Cheryl Sigmon

**** ********* ** - *********, ** *8610

Cell 828-***-****

Email: addwh7@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

I would like to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization by using my proven interpersonal skills, leadership ability, work ethic, and overall passion for working with people and finance / accounting. I am a self-driven individual with over 35 years of experience performing and managing accounting, finance, tax and audit related operations.

SKILLS / APPLICATION KNOWLEDGE:

AS 400

Lawson

STRATA JAZZ

Microsoft Word

FAS

Microsoft outlook

Microsoft Excel

CashPro Online (cash, payment, investment system)

Custom Built Record Keeping System

Custom Built Inventory Management System

EDGARIZER for SEC filings

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior Accountant

Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir, North Carolina, October 2015 to May 15, 2020

Division of UNC Healthcare (Began as a contract employee through Regan Madison) Supervisor Mike Bunch, CFO.

Lead all financial operations for the accounting department of the hospital group which is a nonprofit organization:

Process journal entries and perform general ledger analysis for month and year-end close for 38 companies across North Carolina

Key contributor on a systems analysis team that compared GL and Asset record keeping functionally of the AS400 to Lawson

Maintain GL accounts and consolidations for both the AS400 and Lawson systems

Perform day to day audits between the AS400 and Lawson systems to ensure that data is in sync while the systems run in parallel, and make updates when discrepancies are found

Assist the statement production team by performing quality assurance and analysis of financial statements

Maintain accounting for fixed assets including acquisition and disposal inventory by preparing analytical reports

Key contribution in all financial audit activities including the annual audits required by the government

Prepare documentation multiple tax returns

Key contribution in annual CAFR report

Lead for the year-end audit with external auditors

Lead for the annual physical inventory for the hospital and 38 practices, including final presentation and reconciliation

Assists in completion of various special projects for management including development of procedures to prepare individual department cost reports and management analytical reports.

Chief Accounting Officer

Air T, Inc., Denver, North Carolina, March 3, 1983 to June 8, 2015

(Subsidiaries; Mountain Air Cargo, Inc., CSA Air, Inc. Global Ground Support & Global Aviation Services)

Hired in 1983 as Accounting Clerk; advanced to Bookkeeper, then Assistant to Controller in 1987 promoted to Corporate Controller and in 2003 promoted to Chief Accounting Officer.

Oversee all day to day financial, accounting, audit and tax functions for a 100 million NASDAQ listed public holding company with four wholly owned subsidiaries:

Provided supervision and training strategy for managers and individual contributors in all finance / accounting departments.

Managed subsidiary financial consolidations that collectively totaled over 100 million dollars in revenue

Implemented and maintained NASDAQ SEC reporting strategy when company went public and processed and maintained quarterly and annual public filings.

Lead all Company audit efforts including quarterly and yearly scheduled efforts where I worked with internal and external auditing parties for our largest client *Federal Express). This also involved working with our bank, State and Federal auditing parties as well as forensic audits for irregularities.

Architected, implemented, and maintained SOX compliance documentation including internal control procedures and compliance procedures.

Managed corporate budget and forecasting strategy that totaled over 105 million dollars including cash management, projections and cash flows.

Authorized creditor payments, wires and sign vendor checks amounting to approximately sixty million dollars per year.

Managed all receivable financing, collections and approvals.

Administered operations of Federal & state payroll, franchise, advalorum, property, sales & use taxes and review corporate income taxes encompassing 30 states, Puerto Rico and Brazil.

Supervised multi-location inventories totaling approximately 50 million dollars.

Implemented cost savings procedures across multiple years saving the company millions of dollars plus efficiencies in processing data.

Professional Accounting experience prior to 1983

HTB Contemporary Design, Conover, NC

Money & sons, Hickory, NC

Brookgreen Enterprises Hickory, NC

Cannon Aviation, Hickory, NC

Accountant

Responsibilities were basically the same for all of the companies listed above-from 1976 thru 1983

All accounting functions including: payroll and sales taxes, monthly income statements, balance sheets, cash receipts and sales journals and inventory audits.

Time studies on furniture for budget preparations and Market sales and trends.

Other Activities

Owner of my own Accounting firm where I set up initial accounting, finance and tax requirements and procedures, maintained monthly accounting and tax filings and set up audit procedures for my clients.

Treasurer of NC02 GoldWing chapter in Hickory.

Volunteer for the Red Cross and local hospital.

Education Catawba Valley Community College Hickory, NC

Degree in Accounting 3.5 GPA

Continuing Ed includes programming, NOVELL and SYMIX systems, Mgmt training, SEC/EDGAR Filing and Sarbanes Oxley Compliance.

References available upon request.

REFERENCES:

Cheryl Sigmon

7011 Riverbend Rd - Claremont, NC 28610

Cell 828-***-****

Email: addwh7@r.postjobfree.com

Mike Bunch, CFO Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir NC; work 828-***-****

John Storment HCS-EXEC DIR FIN & ACCT UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill, NC work; 984-***-****

Chris Washburn DIR BUSINESS SERVICES Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir NC; work 828-***-****

Shawn Hartley VICE PRESIDENT SENIOR CFO Nash Hospital 2460 Curtis Ellis Dr. Rocky Mount, NC 27804 252-***-****

Mary Dionne –Controller- Hospital in Orlando FLA. CELL 908-***-****. She was my direct supervisor at Caldwell Hospital when I started.

Rob Norton President of Mountain Air Cargo Newton NC. CELL 906-***-**** (or 828-***-****)

Bill Simpson Also President of Mountain Air Cargo Newton NC. CELL 828-***-****

Tammy Hawn co worker at MAC and friend- IT for Maiden NC. CELL 828-***-****

Matthew Hager-co worker at MAC and friend- IT

Lesa Barr-co worker at MAC and friend -Shurtape Hickory NC. CELL 828-***-****

Patty Kinlaw-co worker at CMH and friend- 828-***-****

Cynthia Riggs-co worker at CMH and friend- 828-***-****

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