Clifton J. Apanah
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Home: 732-***-**** Cell:908-***-****
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Objective
Accounting /Bookkeeping/Shipping & Receiving, Inventory Costing, position that will allow me to gain valuable accounting experience and allow me to move up within a reputable organization.
Skills
Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation,, Budgeting, Customer Relations, Financial, Inventory Management, Ledger, Marketing, Materials Management, Order Entry, Packaging, Payroll Processing, Purchasing,Shipping, Receiving, Sales, Supervisory Skills, UNIX, English,Bookkeeping
Professional Experience
August 1991 -February 2012 Warehouse Coordinator/ Inventory Costing Supervisor
Lynn-Hudd Steel Corp. South Plainfield NJ
Sales and Purchasing order entry processing
* Inventory costing - $26.5 million
* Invoice entry, update, and reports
. Negotiate freight rates for deliveries
* Oversees all incoming and outgoing shipping activities to ensure accuracy,
completeness, and condition of shipments.
. Prepares bills of lading and all shipping labels
. Prepared and Distribute production schedules and work orders to departments.
. Examine documents, materials, and products, and monitor work processes, in order to
assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
. Maintain inventory accuracy by supervising cycle count functions and make any
adjustments as necessary- Annually
. Also responsible for enhancing the cycle counting process.
. Responsible for reconciliation/researching of discrepancies between physical
counts and book inventory balances
. Responsible for analyzing/ costing/enhancing physical storage of all
inventories
. Responsible for receiving and verification of all materials delivered to
the facility.
. Provide feedback to the Materials department on all shipments that do not
meet the packaging or order specifications.
Oversee all transfer logs of finished goods transported between facilities .
. Familiar with STELPLAN, integrated, real-time computer system for the management,
operation and accounting control businesses operating on an open UNIX platform.
1985 - 1991 Accounting Reconciliation Supervisor
Guyana Rice Milling & Marketing Authority Guyana
Guyana Rice Milling & Marketing Authority Guyana
* Reconciled all ledger accounts
* Prepared monthly journals and costing.
* Processed monthly trial balance, balance sheet and income statement
* Bank Reconciliation
* Prepared weekly payroll Prepared and post journal entries Manage Accounts Receivable; including, preparing invoices related to subtenants
and client managed accounts, depositing cash receipts and monitoring aging reports Manage Accounts Payable; including, processing vendor invoices and employee
reimbursements, reconciling vendor accounts and processing checks Assist in preparation of financial budgets, forecasts and reconciliations
. Verifying the accuracy of invoices and other accounting documents or records.
. Compile data and prepare a variety of reports.
Education
H & R Block Income Tax Course GPA 3.0
Piscataway NJ
Nov 2006
Solution Learning Center GPA 3.83
Edison NJ
Accelerate PC Specialist Certificate,1998
Gibbs College Computerized Bookkeeping GPA 3.8
Piscataway NJ
May 1997
University of London(General Certificate of Examination 1982)
Caribbean Examination Council Secondary Education Certificate 1982