Controller/Accounting Manager

***** ******* ***, # ****, **********, GA *****•770-***-****•************@*****.***

A. Vanessa Douse

Objective

Seeking to help a forward thinking organization by using my financial skills and expertise with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables and other aspects of the finance/accounting department with 15 years plus in the hospitality industry.

Experience

April 2009-March 2011 Palomar Atlanta-Midtown Atlanta, GA

Assistant Controller

Managed, developed and mentored Staff Accountants.

Analyzed the General Ledger at month end.

Reconciled all balance sheets ensuring it accuracy to the General Ledger.

Using the Epitome software to solve guest complaints credit card disputes.

Made collection calls when necessary.

Post and apply payments to receivable and future accounts.

Responsible for the reporting of the Daily Sales Revenue, ensuring the accuracy of all posted sales.

Responsible for preparing and posting journal entries at month end.

Updated various spreadsheets daily, to produce invoices and journal entries for month end.

Reconcile bank activities daily.

Prepared and process insurance and intercompany payments on a monthly basic.

Used JD Edwards’s software for all Accounts Payable process, which include auditing expense reports, two way vouchers matching, coding the invoices, solving vendor discrepancies and process payments weekly.

Able to navigate through BPC software to printout the budget and forecast information to finalized the financial reporting for month end.

March 2006-April 2009 Palomar Dallas and Hotel Lumen Dallas, TX

Credit Manager (Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivables)

Using the Epitome Software for setting up Group Accounts, ensuring there’s a method of payment on file either with a deposit, valid credit card or an approved direct bill application.

Prepares groups bills within three to five days after departure ensuring all charges posted are accurate.

Make follow up calls seven days after bill has been sent to client.

Resolve any discrepancies pertaining to the group’s bill.

Post and applies payments to all accounts.

Ensures that Accounts Receivables remains current by maintaining a 98-100%.

Utilized the JD Edwards software to verify the accuracy of employee expense reports, process payments on a weekly basis, code and match vendor invoices and reconciled vendors discrepancies

Processes intercompany invoices and payments for affiliate companies.

Maintains check and voucher matching batch registers.

Assist with month end closing process, prepare and post journal entries.

Update the bank reconciliation spreadsheet twice a week

March 2004-March 2006 Monaco New Orleans New Orleans, LA

Credit Manager

Working with Opera software, I was responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of group invoicing.

Post and applied payments.

Ensured Accounts Receivable remained current from 95-100%.

Made decisions regarding group’s credit worthiness.

Prepared and completed bank reconciliations.

Jan. 2000-March 2004 Hotel Monteleone New Orleans, LA

Credit Manager

Supervised and Trained Accounts Receivable clerks on a continuous basis.

Made collections calls to ensure payment is received as agreed in the contract.

Ensure group billing was processed three days after their departure

Education

2010-present

1996-1997

1983-1984

1979-1980

Ashford University Online-Business Management

Penn Foster, Hospitality Management/Accounting

Phillips Jr. College-Hospitality Management

University of New Orleans, Business Management

San Diego, CA

Scranton, PA

Metairie, LA

New Orleans, LA

Computers

Aloha, BPC, Delphi, Epitome, JD Edwards, Mas 200, Opera Express

References

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