Lisa Huston Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, Minnesota

Remote

Bloomington, Minnesota

J & B Equipment is a $6 million, privately held company that specializes in engineering, supplying, and installing overhead material handling systems such as cranes, hoists, and monorails.Tasks• Accurate and timely processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable, including cash receipts and disbursements.• Supervise accounting clerk in areas of daily accounting.• Manage month-end tasks including sales and use tax calculations, bank reconciliations, inventory adjustments, commission calculations, and credit card reconciliation.• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in general ledger.• Responsible for job cost reporting, work-in-progress calculation using percentage of completion method, and job closing. • Extract financial data using Access to create standard and custom reports as requested by management.• Draft and post general ledger and journal entries.• Produce monthly financial statements, annual CAM reconciliation and budget for associated property management company.Accomplishments• Participated in the successful conversion to MAS 90 accounting system without any interruption of accounting operations.• Transitioned customer invoicing to email reducing clerk time by 75%, eliminating mailing and paper costs, and increasing average accounts receivable by an average of 5 days. • Developed and implemented paperless filing system reducing time to invoice by 50% and eliminating file storage and office supply costs.

Lakeville, Mn

Purchasing/Inventory Control Manager 2004 – 2008 Unimed-Midwest, Inc.Unimed-Midwest is a $10 million medical supply company that provides value-added services, such as repackaging, custom labeling, and customized kits to small retailers, catalog resellers, and teaching facilities.Tasks• Issued purchase orders to vendors confirming delivery date, quantity ordered and price.• Coordinated with warehouse staff regarding vendor receipt of goods, packaging/labeling requirements, and customer shipments.• Worked with vendors and freight carriers to resolve shipping and damage disputes.• Participated in monthly and annual inventory count and adjustments.• Processed receipt of goods and invoices for payment.Accomplishments• Created inventory control system using Excel spreadsheets for maintaining just-in-time stock levels.• Participated in the conversion to Peachtree accounting system reducing time to invoice by 25%.