Bookkeeper

Fran Merar

**** ********** **. * Niles, IL ***** * 224-***-**** * ******@*****.***

I am an accomplished Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Bookkeeping professional with 20 plus years of experience. I possess an advanced level of proficiency in most financial software such as Peachtree, Sage, Sage intacct and QuickBooks and an advanced level of proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access), Outlook as well as most Database software (Goldmine, Act, etc.)

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Totally responsible for all aspects of small business accounting including accounts payables, accounts receivables, invoicing, collections, bank deposits, calculation and payment of payroll taxes and sales taxes, calculated, created and paid commission statements and payroll for 12 employees using Quickbooks and ADP.

Trained clients in the use of Quickbooks

Created intricate spreadsheets using financial data

Using Excel, created the same financial reports that the company was paying an outside accounting firm to do thereby saving the company several thousand dollars a month

Assisted in the administration of Profit Sharing 401(k) and Defined Benefit Plans

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Gracent - Remote - 9/22 - 6/24

AP Specialist

Entered all invoices into Sage Intacct. Created invoices for multiple locations from information on bank statements. Reconciled bank statements for multiple locations and established vendor relations. Assisted other departments as needed

William R. Downs & Assoc / Green CPA. - Skokie, IL- 7/19 - 7/22

Bookkeeper

Reconciled various client bank accounts, credit card accounts and payroll. Filed and paid monthly sales taxes for clients and filed and paid quarterly payroll taxes. Did payroll using ADP, entered and paid clients bills using Sage software. This was accomplished by logging in to the clients computer in their office.

Edler Warehousing - Morton Grove, IL- 5/11 - 10/18

Bookkeeper / Admin. Assistant

Totally responsible for all aspects of small business accounting including accounts payables, accounts receivables, invoicing, collections, bank deposits. Using Excel, created the same financial reports that the company was paying an outside accounting firm to do thereby saving the company several thousand dollars a month.

Also acted as personal assistant to owner

Various Contract Bookkeeping Positions - 8/09 – 8/10

Bookkeeper

Komatsu America Corp. - Rolling Meadows, IL- 10/08 to 8/09 - (Contract Position)

Executive Assistant to VP of Marketing Administration, Executive Assistant to VP of Distributor Development

Assistant to 6 Department Heads

Was administrative assistant to a variety of department heads and did whatever they needed

Katz & Katz Real Estate - Northbrook, IL - 10/02 to 7/08

Executive Assistant to President / Lease Administrator

Wrote tenant leases, made sure tenant insurance was up to date, created spreadsheets to track TIF money.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Advanced level of proficiency in the following software:

Accounting Software - JD Edwards, ADP Payroll, MAS 90, QuickBooks, QuickBooks On-Line, SBT, Open Systems, Cougar Mountain, Business Works, Sage, Money Counts, Lacerate Income Tax Software, Dac Easy, Peachtree, Sage intacct

Word Processing Software - Microsoft Word, WordPerfect

Spreadsheet Software - Microsoft Excel, Lotus, SuperCalc, Quattro Pro

Contact Management/Database Software - Goldmine, Act, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Access

Miscellaneous Software - PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, FileMaker Pro, Winfax Pro, WinZip, Scanning Software, MS Paint, MS Photo Editor, Align Star Mapping Software

Operating Systems - MS Dos/PC Dos, Windows (all versions)

EDUCATION

Oakton Community College

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