Accounting Associate Resume Perkasie, PA - Hire IT People

Qualifications Profile

Accomplished financial professional with solid and progressive experience in managing all facets of accounting and financial functions within organizations. Highly skilled in effectively collaborating with all members of the organization to achieve business and financial objectives. Adept in streamlining financial processes, enhancing productivity levels, and implementing technology solutions. Skilled in updating standard operating procedures and preparing documentation for semi-annual/annual SOX and financial audits.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Accounting
Financial Statements
Sarbanes-Oxley
Auditing
Financial Management
Budget Management
Financial Analysis
Internal Control Evaluation
Financial Reporting
General Ledger Activity
GAAP Compliance
Taxation

Career Highlights

Championed efforts to reduce the time to process bank reconciliations from 2 weeks to under 2 days.
Revised special manual customer invoices to an improved, user-friendly format in Excel, which could be edited to reflect specific customer needs pertaining to invoicing.
Collected in excess of $500,000 in past due receivables from 1999 to 2000.

Professional Background

Confidential, Beltsville, MD (2010 – 2011)
Accounting Associate
Handled collections activities associated with past-due invoices. Generated daily bank reports and presented results to management. Compiled data from the bank pertaining to the previous month’s activity, which was used for the bank reconciliations. Assisted in processing the Arizona quarterly withholding tax return and the Arizona quarterly unemployment tax filing.

Maintained full responsibility for processing weekly, bi-monthly, and monthly invoices via Microsoft Excel utilizing pivot tables and formulas using data from an order management system.
Developed and adhered to standard operating procedures associated with the processing of customer invoices, which enhanced productivity levels.
Provided support to a customer in creating an invoice to meet the system requirements for processing invoices.

Confidential, Kansas City, MO (2006 – 2010)
Senior Accounting Associate
Led efforts to process the general ledger and accounts payable journals for a national engineering and architectural services firm. Reconciled miscellaneous, travel, deposit, and pre-paid GL accounts. Completed bank reconciliations. Researched and resolved financial discrepancies. Managed stop payments. Set up employees, vendors, and clients to be paid in the accounts payable module.

Streamlined financial activities, introduced process improvements, and implemented technology solutions.
Gathered and prepared data for semi-annual and SOX audits.
Produced an improved user-friendly format by revising the miscellaneous expense voucher.

Confidential, North Kansas City, MO (2004 – 2006)
Staff Accountant
Ensured all financial transactions complied with GAAP. Executed general ledger activity including closing tasks. Facilitated credit checks of new customers. Issued system and manual customer invoices.

Managed all aspects of accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial reporting, and cash flow management.
Performed collections activities and significantly reduced outstanding receivables.

Confidential, Earth City, MO (1999 – 2004)
National Account Coordinator
Participated in collections for 2 national customers and other high-level accounts including Kroger, Dillons, City Market, Fred Meyer, Smith’s, and Ralphs. Mentored and guided the accounts receivable clerk in performing daily duties. Updated all customer information to current status in the system for billing purposes.

Secured over $100,000 in past due receivables for refrigerated and frozen dough subsequent to relocation to the Bakery Group in 2003.

Early Career:

Collection Coordinator – Confidential
Accounting Manager – Confidential

Education
Bachelor of Science in Business, Accounting

Affiliations
American Woman’s Society of CPAs
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Technical Skills
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SAP, Oracle

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