Accountant

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LAWRENCE HOWELL

Chicago, IL Email- ************@*****.*** 773-***-****

Professional Experience

West Suburban Medical Center-Senior Accountant 12/2024 – 01/2026

• Manage general ledger and perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations ensuring integrity

• Supervise month-end close process, journal entry preparation and timely financial reporting.

• Conduct financial and variance analyses, department budgeting and forecasting.

• Supported internal and external audits by preparing comprehensive work papers, schedules, and documentation.

• Ensured compliance with GAAP, internal policies, and healthcare regulations; strengthened internal control frameworks.

• Identified and implemented process improvements to optimize accounting operations and reporting accuracy.

• Managed hospital-specific accounting, including payroll reconciliations, Medicare/Medicaid cost reporting, and healthcare revenue recognition.

South Suburban Council-Accounting Manager 06/2024 – 12/2024

• Review and approved processed invoices for payment and cut checks

• Ensure past due client billings are turned over to collections

• Accurate posting of journal entries cash payments, reconcile cash to bank and other closing accounts, reconcile all other trial balance accounts

• Generate billing for all patient accounts, closing out contract revenue compliance to IDHS, Insurance Payers

• Review Accounts Receivable balances and identify delinquent accounts

• Prepare Balance Sheet, Income Statement and cash flows for monthly internal review and quarterly board meetings

Humboldt Park Health - Senior Staff Accountant 09/2022 – 05/2024

• Improved financial statement presentation, ensuring accuracy, data integrity, and timeliness.

• Handled general accounting, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and month-end closing.

• Supported Fixed Assets, Subsidiary Accounting, Financial Statements, and Consolidated Financial Statements.

• Prepared audit work papers and analysis for year-end financial audits.

• Provided daily and monthly bank and cash reporting and accounting reconciliations.

• Conducted financial reporting, modeling, and analysis to support budgeting and strategic initiatives.

• Led process and profit improvement initiatives.

• Configured Meditech Expanse accounts and report writing. Manilow Suites - Contract Robert Half Senior Staff Accountant 06/2022 – 09/2022

• Managed daily billing, client charge schedules, and AR aging balances. 2

• Handled billing and reservation requests with Operations and Marketing.

• Reconciled operating and credit accounts in QuickBooks Online.

• Prepared month-end financials.

Northwestern University – Contract Robert Half Fund Accountant 02/2022 – 05/2022

• Reviewed and approved accrual journal entries, corrections, and intercompany transactions.

• Maintained and updated chartfields in NU Financials.

• Conducted reconciliations for endowments, cash, investments, and gifts.

• Prepared journals for investments and endowments.

• Reported on the merged investment pool of endowments. Safer Foundation - Contract CFS Senior Staff Accountant 10/2021 – 02/2022

• Analyzed actual expenditures against budgets.

• Completed journal entries for prepaid expenses and monthly adjustments.

• Prepared monthly reports and provided financial analysis.

• Managed multiple projects and month-end closing.

• Coordinated funder/annual audits.

Ujamaa Construction -Senior Accountant 12/2020 – 03/2021

• Maintained daily general ledger entries for joint venture real estate and construction entities

• Performed accrual-based month-end AP/AR closing and intercompany adjustments

• Produced financial statements: trial balance, balance sheet, cash flow, and P&L analysis

• Completed WIP analysis and cost reporting for Chicago and Atlanta contracts

• Maintained amortization and depreciation schedules for month-end entries

• Prepared G703/702 waivers of lien and managed B2G compliance reporting

• Reconciled bank and title accounts; supported real estate loan application worksheets

• Handled prequalification compliance for general and subcontractor agreements Industrial Graphics -Accountant 06/2020 – 09/2020

• Managed bookkeeping and sales order fulfillment on an accrual basis

• Closed month/year-end and analyzed aging reports

• Reconciled bank and credit card statements

• Audited and maintained WI/IL tax filings (WH, ST Use, UNEMPL) and quarterly payments

• Tracked AP/AR for customer and vendor accounts

• Performed administrative and compliance support duties Catharsis Productions -Accountant 11/2019 – 03/2020

• Maintained and enforced accounting procedures and internal controls

• Oversaw AP, AR aging, payroll, and month-end reconciliations

• Ensured integrity in financial reporting: balance sheet, cash flows, and budget reports

• Participated in executive financial planning and decision-making meetings 3

Candor Electric -Project Accountant 11/2017 – 11/2019

• Served as liaison for Controller’s office; managed weekly payroll and accounting requests

• Processed G702/G703 forms and other project accounting documentation

• Logged cash receipts and AR from contracts, donations, and payments

• Oversaw 1099 preparation, audit trail documentation, and special projects Trilogy Behavioral Health -Accounting Assistant 10/2016 – 11/2017

• Analyzed vendor warrants, financial statements, and aging accounts

• Reconciled general ledger and supported month-end close activities

• Used Abila MIP Fund Accounting for reporting and audit support

• Maintained vendor, customer, and employee databases

• Coordinated reimbursements and petty cash tracking Soho House (Contract) -Staff Accountant 02/2016 – 10/2016

• Collected and audited cash drops from operations outlets

• Reconciled MICROS reports and logged daily transactions

• Investigated discrepancies with operations managers

• Verified vendor invoices and approved payment adjustments Technical Skills: MS Great Plains, Netsuite, Peoplesoft, Oracle, QuickBooks desktop/online, Computer- Ease, Abila MIP, JD Edwards, TMW-Trimble, Salesforce, Concur, Trip-Log, Contracting Pencil draw waivers (G702, G703), Report Writer, Peoplesoft, FileMaker, Macola, Meditech Expanse, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Education

• National Electrical Contractors’ Association Certificate, Manage Contracting Cash Flow, 2018

• Master of Science, Accounting, Roosevelt University, 2018

• Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, East-West University, 2014

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