Tonya Vaughn

***** **** *****

Knoxville, TN ****4

865-***-****

Qualifications:

Proficient with computers including Microsoft Word, Works and Excel.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational as well as problem-solving skills.

Quickly learn procedures and methods and very dependable.

Work well with others and like to stay busy.

Capable of handling multiple projects concurrently.

Experience:

Tombras Group Knoxville, TN

Staff Accountant 6/2019 to present

Currently manage the daily tasks associated with accounts payable and accounts receivable for 30 different clients.

Several of which are nationally recognized, like Nutrisystem and Orange Theory Fitness.

Interact with outside vendors who have questions regarding AP

Work with Media teams to ensure estimates, time sheets and forecasting is in the system to be billed for

clients.

Audit, reconcile and approve all expense reports for all company employees.

Elavon Inc. Knoxville, TN

Credit Analyst II 5/2017 to 6/2019

Conducts audits on credit approvals from underwriters to make sure proper compliance and internal guidelines/standards/procedures have been maintained.

Monitor pricing and conduct audits on application pricing to make sure the proper pricing has been maintained.

Conducts credit analyses including gathering, analyzing and interpreting all types of credit information on existing and prospective customers to determine approvals or declines.

Input data gathered into databases and various computer systems from customer’s financial information.

Monitors customer’s accounts and portfolios in order to identify potential issues to maximize credit quality and minimize company’s credit risk and potential loss.

Make credit decisions on lending for new, renewal and other types of applications.

Contact customers and sales reps on information concerning accounts to correct errors or gather more information to make credit decision.

Work on various projects that help make procedures or policies more effective.

American Employer Group Clinton, TN

Licensing and Compliance Specialist 6/2016 to 5/2017

Obtaining, renewing and maintain compliance of licensing for 50 SBU’s in Insurance/Underwriting field

Perform worker’s compensation and federal tax payment audits.

Responsible for filing annual reports, foreign and domestic corporate authority in all 50 states for all SBU’s under parent company.

Responsible for applying and maintaining licenses for over 15 businesses in addition to their producers and adjusters.

Work with the states on problem solving issues concerning licensing & taxes.

Maintain spreadsheets on client reporting, worker’s comp reporting, payments processed to all states in addition to inter-company data sheets.

Pilot Travel Centers LLC Knoxville, TN

Wholesale/Freight/Crude Account Rep/Reconciler 8/2007 to 2/2016

Collection on past due accounts for Wholesale, Canadian, Crude and Freight customers.

Customer service with customers (problem solving, resend invoices & BOL’s, turn accounts on/off, etc.)

Check Customers to Watch list daily and Monitor customer account to ensure payments arrive timely and exposure kept to a minimum

Tracking and processing daily cash (check deposits, drafts, wires, ach)

Work with cash applications to balance cash weekly and monthly to each customer’s account

Work with sales team and help assist with new setups and problem solving to help customers

Maintain and track DSO to keep goals met and identify troubled accounts

Work with billing area to help collect any needed paperwork to get invoices billed to collect on them

Reconcile payments from Commercial customers and research outstanding amount and bill customers for payments not received.

Team Health Inc. Knoxville, TN

Treasury Specialist 12/2004 to 2/2007

Obtain cash information and prepare and distribute cash summaries to billing centers and record cash entries into the general ledger.

Prepares miscellaneous bank deposits and resolves all returned NSF checks.

Review and maintains bank statements for physician bank accounts.

Assists in escheatment of unclaimed property, including maintaining detail records of escheatable items and due dates, preparing reports and remitting the reports and payments to the respective states.

Works with other departments to help reconcile month end items that affect cash entries.

Records A/R into the general ledger once received from physicians.

Julio and Sons Company Irving, TX

Lead Accounting Clerk 4/2004-11/2004

Coded and keyed invoices for 25 units that consisted of Utilities, Sales taxes, Rent, bills that the units incurred on a weekly basis and expense reports.

Decided on a weekly basis depending on cash flow what checks to be cut and mailed out.

Assisted CFO in various projects pertaining to US Foods & PFG and their pricing.

Keyed in pricing changes on a weekly basis of all produce vendors for stores to determine who to purchase items from.

Assisted with the transition of 25 stores to a new company in many aspects from training information, entering in job rates and codes in new computer systems and ordering of all supplies needed for new office procedures.

Ruby Tuesday's Inc. Maryville, TN

Accounting Assistant 8/2000 to 4/2004

Conduct audits on restaurants weekly paperwork to ensure day-to-day guidelines are maintained within each unit.

Ensure all bills are coded and paid correctly to various vendors and monthly Profit & Loss statements are accurate.

Maintained accounts payable for 14 stores at one time.

Consistently follow up and communicate with managers and DO's on changes for their Profit & Loss or any issues that arise.

First Tennessee Bank Knoxville, TN

Management Assistant III/Teller 2 8/1998 to 8/2000

Administrative duties for two managers such as preparation and scheduling of meetings, gather data for reports, answering phones and various other administrative duties.

Servicing Commercial customers with products such as ACH, Lockbox, Credit Cards, Direct Deposit, Business Investments, etc.

Change business rates weekly after shopping competitor banks.

Maintained monthly income and product reports for managers and officers.

Ensured supply of money for financial institution's needs, based on legal requirements and business demands as well as fill change orders for commercial customers.

Education:

Farragut High School Knoxville, TN

General Diploma 1995

University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

Psychology/Elementary Education attended 3 years

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