Melissa Hansen Email & Phone Number

Wisconsin, United States

Greenfield, Wi

Prepare and post monthly journal entries in accordance with company policies and deadlines for revenue, professional fee accruals, physician compensation, research, and several other lower risk areas. Perform monthly account reconciliations for corresponding general ledger accounts. Calculate monthly physician compensation based on individualized contracts for 15-20 physicians. Perform substantially all financial responsibilities related to research programs including working closely with research director and coordinators, reviewing budgets, setting up financial aspects of new research studies, calculating and recording revenue, applying payments received, and reporting on monthly activity. Review staff monthly journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations, including bank reconciliations, prepaid balances, unapplied accounts receivable, refunds, joint venture management fees, and sales tax accruals.Review and approve accounts payable invoice inputs to ensure proper processing, timely payments, and proper general ledger cutoff. Review accounts payable invoices for appropriate sales tax, assess use tax as needed, and review sales and use tax returns prepared by staff accountant. Review payroll processed internally for completeness and errors. Work with third party billing company to reconcile payment and refund discrepancies between the general ledger and subsidiary ledger. Mentor and train team of four staff and senior accountants. Work as a liaison between staff and senior management in the finance department to discuss and implement improvements to general ledger accounting and accounts payable processes.

Interim PositionIncluded supervising, training, and mentoring four staff and senior accountants, as well as reviewing substantially all work performed by the team.

Lydell

Perform substantially all monthly journal entries and account reconciliations for a small real estate subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc. Perform monthly bank reconciliations. Calculate commission payments for real estate agents. Review and apply commission payments for real estate transactions completed by agents. Review and reimburse expense reports for agents. Work with international partners to ensure intercompany accounts are in balance. Integral member of team to move general ledger from antiquated ERP system to Oracle system, including remapping chart of accounts and testing system.

Managing planning, fieldwork, and deliverable preparation for financial statement audit, review, and compilation engagements for non-public companies, non-profit entities, and employee benefit plans. Perform personnel evaluation of the support staff on the engagements for which I am responsible.Assist in planning, fieldwork, and deliverable preparation for internal control reports and SSAE 16 (formerly SAS 70) audits.Team Trainer - train new hires and interns on various topics including use of software (Adobe, Caseware, Caseview, T-Value, Excel, etc), auditing techniques, review skills, etc.Participate in the LEAN-CPA team, finding efficiencies in our audit and acounting processes. Responsible for tasks including revision of the financial statement review process and creating "gold standard" checklists for various positions and milestones within audit and review engagements.

Assist guests with returns, registries, and credit applications. Cashier. Train new cashiers and guest service employees.

Mpa, Accounting

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