharePoint, One Place, Flo Quast, Epicor “Kinetic”/Compass/Vision, and other ERP systems.

Working knowledge of GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles)

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