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Kenosha, Wi, Us

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 returns, benefit plan reports, union dues reports and garnishments. Also handled special payrolls for advances, leave cash-outs, and final paychecks.• 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 Milwaukee. Instituted a random cashier bank audit program to reduced shortages.• 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 streamlined the process further.• 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 representing subspecialties in anesthesiology as well as the parent organization.• 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 outflows between the investment accounts and the bank accounts as well as between ASA and its related organizations. • 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 lead ASA and its related organizations received unqualified opinions. Also reviewed all federal and state informational returns.

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 Excel spread sheets. I was the accountant for the construction project for ASA’s new $ 26 million dollar headquarters. Developed the annual Capital Budget.• 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• Responsible for variances analyses for various departments• Responsible for compiling financial statements for five subspecialty societies• Responsible for filing sales tax returns

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

Accounting

Bachelor’S Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies