B. Keith Williamson
Tucker, GA 30084
******@*********.***
Professional Experience:
****-******* ***** *’s of Vidalia, Inc.
Accountant (Jan 2009 – Present)
• Manage all General Ledger Accounting and Bookkeeping for incorporated catering business.
• Responsible for monthly reconciliation of cash accounts and bank statements.
• On a monthly basis, file state sales tax returns.
• On a quarterly basis, file state unemployment, and wage earnings reports; file federal returns.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements for business owners.
• Prepare year-end financials for annual corporate tax filings; annual licensing.
• Part-Time / Contract Position
2007-2009 IPS-Sendero, Norcross, Georgia (dba Fiserv)
Senior Product Consultant – Financial Applications (Oct 2007 – Jan 2009)
• Provide application support and consulting to internal and external clients with regards to financial and accounting software applications.
• Participate in the testing of new products for general operational correctness of features, functions, and design parameters.
• Provide application support with regards to multi-company consolidation reporting, inter-company transactions, currency conversions and financial elimination entries.
• Perform in-house and on client site application training for both internal and external clients and assist Professional Services with implementations as scheduled.
• Serve as a consultant to clients and coworkers regarding accounting theory and products.
• Validate software defects prior to escalation to 2nd level support and Development.
• Contribute proactively to Client Services project teams, committees, and task forces.
• Responsible for maintaining the day-to-day relationship with financial accounting clients.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a library including but not limited to knowledgebase, documentation, periodicals and electronic sources.
2006 – 2007 Horizon Software International, LLC, Duluth, Georgia
Senior Accountant (May 2006 – July 2007)
• Manage daily tracking and reporting of corporate cash flow for annual revenues of $20+ million.
• Manage monthly revenue recognition process for software, hardware and maintenance revenues utilizing the guidelines of SOP 97-2.
• Track and record corporate fixed assets utilizing GAAP analysis, depreciation and amortization schedules; prepare and submit annual corporate property tax filings.
• Team lead in accounting system implementation/migration from MS Account Mate to Net Suite.
• Reconcile multiple corporate bank accounts and credit purchase statements.
• File and manage reporting of sales and use tax for multiple states.
• Audit and reconcile all general ledger accounts for month-end close.
• Establish, on an on-going basis, a process of check and balances for account reconciliations and financial tracking requirements.
• Manage and administrate all corporate registrations and licensing.
• Prepare and report monthly financials to senior management and outside investors; prepare financials for quarterly audits.
• Research, manage and arrange for short-term, third-party corporate leases.
2003-2006 Optio Software, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia (dba Bottomline Technologies)
Revenue Accountant, Corporate Accounting (April 2003 – May 2006)
• Perform general accounting functions to include: general ledger and bank reconciliations.
• Daily tracking of deposits and wire transfers.
• Review Contracts for payment terms and conditions.
• Process client billings based on terms and conditions of contract and project status.
• Utilize SOP 97-2 for all billing and revenue recognition procedures.
• Examine new and existing contracts and billing, ensuring compliance with all guidelines of SOX documentation.
• Prepare monthly accruals for revenue recognition if necessary.
• Develop and generate monthly financial reports and analysis for revenue accruals, deferrals and accounts receivables to be distributed to senior management.
• Prepare international currency conversions and financial report consolidations for European and Asia-Pacific corporate offices.
• In conjunctive effort, prepare and distribute monthly financial statements; SEC reporting
• Approve and process all customer sales orders for software and consulting services purchases.
• Complete credit and audit detail requests for Optio customers when received from 3rd party requestors.
• Conduct credit and viability checks for customer prospects by issuing written and requests for payment history and by conducting telephone reference checks with customer prospect vendors.
• Issue and process corporate credit / debit memos and monthly journal entries
• Manage reconciliation of accounts receivable on a daily basis and report to senior management weekly and to 3rd party accounting firm auditors on a quarterly and annual basis.
• In conjunction with the Revenue Manager and CFO, review all new and renewed master license agreement contracts for customer purchases as related to software purchases.
• Assist on fiscal financial closings on monthly, quarterly and year-end basis.
• Assist Revenue Manager with the recognition of all software revenue recognition and processing of sales commissions.
2001-2003 Optio Software, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia (dba Bottomline Technologies)
Project Accountant, Consulting Services (January 2001 – April 2003)
• Forecast future revenue generation and develop annual budget based on current and new contracts.
• Coordinate billing with 3rd party contractors and service providers.
• Monthly, quarterly and annual revenue forecasting and reporting.
• Develop pricing models and scopes of work for software implementation projects
• Manage complete life cycle of projects, to include time and material costs
• Process and budget for all corporate and customer-related travel expenses within the guidelines of the corporate budget.
• Manage all consulting services & training deferred revenue and accruals on a monthly basis and report to 3rd party accounting firm auditors on a quarterly basis.
Education:
Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia
Bachelor of Business Administration; Cum Laude (3.64 GPA); Graduate Studies
Technical Skills:
Information Technology skills include: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Access, MS Project, SQL database administration, HRIS Systems, Great Plains Financial Systems, Crystal Reports, BNA Fixed Assets, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Pivitol, MS Account Mate, Prologue and Net Suite accounting systems.