Michelle Drake Email & Phone Number

Marcellus, Mi, Us

Mcclellan, California, Us

Nationwide, Us

Job Functions• General ledger reporting/reconciliations• Accounts Receivable management, including posting to sub-ledger• Corporate payroll processing, including commission calculations and tax reporting• Revenue reporting – weekly• Financial reporting• Annual budgeting and periodic projections• Weekly revenue forecasting• Participate in company audits

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

• Prepares, examines, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. • Reviews monthly balance sheet and profit-and-loss statements. • Performs monthly financial closing and analyzes income-related accounts for reasonableness to provide financial reports to division and corporate management. • Assists in reviewing and updating monthly closing procedures. • Prepares, verifies, and controls the entering of journal entries into the general ledger. Creates journal entries and general ledger adjustments. • Evaluates subsidiary journals for obvious errors and omissions and enters corrected data into the general ledger. Performs all tasks associated with the general ledger, i.e. enters monthly journal entries, executes monthly closing entries, executes month-end general ledger by cost center and natural account. • Performs monthly cash reconciliations and updates monthly balance sheet work papers to ensure accuracy. • Assists with external financial audits.

South Bend, Indiana, Us

Overview:The role of the accountant is to handle all of the accounting needs of a company, including the preparation of financial statements. The accountant reports directly to the owner of the company and often works with an outside CPA firm to prepare financial statements and tax returns at the end of the year.Roles and Responsibilities:• Responsible for accounts payable and receivables & the timely processing of payments and cash receipts• Client invoicing and billing • Record and pay accounts payable• Vendor account audits• Processing monthly statements• Cash Flow balance review on a daily basis • Employee payroll processing o ADP new employee on-boardingo Setting up wage garnishments through ADPo Tracking vacation time through ADPo Monitoring of Employer’s tax filings for SUTA, FUTA, and SS & Medicare• Monthly Bank and credit card reconciliations• Maintain electronic files for all clients• Credit reviews for all new customers• Maintaining & updating D&B • Ensure accuracy and maintain a coherent system in SAP o New customer and vendor setup in SAP • Create financial statements and related financial reports for the owner & CPA• Prepare year-end tax information for CPA • Collect information as needed for the annual audito Insurance audits

Michigan Center, Michigan, Us

Accounts Receivable Manager is responsible for the continuous cash receipts flow of the company. Working closely with the Owners and the Project Managers, the AR Manager will assure that funds are available to meet the cash disbursement needs of the company.Roles and Responsibilities in addition to all duties of the Accounts Receivable Specialist:• Reconciliation monthly credit card statements (Chase Visa, Lowes, American Express)• Consumables Costing Journal Entries• New hire and change of status forms for Costaff• Generate monthly work in progress (WIP) reports for the accountant• Run profit & loss (P&L) reports to ensure job costing is being allocated correctly to the different classifications• Assisting with Accounts Payableo Set up new vendors Subcontractor agreements Current W-9’s & Certificate of Insuranceo Enter new invoiceso Pay vendors

Michigan Center, Michigan, Us

Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for the continuous cash receipts flow of the company. Working closely with the Controller and the Project Managers, the AR Specialist will assure that funds are available to meet the cash disbursement needs of the company.Roles and Responsibilities• Create invoices in QB based on notifications from project managers of job completion or percentage of completion for draws on job• Call/coordinate with banks/mortgage companies and homeowners for draws• Work with project managers on collection of deductibles and change order amounts from homeowners• Follow up on requests to project managers and emails/calls/communication with homeowners or adjusters• Collection calls as needed• Work with collection agency and/or attorneys on difficult collections• Coordinate with subs on obtaining lien waivers as needed for mortgage draws• Deposit through remote deposit machine any checks received through the Portage office• Record cash receipts into QB (Receive Payment and Record Deposit)• If there is a remaining balance, investigate and adjust as necessary• If a deductible needs to be paid, prepare invoice in QB and mail to homeowner• Update notes and dates in Dash and close job in Dash if complete• Send out list of cash deposited to all staff• Scan and upload copy of check to Dash file• Dash Job Management Systemo Sync new jobs from Dash to QBo Update notes as neededo Update dates in Dash for date invoiced and paido Close job in Dash when completeo Pull open jobs and file in closed jobs file• Credit Card Administrationo Enter credit card receipts for staff into QB daily (both Chase Visa, Lowes, & Amex)o Request receipts from staff as neededo Request lost receipts from appropriate retailer/companyo Keep entries as close to real time as possible so job costing is as accurate as possible

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

• Analyze debit card portfolio and all of its major components for a local Credit Union• Assist in the development of fraud mitigation practiceso Utilize the company's fraud mitigation tool to its full capacity to ensure that the credit union and its members mitigate its loss on fraudo Learn and evaluate all the tools availableo Research industry best practiceso Recommend a clear directive on how the product should be utilized in order to receive the benefits of its entitlement

Hanover, Maryland, Us

• Determining terms for accountso Review trade & bank reference; Run credit report to view credit historyo Evaluate information to determine if accounts are eligible for a credit line o Credit lines ranging as high as $5M• Approving orderso Making sure accounts are within their credit limito Checking accounts for past due invoiceso Monitor account activity to make sure accounts are paying accordingly ~ place on credit hold if need be• Create weekly credit hold reports for CFO• Accounts receivables and insurance• Periodically check accounts with A/R insurance to determine if there needs to be a change in the line of credit• Applying and collecting payments with accuracy

Schoolcraft, Michigan, Us

Internal Auditor (2010 – 2012)• Daily auditing of 38 retail clothing stores including risk management • Monitoring gift card activity on-line for fraud• Assisted with fraud investigationsAccounts Receivable (2006 – 2010)• Determining terms for accounts; approving orders • Applying and collecting payments, communicating with stores and customersOrder Entry (2004 – 2006)• Process invoicing, create credit memos, and complete detailed inventory updatesLine Leader (2003-2004)• Took inventory counts, supervised line activities and employees, pre-packed special orders

• Daily figures and sales • Scheduling• Ordering and transferring of merchandise

Master Of Business Administration, Accounting Concentration, Forensic Accounting & Internal Auditing

Bachelors, Business Management

Associates Degree, Applied Science