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Carrollton, Texas

• Maintained fixed asset sub-ledger processes, including daily additions, retirements of assets, depreciation calculations, and system journal entry preparation.• Conducted administrator responsibilities for 'In House" capital project maintenance program.• Performed monthly reconciliation of all assets, accumulated depreciation, and depreciation accounts.• Reconciled construction in progress accounts, gain loss accounts, assets held for sale, condemnation accounts, sales escrow… Show more • Maintained fixed asset sub-ledger processes, including daily additions, retirements of assets, depreciation calculations, and system journal entry preparation.• Conducted administrator responsibilities for 'In House" capital project maintenance program.• Performed monthly reconciliation of all assets, accumulated depreciation, and depreciation accounts.• Reconciled construction in progress accounts, gain loss accounts, assets held for sale, condemnation accounts, sales escrow accounts, asset accounts, and accumulated depreciation accounts• Recorded monthly property sales and any journal entries related to assigned reconciliation accounts.• Provided reporting for management and audit based on asset additions, and movement of assets to gain loss and assets held for sale.• Utilized capital spending budget and provided future period budgeting and forecasting of depreciation expense by property.• Employed Access and Excel skills to provide depreciation forecast/budget models for use to quickly update information based on changing capital expenditure budgets, with new process eliminating need for several people working on hundreds of worksheets to provide by location depreciation budget.• Offered gain loss account information in various formats by using Excel skills for use by different management and audit and tax needs. Show less

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Analyzed and maintained accurate general ledger• Prepared managerial reporting• Prepared Journal Entries with supporting schedules• Participated on special project teams• Reconciled assigned accounts with the appropriate documentation

Farmers Branch, Texas, United States

• Supervised processing of vendor invoices and expense reports for accuracy and eligibility for payment• Ensured the proper and timely payment of invoices and expense reports• Maintained the Accounts Payable Sub-ledger including the monthly closing and associated journal entries• Maintained weekly aging reports and cash reports for management• Processed new employees in payroll system and processed bi-weekly payroll.

Plano, Texas

Conducted sales and use tax return preparation for four entities in 40 states. Communicated with state taxing entities to resolve filing issues. Prepared documentation for various state audits. Maintained master, product, over-ride tables in vertex tax software for up to 50 companies, (four Daisytek companies, and remainder contract relationships). Utilized familiarity with resale certificate maintenance. Trained on Vertex for sales tax compliance system, and received CPE training for sales and… Show more Conducted sales and use tax return preparation for four entities in 40 states. Communicated with state taxing entities to resolve filing issues. Prepared documentation for various state audits. Maintained master, product, over-ride tables in vertex tax software for up to 50 companies, (four Daisytek companies, and remainder contract relationships). Utilized familiarity with resale certificate maintenance. Trained on Vertex for sales tax compliance system, and received CPE training for sales and use tax compliance0. Enacted intercompany inventory transfer reconciliation, cash and credit card reconciliation, accounts receivable reconciliation and walk forward, costing adjustments, and vendor rebate programs. Show less

Dallas, Texas, United States

Performed financial statement preparation for 14 branch offices and corporate office. Conducted daily cash analysis based on account balances, pending sales, and payables due, as well as monthly bank reconciliation of all cash accounts. Maintained fixed asset data base with reconciliation to general ledger and tax returns of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and benefits functions, including tax filing, FSA plan administration,401K administration, and agent billing for 325 agents… Show more Performed financial statement preparation for 14 branch offices and corporate office. Conducted daily cash analysis based on account balances, pending sales, and payables due, as well as monthly bank reconciliation of all cash accounts. Maintained fixed asset data base with reconciliation to general ledger and tax returns of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and benefits functions, including tax filing, FSA plan administration,401K administration, and agent billing for 325 agents. Supervised data base management for all real estate sales transactions. Utilized accounting systems of DacEasy, Macola, Lotus 1 2 3, and Excel. Implemented database for real estate sales transactions. Show less