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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Perform financial related audits of state government agencies and programs to ensure compliance with state regulations.

High Point, North Carolina

Maintains and controls the General Ledger accounts and business transactions of the organization, applying the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) that includes analytical work and thorough review of financial records. - Assist the Controller with the day-to-day, monthly and year-end operations of the Accounting/ Finance Department includes budget review and analysis. - Manage the processing of cash receipts, recording of revenue and receivable and work closely with the Vita Team to ensure that revenues and receivables are reconciled at any given time. - Perform the processing of functional and benefits expense allocations, monthly accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation and recording of adjusting and reclassification journal entries, if necessary. - Prepare and analyze the monthly budget/forecast to actual variance reports. - Perform general accounts analysis and reconciliations, including bank statements, fixed assets, employer’s benefit costs, accruals and prepaid expenses. –- Assist in the preparation of financial reports such as financial statements, budget performance, and financial reporting. - Monitor and collect data to assess accuracy and integrity; analyze data; ensure compliance with applicable standards (i.e. GAAP), rules, regulations and systems of internal control; interpret and evaluate results, prepare documentation; create financial reports and/or presentations.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Uses intermediate financial systems and accounting knowledge to ensure accurate financial system transaction processing and support for managements` need for information. Evaluates, defines specifications, tests and maintains financial transaction processing and reporting systems. Establishes and maintains SOX controls over financial systems and defines and documents all interfaced links from production systems to help ensure integrity in all financial reporting. Analyzes, verifies and creates statutory, GAAP, planning and statistical reporting for all companies using financial and analytical system tools. Primary Accountabilities:Financial Reporting (35%) o Supports the production of the company financial reports through the creation and maintenance of financial reporting tools such as nVision, SQL, SQR, Crystal, and Query. Technical Expertise (15%) o Continues to learn and gain professional operating knowledge of our financial tools and our financial software including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Budgeting, Expenses, Asset Management, Essbase, SQL, SQR, nVision and Crystal reports. Keeps abreast with current economic and technological developments and evaluate their impact on Company operations and provide recommendations on direction. Control of Data Integration into and within Financial Systems (45%)o Analyzes financial systems information or production system integration information to identify the cause of problems detected by established controls. Works as a team member or independently to propose and/or implement resolutions of identified issues. Performance Management/Dashboards (5%) o Utilizes information systems and business financial knowledge to assist in the creation, structure, and calculation of databases that are used for expense analysis, quarterly operating reports, profit and growth planning for the organization and various analysis projects.

• In collaboration with the designated business unit resources, create and maintain deliverables associated with Project Definition, Analysis, Design, Testing, and Rollout.• Draw on functional knowledge of applications, knowledge of industry standards, and knowledge of customer’s business requirements to support delivery of solutions that meet TELECOM business needs.• Manage requests from the business unit for IS services, ensuring that Information Systems activities associated with each request are integrated, aligned, and consistent across the TELECOM business units and TDS Process Map. • Coordinate with teams and individuals to identify, analyze, and implement areas of IS process improvement to serve TDS while supporting continual process innovation.

Provide first contact support for residential and small business customers to resolve telephone service repair/installation, video, DSL, and dial-up Internet connectivity issues Demonstrate exceptional customer service skills in order to exceed customers' expectations and to minimize escalations by taking ownership of customer reported issues. Answer calls in a "Virtual Call Center" environment, generating trouble tickets and updating tickets, as needed, until the issue is resolved Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve customer troubles in the most expeditious manner, thus achieving our service level requirements

● Process transactions for customers including deposits, withdrawals, and transfers. Profiled customers to determine possible cross-sell opportunities or needs. ● Went through training to ensure my ability to process transactions and to spot opportunities for meeting sales objectives.● Met or exceeded expectations for sales goals and continually worked with my service manager to uncover new opportunities for sales.

● Provided detailed information to customers about products, so they could determine which products would help them meet their goals or objectives. ● Went through extensive training in order to be able to sale in all departments in the store. Including Lawn and Garden, Tools, Fitness, Electronics, Appliances, and Sewing and Vacuums.● Helped to train new associates on how to sell our products as well as credit opportunities and Protection Agreements.

● Required to calibrate, monitor, or replace faulty control valves.● Set-up computers and installed them with the appropriate software packages.● Required to troubleshoot CPU’s to resolve software issues.● Demonstrated the abilities and capacities of software packages to the customer.● Built and repaired PC’s for businesses and consumers. ● Set-up and serviced Networks.● Managed the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable using QuickBooks Pro for 3 years.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Masters Of Science, Accounting

Bs Of Science, Commerce & Business Administration