Accounting Management
Resume:
KENNETH WASHINGTON
***** ***** ***** **** ***#*** Charlotte, NC. 28215 *****@***.***
SUMMARY
Over 25 years of business professional experience with strength in quickly understanding complex business operational issues with strong business process and analytical skills. Good communication skills oral and written. Establish rapport with clients, teammates and managers quickly to accomplish business
Objectives.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ARJ, LLC October 2011-Present
• Advising the firm on various investment decisions.
• Helping the firm to prepare complete financial statements.
• Controlling the financial reporting mechanisms and to check as well as prevent errors in the financial statement of the company.
• Ensuring that the statement abides with policy guidelines and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Advising the firm on how to manage the budget of the company.
• Helping the firm to file tax returns and accessing business performance of the company.
• Evaluating the operating information or data of the organization.
• Comply with ARJ state and federal policies
Wachovia / Wells Fargo, Charlotte, North Carolina
December 2006 – October 2009
Business Analyst/QA Tester, Retail Retirement Annuity Distribution
• Provided direct application and business support of Annuity Operations to ensure accurate annuity trade submissions.
• Developed business process flows, test plans and test scripts in support of Annuity Operations.
• Leveraged Mercury Quality Center for loading and executing test scripts, and tracking test results.
• Performed testing and data validation for enhancements of Annuity Net application.
• Managed vendor and carrier relationships for DTCC file transmissions, Annuity Product updates and Annuity Net application enhancements.
• Coordinated application enhancements between business and technical departments to ensure accurate production implementations.
• Researched and evaluated available technology solutions, to provide recommendations for overall business process improvements.
• Performed regression testing on web-based applications, as well as Lotus notes application
• Strong experience with Oracle and SQL queries
• UAT testing, SIT testing support ECRT test teams with Mercury Quality Center initiatives including requirements, traceability, test case development, defect creation, defect tracking and test status reporting
• Establish and track critical project success metrics
• Provide assistance and guidance to test teams regarding testing process and procedures
Public Service Electric and Gas, Moorestown, NJ August 1983 – July 2005
Senior Payroll Administrative Specialist, Accounting Department
• Managed payroll operations and personnel to ensure timely delivery of payroll schedules, direct deposits and Senior Management reporting.
• Facilitated the implementation and enhancements SAP Work Management System, in support of Payroll Operations.
• Developed and documented policies and procedures to support government regulations and company objectives, to ensured proper execution of payroll processes and procedures.
• Validated payroll processes, to ensure time card accuracy, benefit deductions and cost allocations for proper accounting.
• Prepared financial accounting records and reports in support of business operations.
• Developed training for new and existing employees for accounting and bookkeeping procedures, which improved the efficiency and staff productivity.
Accounting Team Lead / Accounting Clerk August 1983 – July 2005
• Compiled timesheet records and verified accuracy of earnings and withholdings of taxes and benefits.
• Input data from hard copies of timesheets and production records into Payroll system.
• Balanced payroll financial records, to ensure proper State, Federal, and local tax payments were made.
• Performed research and review work of others for accuracy and compliance to policies.
• Maintained financial reports and balance sheets and reported data to management.
• Prepared purchase orders and expense reports and maintained inventory records.
Transportation/Driver August 1983 – July 2005
• Coordinated & Scheduled bus excursions
• Settled Cash & Reconciled for bus inventory
• Established positive relationship with various clients
• Performed annual budget for bus inventory
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Annuity Net Oracle Forms 3.0 / 4 / 5/ 6.0 Oracle 7.2.3 / 7.3 / 8.0
Mercury Quality Center WebTrax Change Request System PICCT
SQL Loader / SQL Navigator SharePoint Microsoft Office
DTCC UAT Testing SAP
EDUCATION
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Jersey-Undergraduate Major, Economics, 1979 – 1982
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