Patrick Arrington Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Tennessee

Responsible for overseeing the correct coding for revenues and expense and reclassing any incorrectly coded items. Oversees the closing of several facilities in the Southwest region each month as well as reconciling asset and liability accounts.

Founded and developed family-run vending machine service company. Duties vary in all kinds of fields including but not limited to: Accounting and Tax, Marketing, Sales, Repairs, Customer Service, and Logistics.• Established pricing based on cost drivers and other factors.• Researched tax laws to legally reduce taxes and save money.

Chattanooga, Tn

Handled the daily accounting duties for two international manufacturing/sales companies and performed routine audits of individual accounts posted in the subsidiary ledgers. Assisted the controller with month-end closings, inventory transfers documentation, credit card authorizations, ad hoc reports etc. Also performed other duties in fields such as sales, marketing, customer relations, and logistics.• Increased companies’ asset values by discovering sales not recorded by auditing daily transactions and accounts.• Created processes for ease of reference of invoices, transfer documents, bills, receipts, checks, purchase orders, etc.• Trained and supervised temp workers, new hires, and team members for group projects.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

• Reconciled $30,000 worth of unpaid invoices and missing documentation on daily basis with clients and then processed the payments once documents arrived• Organized and indexed documents per client order

Roanoke, Virginia Area

• Reconciled thousands of dollars of missing merchandise by comparing counts to the inventory logs and discovering the error• Took inventory of merchandise in major retail chain using 10-key hand-held computer• Member of unit that achieved $26,000 worth of merchandise audited per hour with an average of $6-$7 million worth of merchandise audited per day as a team• Averaged 4,000 units of merchandise audited per hour• Identified merchandise not on store’s file and entered them into the system

Buena Vista, Va

• Increased revenues and enhanced visibility of the amenities available by creating a spreadsheet documenting available rooms for guests and predicting the amounts rented for the season• Assisting with Accounts Payable/Receivable- Recording Utility bills and usage, checking for overdue payments from invoices and statements, assisting the Accounts Receivable clerk with student payments and balances, organizing receipts, voided checks, and invoices/statements• Increased efficiency and organization of Leases and Contracts by redesigning filing system• Balancing of Restricted donations, Unrestricted donations, and Gifts in kind listed in the General Ledger with records in Jenzebar database and documenting any discrepancies for the Sr. Accountant• Assisting Controller, Senior Accountant, and Human Resources with preparations for yearly audit by completing tasks including but not limited to: register checks, employee tax information, and check run verification• Payroll Processing and Reconciliation

• Running Backs Coach- Coached young men responsibility, leadership, and hard work.• Recruiter- Average of five recruits sign a letter of intent each year by selling the school and the football team and kept log of all recruiting interaction in Jenzebar database software

• Assisted and executed lesson plans for teachers and students in: college-level Algebra and Finite Math

• Assistant Manager- Placed in charge of all restaurant wait staff/cashiers in the absence of the owners• Waiter/Cashier- Logged the amount of cash in the register before and after each shift to ensure no cash shortage, never had a cash shortage. Also loaded the registers for the following shift to have change.

• Taught and trained less experienced missionaries as well as reporting statistics to local and area-wide leaders• Office Missionary- Performed various office-related tasks such as but not limited to: bookkeeping, updating missionary assignments, constructing missionary manuals, and inventory of supplies. Also ran mission vehicles for state inspections, vehicle exchange, and distributing the vehicles.• Zone Leader- Oversaw missionary work of multiple sets of missionaries and met with the senior companion missionaries to discuss statistics, methods, and assistance.

Master Of Science (Ms), Accounting, 3.83

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, 3.59