Jonathan DeBerry
**********@*****.***
Ph. 980-***-****
Professional Summary:
Accounting Specialist with 15 years of accounting experience. Detail-driven and highly knowledgeable Accounting Specialist with many years of managing complex and comprehensive general accounting functions, reporting, and system processing procedures. Proficient in many of the current platforms for accounting and banking.
Reporting software experience :
ISO payment transfer system
Oracle
AS400
Concur
RJS
Microsoft Excel
Power BI
Pivot tables
Powerpoint
Tableau
QuickBooks
Concur
AvidXchange imaging software
SAP
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Emory & Henry College (2007)
High School Diploma, David W Bulter (2001)
Professional Experience:
Wells Fargo Bank Apr 2023 – Aug. 2024
Business execution consultant /EWS global wires
Manage global wire payment queues by verifying wire data.
Verify account numbers, addresses, and payment types on the sending and receiving bank to ensure wire payments are released in a timely manner and 100 percent accurate.
Identify errors in the wire data and escalate errors to the appropriate manager for resolution.
Respond to emails, notifications, and alerts regarding queue volumes and error resolutions.
Maintain excellent production stats for wire payment volume and other production stats by processing 40 to 50 wire payments per hour.
Create pivot tables and pivot charts for the wire processing team managers, to view team stats such as monthly volumes, daily averages, manual payment types, and other important tracking information for Wells Fargo employee team members.
Provide weekly and monthly reports to the department head manager to track annual averages and key performance indicators for all teams in all the United States and Asia Wells Fargo employee team members.
Present power point presentation showing pivot charts and pivot graphs of processor daily averages, team averages, queue averages, monthly totals, and transaction volume changes during calendar year 2023.
PHT International Apr 2020 – Apr 2023
Staff accountant / Finance cost accountant
Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Finance and Accounting responsibilities within one role.
Handle all Accounts Payable entries, GL coding, PO matching and check payments. (Full cycle).
Post Cash receipts for payments from Customers and reconcile cash receipts at month end.
Reconcile two bank accounts a month end for cash receipts and disbursements bank accounts.
Record transfer of funds from bank accounts to line of credit accounts by preparing journal entries.
Prepare wire transfer requests and ACH payments on Wells Fargo banking website.
Reconcile GL accounts for Ocean freight cost and material cost accounts.
Reconcile bank loan account with monthly transfers from bank statement.
Help with annual budgets and budget adjustments for Finance and operations departments.
Assist with vendor setup request by verifying w-9’s and approvals for new vendors.
Assist with 1099 preparation at year end.
Simonini Homes Sep 2018 – June 2020
Accountant
Primarily handle all payables, credit card payments, and vendor statement reconciliation.
Assist with Payroll and expense reimbursement.
Communicate with builders to adjust, short pay, void, and back charge invoices on Projects and keep track of overall project cost and projected cost.
Cut manual checks in house and upload payment files using AVID exchange software.
Assist with month end closing process by reconciling credit card statements and bank statements.
Prepare journal entries to assist with month end close.
Complete monthly account reconciliations and variance analysis to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
Process and reconcile cash and check receipts.
Prepare wire transfer requests.
Assists in analyzing revenue and expenses, receivable, payables, and accruals.
BAE Systems Aug 2017 – Aug 2018
Accounting Support Spec. IV
Assist in the monthly financial closing process.
Prepare journal entries to assist with month end close.
Complete monthly account reconciliations and variance analysis to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
Process and reconcile cash and check receipts.
Prepare daily bank reconciliation to ensure accurate cash reporting.
Prepare wire transfer requests.
Proactively suggest improvements to accounting processes to gain efficiency.
Maintain an orderly accounting filing system.
Review statements for accuracy and call vendors to reconcile accounts.
2 way and 3-way matching and PO analysis.
Prepared journal entries and cash management.
Review check request for accuracy and record data in Oracle and SAP.
Review and process Utility Payments on a weekly basis.
Organize data on excel spreadsheet for Weekly Utility Payments using formulas and custom sorting.
Receive escalated tier 3 calls to AP to resolve customer issues and late payments by researching invoices purchase orders and email trails.
Received a great customer service rating for excellent account management and great supplier relationships by solving multiple cases quickly and efficiently.
Sunbelt Rentals Aug 2008 – Sep 2016
AP Analyst-Accounts Payable Jun 2013 – Sep 2016
Review all Vendor information input into accounting system for accuracy and approvals.
Verify tax id #’s and research companies before they are set up for payments to reduce fraud risk.
Record and periodically update company information for all Vendors.
Manage data with Microsoft excel to accurately report to the IRS, payments made to companies that meet the guidelines for 1099’s.
Managed Sales Tax Exemption Certificates for all vendor setups.
Knowledge of tax exemption requirements.
Knowledge of IRS standards for reporting and backup withholding.
Traveled to Company Stores to assist with internal audit to grade store performance.
Special projects as needed, assigned by department manager.
Order toner, parts, and supplies for AP printers. Perform regular maintenance and repairs.
AP Staff Accountant (Sunbelt Rentals) Apr 2009 – Jun 2013
Vendor Statement Reconciliation.
Review of Accruals.
Vendor PO # research.
Vendor phone calls to reconcile accounts.
Review and sign completed reports for Month end processing.
AP Check Disbursement Specialist (Sunbelt Rentals) Aug 2008 – Apr 2009
Manage the process of forecasting total daily spend and reporting with LKE report to the bank.
Oversee printing of checks to verify that the total forecasted amount was paid.
Check matching and verification.
Statement reconciliation.
Processed expenses for company stores.