PATRICIA MUSSAK
Duluth, Georgia 30096
*******@*********.***
EXPERIENCE:
SUWANEE DECORATIVE HARDWARE, Duluth, GA 2004-Present
Bookkeeper (Part-time)
- Manage company-wide accounting and reporting functions for two subsidiaries
- Handle diversified Accounts Payable/Receivable and expense control procedures including bank and account reconciliation, cash receipts, disbursements, finance charges, billings, invoicing, purchase order/inventory verification, charge-backs, rebates, and preparation of daily bank deposits.
- Follow through on timely and accurate month-end closings and financial reporting activities
- Establish and maintain Human Resources related employee files reflecting salary increases, deductions, garnishments; benefits; payroll exceptions and W-2 withholdings exercising a high level of confidentiality.
- Provide critical financial information to owner with recommendations based on results
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, Atlanta, GA 1997-2000
- Managed data segregation projects related to the Bell Atlantic-GTE $53 billion dollar merger
- Managed 15 member team to develop new billing process flows to support transitional services
- Developed billing service agreements and cost estimates for a million monthly transactions
- Ensured necessary audit and control policies were in place across billing and production processes
Systems Requirement Analyst 1997-1999
- Analyzed and documented system requirements for billing and e-commerce systems utilizing
object oriented analysis and modeling
- Facilitated over 50 scope and Business Re-engineering JAD sessions
- Developed billing, taxation, and reporting processes
- Developed testing scenarios to be execute to ensure system deliverable met requirements
- Assisted in implementing EDI solutions which eliminated manual processing of over 1,000
monthly government payments
- Participated on team which implemented first online billing solutions for GTE, which reduced
costs of preparing bills by 20% and payment processing by 90%
- Participated on team to ensure specific projects met CMM Level 2
COMPUTRON SOFTWARE, Atlanta, GA 1995-1997
Senior Financial Consultant
(Recruited during graduate school for special project, rehired following graduation)
- Led multiple project implementation teams to customize and implement product, including
2 international efforts involving multi-currency/multi-national requirements
- Provided day-to-day project management supervision and project plan/budget analysis of large
consulting engagements
- Negotiated additional services business in excess of $500,000, by demonstrating how our
workflow systems could generate a 20% ROI
- Advised clients on reengineering expense cycle process to gain efficiencies
- Developed and implemented workflow systems around customer’s expense cycle processes
COMPUTRON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Rutherford, NJ 1992-1994
Financial Systems Consultant
- Analyzed business environment and implemented financial systems to meet client’s requirements
- Supervised and assisted in the conversion of historical data
- Assisted in interfacing Computron’s financial packages with other software packages
- Advised clients on program enhancements designed to fit their business models
- Trained 150 Computron employees and clients nationally/internationally
- Assisted in beta-testing and installation of relational databases
EDUCATION/AWARDS:
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
Master’s Certificate in Project Management
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Coral Gables, FL
Master of Business Administration and Master of Science, Computer Information Systems
Member of Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society for Outstanding Academic Achievement
PACE UNIVERSITY, Pleasantville, NY
Bachelor of Business Administration, Public Accounting
GTE/VERIZON EMPLOYEE AWARDS
Employee Excellence Award (1998 and 1999) and Team Achievement Award (1999)
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Platforms: Unix, DEC/VAX, AS/400, Symbol & Telxon Handheld Computers
Languages/Tools: MS Office, Access, Microsoft Project, QuickBooks, VISIO,
COBRA, AlphaFour, COBOL, DataLogger, SQL, PowerBuilder, VisualBasic, Frontpage, HTML
VOLUNTEER WORK:
GIRL SCOUTS, BB HARRIS ELEMENTARY PTA, ST. MONICA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
REFERENCES:
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST OR AVAILABLE ONLINE AT http://www.linkedin.com/in/patmussak