Tiye Smith

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Bowie, Maryland 20716

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EDUCATION:

Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland

B.S., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Finance. Completed May 2021.

TECHNICAL / NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Suite, Advanced user of MS Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, FISERV, Deltek CostPoint, GAAP, Oracle, Netsuite, PeopleSoft, Telecommunications, Quickbooks, E-Verify, SAP, Concur, V-look Up, Pivot Table.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Contractor

Staff Accountant

July 2021-December 2022

STAFF ACCOUNTING- Generated monthly reporting, reconciled accounts, prepared schedules and analyses, ensuring that all compilations and financials complied with GAAP rules and regulations. Specifically, maintained fixed assets, Paid Time Off (PTO) accruals, prepaid insurance and depreciation schedules in Excel and prepared monthly journal entries. Analyzed costs and financial data, investigating abnormal balances and analytics for discrepancies, researched discrepancies and reconciled. Reconciled cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other general ledger accounts, maintained adequate and effective systems of control with audit trails for all accounts. Prepared financial statements and related trial balances, balance sheets, Profit &Loss statements and completed month-end closings. Analyzed and communicated monthly financial results to upper management. Reviewed and audited expense reports and determined allowable costs, correct appropriations, and job codes. Reviewed government contract agreements to ensure GAAP regulations were applied properly. Prepared weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly job cost reports for the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Vice President (VP) and external accounting firm. Entered vendor invoices, including those for supplies, material, and equipment into the QuickBooks accounting database and printed checks. Handled all payroll information and management. At the end of each month, reconciled bank accounts with QuickBooks to ensure the validity of bank transactions. Coordinated with accounting firm or audit agencies on special projects, including year-end adjustments and annual tax preparations, conducted on special studies, vulnerability assessments and internal control reviews. Established and maintained systems of internal controls to ensure the integrity of all financial reporting systems, processes, and data.

Developed and recommended accounting methods affecting the financial reporting process, including those for the equitable allocation of indirect and overhead costs. Identified and resolved a variety of financial-related issues, questions and problems related to financial management. Provided analysis and advice regarding accounting programs and financial systems.

PAYROLL- Created and reviewed bi-weekly time sheets, verified social security numbers through E-Verify, reconciled Medicare, Federal and State taxes and time entries, prepared and monitored tax withholdings. Entered hours worked into Paychex and printed checks for payment. Processed all credit card charges and reconciled monthly credit card statements. Approved purchases and reimbursed employees for expenses as needed. Balanced bank transactions to QuickBooks

Presidential Bank

Bethesda, MD

March 2020 – June 2021

Accounts Payable Specialist

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE- verify and process all accounts payable documents from the accounting department, monitor payments and expenditures, maintain the general ledger, perform month end account analysis, generate, and distribute monthly financial reports. Responsible for paying monthly invoices to ensure insurances are paid on time in FISERV to prevent delays in customer accounts. Interacts with other departments to receive invoices, taxes, and other information needed to complete customer requests; ensures that documentation requiring notarization is complete. Documents systems applications with customer information changes to personal information and credit ratings during conversations with customers. Collect customer payments on a timely basis and meet daily/week standard. Calling customers for payments that are due and past due for their home insurance. Responsible for posting customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions. Maintaining records by microfilming invoices, debits, and credits. Resolves collections by examining customer payment plans, payment history, credit line; coordinating contact with collections department. Summarizes receivables by maintaining invoice accounts; coordinating monthly transfer to customer accounts receivable account and verifying totals; preparing report into the excel sheet. Worked between 6 business units within SAP to post invoices and review accuracy and proper approvals. Matching invoices to purchase orders. Ensuring bills are paid by their due dates. Analyzed existing vendors. Processed an average of 400 invoices per week.

FINANCE MANAGEMENT- Responsible for generating invoices, to mail out to clients, producing bills for clients to bring account to current, completed data entry tasks in Microsoft excel to ensure client was being properly billed monthly, calculating the amounts clients owed monthly, and addressed payment of billing discrepancies between the clients and office. In FISERV database, I manage accounting and financial operations with oversight for financial reporting, account records and accounting controls. Oversee execution of accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliation and independent audits. Develop letters to send out to customers when their delinquent in their taxes. Develop and maintain a quality network of business relationships that serves as a recurring source of referrals for new mortgage lending opportunities. Utilize our membership base to identify potential mortgage opportunities. Review initial application submission, i.e. income assets and credit for accuracy and completeness. Notify borrower of required documentation that will be collected such as tax returns, bank statements, purchase agreements, property descriptions, and other required documents to assist with the initiation of processing.

COLLECTION MANAGEMENT- Maintained an active list of daily collection calls to a minimum of 15 different live customer calls and responsive emails per day. I reduced and maintained +120 collections to 50k and reduced and maintained day sales outstanding at a maximum of 55 days per quarter. Generate monthly statements. Verify customer requests and handle correspondence involving accounts receivable. Assisted in resolution of complaints through close contact with the customer, customer service, shipping, and the Finance team. Assisted in the reconciliation of customer accounts, credits due to customers, accounts receivable aging, customer deposits, and other cleanup as assigned by Manager.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Bethesda, MD

May 2018 – August 2019

Jr Budget Trainee (0099-GS-3)

BUDGET FORMULATION: Assisted with the development, accounts payable coordination, and presentation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Final FY2020 Congressional Justification documents, including the performance plans. Responsible for printing the budget information, from each office within CPSC, and arranging the documents accordingly in the budget binders and submitted for the managers review.

BUDGET EXECUTION: Responsible for coordinating and summarizing the CPSC 4th Quarter FY2019 travel costs and status of funds budgets for the financial weekly meetings with the Director and Budget Analyst to review and discuss the area office planning activities and obligations spent to date. Utilized the financial reports to enter in the year to date obligations in an excel spreadsheet for the Budget Analyst. Prepared a table that included the FY2019 contract and acquisition procurement requisition numbers for the budget office. This allowed the budget office to determine which procurement requisitions were awarded and obligated.

DATA ANALYSIS: In SharePoint software, I reviewed files of products safety reviews and extracted data of consumers who had to be notified of product defects. I complied that classified information and entered it into a consolidated excel spreadsheet to be used to contact the consumer by mail. Reviewed, analyzed, and vetted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) data breach information from the agency website. Entered the confidential information into an excel spreadsheet to ensure that the data can be used for exporting and executive decisions.

First Baptist Church of Glenarden

Glenarden, MD

June 2016 – August 2018

Human Resources Assistant

HUMAN RESOURCES: Provided training, technical assistance, and guidance to the summer youth employees. Assisted the summer youth employees with setting up their payroll and benefit information into the Automatic Data Processing system. Provided the new employees, including summer youth employees, with their new hire employee packets by email. Extracted and deleted former employees from the current HR system. Scanned current and new hire employee personnel file into the HR software system. Responsible for sorting the fingerprint data by chronological order for each department employee. Handled classified personally identifiable information on each employee within the organization

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES: Organized the details of special church events by developing a tracking system for participants in Microsoft Excel. Outlined the specific details of Pastoral travel arrangements, agenda, calendar management and itineraries which increased efficiency and productivity. Managed the inventory of the Pastor’s resource documents and literatures, including cataloging, distribution, and record keeping within the library.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Started my own business (Taste with Tiye-catering company)– Summer 2020)

Created a Limited Liability Company to protect my future assets and management flexibility.

Presented a business plan to NFTE (Network for teaching entrepreneurship) and was rewarded for my business idea.

Developed my website that allowed me to add my products, sell, track my expenses and inventory.

Sold an average of 500 plates weekly during the pandemic to college students when the cafeteria was closed.

Business Plan (Prince George’s County Youth At-Work Summer Enrichment – Summer 2016)

Developed a business plan that demonstrated marketing plans for a non-profit clothing store that support less fortunate.

Presented a business plan to the professor and students within the class.

Received excellent feedback from the professor who also recommended me to apply for the Hillman Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program at Prince George’s Community College.

ACTIVITIES / AWARDS:

Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Treasurer November 2019-Present

National Society of Leadership and Success Member September 2018-Present

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