Detail-Oriented Accountant

Location:

Flint, MI, 48519

Salary:

35,500.00

Posted:

October 16, 2008

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DETAIL-ORIENTED ACCOUNTANT

Michelle M. Tolin

**** ********* **.

Burton, MI 48519

810-***-****

v0n9ke@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE Ultimate Goal: CPA

Immediate Goal: Assistant Controller/Accounts Payable Specialist or Manager/Staff Accountant

TARGET JOB Desired Job Title: Employee

Desired Status: Full-Time

Desired Salary: 35,500/negotiable

Description of my ideal job: It would be to work for a well-managed staff that is goal and team oriented.

Date of Availability: Immediately

TARGET COMPANY Company Size: No Preference

Description of ideal company: A financially stable company with room for personal and economic growth.

TARGET LOCATIONS US-MI-Flint/Surrounding Areas

Relocate: Yes

WORK STATUS US I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

EXPERIENCE 03/2008-10/2008 E.L. Hollingsworth & Co. Flint, MI

Assistant Controller

*Staff Training and Direction (Accounts Payable, Bank Reconciliation, Payroll, and General Ledger Accountant)

*Auditing

*GL Analysis

*Financial Statement Preparation

*Ineligible Report

*Payroll, A/P, A/R, General Ledger, and Bank Reconciliation Assistance

*Daily Borrowing Report

*Fixed Allocations

*Fixed Assets and Depreciation

* Spreadsheets/Queries – Data Analysis (Data Sorting, Filters, Pivot Tables, V-Lookups)

*Commission Calculations

*Streamlining

*Procedure Write-Ups and Maintenance

01/2008-03/2008 Accretive Solutions/Tec Foods, Inc. Pontiac, MI

Accountant

*Accounts Payable Full Charge

*Cash Receipts

*Check Disbursements

*Bank Reconciliations

*Preparation of Financial Statements and Year End Processing

* Spreadsheets/Queries – Data Analysis (Data Sorting, Filters, Pivot Tables, V-Lookups)

*Voucher Fund Maintenance

*General Ledger Maintenance

03/2007-11/2007 United Solar Ovonic Auburn Hills, MI

Accounts Payable Coordinator

*Data Entry with Great Plains/3-way matches, Receiving Transactions, and Transaction Entries (100 invoices/wk)

*Expense Reports

*Vendor Relations

*Auditing

*Reconciliations (Statement vs. Purchasing Activity)

*Check Runs

*Smartlist Query Production

*Filing

*Spreadsheets/Queries – Data Analysis (Data Sorting, Filters, Pivot Tables, V-Lookups)

*Streamlining

*Purchasing Correction Forms (Quantity Overages, Price Discrepancies)

*Receipt Clearance and Error Resolution

*Procedure Modifications

*Payroll Conversion to ADP Assistance

05/2005-03/2007 Accountemps/Eastman Outdoors Flushing, MI

Accounts Payable Full Charge

*Date Entry with Epicor/Allocations (100 invoices/wk)

*Expense Reports

*Commission Calculations

*Vendor Relations

*Auditing

*Reconciliations (Statement vs. Purchasing Activity)

*Disbursements

*Check Runs

*Spreadsheets/Queries – Data Analysis (Data Sorting and Filters)

*Royalties

*Intercompany (4 companies) - created an allocation system for A/P that simplified change in percentage for P & L's @ year end and other procedural modifications.

*Recurring billing approval

*Company Savings of $10,000/month

*Allocations

*Streamlining

*Accounts Receivable and Receptionist Assistance

*Projections/Forecasts

02/2004-05/2005 Entrepreneur Burton, MI

Online Store Manager

*Product Pricing, Research, and Shipping

*Purchasing

*Packing Slip/Order Matching

*Worked Closely with Distributors and Post Office

*Negotiating

*Follow-up with backorders

*Customer Relations with 5,000 transactions within a 2-year period with 99.1% feedback maintenance

*Reconciliations

10/2003-02/2004 Manpower Professional/Genesee Co. Water & Waste Services Flint, MI

Accounts Receivable Clerk

*Processed Billing in Open Systems.

*Reconciled Contract Accounts, A/R Account, Depreciation Account, Revenue Account, Due To Account, etc…

*General Ledger Maintenance

*Sales Journal Analysis

*Accounts Payable, Payroll, Finance, and Phone Assistance

10/2002-09/2003 Citizens Banking Corporation Flint, MI

Accounts Payable Clerk

*Data Entry with SmartStream

*Check Runs

*Auditing

*Research

*Vendor Relations

*Check Authorization

*Bank Reconciliations Assistant

8/2000-10/2002 Citizens Banking Corporation Flint, MI

Accounting Clerk I & II (Bank Reconciliations)

*Reconciled Affiliated Bank Accounts (Federal Reserve, Comerica, Bank One I and II, Bank of Royal Oak and LaSalle)

*Michigan Loss and Teller Over/Short Report

*General Ledger Discrepancy Resolution

*Monthly Balancing Reports (MBR’s)

*CheckFree Conversion Assistant

*Payroll, Accounts Payable and Profit Management Assistant

*Transferred to Accounts Payable

10/1999-8/2000 Entech Personnel Inc. /Citizens Banking Corporation Flint, MI

Human Resources Assistant/Accounting Clerk I

*Spreadsheets – Data Analysis and Creation

*Query Research

*Mailing

*Filing and Copying

*Patient Account Data Entry i.e. Benesoft, Delta Dental, Blue Cross

*Receptionist Assistance

*Picture Taking for Employee Badges

*Transferred to Bank Reconciliations

EDUCATION 1/2002 University of Michigan Flint, MI

Credits Earned

Related Major Subjects

*Business Law

*Organizational Behavior

5/1996 West Shore Community College Scottville, MI

Associates Degree of Applied Arts and Sciences

GPA: 3.5

SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience

Microsoft Excel Proficient Currently Used 11 years

Microsoft Word Proficient Currently Used 11 years

10-key Calculator Proficient Currently Used 10 years

Accounting Proficient Currently Used 10 years

Buying and Selling Intermediate Currently Used 5 years

Epicor Intermediate 1 year ago 2 years

Great Plains Intermediate Currently Used 3 years

Smartstream Intermediate +4 years ago 2 years

Check Free Intermediate +4 years ago 1 year

Marketing Intermediate Currently Used 5 years

Merchandiser Intermediate Currently Used 5 years

REFERENCES Dale Loewen Citizens Banking Corporation Bank Reconciliation Manager

Phone Number: 810-***-****