Accountant

Patricia Dietz

Home 904-***-****

Cell 404-***-****

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Macclenny, FL 32063

http://www.linkedin.com/in/pldietz

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix, Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business / Accounting. Conferred: April 2007, GPA 3.4 / 4.0 scale. Significant course work: Management Theory, Practice, and Application. Accounting Information Systems I. Critical Thinking-Strategies in Decision Making. Economics for Business I. Financial Accounting I & II. Corporate Finance. Accounting for Decision Making. Contemporary Business Law I & II. Intermediate Financial Accounting I, II & III. Advance Financial Accounting. Income Tax Accounting. Government and Non-Profit Accounting. Contemporary Auditing I & II.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Knuckleup Fitness, Atlanta, GA October 2007 to April 2009

Accounting Manager/ Human Resources

Close out books on a monthly basis. Enter and post journal entries into general ledger. Reconcile bank accounts and balance sheet accounts. Enter Payables in computer system. Write checks for Owner to sign when needed. Created Financial Statements on monthly basis, for six gyms and the corporate office. Researched discrepancies to maintain accuracy of the accounting system. Communicated with vendors inside and outside of the office. Customer Service. Data Entry. Set up email addresses and passwords for newly hired employees and maintained all personnel files. Maintained all employee hourly, salary and contract payroll records.

(Reason for Leaving: Move closer to family due to the death of my husband).

Regions Funding, Atlanta, GA May 2007 to September 2007

Accountant

Enter and post journal entries into general ledger. Reconcile accounts on a daily basis. Data Entry. Communicate with vendors inside and outside of the office.

(Reason for Leaving: Company merged with another bank and position was eliminated).

SouthStar Funding, Atlanta, GA November 2004 to March 2007

A/P Specialist

Enter Payables in computer system. Maintain all vendor information. Contacted vendors concerning outstanding checks on a monthly basis. Communicate with vendors inside and outside of the office.

(Reason for Leaving: Company closed due to the mortgage industry).

ORIX Financial Services, Inc., Kennesaw, GA November 2001 to November 2004

Staff Accountant

Enter and post approved journals into general ledger. Reconcile balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis. Maintain balance sheet matrix and assist in collection of reconciliation’s to ensure timely completion.

(Reason for leaving: Company moved the corporate offices to the Dallas, TX area).

SKILLS

Computer Applications: Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Data Entry.

Office Equipment: Computers, Printers, Fax Machines, and Scanners.

Software Applications: AS 400, People Soft, ACCPAC, Peachtree and Great Plains.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Received employee of the year award for perfect attendance; including a cash reward, paid time off and lunch on the company. Received a promotion from Accounting Assistant to Staff Accountant I for taking the initiative to complete reconciliations that needed to be done due to another employee moving to another job. Created a Standard Journal Entry form for consistency in entering journal entries for each employee. The form has been used by more than one company that I have worked at and probably used at other companies that other employees have taken it to when they left for different positions. Created and worked with a balance sheet matrix and assisted in the collection of reconciliation’s to ensure timely completion. Asked to stay and help company clean up client files in order to move the operations to another office. After my children graduated from high school, I went back to college and received my Bachelor’s degree in accounting, while working a forty hour week.

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