General Ledger Financial Management

Nathaniel O. Dodoo

**** ****** ****, *********, ** 76063

Mobile: 405-***-**** *********@*****.***

Summary

Detailed Accountant with years of experience, extensive and progressive background. Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements or other financial and operational reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. Adept at managing multiple tasks, while meeting strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Clear understanding and knowledge of accounting principles. Proven self-directed professional with excellent problem solving, analytical, and team building skills. Effective communications at all levels of business environment including co-workers, management and clients

Skills

Apply working knowledge of general accounting procedures/processes

Apply working knowledge of appropriations law, financial rules and regulations to ensure compliance.

Considers all aspects involved in accomplishing a task, no matter how minute. Precisely follows procedures to ensure each element of a task is accurately completed.

Provides timely, concise, and accurate information to others both orally and in writing

Assesses the authenticity, accuracy, and value of information. Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Makes timely and informed choices, among alternatives to ensure the optimal course of action is taken.

Consider all aspects involved in accomplishing a task, no matter how minute. Precisely follows procedures to ensure each element of a task is accurately completed.

Education

University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma

Accounting – Bachelor of Science

Job Experience

general services administration, Fort Worth, TX

Accountant GS-051-12

3/2021 – Present

40 Hours/week

Prepare, examine and analyze accounting records and financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness and conformance to reporting/procedural standards.

Provide internal financial documents to supervisor and higher levels of management for internal/external controls over operations.

Maintain and ensure the accuracy of accounting record documents and reconciling the general ledger and subsidiary accounts.

Perform monthly reconciliations between the general ledger and various subsidiary systems.

Creates and submits reports from complex data systems as required by senior management, financial managers, program offices, or customers.

Processes complex accounting transactions into the financial system including corrective adjustments to abnormal balances or variances as identified within the SGL.

Performs analysis and reconciliations of SGL accounts including budgetary and proprietary accounts. Analyzes abnormal balances and recommends and/or processes corrective adjustments.

Reviews financial and/or management reports as requested by senior management, financial managers, program offices, or customers and provide timely analysis and feedback to inquiring entity.

Military sealift command (department of navy), Norfolk, VA

Accountant GS-051-12

2/2016 – 3/27/2021

40 Hours/week

Ensure all accounting transactions and journal entries are completed in accordance with legislation.

Process revenue billing for assigned ships and record fuel expenses for these ships monthly. Process obligation documents which requires verification of fund availability, and proper accounting information.

Reconcile assigned standard general ledger accounts and resolves issues and discrepancies identified in the reconciliations and prepare reports.

Ensure timeliness, accuracy of payments and report completion. Analyze accounting issues, establishes, and modifies local procedures to comply with fiscal law legislation and policy/guidance

Support program managers and directors with accounting functions, including expenses, invoices and billing issues, provide additional assistance in contacting vendors in response to billing errors

Perform in-depth analysis of proprietary and budgetary account balances through experience with the complexities of working capital fund accounting and the organization’s financial Management System(FMS)

Communicate accounting and financial system processes, accounting entries and reports, and accounting guidance effectively with customers, peers and management.

Complete various financial, accounting, administrative, and other reports and analysis.

Prepare journal entries, working papers and departmental analysis for quarterly and year-end analysis

Assist with month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings, financial statement preparation and budget to actual analysis.

Works with Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to ensure reports produced by the Command's accounting systems are accurate.

Analyze work throughout the budget cycle and formulated budgets, task plans, and budget execution plans.

Ensuring organizational financial practices are in compliance with financial management rules and regulations.

Matheson Tri-Gas, Irving, Texas

Addison Group-Contract Senior Accountant

8/2015 – 2/2016

Review expense, revenue, invoices, inventory and other accounting documents;

Perform bank reconciliations and wire transfers for deposit, payments and distributions, and

Maintain and coordinate accounting and financial resources for property acquisitions, dispositions, and closings and financial resources and expenditures, contracts, and other corporate financials

Communicate with on-site and other property managers.

Complete various financial, accounting, administrative, and other reports and analysis.

Assist with month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings, including journal entries, financial statement preparation and budget to actual analysis.

Compile, consolidate, and analyze accounting and finance information for the production of financial statements and reports.

Medsynergies, Irving, Texas

Accountant II

7/2013 – 5/2015

40 Hours/week

Prepare and record asset, liability, and equity, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information;

Calculate and record journal entries for accounting areas, including but not limited to expense accruals, insurance accruals, prepaid expense accounts, and capital vs operating lease treatment.

Reconcile accounts monthly between the perpetual or calculated amounts and general ledgers.

Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, including but not limited to inter-company, prepaids, and various analysis worksheets.

Download large volumes of excel data from the system to support various calculations and account reconciliations.

Assist with month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings, including journal entries, financial statement preparation and budget to actual analysis.

Compile, consolidate, and analyze accounting and finance information for the production of financial statements and reports.

Assist with analyzing trends, costs, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future expenses.

Research and explain expense variances to prior month/year and plan or other ad hoc analyses as requested.

Assist Benefits with self-billed invoices. Process and review monthly invoices for accuracy and payment.

Prepare and analyze monthly reports such as cost allocation and cobra reconciliations.

Maintain budgetary records to ensure the accuracy, and compliance with guidelines

Perform a wide variety of administrative and analytical duties associated with the formulation, presentation, justification, execution, and review of the assigned budgets;

Audited, maintained, and revised excel spreadsheets with accounting, finance, budgetary formulas.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Northrop Grumman, Irving, Texas

Fixed Asset Accountant

10/2005 – 5/2013

40 Hours/week

Managed and analyzed fixed asset activities and accountability with company policy and in accordance with professional standards and applicable government regulations and policies.

Researched, reviewed, and analyzed documentation received for accuracy of data for transfer/disposal progression.

Recorded fixed asset acquisitions, transfers, and dispositions in the accounting systems.

Reviewed and analyzed depreciation for reasonability. Compute, process month-end depreciation for assigned entities and with all depreciation reclass journal entries.

Completed month-end Property, Plant & Equipment (PP&E) and Exhibit “I” financial statements for assigned entities.

Prepared and post month-end journal and reconciliations of fixed asset accounts.

Recommended or advised management on policies or strategies related to fixed assets.

Prepared monthly financial reports and schedules of annual financial reports to upper management, Budget and Forecasting, and Property Management Officer (PMO).

Provided budget analysis involving a large, complex, long-range (3-5 years) multi-million-dollar fixed asset program;

Assist in preparing other schedules that may include audit requests, annual year end schedule package data, databases for various Federal and Property tax packages, and annual insurance valuation reports as assigned and ad hoc reports as needed.

Computer Skills

Pegasys, Great Plains, SAP, Business Object, Financial Management System(FMS), Doclink, ExponentHR,, Solomon 6.0, FRX, Asset Smart, FAS (Fixed Assets Software), and True Time.

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