Grovena M. Young-Blunt

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Core Competencies

Financial statement preparation. Cash management. Reconciling bank accounts. Preparing, entering, and posting journal entries to the general ledger. Reconciling balance sheet accounts and investment fund accounts to the general ledger and bank accounts. Fixed assets management. Job costing. Preparing sales and use tax returns. Preparing personal property tax and business license returns. Preparing 1099s. Managing and processing travel and expense reimbursement. Reconciling purchase orders to multi line invoices. Accounts payable and accounts receivable processing. Payroll processing. Grants management and budgeting. Expense report processing.

Relevant Experience

Senior Accountant - Contractor for American Funds/Capital Group February 2019 – Present

KForce, Inc.

Norfolk, Virginia

Responsible for the daily and weekly outputs of complex cash and position reconciliations to ensure investment funds agree with the bank and general ledger balances, and carryover correctly throughout the different accounting and reporting systems (Aladdin, CSTAR, and PARC).

Once investment funds are reconciled, responsible for the repatriation to U.S. dollars idle investment balances that are in foreign currency.

Make necessary contact with the different banking institutions to ensure the Manual FX is implemented properly and balances agree before and after the Manual FX is processed.

Responsible for creating daily Aladdin Aging Report for positions, and researching outstanding balances within the different accounting systems and bank blotters.

Responsible for capacity and KPI reporting and continual enhancement of both the methodology and processes.

Assist with testing of the new Aladdin system and evaluating workflow of the different segments in the Accounting department for continual process improvement.

Responsible for developing Standard Operating Procedures for the daily processes.

Take part in weekly meetings with the different segments in the Accounting Department.

Manage the Core Ops Accounting email inbox by evaluating emails and assigning emails to the proper departments and individuals.

Accounts Payable Specialist-Supervisor March 2018 – February 2019

American Institute for Research (AIR)

Washington, D.C.

Work as an Accounts Payable Supervisor for the American Institute for Research, which is a non-profit organization that is also a contractor for both Federal and several State governments.

Supervise a team of five employees that process travel expense reports for the entire organization that employs over 1000 employees using CostPoint/Deltek Time Expense and OnBase software.

Ensure that expense reports are processed timely and accurately according to GSA regulations, FAR requirements, and AIR’s Travel Policy.

Provide insight, answers to questions, and resolve issues regarding expense reports when they arise with customers within the organization.

Hold monthly meetings with the expense reporting team to go over expense reporting issues and to provide further training and insight regarding the company’s Travel Policy and GSA regulations.

Assist the Controller with updating the Travel Policy in order to further clarify expense reporting questions and issues discovered during processing.

Prepare and enter into CostPoint accounting corrections to re-class expenses that have been processed to incorrect general ledger accounts, projects, and org codes.

Train and assist new employees on preparing and entering their expense report in the CostPoint/Deltek Time and Expense.

Work with the Accounting Team to ensure Travel Advance accounts, American Express credit card Accounts, and SunTrust credit card accounts are reconciled in a timely fashion.

Accounting Budget Analyst I November 2016 – March 2018

City of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, Virginia

As the Grant Manager for the entire city of Portsmouth, responsible for setting up new projects in the MUNIS Accounting Software for new grants once they are approved by the City Council under an ordinance.

Set up the budgets in the accounting software for the new grants based on the different general ledger account allocations. Responsible for processing budget amendments.

Review different department’s grant quarterly reports for accuracy against the budget that are required to file before submission to the grantor.

Prepare and enter journal entries as required to make adjustments to different grant accounts.

Assist in the management of the HUD CDBG/HOME programs to ensure accurate reporting.

Prepare and submit drawdown request for the grants as needed for different departments.

Prepare the SEFA, which lists all Federal Grant Awards and becomes incorporated in the city’s CAFR.

Manage the city of Portsmouth’s Support to Community and Regional Organization’s grant program that provides funding to multiples non-profit organizations which provide services to the residents of the city of Portsmouth. Responsible for preparing budget information for this grant program.

Prepare grant account reconciliations.

Responsible for gathering information and data from all departments in the city of Portsmouth in order to prepare FEMA Project Worksheets for cost reimbursement when different disasters have occurred. Work with FEMA Project Specialist in preparing project worksheets and handling site visits of damaged areas within the city.

Senior Accountant – General Ledger April 2014 – November 2016

L3-Communications-Unidyne

Norfolk, Virginia

Responsible for the preparation of the financial statements for L3-Pac Ord, Inc. each month using the CostPoint Accounting software.

Prepare and enter journal entries (accruals, payroll, reserves, recurring, intercompany) into the accounting software to record monthly and quarterly transactions into the general ledger.

Balance the intercompany accounts between the different L3 Communications inter-group intercompany accounts.

Upload financial information into Hyperion Consolidation software for consolidation of the financial statements by the corporate office.

Enter incoming daily cash receipts into the CostPoint Accounting software.

Reconcile the receivable and payable bank accounts monthly to ensure accuracy of the balances.

Reconcile the balance sheet accounts monthly to ensure accuracy of account balances.

Prepare and file monthly, quarterly, and annual Sales and Use tax returns for five different states.

Prepare and file annual personal property tax returns and business license applications.

Prepare annual 10K and Tax Information Package (TIP) for Corporate Headquarters for annual federal and state income tax filings.

Manage the fixed assets by entering into the CostPoint new assets and calculating depreciation monthly. Also, responsible for recording the disposal of assets.

Provide financial information to the Compliance officer to ensure Pac Ord, Inc. is compliant with the guidelines of Sarbanes Oxley.

Senior Accountant – General Ledger/ AP Supervisor November 2006 – April 2014

Temp to Permanent Position

Accounting Principals to Wartsila Defense, Inc.

Chesapeake, Virginia

Assist the Controller in the preparation of the monthly financial statements.

Handle the running of the necessary processes at month end close in the Deltek/CostPoint accounting system such as closing inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and posting labor.

Prepare journal entries monthly and enter them for the month end close.

Prepare necessary reports used for financial reporting such as Purchase Order Accrual, Inventory reports, Freight-In-Accrual, and Order backlog reports.

Reconcile monthly balance sheet accounts to ensure accurate reporting.

Assist the Controller with balancing the inter-group intercompany accounts between Wartsila’s Defense, Inc’s sister companies.

Prepare monthly exchange gain/loss journal entry once payment to foreign entities has been wired

Set up and process cost pools for monthly closes.

Reconcile monthly bank statements.

Prepare financial reports at each month end close used for Consolidation by Corporate.

Upload financial information into Hyperion Software used for Consolidation by Corporate.

Approve purchase order requisitions in the absence of the Controller.

Prepare monthly Sales and Use tax returns and responsible for maintaining Wartsila Defense, Inc.’s compliancy with the Sales and Use tax laws in over 10 different states.

Process weekly travel and general expense reimbursements using the travel expense software Concur. Prepare the journal entry after processing the expenses and upload it into the Deltek accounting system. Train new employees on using the travel expense reporting software.

Supervise the Accounts Payable clerk to ensure the proper processing of vendor invoices in the accounts payable module of Deltek/CostPoint. Check invoices for coding errors and accrue the necessary use tax on invoices. Serve as Accounts Payable backup.

Reconcile multi-line purchase orders to invoices, ensure proper coding of costs to ongoing projects and to general ledger accounts, and ensure proper application of progress payments reflected on the purchase orders against the incoming invoices.

Work as a liaison between departments to resolve problems that arise with invoices and purchase orders.

Prepare 1099s to send to vendors at the end of each year.

Prepare yearly Business License and Personal Property tax returns and quarterly Real Estate Tax returns.

Serve as Payroll and back up and process payroll in the absence of the Human Resources Manager using Deltek Time and Expense/CostPoint Software.

As an Internal ISO auditor, prepare and perform monthly ISO 9001 and 14001 internal audits to ensure Wartsila Defense, Inc. is compliant with ISO Quality standards.

Education/Additional Training

Graduate of the Perdue School of Business and Salisbury State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting & Marketing. Graduated Cum Laude with a 3.4 GPA. Inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa and the Delta Mu Delta Honor Societies.

Government Contracting Business Management 2013 – Tidewater Community College.

Computer Skills

Knowledge of the Deltek/CostPoint Accounting Software, Concur Expense Processing Software, Hyperion, Cognos, AS400 system, Solutionware, Move-N Accounts Receivable software, ACCPAC Accounting Software, FAS(Fixed Asset Software). Proficient with Microsoft Windows, Excel, & Word, MUNIS governmental accounting software, OnBase software, Aladdin, CSTAR, PARC, TPS, IMAP.

Selected Achievements

Streamlined the day to day processing of expense reports for over 100 employees at Wartsila Defense, Inc. and the processing journal entries containing over 800 lines to upload the expenses into the Deltek Accounting Software.

Supervised the Accounts Payable clerk and streamlined the Accounts Payable process for Wartsila Defense, Inc. by ensuring proper coding of expenses before posting to the General Ledger and the accrual of use tax.

Helped to ensure the compliancy of Wartsila Defense, Inc. with Sales and Use Tax reporting within 8 different states in the U.S.

ISO 9001 &14001 Internal Auditor

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