Manager Accounting

Ellen Lawson

**** **** ***** *****, ***********, FL 32312 cell: 850-***-**** Home: 850-***-**** E-mail: **********@*****.***

Objective Seeking FT position in accounting or administration. Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, Oracle, JD Edwards, and QuickBooks systems

Experience Project Analyst / Invoicing Specialist II

October 2006 – April 2012 Atkins (formally PBS&J), Tallahassee, FL

Set up & maintained projects in Oracle including terms and requirements of contract, contract management

Prepared labor adjustments/ transfers or journal entries as needed

Prepared invoices by deadline, monthly billing reconciliation, spreadsheets reporting amounts billed

Maintained subcontracts and payments to subs for pay when paid

All work in compliance with GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley through key controls, including monthly reports to corporate office

Purchasing Assistant September 2005-October 2006 The St. Joe Company, Tallahassee, FL

Maintained trade partner contracts and files

Entered contract terms in JD Edwards system

Maintained all pricing options for homes

Worked directly with contractors for pricing and contract negotiations

Figured simple takeoffs for custom options

Ran proofs for purchase orders to release new home for building

Job Cost Bookkeeper August 2002-September 2005, The St. Joe Company, Tallahassee, FL

Set up & maintained base budgets for all homes offered

Set up & maintained all trade partners, terms, and draw schedules

Paid trade partners through Auto Pay System

Released PO’s for home building process, issue change orders

Entered and paid contracts for land development

Supervised job cost clerk

Accounting Analyst

October 2001-August 2002 Children’s Home Society, Tallahassee, FL

Maintained contracts and performed monthly billings for service programs to State of Florida

Maintained relationships within company between employees providing services and state regulators

Wrote training manual to transition accounting services from Tallahassee to Orlando

Bookkeeper

April 2000-October 2001 Mowrey Biggins, PA Law Firm, Tallahassee, FL

Full charge bookkeeper for general operating account, client trust accounts and a personnel account for senior partner

Entered all time and billed for all projects

All accounting activities, including but not limited to payroll, payroll tax deposits

Prepared Profit/Loss reports, Balance Sheet and maintain General Ledger

Compiled A/R reports, collections other related reports

Bank reconciliations for five accounts, including trust accounts and general business account

All Bookkeeping on QuickBooks

Business Manager

April 1993-April 2000 Drs. Marci & Glenn Beck, PA, Tallahassee, FL

Full charge bookkeeping for two doctor dental practice

Paid all bills, processed all payroll, payroll taxes, W-2’s and 1099’s yr end

Prepared all Monthly billings, all collections and deposits

Prepared all bank statement reconciliations

Prepared Profit/Loss reports, Balance Sheet at month end and maintained General Ledger

Administered all employee benefits, including all new employee paperwork

Served on the search committee to find practice management software for paperless medical system

Interests Currently into Cowboy competition shooting

Co-chaired PBS&J’s Relay for Life 2009 team - active participant for three consecutive years; Hosted and organized a Wine Tasting event that raised $2,500 for Relay (in short notice).

Education University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland, Tennessee

1974-75; 1977

Tallahassee Community College

1991, 1998

Two classes to complete AA degree

Courses include: accounting, statistics, economics, computer literacy and general education courses, along with sciences related to nursing

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