Kathleen Steimle-Hermes Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Chicago, Il / Madison, Tn

• Owner of t-shirt printing, commercial embroidery & on-line giftware business.• Design and digital imaging of products, marketing, scheduling of customer orders, shipping, inventory level monitoring, website design, website updating/maintenance, search engine optimization, data manipulation using Excel/Access/flat files, shopping cart maintenance including re-engineering website (Miva Merchant).• Performs all accounting functions (G/L, A/P, A/R), Federal tax preparation/submission, multi-state sales tax submission, Form W-9 accountability, electronic submission of State/Federal payroll taxes, PA-DSS website compliance.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Manage & monitor specific regions' Salvage fixed assets valued >$200M. • Approve invoices to be processed by A/P. • Verify in-service dates & capitalize accordingly in Oracle.• Prepare and post month-end, quarter-end and year-end journal entries. Reconcile capitalized and CIP assets to G/L balances on a monthly basis using Trintech/Cadency software.• Project management of construction in progress (CIP) budgets.• Create location budget files at the beginning of every fiscal year reconciling ProForma $$s and budget carryover from previous fiscal year.• Adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance, GAAP and SEC regulations.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Verify and process Capital Asset Requisition (CARs) submissions from over 125 field locations. Follow-up for missing details, such as approvals or question specifics of the request, i.e., budgeted vs. non-budgeted, etc.• Monitored capital project budgets and notify appropriate field personnel of monetary roadblocks with project management.• Identify/analyze errors in the fixed asset sub-ledger coming from outside sources (General Accounting) • Set up location pre-approved ProFormas for FA budget files for construction projects and/or business acquisitions• Process invoices through mass additions several times during month in preparation of month-end close.• Reconcile specific group of locations’ budget files to general ledger monthly• Process fixed asset transfers and disposals for field locations verifying appropriate levels of approvals. • Maintain required documentation support for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, GAAP, and internal/external audit including abiding by SEC regulations.• Created and documented information for department procedure manual along with graphic representation of functions.• Verify invoices submitted from field are associated with certain fixed asset CARs and code accordingly for approval and A/P processing.• Assist with Sales and Use Tax audits as requested from Tax Department (gathering materials for state auditors

Lkq Corp, Grassmere Park Drive, Nashville, Tn

Accounting Contractor at LKQ Corporation

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Data analysis for commercial mechanical HVAC company (The Comfort Group) using Spectrum software and Excel 2010 to develop future metrics for business development.

Lavergne, Tn - Remote / Work At Home

• Remote support for Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff customers and dealers using various versions of VSM developed embroidery software.• Troubleshooting installation-related communication issues with computer hardware (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7) across all versions of branded embroidery/ sewing machines.• Troubleshoot installation and software errors relating to multiple versions of the software including legacy versions.• Assists customers with upgrades in the Embroidery software along with providing technical expertise in troubleshooting design issues.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Accounting contractor for various clients throughout the Nashville area processing A/P, A/R, Payables & General Ledger utilizing software applications as Microsoft Dynamics GP, Quickbooks, Peachtree, IDS & Solomon. Clients have included: WealthTrust LLC, and COI Foodservice. Permanent placement at WealthTrust LLC.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• 1st - & 2nd-level applications support analyst in a highly customized Great Plains environment where all ERP applications originated from the Great Plains (v9.0) customization.• Sought formal online training in basic SQL updates and queries to further support departmental goal. Key Accomplishments:• Resolved a persistent printing issue affecting nearly 50% of all GP end users. Discovered user profile corruption on one of two replicated Citrix servers. Proceeded to backup all affected profiles and individually recreated a new profile for each user on the corrupted server. This affected over 200 profiles and immediate results were noted.• Supported and maintained proprietary Dealer Authorization application. This required detailed analysis of SQL table structure and ability to update multiple tables to ensure smooth processing through front-end of this application which had not been routinely maintained.• Managed all data integration jobs which had previously been performed by in-house software engineer and/ or business analyst. This included SKU management, extended pricing within Great Plains and adjusting month-end inventory parts across 5 divisions.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Accounting Contractor – Various clients throughout Nashville area

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Responsible for overseeing network administration of small business server.• Provided pharmaceutical grants management on participating clinical studies.• Evaluated clinical study budgets and appropriately maintained pass-through costs to vendors.• Established and maintained HR information for new hires.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Processed payables using Great Plains (v7.0) software• Assisted with month-end, quarterly, and year-end G/L reconciliation/closure• Assisted with special investigative projects assigned by Accounting Manager.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Managed and monitored 100+ active oncology studies• Utilized complex spreadsheets to track and reconcile receivables due from pharmaceutical companies on studies• Maintained grant payroll tracking and processing of employees• Processed monthly/year-end fiscal departmental closings• Key in providing data for preparation of 06/07 departmental operational budget.Key Accomplishment:• Tracked pharmaceutical grant funding (over $500k) which had been misapplied or not applied at all to various oncology clinical trials cost centers.• This accomplishment brought the VICC Clinical Trials office into the black for the fiscal year ending 2005 (first time in history).

Chicago, Il

• Administered Novell network and trained support staff on network applications.

Greater Chicago Area

• Maintained books and database in a local generator rental establishment• Assisted in implementation and administration of a small, Novell network

Arlington, Va

Ba, Sociology

Credits Transfer, General Studies

Credits Transfer, General Studies

High School, Business, Art, French, Math

Activities and Societies: Co-editor of high school newspaper "K-Chronicle"​ junior year, In 'Who's Who of American High School Students'​.