Michael Laughlin Email & Phone Number

Kotzebue, Alaska, US

• AR Billing & Collections – Responsible for billing Alaska Housing, HUD, USDA, Alaska Labor, Tribal Councils, Medicare, Alaska Dept of Aging, Educational Institutions and Tenants.
• Payroll – Through AccuFund software processed biweekly payrolls for 10 Salaried, 20 Hourly and 6 Board members. Filed all appropriate tax returns, benefit payments and child support garnishments.
• Bank Reconciliation – Reconciled 30 bank accounts and all balance sheet accounts.
• Month end – Used AccuFund software performed month end for rental properties, new home construction, home modernization, an assisted living center and a vocational training center.
• Management – Supervised a staff of three and approved all work by them before submitting to management.
• Federal and State Grants – Handled monthly billings and reconciliation for HUD and USDA housing, Alaska Housing and Labor, and emergency voucher and planning programs for 31 Native Alaskan Tribes.

Fairbanks, AK, US

• AR Billing & Collections – Responsible for the city’s garbage service billing, made collection calls, sent out billings, took credit card payments, conducted property searches and drew up lien paperwork.
• Accounts Payable – Served as back up to the AP Clerk when absent for an average weekly check run of $ 100,000 including travel and Entertainment.
• Prepared semi-monthly and special payrolls – Using Munis software processed semi-monthly payrolls for 11 departments for a total of 250-300 employees per payroll. This included eight separate unions. Filed all tax.
• Handled benefit reconciliations-In addition to regular monthly reconciliations, performed a special reconciliation of an outgoing insurance vendor for discrepancies.
• Prepared daily city revenue report – Uploaded the daily report into the Munis system and reconciled for accuracy

• Performed various accounting and support functions – Including but not limited to, landing fee calculations, post office transport fees, fuel tax and parts expense.
• Accounts Receivable and Collections -Including for cargo and shipping billings, collection and write-off’s.
• Bank Reconciliation- Responsible for reconciliations for the aviation section as well as other business ventures.

• Handled all financial matters for hotels in Illinois and Wisconsin – Including inventory, payroll, month end, taxes, budgeting, franchise fees and owner relations. Assisted in the company’s acquisition of a property in.
• Check signing authority for the new Milwaukee property.

Schaumburg, IL, US

• Accounting Manager January 2015 to August 2016
• Supervising the general ledger department staff of two.
• Responsible for the monthly close process for ASA and its related organizations.** Reduced the time for the month end close to five days. Also assisted in the introduction of a new membership database system which.
• Responsible for review and approval of financial statements -this included a research foundation, political action committee, charitable foundation, scholarship foundation, a reference library and various organizations.
• Responsible for cash projections. This was a weekly process involving a $70 million dollar investment fund as well as 12 bank accounts with balances of $100,000 to $2,000,000. Responsible in determining inflows and.
• Responsible for coordinating the audit and tax preparation process.**Instituted an account reconciliation system which distributed the workload among all finance department members. During the two years I was audit.

Schaumburg, IL, US

• Responsible for the bank reconciliation process for ASA.**Revised procedures to reconcile the main bank reconciliation that had not been cleanly reconciled in two years.
• Responsible for the accounting of fixed assets -this included the first formal fixed asset policy for ASA, installing a fixed asset module in the accounting software and transitioning the financial information from.
• Responsible for variances analyses for various departments- Primary focus was IT, Marketing, Facilities and Education.
• Responsible for compiling financial statements for five subspecialty societies – This included such aeras as education, critical care, pediatrics, geriatrics, and obstetrics.
• Responsible for filing sales tax returns – filed returns for Illinois and Indiana. Responsible for determining nexus for other states as well as monitoring sales tax issues for other states and advising management
• Responsible for the accounting of fixed assets

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

Accounting

Bachelor’S Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies