MELISSA A MCCLUSKEY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

REAL ESTATE ACCOUNTANT (Contract)

APC Placement, Phoenix, AZ

Nov. 2021 – Mar 2022

Working in the A/P department for a large nationwide Grocery store chain, my project was to help the department get caught up from a backlog of Vendor Maintenance requests which were urgent they be current and processed in a timely manner. Working with several different programs, mainly Oracle and MRI, the backlog was cleared up and back to a manageable project.

I also helped with month end accruals for utilities and property insurance and participated in the month end closing process for the A/P division.

In addition, I verified all batches matched and staged all invoices to be printed nightly. SENIOR ACCOUNTANT (CONTRACT)

Nesco Resources, Phoenix, AZ

Feb. 2021 – Jul 2021

Balance sheet Reconciliations, bank statements, general account and payroll clearing account. Process all outgoing ACH/wires to vendors through accounts Payables Vendor payments. Reconciled group insurances to details and account for misc payments to/from employees.

Created shippers for large customer with daily releases. Used Epicor ERP software, Microsoft Office products; word, excel, and outlook. Scanned all documents to docuware for use with SharePoint custom reporting.

SELF-EMPLOYED, Wilmette, IL Sep. 2020 – Feb. 2021

Caregiver

QUICK-N-CLEAN, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ Jan. 2020 – Apr. 2020 Accounting Manager

Hired to replace the current Accounting Manager, the accounting cycle was a couple of months behind. In addition to all daily duties, i.e. banking, daily sales, forecasting, my training included multiple monthly, quarterly and annual responsibilities.

Some of these included: allocation of multisite (20 locations) billings and accompanied intercompany transfers with Corporate; Property Taxes for each location; GL entry of closing statements for acquisitions and sold investments; Quarterly Dividends to shareholders calculated per contacts and more. REPUBLIC SERVICES, Scottsdale, AZ Nov. 2019 – Jan. 2020 Sr. Staff Accountant / Payroll (Contract)

Reconciled payroll conversion error that prevented the process of W2 printing by the required Federal deadline.

Compared data from both systems for discrepancies, and errors were identified and documented for audit purposes.

Utilized Excel input templates data was entered and documented as corrected then checked to make sure all totals matched. AMMA, LLC, Phoenix, AZ Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019

A/R Collections Specialist (Contract)

Responsible for collections of a $1.5 M A/R balance over 90 days past due to computer conversion and change of staffing.

Utilized Excel and QuickBooks detailed statements were created for each past due customer.

Also included all invoice copies, partial payments applied and proof of deliveries.

Achieved collection of 60% of the total balance due, and the balance was either submitted to legal for further collections

($300,000) or were computer conversion errors ($200,000).

These billing errors involved inventory and therefore had to be traced back to a return issued to the customer, or a resale to another customer.

SELF-EMPLOYED, Wilmette, IL Feb. 2017 – Feb. 2019

Caregiver

BRENNAN STEIL, P.C., Janesville, WI Apr. 2016 – Jan. 2017 Accounting Manager/HR/IT

Areas of responsibility included supervision of these departments:

ACCT Manager – Supervised the department of accounting personnel. Oversaw AR, AP and Payroll.

HR: Saved the company 50% reduction on their malpractice insurance.

IT: Converted to AT&T for Internet and phone systems

FAC: Facilities management/maintenance for overall property and all fixed asset management. LEWIS SPRING & MANUFACTURING, Niles, IL Aug. 2012 – Aug. 2015 Executive Manager of HR/Safety/Accounting

Responsibilities include All HR areas, generalist, with special emphasis on Safety and OSHA compliance, all areas of Accounting, and IT system design and maintenance.

Utilized a robust HRIS system to collect a variety of personnel information and kept track of important HR compliance requirements.

Administered Monthly Safety Training and Record all information by employee.

Prepared Final GLTB to outside CPA, A/R (all aspects) & Collections, A/P (all aspects), weekly payroll for approx.> for (70) EEs. Changed payroll service companies to decrease processing time.

Part management team, which consisted of the President/ Engineer, the Director of Operations, and myself, representing HR/Accounting and IT. Forecasted future growth and development for our 5-year plan, and informed each other of any issues, problems and successes in our individual departments. H. SPIEGEL & ASSOCIATES, CPA'S, Skokie, IL Sep. 2010 – Apr. 2013 Accountant

Small business bookkeeping for approx. 25 clients.

Assisted with Taxes; during tax seasons.

SELF-EMPLOYED, Wilmette, IL Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2010

Caregiver

Personal caregiver for my father until he died of lung cancer in March 2010. ROAD RANGER, Rockford, IL Oct. 2004 – Feb. 2008

Staff Accountant

Reconciled Balance Sheet and cash accounts

Assumed additional HR responsibilities in a crisis Payroll situation - the current software was not capable of producing weekly payroll checks for a New State addition: KY- 9 new stores.

Management was forced to outsource payroll, and I was given the opportunity to do the conversion from in house to an outsource payroll source in a record breaking 6 week schedule. PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP, Rockford, IL Nov. 2001 – Oct. 2004 Director of Accounting/Office Operations

Financial Statement Preparation

Analyzed P/L variances budget vs. actual

Improved & automated month end close process

Supervised staff of 26 in six departments

Reconcile high volume bank statements & GL activity

Evaluated employee performance appraisals

EDUCATION

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DeKalb, IL

B.S. in Business Management Systems & Human Resources Management SKILLS

Accounting Skills: Human Resources Management, Accounting Employee Relations/Resolutions, Compliance Laws/OSHA ISO/ TS 16949, Improvement Financial Statement Preparation, Cash Flow Analysis/ Ratios, General Ledger & Bank Reconciliations, Forecasting Internal Systems Analysis, Recruit/Riff/Severance PC/Server Maintenance/Troubleshooting, Budget Variance Analysis, Payroll

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