Accounting Supervisor

Melissa Williams

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Garland, TX 75043

972-***-**** Home

817-***-**** Cell

************@*******.***

Summary

Over eight years of Financial Accounting experience with the ability to produce high quality results in an efficient and timely manner. Three years of supervising accounts payable as well as two years supervising payroll processing and eight years of general ledger accounting and cash management experience.

Skills Summary

 Report Preparation

 Written Correspondence

 Computer Savvy

 Customer Service

 Great Plains Dynamics

 FRx

 AS400

 Cash Management

 Bank software

Professional Experience

GAINSCO, INC. Dallas, TX 2000-Present

A property and casualty insurance holding company with insurance subsidiaries specializing in nonstandard personal lines of insurance, generating approximately $190.5 million in annual revenues.

Accounting Supervisor (2005-present)

 Supervise both payroll processing and accounts payable. Develop new procedures and schedules with growing production in each area.

 Assisted transition of the company’s Florida region payroll from outsourced to in-house payroll processing.

 Reconcile six company ledgers, as well as book monthly business based on monthly production reports. Communicate with IT to resolve any discrepancies in the monthly reports as needed.

 Aid the controller in cash management and preparation of the company’s annual corporate income tax return.

 Improved reconciliation processes for over 30 bank accounts, including checking accounts and premium accounts. Assisted IT in transition to positive pay on all business checking accounts.

 Managed and maintained new and/or updated signature cards for all bank accounts

Accounts Payable Supervisor (2005-2006)

 Continued payroll processing, reconciliation functions, assisting the controller in daily cash management as well as preparation of the company’s consolidated federal tax return.

 Maintained reconciliations on Merrill Lynch investment accounts.

 Led consolidation of two separate financial accounting departments into one corporate department.

 Reconciled over 20 bank accounts, including checking and premium accounts, in three different financial institutions.

 Began reconciling five company ledgers, as well as booking monthly business as reported in production reports.

 Played a major role in organizing the company’s building move from Haltom City to downtown Dallas.

Statutory Accountant (2002-2005)

 Prepared and reported statutory filings for MGA Insurance Company, a subsidiary of GAINSCO, INC.

 Maintained reconciliations on Merrill Lynch investment accounts.

 Continued processing both accounts payable and payroll, reconciliation functions, assisting the controller in daily cash management as well as preparation of the company’s consolidated federal tax return.

Payroll Specialist (2002-2005)

 Gathered information and forms from HR and processed payments to employees.

 Assisted in transitioning payroll data from an external system to our general ledger program.

 Responsible for reconciling the posting of payroll to the general ledger.

 Reconciled Merrill Lynch investment accounts.

 Continued processing accounts payable, assisting the controller in daily cash management as well as preparation of the company’s consolidated federal tax return.

Accounts Payable Clerk (2000-2005)

 Coded and processed check requests and expense reports submitted by other employees.

 Responsible for manually approving and clearing bank drafts on our claims system on a daily basis.

 Began reconciling three ledgers for companies in runoff.

 Prepared and filed franchise taxes for a subsidiary that was licensed in over forty states.

Education

MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY – Wichita Falls, TX 2000

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

Member of the American Payroll Association

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