Sarah Lyons

** **** ****** ***** *******, NH ****5

978-***-**** adp62z@r.postjobfree.com

~ Bookkeeper/Accounting Assistant

Experienced and accomplished professional with more than 15 years of experience

in accounting and administrative office roles. Ability to work well both

independently and with others to accomplish goals and meet deadlines successfully.

With many years of customer service and interaction, able to bring a positive, kind,

attitude and demeanor to any setting, whether in office or communicating remotely

from home.

Key Expertise

•Cash Management

•Accounts Receivable

•Accounts Payable

•Fixed Assets

•Monthly, Quarterly closes

•Proficient in Microsoft Office, Oracle, Salesforce, Intacct, Open Air, Vantage ERP software

Professional Experience

December 2020 - April 2021 Aspire Living & Learning

•Accounts Payable functions : Vouchering & entering invoices into system

•Maintaining spreadsheets and completing complex monthly billing vouchers

August 2017 – December 2020 Light Duty Electrical

Accounting Manager

•Full cycle accounting in Quickbooks; Invoicing, A/R & A/P, Project Management.

•Month and year end reporting

•Reception/Administrative functions

December 2015-October 2016 New England Transit

Staff Accontant

•Full cycle Accounts Payable; vendor coding, matching invoices to PO’s, system entry, weekly & monthly check runs.

•Accounts Receivable; Cash management; cash receipts posting.

•Other Accounting duties and reporting as assigned by controller

April – November 2015 Ektron

Staff Accountant

•Work on a variety of responsibilities in Accounts Receivable and Cash Management. Review daily bank account activity; posting daily cash receipts, booking inter-company and foreign exchange transactions. Researching and resolving variances and outstanding issues, month/quarter end reconciliations for cash, Pre-paid and Fixed asset accounts.

•Worked with Order Management in the invoicing of customer maintenance renewals, services, software, and training orders. Set up on-going service orders with revenue recognition rules.

•Maintain the company Cash Forecast, and Consolidated Cash Balance File with parent company on a weekly basis.

May 2008 – April 2015 UniFirst Corporation

Wilmington, MA

Fixed Asset Accountant

•Work within the Asset Management Department with a variety of responsibilities;

Reviewing vendor invoices for large capital company purchases; entering them into

the system for processing and payment, and then properly coding into the system as

new assets on the company register.

•Analyse larger on-going capital projects such as building expansions and other engineering projects; reviewing contracts and billings, recording monthly capitalized interest if appropriate, reconciling totals against general ledger balances and then compiling assets and appropriately capitalizing in the system.

•Reconcile capital accounts on a monthly and quarterly basis, and test for asset depreciation reasonableness per Sarbanes Oxley rules, making any necessary journal entries to balance our Projects to General Ledger.

•Review sales and use tax that has been assessed to be added to existing assets, and make those or any other cost adjustments. Obtain general asset maintenance, making any necessary inter-company transfers and retiring of assets fully depreciated or damaged or sold, recording gain or loss.

June 2007- March 2008 Fidelity Investments

Merrimack, NH

Financial Representative

•Began working as a general customer service representative where I took incoming

phone calls from clients concerning brokerage and mutual fund accounts.

Performed maintenance to accounts and took care of general requests; providing

account balances, stock and mutual fund quotes, gave information on

different types of accounts and products offered to customers.

•Upon passing certification exams tasks advanced to processing money movement transactions in customer accounts, and placing mutual fund and stock trades.

January-May 2007 Sullivan, Bille Group

Tewksbury, MA

Staff Accountant

•Acted as an assistant on audit and review engagements. Obtained client financial

statement account balances and assisted in the testing for their accuracy, and for

potential misstatements. Areas of focus include; cash, accounts receivable,

accounts payable, fixed assets, as well as some sales cut-off and debit posting

testing for revenue and expense accounts.

•Prepared individual client tax returns of various complexities, handled some

partnerships as well as individual small business returns.

June 2004-December 2006 Hittite Microwave Corporation Chelmsford, MA

Accounting Internship

•Responsible for posting of cash receipts, generation of monthly customer statements & aged receivables reports, maintained file containing overdue customer balances, reconciled bank statements with e-commerce transaction reports

•Responsible for invoicing in accounts payable, created and updated an invoice tracking worksheet, filing and maintenance of vendor records

•Worked closely with management in the creation and implementation of a depreciation schedule containing all fixed assets in capital accounts, monthly updating and maintenance of the file, recording monthly journal entry for depreciation expense/accumulated depreciation

•Worked closely with management in implementing various Sarbanes-Oxley controls, reviewed and edited 10Q reports

•Assisted front office with reception/administrative functions

EDUCATION

June, 2002 Tyngsboro Jr. Sr. High School Tyngsboro, MA

High School Diploma

December, 2006 University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA

Bachelor Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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