Janet Marquess-Shadowens Email & Phone Number

• Prepare monthly journal entries and accruals as part of the accelerated month end close process
• Compile month end financial statements and operating statistics for several business units using Lawson accounting software and Hyperion
• Provide a monthly expense analysis comparing actual to budget for business unit controllers
• Coordinate multiple audits, including preparing annual financial statements and notes
• Comply with governmental reporting requirements including the preparation of monthly provider tax returns, annual property tax returns, the Form 990 informational return for tax exempt organizations and the Form 5500.
• Reconcile various general ledger accounts monthly

• Developed methods for collecting, summarizing and reconciling payroll data and other synoptic information
• Created and maintained analytical tools for financial statement and asset statement reconciliations
• Prepared annual financial statements, including balance sheet, income statement and asset reconciliation, for use in independent audits
• Prepared forecasts and projections to allow for maximization of participant’s investment opportunities
• Responded to inquiries and problems, and performed special calculations and analysis as requested by plan sponsors
• Reviewed annual and quarterly reports for accuracy and compliance

• Reviewed employee expense reports for appropriate authorization, documentation and accounting information and ensured that employee reimbursements were processed accurately and timely
• Monitored and reconciled cash advance accounts
• Administered the corporate credit card program
• Processed payments for corporate credit cards and reconciled departmental credit card accounts
• Created files for upload into general ledger accounts
• Served as liaison for travel and entertainment issues and employee expense reimbursements

• Established goals for the accounts payable department and updated metrics which tracked the department’s progress
• Analyzed metrics and employed problem solving techniques to identify problems and provide solutions to improve performance
• Reviewed and updated accounts payable procedures and process flowcharts
• Collaborated with employees in all departments as a member of a cross-functional team to address problems that affected departmental and company standards
• Prepared various accounts payable general ledger account reconciliations monthly
• Maintained contact with suppliers to provide account information and resolve discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices

• Audited and verified accuracy of data interfaced from the general ledger and accounts payable system
• Responsible for accounting and analysis of $1 billion in construction projects
• Utilized mainframe system to account for detail job costing for construction projects, retrieve fixed asset data for equipment and to test facility-tracking system during general ledger conversion
• Established and maintained spreadsheets for payments to contractors

• Assessed the needs of customers and serviced them with respect to all account transactions
• Opened and maintained depository accounts, certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts
• Reviewed the effects of cash items on the branch ledger balances and made appropriate adjustments
• Researched and analyzed customers’ account information in order to provide prompt and accurate resolutions to their problems
• Obtained and analyzed credit reports as a preliminary step in loan documentation

Bs In Business Administration, Accounting

Ba In Business Administration, Economics

Activities and Societies: - Received John T Loftus Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence in 1991 - Four year member of the softball.

Education record

Activities and Societies: - Four year member of the softball team - Three year member of the field hockey team