Accounts Payable Staff Accountant
Resume:
Louis J. Wells II
Baton Rouge, LA
***********@*****.***
Summary:
In-depth hands-on Accounting Professional with an accomplished track record in a wide range of accounting functions in high volume, multi-company environments. Consistently demonstrating expertise and experience with a solid knowledge of Accounting Best Practice and the practical application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Skills:
• Bank Reconciliation
• Financial Statements
• Balance sheet/Profit & Loss
• Auditing
• Manufacturing Experience
• Inventory control
• Microsoft Excel
• Leadership
• Budgeting
• QuickBooks
• SAP R5
• Sage
• Cash management
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Financial statement preparation
• General ledger accounting
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Yardi
• Windows
• General ledger reconciliation
• Microsoft Office
• GAAP
• Corporate finance
• Journal entries
• Microsoft Dynamics GP
• Supervising experience
• SAP
• Payroll
• Budgeting
• Team management
Education:
Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Southeastern Louisiana University
High school diploma in Accounting from Holy Cross High School New Orleans, LA
Professional Experience:
Lewco Specialty Products, Baton Rouge, LA Nov 2023 – Jan 2024
Staff Accountant
• Accounting responsibilities for a manufacturing company.
• Duties include accounts payable, account receivable; bank reconciliations; financial analysis.
• Assist in preparation of monthly and annual financial statements and related reports
• Prepare accounting journal entries with supporting work papers, financial reconciliation and variance analysis
• Compiled and distributed monthly statistical reports for all departments
• Prepared internal and external reporting, pulling data from multiple systems; validate data and analyze for rends
Kern Shaffer Group, Walker, LA, Walker, LA Jan 2023 – July 2023
Temporary General Accountant
• Processed W’2, 1099’s, gathered client data, assisted in return preparations.
Personnel Consulting Group, New Orleans, LA Dec 2021 – Dec 2022
Staff Accountant
• Accounting responsibilities for a global parts supplier.
• Duties include processing accounts payable, accounts receivable and inventory.
• Assist CFO with financial analysis, reporting and account reconciliations.
• Upkeep of chart of accounts, including adding or deleting depending on need.
• Review AP and AR aging report for accuracy and completeness.
• Perform work independently to complete assignment.
• Plan and conduct operational and financial audits to assure financial statements are fairly presented in alignment with
GAAP.
Certain Property Management, Metairie, LA Apr 2020 – Nov 2021
Staff Accountant
• Accounting responsibilities for a property management company which managed home owner’s associations.
• Duties for forty-three sites include accounts payable, account receivable; bank reconciliations; financial analysis; monthly
closing of general ledger; preparing monthly financial reports; and report variances for local Board Members.
• Lost position due to fall out from hurricane IDA.
• Handle all Accounts Payable/ Account Receivables functions.
• Set up new vendor accounts for payments.
• Work with vendors to ensure they submit timely and accurate invoices.
R. W. Day and Associates, Baton Rouge, LA Jun 2017 – Mar 2020
Accountant
• Accounting responsibilities for a multi-family property management company
• Include monthly closing of general ledger, preparing monthly financial reports for twenty-two LLC's and preparing
monthly inter-company consolidation statements; completed.
• Thirty-five HUD audits; filing Enterprise Zone application and refund packages; instituting a cash management program.
• Maintaining cost for development projects; preparing budgets and report variances;
• Complied monthly owner's personal financial statements and financial analysis for ownership.
• Perform month-end accounting responsibilities including journal entries, accruals, prepaids and other general accounting
within month end close timeline.
• Periodically review invoice coding to ensure accuracy.
• Support other accounting team members with training as needed
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
Bevinco of Southeast Louisiana, Southeast, LA Jun 2011 – Jun 2017
Owner
• Owner/Operator of Bevinco, a beverage management franchise
• Responsible for conducting beverage audits for clients.
• Audits included conducting on-hand inventory audits, presenting audits to customers.
• Advising on inventory controls and loss prevention measures for New Orleans bars and restaurants.
• Additional responsibilities included providing customer service, marketing, accounting and staff management.
R. W. Day and Associates, Baton Rouge, LA Jan 2006 – Jun 2011
Accountant
• Accounting responsibilities for a multi-family property management company
• Include monthly closing of general ledger, preparing monthly financial reports for twenty-two LLC's and preparing
monthly inter-company consolidation statements; completed.
• Thirty-five HUD audits; filing Enterprise Zone application and refund packages; instituting a cash management program.
• Maintaining cost for development projects; preparing budgets and report variances;
• Complied monthly owner's personal financial statements and financial analysis for ownership.
• Perform month-end accounting responsibilities including journal entries, accruals, prepaids and other general accounting
within month end close timeline.
• Periodically review invoice coding to ensure accuracy.
• Support other accounting team members with training as needed
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
INEOS Oxide - Plaquemine, LA Sep 2001 – Jan 2006
Accountant
• Accounting responsibilities included process costing for multi-product chemical manufacturing facility
• Monthly closing of production, inventories, and general ledger; submitting monthly and quarterly tax reports.
• Filing Enterprise Zone application and refund package.
• Cash management; preparing budget and financial statements; overseeing accounts receivable, accounts payable, and
payroll departments.
• Maintaining cost for capital projects; controlling and monitoring budget versus actual and communicating any variances
to the accountable party.
• Managing the cost of production, raw materials, finish goods costs, and transfer pricing.
• Financial analysis for reporting to business leaders; SAP implementation; SAP Key User.
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