M I C H A E L B R Y A N T

** **** *** *****, ****** Harbor, Florida 34695

813-***-**** 813-***-**** adx5we@r.postjobfree.com

BOOKKEEPER – DATA ENTRY - ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Areas of Focus: Data Entry, Bookkeeping and Reconciliation

Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S P R O F I L E

Motivated systematic professional, with experience in accounting and bookkeeping. Proficient with organizational and analytical aptitudes in accomplishing assigned tasks and surpassing expectations. Equipped with in-depth skills in reconciliation and analysis of financial statements and reporting. Skilled problem-solver. Effective at fostering and maintaining positive work relationships with diverse individuals. Technically proficient with Excel and various recordkeeping systems.

A R E A S O F E X P E R T I S E

Accounts Monitoring, Data Entry, and Report Analysis and Preparation.

C A R E E R H I G H L I G H T S

Maintained utmost accuracy of entries on a client- and participant-level by efficiently processing bank reconciliations and financial reports. Held full accountability in reconciling all trust reports to third-party recordkeeping for annual audit of numerous accounts. Rendered substantial support to quarterly financial reporting on multiple accounts. Took part in administering and maintaining daily records of cash movement in and out of accounts.

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

THE NEWPORT GROUP ST. PETERSBURG, FL

SENIOR OPERATIONS SPECIALIST - TEAM LEAD 2002–2021

Provided expert oversight to the daily activities of a six-member Reconciliation Team responsible for cash reconciliation and shareholdings for 1100 clients. Played an integral role in providing recordkeeping services in the retirement benefits industry. Identified and settled transaction discrepancies between trust activities and the recordkeeping system. Determine and resolve outages prior to preliminary statement runs, in support of the quarterly statement process to maintain alignment with the reporting timetables. Proficiently reconciled recordkeeping systems and various trust reports used by the clients and auditors in verifying IRS 5500 report.

E D U C A T I O N

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN BUSINESS, St. Pete College Tarpon Springs, FL

Addendum to Resume – Michael Bryant

Prior to my 20 years at Newport Group, I held the following positions.

Convenience Store Industry

I owned my own store in Ashville, NC

I was responsible for everything including Payroll, Accounts Payable, and general accounting to produce monthly performance, and profit and loss statements.

With Little General, 7-Eleven, and Circle K:

I was a store manager, district manager, and division manager. Each of those positions required attention to detail, accounting paperwork and financial statements on a monthly and annual basis.

Shrinkage is a big issue with convenience stores, thus a routine reconciliation of the dollar value of items on the shelf versus the current book value of our inventory was necessary. I completed unscheduled audits as well supervised monthly company audits.

Fast Food

I was part owner in a 6-store hamburger chain: I was responsible for recruiting and training managers to run the business. Part of their training included weekly sales recaps that I ultimately used to prepare entries into our general ledger. This had to be balanced weekly and produced monthly and annual performance reports that included profit and loss. Additionally, I handled the accounts payable and payroll submission to our provider who printed the checks.

In all these positions, I had a variety of accounting responsibilities, all of which required attention to detail, and the need to identify discrepancies and determine the cause and if possible, the solution to fix.

Addendum #2 to Resume for Michael Bryant

In the last 15 months I have had two part-time jobs, and two temporary positions.

The temporary positions were with Domino’s Pizza & Pizza Hut pizza. In both cases, I was a Delivery Driver taking phone orders to customers’ houses.

While working at Domino’s, I fell walking up to a customer’s home injuring my left arm and hitting my head on the sidewalk. Due to that fall, a couple of small drops of blood got on the outside of the box.

I was not aware of this, however, the customer complained, and I was terminated immediately.

It took some time to recover – the shoulder was dislocated, and two rotator tendons had to be re-attached.

Next, I took another delivery position with Pizza Hut that lasted about 3 months until I left to go to work for a company named Sun Print Management. This turned out to be a temporary position.

Mainly I did data entry of copy counts. Additionally, we kept track of printers in and out as they were rentals.

For the last couple of months, I have been trying to pin down a Bookkeeping, accounting, or data entry position. Most have been either short term, too far from where I am living, or the pay was too low.

There seems to be a lot of competition for these positions.