OBJECTIVE
To be an active participant in an organization that will enable me to utilize my accounting, communication, organizational, planning, and analytical skills in a comprehensive and creative manner.
EXPERIENCE
Confidential,
Yardley PA
December 2007-October 2010
Staff Accountant/Supervisor
The responsibilities that I were given were to manage and support the Accounts Payable, Billing, and Travel Expense Teams. Along with those duties I were to perform all accounting functions that were required.
Create the monthly AP and Accrued Liabilities reconciliations and related AP metrics/analytics. Manage the AP aging, timing of the cash disbursements, and related vendor relations issues. Review and approve all Accounts Payable journal entries submitted ensuring the accuracy and complying with all monitoring controls. Supervise and coordinate the processing and reporting of 1099 payments , and ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations. Review and analyze the billing to ensure timely, complete, and accurate billing to customers, working to streamline and automate manual billing procedures and ensure revenue recognition is in accordance with GAAP. Responsible to ensure all transactions from Peoplesoft are transferred and reconcile to the AR aging. Proactively manage and drive resolution of customer billing issues with and across the departments. Ensure proper documentation of daily activities, special processes, and critical functions are developed and maintained within the billing department. Perform analysis to initiate customer credits when issues have been identified. Simplify and standardize complex billing processes. Work with Accounts Payable team to identify and pass-through appropriate fees to various departments. Review and audit employee expense reports using Concur Expense Link. Perform a quarterly audit of employee expenses that have been rejected or not approved. Manage and direct the Employee Expense team when questionable expenses arise on what action needs to be taken. Corporate American Express administrator for the company, reviewing balances and activity on a monthly basis. Perform a random audit of the American Express corporate cards and report the findings to the Human Resource department for action. Review and interpret client contracts for forecasting, revenue, billing, and reconciling. Prepare entries to reclassify the Payroll to each client’s account Review, analyze, and interpret the variances in profit and loss during the month end close and fiscal year end. Responsible for calculating client revenue on a monthly basis for month end and year end purposes. Perform all account analysis for assets and liabilities on a monthly and yearly basis. Analyze and journalize monthly revenue based on client activity. Analyze and prepare variance analysis for client revenue on monthly and yearly basis. Prepare and interpret reconciliations for internal and external audits. Prepare and interpret reconciliations of business costs for clients. Approve all business related travel for all employees to ensure the proper travel guidelines are being met. Prepare the Financial Monitoring Controls (Balance Sheet) package on a monthly and fiscal year end basis. Responsible for the consolidation of the Revenue Report and the Financial Monitoring Controls. Confidential,
Bristol PA
July 2000-November 2006
Accountant-Nine West Footwear, Inc
Nine West Wholesale Accounting (October 2004-November 2006)
Prepare and analyze monthly schedules for financial statements for Nine West Footwear wholesale division. Analyze and prepare Sales Returns and Allowances journal entries for month end and year end close. Analyze and prepare Income Statement journal entries for the month end and year end close. Analyze and prepare Balance Sheet journal entries for the month end and year end close. Responsible for the completion of the asset and liability reconciliations for the month end and year end close. Ensure that all reconciliations are in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley documentation. Perform the reconciliation and variance analysis for the freight and duty accounts along with various other accounts. Correct Nine West inventory system errors after performing the account analysis from the inventory reports. Prepare and analyze Nine West Inventory reports and downloads using the inventory system. Review and analyze the exception reports for the Nine West Inventory and assess all reasonable and accuracy of adjustments. Set up and execute world writers and dream writers in JDEdwards accounting system. Prepare and attend all month end reviews with upper management. Analyze all standard costs of footwear along with the retail selling price. Track price changes in footwear on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy. Monitor and maintain the proficiency of the AR Aging report. Assist with the preparation of documentation regarding freight and duty variances, conformation of goods, and wiring of funds for Sarbanes-Oxley. Organize and analyze the changes in pricing of goods on a weekly basis. Confirmation of all productions goods for Nine West Footwear. Prepare and provide documentation for the quarterly and year end audits performed. Organize and analyze costs of goods sold report for the month end review. On a quarterly basis perform physical inventory of goods in the distribution center warehouse. Liaison between accounts payable and corporate for receiving of goods. Junior Accountant
Confidential,
(December 2002-October 2004)
Prepare and analyze all bank reconciliations. Prepare and maintain the daily cash flows. Prepare and maintain all cash receipts. Maintained a leased rent and telephone accounts. Review and analyze the Nine West legal account and report any problems. Analyze all standard costs of footwear along with retail selling prices. Track price changes in footwear on a monthly basis. Confirm all production of goods for Nine West Footwear. Liaison between accounts payable and corporate for receiving of goods. Maintain the Accounts Payable purchase order reports on a daily basis. Accounting Assistant
Confidential,
(July 2000-December 2002)
Assist in providing documentation for the quarterly and year end audits. Prepare and analyze journal entries for month end and year end close. Maintain the France office petty cash account. Assist in the analysis of the freight and duty accounts. Research pricing errors for production invoices. Coded vendor invoices for system entrance to the proper accounts. EDUCATION
2004-2008
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
SKILLS
Software: JD Edwards accounting software, Hyperion Reporting software, Peoplesoft/Prism accounting software. Microsoft: Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook. Lotus Notes,Concur Expense link