Manager Accounting

FINANCIAL / CONTRACT SPECIALIST / ADMINISTRATOR

With 20+ years of administrative and accounting experience in a number of industries (chemical, construction, education, government, and insurance) along with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, an out-of-the-box thinker with strong interpersonal skills.

CORE STRENGTHS:

• Detail-oriented, efficient and organized professional with extensive experience in accounting

• Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make well throughout decisions.

• Excellent communication skills

• Highly trustworthy, discreet, and ethical

• Resourceful in the completion of projects, effective at multi-tasking

WORK EXPERIENCE:

FULTON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, COLLEGE PARK, GA 08-10 – 8-11

Business Manager

• Member of FLA Leadership Team, serving as Business/Financial Manager with an estimated first year

budget of 1.3 million.

• Responsible and accountable for all financial and business activities of the academy, ensuring timely

and accurate bookkeeping, financial reporting, and recordkeeping, with importance on: cash

management, collection of funds, implementation of the academy budget, and financial/business.

o Manage the financial and budgetary processes to ensure a positive annual budget.

o Develop and administer financial policies and procedures.

o Oversee internal controls and safeguards related to financial assets of the academy.

• Responsible for all business matters of academy (DOE requirements)

• Responsible/Negotiate Vendor Contacts

• Administer payroll and benefits (TRS)

• Implement and maintain academy inventory system

• Serve as liaison to the school building/maintenance contract to ensure students education and safety.

• Submit bi-monthly board reports and participates in academy decision making process.

JAT CONSULTING SERVICES, INC. 09-07 – 02-10

(Hartsfield-Jackson Development Program, College Park, GA)

Auditor and Compliance Administrator

• Member of the Audit & Compliance team, serving as Job Cost Accountant and Contract Administrator,

within the $6 Billion Department of Aviation (DOA), Hartsfield-Jackson Development Program (H-JDP).

Responsible for overseeing the Accounts Payable system that ensures consultants/ contractors receive

prompt payment within a 30-calendar day goal.

• Ensured invoice compliance with contractual requirements, resulting in the successful completion of

financial audits. Serve as Liaison for project managers, construction managers, contractors, and

consultants with respect to contractual invoicing issues.

• Provided contractual review, budgetary tracking and processing of all monthly capital and facilities

invoices for contracts ranging from $400 thousand to $208 million, including Task Orders / Work

Authorizations, Change Orders, and miscellaneous modifications.

• Reviewed and interpreted contract language related to invoice and contract compliance

• Tracked all contract related documents and amendments throughout review and approval process

CONTRACT POSITIONS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 01/04 – 09/07

Accountant/Financial Specialist/Office Manager

(SEEDs for Life, Georgia ERS, and Clean Water Atlanta)

• Applied generally accepted accounting principles in recording financial activity in accounting

systems, subsystems, and third party administrator’s systems.

• Responsible for maintaining aging reports to establish accounts receivable performance measures to

assure timely collection efforts.

• Analyzed and reconciled large pension and bank accounts.

• Offered department head new ways to improvement reconciling issues with large accounts.

• Extensive research to clean-up backlog for unbalanced accounts

• Processed payroll, expense reports, and invoicing

• Compiled reports and financial statements

• General bookkeeping duties

• Contractors assessment participation

• Facilitated Small Business Development Training

• Performed other duties as assigned

VICTORY-CHARTER SCHOOL, EAST POINT, GEORGIA 07/01 – 12/04

Business Manager

• Supervised (Administrative, Cafeteria, Maintenance, and Transportation) staff

• Prepared and presented reports: annual departmental budgets, proposals, and monthly school’s board

meeting, and county/state department

• Responsible for school nutrient federal and state reimbursements

• Managed all cash receipts/deposits and bank reconciliation

• Responsible for school procurement issues and vendor contract negotiations

• Processed payroll for 125 employees

• Administered new hire process and employee benefit representative

• Responsible for school fire drills and monthly state required reporting

• Backup to the Finance Manager

UCB CHEMICALS, INC. SMYRNA, GEORGIA 02/99 – 05/01

Accountant Administrator

• Provided administrative support to the CFO in the Accounting department

• Recorded journal entries, process cash disbursements, maintain the general ledger in SAP system.

• Prepared and recorded accruals, process purchase orders, wire transfers, and check encashment.

• Reconciled procurement cards, bank accounts, journal entries, and posted general ledger accounts.

• Managed assigned accounts for Month-End closing

• Performed other miscellaneous accounting duties as assigned

EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, MARIETTA, GA

Master of Business Administration (04-08)

SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, MARIETTA, GA

Bachelor of Science Degree: Management (05-06)

SOFTWARE:

Oracle Pension Funds Management PeopleSoft Quick Books

MS Office Suites SAP Expedition Peachtree Accounting

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