Accounts Payable Accounting Clerk
Resume:
SHANNON JAMES
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EXPERIENCE
MARCH 2018-CURRENT
CONTROLLER, NELSON ELECTRIC COMPANY – AMES, IOWA
Work closely with accounting firm to prepare financial reports on monthly and quarterly basis
Created analysis spreadsheet for monthly financials for branch managers and corporate management to review
Calculate and enter all month end journal entries for corporate and branches
Reconcile checking, money market and savings accounts for corporate and all branches
Calculate any interbranch labor and create the journal entry at corporate and branch levels
Collect work orders, prepare invoices, and enter and pay all accounts payables for corporate and three branches
Process AIA pay applications, issue customer statements, and follow up on aging invoices
Review job cost reports and ensure accuracy
Review payroll and prepare weekly journal entry for payroll completed by a third party
Created new work order processes and reports for employee benefits
Other duties to support staff as needed
JULY 2016-MARCH 2018
ACCOUNTING MANAGER, RESOURCE SERVICES, DES MOINES, IOWA
Entered and paid all accounts payable invoices in a timely and accurate manner
Processed weekly payroll and issued to owner of company requested list of reports for his review
Filed semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly payroll reports as required and paid taxes as needed
Filed and paid accounts payable and accounts receivable invoices per owner requests
Prepared specialty financial information for owner as requested such as accounts receivable outstanding and accounts payable in next 30 days
SEPTEMBER 2014-JULY 2016
DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING, NEWCOM TECHNOLOGIES, DES MOINES, IOWA
Entered and paid all accounts payable invoices in a timely and accurate manner
Issued monthly updated project billing to customers
Worked with CEO on many accounting projects to job cost and bid projects
Assisted and supervised accounting clerk who processed payroll and handled all human resources issues
NOVEMBER 2013-SEPTEMBER 2014
INTERIM CFO, ROBERT HALF ACCOUNTING/SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF IOWA, GRIMES, IOWA
Entered and paid all accounts payable and processed payroll
Provided financial reports to management as needed
Received donations from events and assisted with recording donor information for tax purposes
Assisted grant department with financial information needed for grant applications
Worked with local bank to set up onsite bank deposits
SEPTEMBER 1995 – MAY 2013
CONTROLLER, COOK PLUMBING CORPORATION, WEST DES MOINES, IOWA
Worked closely with accounting firm to prepare financial reports on monthly and quarterly basis
Provided financial information to management as requested on weekly and monthly basis
Complete month end activity included calculating and recording journal entries
Reconciled monthly bank statements
Entered and paid all accounts payable invoices
Processed monthly pay applications for billing of commercial projects and issued customer statements monthly
Complete month end activity included calculating and recording journal entries
Partnered with Project Managers and Technicians as needed
Other duties as needed
EDUCATION
MASTER’S DEGREE -- ACCOUNTING
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, URBANDALE
BACHELORS DEGREE – ACCOUNTING
SIMPSON COLLEGE, INDIANOLA
SKILLS
Microsoft Office Suite
Sage Accounting, QuickBooks software
Specialty Construction software
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Management Account certification in process, expected January 2023
QuickBooks Proadvisor certification in process, expected November 2022
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