CARLA HAMILTON

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601-***-****

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ACCOUNANT WITH OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING OFFICE MANAGEMENT, GENERAL LEDGER AND SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE, RECONCILATIONS, TAX RETURNS, PAYROLL, PAYABLES AND RECEIVABLES

EXPERIENCE

City of Hattiesburg

Grant Accountant, January 19, 2021-Present

Responsibilities: Tracking of grant expenditures, maintaining grant accounting files, grant financial reporting, compiling annual expenditures and revenue for federal audits, reconciling accounts to the general ledger, posting interest, journal entries, draws for reimbursement on expenses, and other accounting duties.

RAMEY MOTORS LLC

Accounting Manager, May 13, 2019-December 2020

Responsibilities: Journal entries, bank reconciliation, account reconciliation, responsible for compiling of monthly, quarterly, and year end reports, assist Controller in preparing accurate financial statements, manage & train employees within the accounting department, floor plan payments and curtailments, monthly commissions, contract funding, and all auction related transactions.

PACE AUTO SALES LLC.

Office Manager, June 2018 – May 12, 2019

Responsibilities: Floor plan pay offs & curtailments, lien payoffs, A/P & A/R, post expenses, stock in inventory, auction inventory, pull contracts, titles, bank reconciliation, calculate gross profit of deals, payroll, monthly commission, spreadsheet on paid inventory, W2’S and 1099’S.

DEAN MCCRARY KIA

Office Manager, June 2014 – June 2018

Responsibilities: Post billing & funding on retail, lease, and wholesale deals, floor plan payoffs, lien payoffs, A/P & A/R, bank reconciliation, maintain schedules and general ledger financial statements, payroll, preparation of W2’s and 1099’s, quarterly reports, titling, journal entries & accounting transactions, and supervising the accounting department.

MCDANIEL ACCOUNTING FIRM

Internal Auditor, September 2009- May 2014

Responsibilities: Audit city and state financial records and bank statements, enter data using excel spreadsheets, check inventory on equipment and stock numbers and prepare audit reports.

NELSON TACKETT CPA COMPANY

Secretary, July 2008 - December 2008(Temporary Position)

Responsibilities: Answer the phone & schedule appointments, post checks to the general ledger, bank reconciliation, filing, assembly taxes, A/P & A/R, and prepare quarterly taxes.

JOHN C. NELSON, CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Accountant/Auditor, April 2003 - January 22, 2008

Responsibilities: Bank reconciliation, work comp general liability audits, A/P & A/R, accounting transactions & financial reports, quarterly sales tax reports, property taxes & real estate transaction, posting of weight tickets on gravel pits, billing, payroll, bank deposits & loans, and annual tax information on construction, real estate, and gravel royalties.

RENT-A-WRECK

Office Manager of 98 West King Rd. Location, December 23, 2002 - April 4, 2003

Bookkeeper at 1400 West Pine St. Location (laid off)

Responsibilities: To manage the new location on King Rd. & to do part-time bookkeeping at the West Pine location. Payroll, quarterly reports, A/P & A/R, bank reconciliation, filing, answering the phone, bank deposits and accounting transactions.

ADT SECURITY SERVICES, INC.-TYCO - FIRE & SECURITY

Sales - Residential Specialist, April 24, 2002 - December 20, 2002

Responsibilities: To sell home security systems to residential customers.

HEARTSOUTH, PLC.

Supervisor - Business Dept., January 24, 2002 - February 15, 2002

Responsibilities: To oversee the front business dept. and to keep the clinic flowing smoothly from the time of patient arrival to check-out. These duties included being cross trained in all areas from switchboard, appointment scheduling, patient registration, medical records, insurance verification & precertification, collections, and posting of charges & payments.(Temporarily laid off due to Dr.Covin’s accident, Heartsouth has closed two of their current locations & has laid off fifty percent of their employee's.)

SOUTHERN BONE & JOINT SPECIALISTS

Patient Accounts - Collections, March 13, 2000 - December 28, 2001

Responsibilities: Billing & collecting of accounts, entering new patient info & verifying insurance benefits, collecting surgery deposits, coding of service tickets & surgical procedures, working the monthly AR report & checking claim status, writing up refunds & adjustments, speaking with patients concerning payment arrangements and government assistance, conversing with attorneys concerning letters of protection & settlements involving worker's compensation, collecting deposits from attorneys for depositions, insurance precertification for surgical procedures.

SOUTHERN EYE CENTER

Tracer - Collections, March 4, 1998 - March 10, 2000

Responsibilities: Flag all outstanding balances and co-pays on routing slips, meet with patients before office visit to discuss payment arrangements, assist patients in completing credit information and enter data in the computer, assist patients with government, private and indigent assistance, insurance precertification on surgeries, insurance verification for eligibility purposes, Medicaid verifications and Healthmacs authorizations, payment arrangements on surgery deposits for patients who cannot meet deposit requirements, and assist front desk as needed.

Patient Services -Begin employment as a patient representative and then was promoted to being a tracer-collector after one year.

Responsibilities: Obtain insurance and patient information and enter data in the computer in a timely and efficient manner, scheduling appointments, collecting of A/R, daily count downs, verify Medicaid and obtain authorization, and precertification of surgical procedures.

ST. JOHN & ASSOCIATES - CO. OUT OF BUSINESS

Office Manager, June 3, 1996 - November 5, 1996

Responsibilities: A/P & A/R, billing, payroll, bank reconciliation, bank deposits, monthly ending reports, accounting transactions, filing and taxes.

W. M. BURNETT & ASSOCIATES, INC. - PART TIME THRU TAX SEASON

Secretary, January 29, 1996 - April 30, 1996

Responsibilities: Answering the phone, scheduling appointments, filing, typing, keeping a check log of accounts receivable, copying and assembling tax returns, assist clients, bank deposits, assisting with payroll and payroll forms, and daily count downs.

JIM HAMILTON LOGGING - OWN BUSINESS

Office Manager, July 16, 1995 - January 27, 1996

Responsibilities: Monthly posting of accounts payable and receivable, preparing monthly financial statements, payroll, quarterly reports, monthly bank reconciliation of accounts, bank deposits, filing, and accounts payable.

NELSON TACKETT CPA & COMPANY - PART TIME THRU TAX SEASON

Secretary, January 10, 1995 - July 15, 1995

Responsibilities: Posting of accounts payable and receivable, preparing and assembling financial statements, assembling tax returns and preparing W-2's, scheduling appointments, filing, payroll, and quarterly reports.

EDUCATION

JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE Office Management & Accounting – 3 years

Courses: English, Typing, Data Entry, Business Math, Accounting, Word Perfect 6.0, Essential Skills, Records Management, Medical Terminology, Machine Transcriptions, Algebra, History, Biology, and Sociology.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Reynolds & Reynolds, Microsoft Word & Works (spreadsheets & data base), Excel, Word Perfect 6.0, CLS Accounting

Software, Mas 90, Slice, Peachtree, Form Tool, Quick Books, Data Medic, MDR WIN, and Medical Manager.

SKILLS

PAYROLL & TAXES

EXPERIENCED IN ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE

JOURNAL ENTRIES

BANK RECONCILIATION

ACCOUNT RECONCILIATION

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

OFFICE MANAGEMENT

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