Accounting Professional

GEORGE BEST

*** ********* ***** • Acworth, GA ***01 • 917-***-**** ********@*****.***

Skill Proficiencies

• Accrual Analysis

• Accounts Payable/Receivable • GL Coding

• T&E Reporting • Financial Statements

• Reconciliation

EDUCATION

Associate’s Degree in Science, 1996

LaGuardia Community College – Long Island City, NY

Pursing Bachelor’s Degree – Various courses taken 2004-2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teach For America – New York, NY 06/06-06/08

Coordinator of Accounts Payable Functions

Direct the day-to-day accounts payable function, including educational award and financial aid disbursements, non-staff reimbursements, independent contractor payments for services rendered, routine and one-time vendor expenditures.

• Create, maintain, and update vendor profiles and files; ensure appropriate audit trail documentation within vendor set-up

• Review invoice expense codings at the department, function, and funding source level; communicate and resolve inconsistencies with applicable department budget managers and grants/contracts staff

• Review invoices to ensure appropriate primary source documentation and that approval process is followed, forward to Controller for final review

• Enter invoices into accounting software system and process checks according to organizational policies and procedures

• Pro-actively respond to inquiries from vendors, field offices, and various headquarters’ departments

• Process deposits from private companies to local checking account via banking software

• Prepares deposits for the bank

• Process American Express Credit Card Payments

• Cash and AR receipts Application

• Copy, distribute and file cash receipts as needed.

Assist in the month-end, quarter-end, and fiscal year-end closing process

• Train and supervise temporary staff

Work closely with Director of Finance/Special Projects, Director of Planning and Analysis, Controller, and VP of Accounting and Controls on time-sensitive projects including, but not limited to:

• Development and implementation of accounts payable policies, procedures, and formalized processes

• Expense processing automation

Michael Page International – New York, NY 06/05 – 03/06

MTV Networks (temporary employee)

Corporate Finance Assistant

• Reviewed all invoices for coding and approval

• Requested contract/letters of agreements and submit to Legal for review

• Coded and batch all invoices into Peoplesoft system

• Communicated policies and procedures with various departments

• Liaison between accounts payable and various departments

• Obtained information from foreign and domestic vendors via W-8Ben and W-9 forms

• Ran job status reports

• Posted entries to the GL & special projects as needed

Gullivers Travel Associates – New York, NY 03/04 – 05/05

Accounts Payable Specialist

• Processed invoices via JD Edwards accounting system

• Validated Purchase Orders and match them with invoices for payment

• Communicated with vendors regarding account status

• Reconciled various accounts

• Provided information for on account payments for delinquent accounts

• Analyzed Open Purchase Order Report

• Matched up checks to invoices

• Reviewed and communicated contract discrepancies to vendors

• Researched status of bookings in the reservations systems, online and thru system

• Created debit notes and distributed to vendors

• Created and amended purchase orders

• Special projects as needed

• Posted entries to the GL

• Reviewed ad-hoc bookings

• Managed entire Canadian region hotels

• Reviewed contractual rates with hotel

Trane Co. – Long Island City, NY 6/03– 9/03

Variation Claims Coordinator

• Processed vendors’ and suppliers’ invoices

• Ensured that there was adequate variation (money) to process invoices.

• Issued Purchase Orders to Sales Engineers

• Processed claims through the Falcon Claims Systems.

• Prepared and posted entries to the G/L.

• Reconciled various accounts

• Processed claims in their respective Cost of Sales spreadsheet

• Prepared and processed customers’ invoices via MS Word

• Ensured that documentation in job folders was complete

• Billed filed claims at end of month

• Assisted on special projects on a needed basis.

• Created special client invoices in MS Word

TBWA/Chiat/Day – New York City, NY 5/00–6/03

Accounts Payable Coordinator

• Communicated with vendors regarding status of invoices and maintained vendor files.

• Reviewed coding of invoices, approval of invoices and entered them for payment

• Analyzed expense reports for accuracy and completeness

• Coded and processed inter-company payments, and batched employee expense reports

• Ran and matched employee checks against register and distributed

• Processed employee timesheets for payroll and cut manual checks

• Ensured proper client billing via timesheets and expense reports

• Reviewed employee advance account and monthly travel card billing

• Ran various AP reports such as Open Voucher Report, Check Reconciliation Report, Job Status Report for discrepancies

• Coordinated with Client Accounting on various issues such as job status; determined whether an item can be charged to the client

ATKearney – New York City, NY 5/98– 2/00

Internal Auditor

• Analyzed Time and Expense reports for accuracy and completeness

• Verified that expenses were in compliance with company policy

• Compiled daily edit report and processed expense reports, reviewing for errors

• Inputted invoices for new clients and issued credit memos

• Analyzed and printed monthly work in progress reports

• Set up new engagements (new jobs) and closed jobs

• Transferred fees and expenses from different jobs and reviewed monthly billing

• Ran checks, processed budget revision jobs and closed jobs

• Provided petty cash, made bank deposits and assisted in the monthly close

• Distributed various month end reports to client officers

• Reviewed balance sheet, income statement with Regional Controller to ensure accuracy

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Mac OS9, Mac OSX, Windows 95 – 2000

Software: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Quicken, QuickBooks, Telnet, Pirate (Datatec and Computon), Internet, MS Money, FoxPro, JD Edwards, People soft, Financial Edge, AS400, Versys and SAP.

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