Controller/Accounting Manager

ELANA LEE

818-***-**** OR 805-***-**** • ******@***.***

PROFILE

• Proficient in accounts payable and accounts receivable, reporting and spreadsheet management.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines.

• Excellent customer service skills.

• Driven and ambitious. Active at increasing responsibility.

• Hardworking. Willing to dedicate long hours to improve company performance.

• Organized and accurate. Ability to deal with multiple deadlines and projects.

SOFTWARE

MS Word , Outlook, Excel, PeopleSoft, MAS 200, 65 wpm, 10-key by touch

WORK EXPERIENCE

2/2005 to Present AMG-Advertising/Marketing Los Angeles, Ca

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SPECIALIST

Responsible for contacting customers regarding account collections, follow up, and allocation of payments once received

Processed new merchant credit requests, generated and reviewed Dun and Bradstreet reports to determine if line of credit would be granted

Set up new merchant accounts in Peoplesoft setting invoicing terms and credit limits and specified pre-pay merchant terms as well

Managed and updated merchants billing contact information in (Peoplesoft) as well as status changes from invoice merchant to revshare or pre-pay merchant or vice versa

Entered all invoices (U.S. and International merchants) and posted batches in Peoplesoft for wire payments and lock box deposits

Posted all cash receipts, discounts, allowances, price difference, returns and other charge backs to customer accounts timely and accurately

Monitored monthly receivables activity while making sure that the billing, collection, and reporting activities are carried out per specified dates

Reconciled A/R to the G/L

Made credit card payments in B2B(business to business system) making sure proper documentation was provided merchant authorization forms, merchant’s identification number, and correct invoice numbers to be processed for payment

Offset open invoices to credit card payments offset debits to credits

Reviewed and updated A/R aging report, reconciled customer accounts and identified potential payment problems advised account managers and accounting supervisor of accounts that needed to be elevated for resolution for severely delinquent payments

Bad debt write-offs

Processed all outstanding A/R adjustments/credits for the month(incentive credits/credit memos) for invoice merchants as needed for discrepancies with billing

Maintained and processed various revenue reports for U.S revshare merchants, international revshare merchants in preparation for month-end•

Completion of U.S. and international invoicing for month end

Month-end duties included but not limited to excel spreadsheet preparation of data received from Data Systems uploads from MAS200 into Peoplesoft to process various types of billing, research billing, email billing, banner billing, and revshare billing uploads done monthly

Created excel billing control spreadsheets to compare numbers with system uploads from MAS200 at month end

11/2000 to 2/2005 AMG-Advertising/Marketing Los Angeles, Ca

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

Received and verified original invoices from vendors, matched PO’s and receiving slips, coded and batched documents to prepare for check runs (3-way match) beforehand

Totaled all documents for entry into the accounting system and prepared batch reports

Ensured all vendor information is correct before mailing checks and kept proper records of transactions

Allocated various invoices to appropriate inter-company accounts

Processed invoices, check requests, and expense reports in accordance with all company policies. Verified all documents contained required G/L coding, appropriate approvals, necessary W-9 information, etc.

Data entry of supplier invoices

Filed weekly paid invoices

Set up new vendor accounts

Received and resolved supplier payment inquiries

Processed and distributed annual 1099 forms in accordance with the IRS. Reviewed 1099 payments to vendor’s ensured payments were properly coded and classified. Researched and resolved any issues with 1099’s

Requested and followed up with vendors to submit W9’s

Reconciliation and analysis of accounts to ensure payments are up to date

Prepared manual check requests and travel reimbursement vouchers

Processed/printed checks and prepared for mailing

Correspondence with employees on expense reports inquiries and processing of expense reports

Assisted with payroll

Performed month-end close activities including journal entries, accruals and account reconciliations

Ensured that accounting records were kept in accordance with GAAP as well as state and federal laws and in preparation for quarterly financial reviews and audits

Bank reconciliations

Special departmental projects as assigned

EDUCATION

2009 to Current UCLA Los Angeles, Ca

****Business/Accounting Degree In Progress****

References available upon request

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