Senior Accountant Resume

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Prepare and file quarterly unemployment for the University of Iowa that includes filing with the state of Iowa as well as several other states.
Research unemployment state tax law for filing requirements and setting up an account with additional states as new employees are hired from out of state.
Reconcile unemployment, worker’s compensation, retirement and insurance accounts.
Review retirement election requests to ensure eligibility to elect TIAA vs. IPERS in accordance with IPERS regulations.

Senior Tax Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Worked with the Investment and Federal groups. Responsibilities included tax provision, tax compliance and tax research.
Worked with State group through the preparation and submission of all Kentucky occupational license applications, Net profit extensions and returns, correspondence and research.
Maintained a strong emphasis on continuous improvement through the planning and implementation of process improvements which results in annual savings of 300 hours for the Tax Department.
Managed EFT team. Team’s primary responsibilities included the processing of all EFT and wire transfer tax payment activity to tax jurisdictions including new jurisdiction setup.

Lead Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed Asset Transfer team. Team’s primary responsibilities included asset transfer processing through accounting, banking and trading systems, corporate action processing and impairment processing.
Encouraged a strong emphasis on continuous improvement, which increased team depth through the submission of projects that resulted in 1,000 hours worth of savings.
Employee satisfaction driven through participation on employee satisfaction survey committees and focus groups.
Customer satisfaction awareness evidenced by high score results in customer feedback surveys.

Accounting Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed accounting team by providing guidance in the proper use of accounting principles.
Produced and completed all payroll functions including bi - weekly, quarterly and annual tax returns.
Worked with external accounting contact by providing annual federal and state information to allow for the preparation of the yearly tax returns.
Assisted in the production and review of the monthly financial statements.

Tax Team Leader

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed the property tax department by providing clear-cut goals and objectives to all team members.
Participated and managed six sigma lean projects to increase the efficiency and operations in the tax department.
Participated in the GE mentoring program by mentoring with the General Manager of the Cedar Rapids location.