Manager Accounting

Alicia R. Hundley

Raleigh, NC 919-***-**** adig55@r.postjobfree.com

Accounting Specialist

Providing Far-Reaching Accounting & Related Expertise that Boosts Profitability for the Firm

Well-qualified, proactive and solutions-oriented accounting professional seeking to leverage many years of collections, financial reporting and office administration expertise to obtain a challenging role of increased responsibility within a progressive and mission-driven organization. Offers a proven track record for implementing effective strategies that support loss mitigation and recovery efforts. Consistently demonstrates a strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring streamlined processes and profitable business operations. Routinely recognized for professionalism, aptitude and unparalleled commitment to top-quality, high standards and quality of work.

Leadership Skills:

Finance & Accounting Debt Collection Team Leadership & Development Journal Entries Project Management

Financial Analysis & Reporting Account Reconciliations Month End Reporting Payroll Processing & Compliance Cross-Functional Communications Client Relationship Management Accounts Payable/Receivable

Process Improvements Strategic Planning Governance, Compliance & Risk

Key Contributions

Fully knowledgeable in a full range of financial responsibilities to include: collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, bank deposits, reconciliation of bank statements and balancing of books.

Manage assets to limit loss and establish criteria that boosts profitable yields for the organization.

Routinely create and implement highly effective solutions and process improvements that ensure maximum recoupment of amounts owed.

Accurately ascertain account collectability and significantly reduce company losses by aggressively pursuing past due accounts with significant results.

Professional Experience

ART SERVICES, Raleigh, NC 2017 to Present

Operations Manager - Founder

Established a successful bookkeeping and accounting service performing various administrative office duties including managing financial records, pursuing collections, maintaining off site storage and filing systems.

Follow-up on past-due accounts and debts owed to clients; collect payments and recoup missing funds.

Define procedures for retention, retrieval, and disposal of paperwork and records.

Maintain and supply clients’ designated building areas to ensure cleanliness and suitable presentation to visitors.

Current Project: Keen Decision Systems Durham, NC FEB 2020 to Present

Review and approve employee vendor invoices.

Perform research and reconcile records with vendor statements and invoices to resolve discrepancies.

Receive, verified and prepared batches of invoices for data entry; input data into journals and process weekly accounts payables, weekly check runs.

Month end duties include processing balance sheets, reconciling fixed assets, pre-paid expenses sub-ledger to the general ledger.

Reconcile bank statements

HILTON RALEIGH – NORTH HILLS, Raleigh, NC 2018 to MARCH 2020

Accounts Payable Specialist General Cashier

In this fast-paced role, tasked with processing vendor invoices, expense reimbursements and check requests to ensure all payments are received in accordance with company policies and procedures.

Maintain responsibility for reviewing, analyzing, coding and entering supporting documentation into the system.

Actively engage with senior leaders, vendors, internal and external constituents alike and provide responses to all accounts payable inquiries.

Conduct complex research to resolve billing discrepancies; address issues to include missing invoices, outstanding checks and other escalated concerns.

Monitor cash drops, cash change and prepare deposits; tasked with making daily cash and check deposits to the bank.

Additional responsibilities include weekly reporting for invoice approval, W-9 processing, annual 1099 processing, vendor onboarding, collections, and oversight of hotel safe and petty cash amounts.

RELIANT MONITORING SERVICES, Raleigh, NC 2018 to 2019

Administrative Assistant - Monitoring Officer – Collections Specialist

Approve defendants processed out of jail and provide reconciliation of their accounts, overseeing collections on all past due amounts owed.

Set up defendant files and process demographic and other pertinent account information, including status of payments, into the system.

Monitor all conditions and criteria established by the courts to ensure compliance with in-house arrests and electronic monitoring; this includes reviewing information regarding home plans, telephone service, employment status, current outstanding warrants, GPS monitoring, travel restrictions and prohibitions of contact with victims.

Conduct interviews and establish community contacts during the background investigative process on criminal defendants.

Other administrative duties include preparation of correspondence, court orders, violation reports, status reports, set up and maintenance of active files on all defendants.

Professional Experience (cont.)

CENGAGE LEARNING (WEBASSIGN), Raleigh, NC 2011 to 2017

Senior Accounting Specialist – Team Lead

Served in highly visible team lead role, managing small team of junior accounting specialists. Performed first-level review of financial procedures, ensuring compliance with corporate policies to include collections, refunds, fund disbursements, expenditure controls and budgetary constraints.

Recognized as a subject matter expert (SME) who trained and coached junior staff.

Reviewed and approved employee expenses, vendor invoices, and purchase orders.

Performed research and reconciled records with vendor statements and invoices to resolve discrepancies.

Maintain financial records including bank statements, direct deposits, W-9’s, general ledger (GL) entries, check registers, cash receipts and fixed assets.

Received, verified and prepared batches of invoices for data entry; input data into journals and processed weekly accounts payables.

Month end duties included: processing balance sheets, reconciling pre-paid expenses sub-ledger to the general ledger, reconciling cash and bank statement transactions.

Chosen by management to serve as a Lead Project Manager for new travel site; created formal travel policy and maintained on-going policy updates.

PEOPLEFLUENT (PEOPLECLICK), Raleigh, NC 2001 to 2011

Accounting Specialist

Held full responsibility for accounting duties to include collections, accounts payable, journal entries, purchase orders, expense reporting, payroll review, and administrative tasks as required.

Compiled various monthly financial reports and reconciled accounts against supporting documentation.

Managed accounts payable process by coding invoices, entering payments, posting transactions, and balancing statements; handled and entrusted with weekly check runs of up to $2M.

Prepared accounting entries to general ledger, analyzed GL entries, balanced and verified GL accounts daily, processed expense billing recaps and reconciled invoices when needed.

Enforced travel expense compliance by auditing 350 expense reports per month; ensuring cost coding, receipts and approvals were in agreement with corporate travel policies and procedures.

Monitored employee prepaid and payroll accounts to ensure all relevant data was accurately updated.

Oversaw account password resets and data changes for Concur and Great Plains employee account set ups.

PREVIOUS WORK HISTORY:

Office Manager, Wesley’s Detail Shop, Raleigh, NC

Assistant Office Manager, AAA Check Cashing & Bail Bonding, Raleigh, NC

Education, Certification & Training

B.S. in Business Administration, Shaw University

Technical: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel) Accounting software (Concur, Great Plains, Intacct, M3, Quick Books) Internet Research

Affiliation & Volunteerism

Volunteer, Feed the Hungry

Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity

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