Edith Phillips Email & Phone Number

Lawton Area

Directly supervises senior staff accountant, receiving and other specialist in the accounting departments.Responsible for planning and carrying out all task related to the accounting function, interpreting considerable amount of data, planning of work, and resolving and refining methods and techniques employed.Coordinates with other departments and properties to ensure all needed information is timely shared and acquired.Interprets and develops operating polices and procedures that ensure regulatory compliance, efficiency, effectiveness, and strong standardization across all properties.Keeps comptroller informed of the status of the accounting department and of all projects.Oversees the preparation and review of all financials reports on a timely basis.Coordinates with and accommodates requests from external, internal, and regulatory auditors.

Recorded, posted, and reconciled journal entries to the monthly general ledger for casino daily inputs.Prepared financial statements.Ensured accuracy of all general ledger accounts through reconciliation.Accurately recorded all transactions.Supervised accounting department personal.Assisted with daily review of audit findings for consistent problems, corrections, and breach of internal controls and suggestions methods and/or processes to resolve such issues.Worked with staff accountants to ensure the timelines and accuracy of financials.Worked to ensure accounting guidelines and practices included GAAP, gaming and non-gaming laws and regulations, and CNE policy and procedures.

Recorded, posted, and reconciled journal entries to the monthly general ledger for casino daily inputs.Prepared financial statements.Ensured accuracy of all general ledger accounts through reconciliation.Accurately recorded all transactions.Assisted with daily revenue audit findings for consistent problems, corrections and breached of internal controls.

Constructed and maintained excel spreadsheets for the calculations of machine commissions and profitability on a weekly and monthly basis.Assisted in maintaining casino system of accounts.Recorded, posted, and reconciled journal entries to the monthly general ledger for casino daily revenue.Communicated to Revenue Audit and Staff Accountants any irregularities within the daily activity's entries.Compiled and completed a monthly 1% machine revenue report that was sent the Gaming Commission.Conducted inventory count of the Hotel at the end of every month. Conducted a Cost of Goods Sold analysis.Maintained the Accounts Payable records and posted entries in the AP ledger. Paid vendors in a timely manner.

Developed and completed checklists according to the Minimal Internal Control Standards (MICS), Current Operations Manual, and the Tribal Internal Control Standards (TICS).Conducted Internal Audits for Casino Operations which included: Cage, Main Bank, Kiosk, Cash & Cash Equivalent, Drop/Count, Complementary Items & Promotions and Player Tracking, Title 31, (All Comanche Nation Properties) Surveillance, Gaming Machines (both Operations and the Comanche Nation Gaming Commission Compliance Department), Information Technology, and Table Games/Card Games (If applicable for the facility), Cash Count.Worked with External Auditors on designated Audits.Performed field work which required; Inquiring with Operations Personal, Observations of the Casino Floor as well as other required areas, and examined all supporting documentation requested.Compiled Annual Review Reports of all findings per property and presented them to the individual properties and the CBC (Comanche Business Committee).Conducted Internal Audit six-month updates for Casino Operations.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Criminal Justice/Police Science