Accounting Specialist
Resume:
Serita
Gilmore
*** ******** ***** #***, *********, MD
20770
*********@*****.***
Senior Accounting Specialist with 15+ years of experience maintaining customer accounts and managing billing receivable functions. Exemplary skill in resolving billing disputes, providing excellent customer service and applying payments. Experience in International Accounting overseeing various Government and Commercial billing contracts to refine, forecast and identify opportunity for improvement. Team leader with excellent communication skills, high quality of work, driven and highly self-motivated. Ability to work effectively in a challenging environment with extensive knowledge of accounting software and processes.
Experience
2022 – 2024
Accounts Payable Specialist-Tenable Inc. 6100 Merriweather Dr Columbia, MD
• Responsible for the International billing of APAC and LATIN countries. maintain and reconcile invoices of internal and external inquiries concerning international bills
• Using NetSuite software generating invoices, verifying accuracy, and ensuring timely delivery to clients.
• Utilized accounting software such as Excel to handle billing data and calculations.
• Request purchase order for invoices.
• Verify contract terms, banking information and expense account coding.
• Send invoices without PO’s to managers for their appropriate review and approval of payment.
• Responsible for entering tax to be included on invoices such as VAT indirect and WHT with holding tax.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
2015 – 2022
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING - Dept of Housing & Community Development, Lanham, MD
• Enter and Process the billing of 100 plus invoices on a weekly basis using the State of Maryland Financial Management Information System (FMIS).
• Enter payments for Purchase orders & straight payment. All urgent invoices (24 Hour Specials and payments labeled Rush) are to be process that day.
• Responsible for the monthly processing of Happy Interface Payments. Import /export file for uploading of section- 8 vendor reports to be submitted in FMIS.
• Participate in the audit process of agency fiscal operations by ensuring all DFA guidelines and state regulations has been met.
• Team lead responsible for reviewing and corrections of invoice entered in FMIS. Reject incorrect items and notify appropriate person/department if discrepancies are found.
• Prepare journal entries for revenue, accruals and reconciliation.
• Maintain petty cash accounts for business units. 2
2009 – 2012
BILLING/REVENUE ACCOUNT – Population Services International, Washington, DC
• Responsibility of full cycle accounts receivable billing and processes for East Africa region.
• Prepare bills according to the contract and donor agreement and initiate the set-up activities in Lawson.
• Manually bill 45-75 invoices monthly, quarterly and semi quarterly to clients for payments.
• Assist with yearly audits, special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Formulate monthly forecasting and track spending for budget exceeding the contract. 2008 – 2009
SENIOR ACCOUNT SPECIALIST – Medstar Research Institute, Washington, DC
• Billing/collections of monthly invoices for (MRI), Medstar Research Institute, Using Peachtree system.
• Responsible for professional claims being submitted, billing external and internal health Insurance claims forms.
• Process reports, post accounts check status of old and existing accounts.
• Work with the MRI Scientific Center Administrators, Principal Investigators, Corporate Business Office, Office of Contracts and Grants Management and others to obtain information and resolve issues.
2006 – 2007
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SPECIALIST – Grant Thornton LLP, Alexandria, VA
• Establish and maintain new clients and assignments for FFP, Deliverable and T&M contract types.
• Bill invoices on a monthly basis using (CMS) system and Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) a system use to generate invoice.
• Provide project managers with correct invoice data to ensure accurate monthly invoices.
• Review write-offs, reverse application of payments and makes appropriate entries. Close and balance accounts on a monthly basis and follow-up on accounts. Skills
• Government Contracting • Accounts Payable/Receivable • International Accounting • Time Management • Account Reconciliation • Team Leadership • Strong Communication • Revenue Forecasting • Collections • General Ledger Accounting • Financial transaction Systems
• Excel •Word • Oracle • Web Focus • Costpoint • FMIS • Web Focus • DucuShare
• Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) • PowerPoint • People Soft • Peachtree • Lawson Education
• Computer Information System
• PSI Institute • Computer Programming/Operation- Certificate
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