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Louisville, Ky, Us

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Prepare annual, quarterly and monthly income, sales and use, and payroll taxes; business startup consultation and setup; bookkeeping for small businesses; financial counseling, budget and credit repair.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Supply Chain ManagementCost savings analysis for opportunities to lower tier pricing and renegotiate contracts with vendors to present to upper management. I researched opportunities to switch products or reduce multiple vendors for same products. Contact vendors for cross references of products and maintain relationship for bargaining better pricing. Track conversion initiative progress by trailing new products and educating staff on new processes. Provide ad hoc reporting for other departments.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Perform month-end closing. Create financial and ad hoc reporting for business development, analyses, budgeting, and HR planning. Analyze spending, contract obligations, and marketing of Hospital Pharmacy services. Serve as back up for the Manager of Accounting to field and corporate personnel, to assist them with financial results interpretation and problem resolution. Train personnel to effectively utilize software and information systems.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

National Government Services / WellPointAccountant/Team Lead (Robert Half Intl – F/T Consultant) 6/2007-6/2008I was the liaison between Louisville, KY and Portland, MA to manage and train a team during a transition of implementing a new accounting system. Main objective was to lower system errors by tracking invoice history; prepare journal entries and reconciliation for banking entries.Louisville Water CompanyBudget/Financial Analyst (Robert Half Intl – F/T Consultant) 3/2007-5/2007Month end financial highlights reporting of revenue, sales, consumption use, and operating and maintenance expense variances; internal audit of budgeted positions and vacancies; allocation of net operative expenses; audit multiple rate schedules; update financial spreadsheets-linking, setting up formulas, improve format, and organize folders for research; and assist management in requesting Oracle reports to extract information needed to reconcile their expenses and make comparisons to period variances.Mercer Human Resources Senior Accountant (KFORCE – contract position) 10/2006-12/2006Month end reconciliation, journal entries, IO transfers, general ledger, fixed assets, research past due accounts, and support accounting projects.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Financial Analyst 6/2001-6/2006Analyze financial data to uncover and recommend solutions to inefficiencies. Prepare month end financial reporting and quarterly cost estimating relationships. Prepare touch/support analysis, manpower forecasts and pricing templates using SAP R/3 and BW reports. Reconcile proposals to negotiations and set up/track budgets to contracts.Finance Associate Senior 6/2000-6/2001I processed accounts receivable and payable, general ledger posting, and bank reconciliations. Maintained cost and expense ledgers to ensure costs were properly accumulated and reported in accordance with GAAP and Government regulations. Calculate and report monthly sales and use tax. Process cash clearing BUTM for inter-company financial reporting; audit and reconcile internal petty cash disbursements.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting And Business/Management