Sharon K. Summers

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advbml@r.postjobfree.com

Educated senior-level accounting professional with extensive experience providing the leadership and support needed to drive the achievement of organizational accounting-related business goals and objectives. Skilled in analyzing current financial environments, using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and best practices to ensure compliance with defined accounting rules and regulations. Proven ability working collaboratively with business partners to fully support organizational goals designed to improve the organization’s financial standing. Recognized for the ability to deliver impactful results while leading in fast-paced, highly regulated business environments. Areas of Expertise

• Account

Reconciliation

• General Ledger

Accounting

• Journal Entries

• Month End Close

• Generally

Accepting

Accounting

Principles

• Financial Analysis

& Reporting

• Human Resource

Management

• Business Process

Improvement

• Full Cycle Accounts

Receivables

• Regulatory

Compliance

• Credit & Collection.

Professional Experience

Mark West Energy 10/22 – 01/23

Operations Accountant - South West Texas and South East Oklahoma

• Cross-trained on gathering and plant systems in the Marcellus/Southwest/Utica asset areas to obtain experience closing systems in both manual spreadsheets and the Quorum application.

• Obtained information from internal and external sources to record accounting transactions in the accounting systems and general ledger.

• Ensured transactions are recorded, documented, reviewed, and supported in accordance with company policies and controls.

• Assured adherence to applicable customer contract terms.

• Responsible for accuracy and timeliness of transactions in the systems and general ledger accounts. Applies analytical review to system results to ensure transactions are properly recorded in the accounting systems.

• Prepared monthly estimates & actualization for the specific assets.

• Analyzed account balances and margin account activity at month end and prepares properly supported account reconciliations, margin analysis, and SOX documentation.

• Provided monthly variance analysis on assets for management reporting purposes.

• Answered and resolved internal and external customer inquiries, including audit inquiries from external auditors, Internal Auditing, and producer auditors.

• Filed applicable regulatory reports as required by state and federal governmental agencies.

• Supported projects as needed and assists other accountants as requested by management.

• Maintained desk procedures to document the mechanics of booking the assets. S.K.S Industries 07/07 to 10/2022

(a.k.a) Sharon K. Summers Controller Consulting

• Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner.

• Ensure that all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable.

• Ensure that accounts receivable is collected promptly.

• Process payroll in a timely manner • Ensure that periodic bank reconciliations are completed.

• Ensure that required debt payments are made on a timely basis.

• Maintain the chart of accounts • Maintain an orderly accounting filing system.

• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions.

• Maintain cost codes and project profit and loss reporting.

• Issue timely and complete financial statements.

• Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual report.

• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations.

• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics • Manage the production of the annual budget forecasts.

• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management.

• Provide for a system of management cost reports • Provide financial analyses as needed, for capital, investments, pricing Compliance.

• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit.

• Monitor debt levels and compliance of Debt with Clients.

• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings.

• Human Resource Management

• Onboarding

• Benefits Liaison

• PTO Tracking

Prime Jet LLC

Assistant Controller (Accounts Receivable) - 10/2020 – 10/2022 Last Contract for S.K.S. Industries

Responsibilities

• Daily organization of incoming wires, for trips within a 7-day period

• Communicating with the Sales team of wires received, and wires needed.

• Maintaining Concur Expense Reports

• Logging all new scheduled tails and trips.

• Updating as needed for cancellations, and lost trips.

• Closing trips that have been completed.

• Upload of Concur spread sheet into Concur database.

• Upload and Maintenance of New Tails. Owner/Charter and Fuel to Coincide with Accounting Chart of Accounts.

• Daily Entry and Organization of New and Closed Trips in Accounting Software to coincide with Concur database.

• Entering all wires received and check off for the day.

• Daily reconciliation of all bank accounts, to ensure wire receipts, for the day.

• Invoicing for daily trips completed.

• Communicating with Sales, Flight Crew, Operations and Maintenance for other billable activities.

• Closing trips that have been completed.

• Client communication for all wire information, balances due, questions or concerns.

• Ensure that accounts receivable is collected promptly.

• Maintaining trip folders with Sales Quotes, Wire Receipt, Catering/Other incidentals, and final invoice.

• Fuel reconciliation.

• Credit Card processing.

• Month End close.

Cunningham Fire Department

Business Analyst - 10/02 – 07/07

Responsibilities

• Year-end audits

• Financial reporting

• Account reconciliations

• Fixed asset depreciation schedule

• APIAR management and reporting

• Reorganized Payables Management processes bringing them in on time according to budget.

• Restructured Receivables processes to achieve a more streamline affect with outside billing vendors

• Recommendations to current Human Resource Policies and Procedures. J.D. Edwards / People Soft

CO-OP Account Manager- 06/1987 – 07/02

• Responsible for 7 U.S. offices and 2 Canadian office budget plans for all partner/matched funded programs.

• IBM matched funds program $3,000,000.

• Hewlett Packard matched funds program $2,000,000.

• Synquest matched funds program $1,500,000.

Responsible for creating, coordinating and executing joint funded budgets.

• Prepared various analysis and specialized financial reports.

• Supervised and monitored daily cost accounting activities. Managed funding for rollout programs.

Developed an understanding of the business partner program and working relationship with finance and accounting within that segment

Sales and Use Tax Manager

• Prepared and analyzed account reconciliations and journal entries.

• Responsible for internal controls to ensure accruals and expenses were made on a timely basis.

• Prepared Sales and Use tax for United States and Canada.

• Ensured contract payment terms and ensure variances are resolved.

• Participated in recruiting and staffing of employees.

• Delegated work and accurately assessed employee's abilities. EDUCATION

Regis University, Denver Colorado

Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Marketing emphasis, minor Psychology. GPA 3.3 REFERENCES: Upon request

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