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Lenexa, Ks

+General Ledger Accounting.+Investigate cost and revenue streams for various advertising products. +Compute monthly commissions for sales persons.+Reconcile general ledger accounts.

Lenexa, Ks

Senior Accountant+Research sales tax application for new telecom products using DPC sales tax compliance software. +Compute sales tax on randomly chosen bills to test billing accuracy for each of eight monthly bill cycles.+Review bills to determine if use tax needs to be applied. Compile backup for use tax filing. +File personal property tax returns in KS and MO. Review assessments for accuracy and fairness.+Prepare monthly general ledger entries in PeopleSoft and complete monthly account reconciliations.+Compile data from multiple databases and calculate weekly customer turnover. +Compare month to month revenue for reasonableness by customer & product for each bill cycle & investigate variances. +File unclaimed property returns with various states.+Complete internal rate of return on potential capital expenditures for new cable, internet, or telephone customers.+Compute customer penetration by region.

Contract work setting up non-profit LLC’s including their accounting processes in Excel. Converting a firm’s Quickbooks accounting from an individual ownership to an LLC. This includes entering four prior months of data in Quickbooks and ensuring they are compliant in payroll, state, and federal income tax.

Accountant in Sprint Nextel's Revenue Accounting Department. • Monitored the accounts receivable and collections between Sprint and other telecom companies for access charges and roaming charges. Contacted accounts payable personal of other telecom companies to negotiate collection of past due charges. • Completed monthly account reconciliations for nine accounts. Investigated variances on Peoplesoft.• Calculated month end accrual and deferral general ledger entries to load into PeopleSoft using data collected and extracted in Access throughout the month.• Calculated general ledger entries from several in house billing systems by extracting data into Excel, using V-lookups to assign business units, and pivot tables to consolidate the data. • Responded to internal and external auditors by walking through processes and provided understanding of the concepts behind the general ledger entries to comply with SOX.

*Responsible for overseeing the property tax compliance, assessment review, and tax bill payment for the Sprint PCS business group for twenty-nine eastern states. Managed, reviewed, and coached two direct staff members and three indirect staff members.*Primary negotiator with state and local tax authorities seeking reductions in property tax assessments for the Sprint PCS group. This resulted in a savings of over $4 million dollars of property tax liability in 2002.

*Preparation and filing of property tax returns for local, long distance and PCS entities in 15 southeastern states. *Responsible for Peoplesoft journal entries, account reconciliations and account balance true-ups

• Project Manager for the development of requirements, documentation, and testing of software enhancements to the Local Customer Billing System (CRB).• Trained, developed, and coordinated the activities of system development and testing personnel.• Liaison between the local operating companies and programming staff to provide analysis of problem situations and enhancements to the Carrier Access Billing System (CABS).• Worked with teams of programmers in the testing, documentation, and implementation of CABS software packages. Wrote documentation using Word and PowerPoint to train end users how to use and understand the new software functions.

Mba, Finance

GPA 3.69/4.00

Ba, Business Administration

GPA: 3.64/4.00 Major: Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance & Marketing Honors: Dean’s List, Beta Gamma Sigma, Magna Cum Laude