Melinda Clonts-Peden

Atlanta, GA 678-***-**** adzwc7@r.postjobfree.com

Staff Accountant

Diligent accountant-backed, general ledger (GL) expertise, data analytics, and sophisticated modeling tools.

Business partner delivering fiscally responsible strategies to resolve financial and accounting challenges.

Experienced user of QuickBooks, JD Edwards, Great Plains, Peachtree Software, Chrome River ERP, and People Soft.

Signature Competencies

Project Management

Records Organization

Accounts Auditing

Financial Statements

Operational Leadership

Corporate Accounting

Accounts Payable/Receivable

Database Management

Problem Resolution

Professional Experience

Accounts Payable Analyst TI Parcel Solutions Atlanta, GA 2022–2023

Managed daily A/P processes, vendor and supplier relations and oversaw timely and accurate invoices, purchase orders, expense reports, and payment transaction processing.

Conduct accurate and timely General Ledger coding of invoices for multi-site parcel organization; assess and close monthly A/P sub-ledger, validate content, and efficiently resolve all issues.

Set up Automated Clearing House (ACH) for partial clients, created daily ACH batches, processed Canadian payments, cut vendor, supplier, and employee checks, and provided positive pay reports while processing manually drafted payments.

Reconciled accounts and created useful financial data for senior leadership decision-making; performed data entry tasks, phone and email verification, data analysis invoicing, and mailing.

Accounts Payable Specialist William Industrial Services (Robert Half) Atlanta, GA 2022

Prepared and maintained financial transactions for payment, including matching receivable reports to invoices, and provided year-end audit information.

Processed daily invoices and reconciled financial records while contributing to various accounting tasks, including budgeting, audits, report preparation, and research.

Conducted detailed financial analysis focusing on responding appropriately to employee and vendor financial requests providing insight to adjacent departmental staff.

Ensured correct third-party payments according to defined corporate instructions and regulations.

Full Charge Bookkeeper ARC Salvation Army Atlanta, GA 2019–2021

Organized and managed daily full cycle accounts payable 100+ invoicing inputs within Great Plains ERP and performed purchase order (PO) match, posted batches, and ACH payments processing.

Reconciled vendor invoices, credit accounts, and general ledger, regularly conducted weekly check run and expense report processing, and set up vendors and prepaid accounts.

Filed 1099s annually following tax compliance guidelines, posted payments via credit card, cash, and check to appropriate accounts, and managed daily company bank deposits.

Disbursed petty cash as needed for day-to-day operations, completed month-end reporting, and ensured accuracy across all journal entries; created sales comparison reports daily and ran analysis reports for meetings.

Generated senior-level leadership profit and loss (P&L) statements and produced financials monthly reporting with heavy involvement in routine and year-end audit processes.

Accounts Payable Supervisor Best American Hospitality Atlanta, GA 2012–2018

Implemented accounting procedures, coordinated and supervised Accounts Payable employees, and interacted with internal customers and external suppliers to monitor all controls.

Worked with A/P management staff and Finance department personnel in support of time-bound processes and oversaw expense system testing and processing implementation across multiple business unit projects.

Analyzed and closed daily invoice batches and documented A/P controls; communicated accounting policies, practices, and procedures with departmental managers, vendors, and internal customers.

Researched and interpreted data and provided employee and customer accounting and financial questions, ensuring to protect organizational value by keeping information confidential.

Additional Work History

Paraprofessional Accountant Cobb County Community Service Board Marietta, GA

Performed assigned accounts payable and related clerical support functions and processed all check requests, invoices, and purchase orders to ensure properly and timely paid vendors.

Submitted monthly check requests for benefits programs premiums and accurately and timely prepared and maintained accounting documents, records, and reports.

Maintained vendor files and vendor data reporting to ensure completed monthly payments according to due dates.

Accounts Payable/Receivable Specialist Gourmet Services Inc. Atlanta, GA

Verified and approved payment vouchers and ensured correctly issued employee and vendor checks; worked alongside collections department to transition past due accounts to proper status.

Developed and maintained responsive and efficient methods of communication across staff and vendors; organized and maintained active accounts receivables files.

Trained, mentored, and led staff members and provided performance appraisals.

Education

Strayer University

Master of Science in Accounting (MSA)

Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management

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