Melanie B. Email & Phone Number

• Generate monthly Financial Reports for review by the Executive Board of Trustees.• Prepare a realistic yearly budget using the past year’s actual numbers for the Director and Board of Trustees. Track monthly expenditures and revenues as it flows into the overall approved budget. • Pick up, balance and post the daily sales from the box office. Manually post to ledger sheets separating Visa/MasterCard sales from cash sales and dividing each by events.• Reconcile cash accounts weekly, ensuring accuracy of all corresponding transactions and ledger entries.• Maintain records of W-9s for the filing of 1099 statements for all venders and promoters. Prepare and process all 1099 reports to IRS and to the businesses yearly. • Maintain monthly records of concession, catering, and novelties sales for the preparation of the S.C. Sales Seat Tax Report, Local Business License Report, and The City of Columbia Hospitality Report. Process all returns on a monthly basis. Maintain monthly records of all show where SC Admission Tax has been collected. Prepare return and process on a monthly basis.• Prepare, if needed, invoicing for all account receivable. Follow account receivables until all payment have been received. Handles all aspects of collection of returned checks. Follow proper legal procedures including the issuance of arrest warrants and court appearances. Maintain files on all issued warrants. Prepare records and reports on accounts receivable for the Director, Board and Auditor.• Process all Accounts Payable through checks, ach payments, and wire transfers.• Preparation and posting of deposits and withdrawals from Operating, Box Office, and Foundation accounts. Handles all banking aspects for three accounts. To included deposit runs, picking up cash advances, picking up cash for concession’s banks, and arranging for bank wire transfers.. Handles monthly bank reconciliation on all three accounts.

•Arrange leisure and corporate travel accommodation•Promote tours and travel packages on behalf of resorts, travel groups and cruise lines•Maintain client databases•Invoice/Process customer payments•Advise clients on travel arrangements/requirements

Columbia, South Carolina, Us

•Took responsibility for monthly bank account reconciliations for over twenty bank accounts. •Prepared complex monthly bank reconciliations, books adjustments to general ledger and reconciled accounts completely for multiple companies. Identified reconciling items and contacted the proper personnel to resolve reconciling differences.•Recorded fixed asset purchases during the month, ran depreciation programs and imported files into the general ledger. •Reviewed and prepared reconciliations to ensure proper recording of depreciation and maintained property rollforward reports. •Processed all cash entries as well as miscellaneous entries to the general ledger, generated cash and outstanding check reports, and prepared check requests for payment of routine operating expenses.•Prepared monthly reconciliations of a variety of general ledger accounts, including monthly imports of information into the general ledger.•Maintained escheat files •Reviewed and prepared the reconciliation notebooks for all companies to ensure that they agreed with the general ledger. Scanned and sent to various customers for review.•Served as the backup resource for processing and balancing checks issued from our general ledger AP system. Reviewed checks for proper coding and signatures. Also processed checks generated through the company’s claims and policy administration systems for claim, premium, and commission checks for the company’s customers.•Provided customer service functions to customers, vendors, external auditors, employees and managers, and others by providing information and answering questions regarding payments, invoices and journal entries

•Managed the financial provisioning of all contacts in Connectwise, including contract changes, and the invoicing of installation, non-recurring and pro-rated charges as necessary•Performed a daily integration of the Accounting software programs•Invoiced all recurring charges for customers through Connectwise on monthly, quarterly or annual basis•Reviewed, coded and obtained proper approvals for all vendor invoices, working closely with the Comporium accounting personnel•Assisted in the preparation and management of purchase orders•Assisted in the preparation of monthly financial statements•Reviewed outstanding customer accounts with accounting staff to ensure collections are posted accurately and timely•Reconciled assigned balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis and provide reconciliations to others in a timely manner•Implemented and train staff on new or improved accounting processes that impact the organization•Responded to calls and inquiries from internal and external customers regarding contracts, account balances and vendor invoices

•Performed the processing and recording of accounts payable transactions and ensure that all invoices and staff reimbursements are paid accurately and in accordance with Finance policies and procedures•Received and verify invoices and requisitions for goods and services•Accurately coded batches of invoices for payment processing•Maintained updated vendor/customer files and records•Prepared bills and invoices for sales or services rendered•Collected on accounts by sending bill reminders and communicating with customers via phone, email.•Posted customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions•Posted revenues by verifying and entering transactions from lock box and local deposits•Generated monthly or quarterly reports detailing paid and unpaid invoices and other accounts receivable activity

Fort Mill, Sc, Us

•Manage organization’s entire Accounts Payable operation, generating payments via check/ach/wire/credit card, posting and recording payment paid out, reconciling payments with company’s bank positive pay system, administer any payment discrepancies•Prepare and reclass journal entries•Complete general ledger operations•Draw up monthly financial reports•Prepare analysis of accounts as requested•Assist with year end closings•Prepare tax computations and returns•Assist with payroll administration•Monitor and resolve bank issues including fee anomalies and check differences•Account/bank reconciliations•Review and process expense reports•Reconcile AMEX card transactions company wide•Wire payment for various real estate transactions within company Holdings business

Stockholm, Se

•Generate daily sales reports on a yearly and month to date basis in SAP accounting system•Post cash and credits in Profit 21 (P21) accounting system•Reconcile the cash drawer daily, ensuring accurate payment amounts and payment accounts•Submit daily transactions into General Ledger running Spreadsheet, maintaining a zero balance in preparation of month-end reconciliations of the General Ledger•Prepare month end account reconciliations for freight recharges; Acquisition of a strong understanding of freight rates and rating methods, such as MESCA Freight Services•Co-ordinate the rating and invoicing process of Atlas Copco transportation services•Ensure all costs associated with the company’s transportation services are audited and accurately coded •Ensure customers are highly regarded and receive exceptional service throughout the billing process•Investigate and resolve any rating discrepancies and confirm resolution with customer or carrier•Maintain excellent relationships with clients and carriers, providing clear and concise information

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Organized a Massachusetts Combined Tax Return and Required Amended Return for audit purposes• Gathered and combined 1120 forms for the state of North Carolina and North Dakota for various audit projects• Arranged New Jersey state returns for different developments over multiple years• Edited and reorganized an existing excel spreadsheet used for tracking inventory shipped from Iron Mountain storage facility• Assisted in construction of the E&P Tax Pool Project, combining form 5471’s of Canadian developments into correctly labeled binders• Copied 1120’s, apportionments, and taxes for the state of Georgia• Scanned Ontario returns CT23, Alberta returns AT1, and Canadian Forms T2 into appropriate file types in the computer system, over a range of different tax years• Retrieved Missouri W-3 forms located in SPX payroll department, needed for completion to file Employer Withholding Tax Returns• Created excel workbook files for record of various individual state return filings along with combined consolidated filings of different sub-divisions, that were requested by SPX but not yet received• Reconciled 5 different Check request accounts in correspondence with General Ledger accounts• Entered monetary check amounts into the created excel worksheet for the correct month end and year end balances• Collaborated with SPX Accounting department to locate supporting backup documents in examination of General Ledger account values• Differentiated whether various monetary amounts coincided with audit payments, prior year payments, current year payments, or refund returns and entered data into corresponding spreadsheet• Pulled state instructions and state credits of many different states from the appropriate department of revenue websites, compiling the gathered information into labeled binders

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting