Sr Staff Accountant, Accountant and assistant director
Resume:
Michael R. King
**** ****** *** * #*** Seattle, WA 98118 206-***-**** ********@*****.***
Highly proficient accountant with demonstrated experience in financial reporting, costing, asset capitalization, internal controls, and US GAAP standards. Strong analytical skills, solid commitment to customer service, adept at handling
“high maintenance” clients with grace while communicating ideas and timely results to customers, colleagues and managers. Experience working with auditors.
Professional Experience
Assistant Financial Director
Catholic Community Services June 2023 – August 2023
● Managed AP manager and AP team
● Managed financial accountant team
● Responsible for preparing for yearly audit
● Reviewed all reconciliations and journal entries
● Responsible for preparing our yearly unclaimed property report for the state
● Worked closely with the Director of Finance to create our yearly budget for each department
● Interviewed and gave insight into hiring new employees Time off due to death in family October 2022 – June 2023 Senior Staff Accountant
St. Thomas School February 2022– October 2022
● Managed AP team
● Reviewed reconciliations and journal entries for AP team
● Assisted CFO and department heads with budget preparation
● Managed yearly audit with outside auditors
● Reconciles all bank accounts
● Prepares payroll and journal entry as well as 403b contributions
● Enters journal entry for investment gains, losses, interest and dividends monthly
● Maintains all fixed asset and depreciation schedules
● Reconciles all balance sheet accounts
● Prepares all monthly and quarterly tax filings
● Works with closely with CFO and budget managers on Budgets and variance analysis
● Prepares and reviews all journal entries.
● Prepares all ACH and wire transfers
● Oversees all aspects of our financial audit
● Hire’s new employees into the payroll system and sets up benefits with carriers. Senior Staff Accountant (Temporary Position)
Girl Scouts of Western Washington August 2021– February 2022
● Reconciles all bank accounts.
● Review of payroll entry and backup to payroll accountant
● Prepares all monthly and quarterly tax filings
● Works with closely with CFO and budget managers on Budgets and variance analysis
● Prepares and reviews all journal entries.
● Prepares all ACH and wire transfers
● Reviews payroll before submission and reconciles benefit invoices to payroll.
● Monitors and enters new vendors for AP
Time off due to covid layoffs May 2021 – August 2021 Senior Staff Accountant
Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences October 2019– May 2021
Managed AP manager and AP team
Reviewed reconciliations and journal entries for AR and AP teams
Assisted controller with budget preparation
● Prepares and reviews all journal entries.
● Maintains all credit card holder accounts, reconciles transactions to receipts and creates monthly
● Sets up all employees with their benefits and retirement contributions with carriers
● journal entry.
● Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors in financial entries, documents, and reports.
● Reviews payroll before submission and reconciles benefit invoices to payroll.
● Monitors and enters payables, and receivables to ensure payments are accurate and up to date.
● Reconciles all bank accounts.
● Works closely with the Controller on financial statement preparation and variance analysis. Senior Staff Accountant
Trident Seafoods Inc May 2018 – October 2019
● Prepares and reviews bi-weekly fishing vessel crew settlements and advances.
● Consolidation of multi-location financials to parent company.
● Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors in financial entries, documents, and reports.
● Calculate and pay raw fish landing taxes/fees on a weekly, monthly, quarterly & annual basis.
● Verifies and enters W-2 payroll in Ceridian.
● Monitors loans, payables, and receivables to ensure payments are accurate and up to date.
● Participates in month end close with journal entries and monthly reconciliations. Time off due to death in family July 2017 – May 2018 Staff Accountant (Temporary position)
Sinclair Broadcast Group Mar 2017 – July 2017
● Month-end close and account reconciliation
● Invoicing and other revenue reporting as well as cash receipts and collections
● Preparing annual audit schedules and selection requests for management approval
● Calculation of monthly sales commissions
Staff Accountant
Pacific Science Center Mar 2016 – Mar 2017
● Generate reporting from Siriusware to calculate license fees and royalties to major movie studios
● Perform month-end closing entries and calculations including prepaid expenses, deferred revenue, cost of goods sold.
● Calculate and pay city garage taxes, state B&O taxes and quarterly city taxes.
● Assist controller in preparation of monthly and quarterly financial statements.
● Perform monthly analysis to determine and explain the variances between actual and budget
● Oversee and monitor construction in progress, maintain fixed assets and depreciation
● Lead junior accountants in journal preparation and monthly reconciliations Credit Analyst May 2011 – Feb 2016
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
● Prepares various A/R & Credit related reports and month end reconciliations
● Compiles accurate credit ratings and company data to determine if clients are credit worthy by analyzing the financial statements for both public and private companies
● Monitors clients’ accounts receivables to meet Expeditors terms and conditions.
● Approves and establishes credit for clients across the United States daily.
● Tracks and updates client files to keep information as current as possible with respect to financial strength, credit limit, services being provided and most relevant press releases Staff Accountant/Accounts Receivable Analyst May 2010 – Apr 2011 Lighthouse Document Technologies, Seattle, WA
● Monitored and tracked monthly accounts receivables, billing clients from $6 to 9M per year
● Negotiated and resolved past due accounts, managed client billing requirements, secured firm payment commitments
● Contributed to the planning and development of a new automated billing system
● GL reconciling of A/R, payroll, cash and fixed assets
● Assisted with the monthly financial close, recording journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting.
● Assisted with sales forecasting, weekly sales reporting and monthly calculations of commissions Audit Associate Sept 2009 – Apr 2010
McGladrey & Pullen LLP, Seattle, WA
● Evaluated the effectiveness of internal control policies at the client company
● Audited consolidated financial statements for seafood and manufacturing companies.
● Analyzed financial statements to identify trends and anomalies in financial data
● Utilized confirmations, client-prepared reconciliations, analytics and other supporting documentation to determine accuracy of year-end balances.
● Performed audits on year-end balances of Cash, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Accruals and Payroll.
Education
Masters of Business Administration, c/o 2025 Candidate Seattle University, Seattle, WA Sept 2021 – June 2025 Accounting & Finance Major Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration Seattle University, Seattle, WA June, 2009
Computer Skills
Proficient in:
Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access
Customized accounting software, including Senior Systems, Sage, Abila (MIP), JD Edwards Enterprise One, Microsoft Dynamics, MAS 200, Expeditors International Financial Accounting software (EIFA) and Oracle(NetSuite) and Salesforce.
Auditing software: CaseWare and Blackline Systems; Financial analysis software Crystal Reports. Payroll software: Ceridian, ADP, Paycom and fishing software catch manager.
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