Reginald Gordon Email & Phone Number

Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States

Independent OperatorAuthorized Distributor for UTZ, Vitners, Zapps, Boulder and Golden Flakes

Chicago, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

United States

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

 Identified and reclassified administrative and functional expenses to the designated expense accounts. Created new expense accounts within the Chart of Accounts for all new and unclassified expenses.  Verified hours submitted by employees agree with Intuit payroll reports and booked bi-weekly payroll via journal entry to the appropriate payroll and cash accounts in Quick Books. Received and deposited merchant payments from Shopify via Quick Books into the business checking accounts. Generated sales reports to record monthly revenue received from online merchant. Created revenue reconciliation spreadsheet to reconcile revenue sales against cash and credit card payments.  Created reconciliation procedures for newly acquired credit card accounts. Reconciled all asset, liability, and general ledger accounts and produced monthly financial statements.  

Greater Chicago Area

CONSULTANTSTAFF ACCOUNTANT/BOOKKEEPER  Working contractual projects while seeking full time employment opportunities. Assisting various organizations with accounts payables and receivables, expense reimbursements, payroll, check disbursements, journal entries, end of month cash and accrual based financial reporting, bank and general ledger reconciliations, and audit preparation for fiscal year end 2015.

Greater Chicago Area

INTERIM MANAGER OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE Managed the receipt of physical donations and online contributions submitted via fundraising online website. Performed monthly reconciliations with the Administrative Assistant to ensure all revenues were recorded in both Quick Books and the donor tracking management software ACS.  Setup and managed current budget in Quick Books for designated fund income revenue and expenses for the program arena and operations. Created budget versus actual profit and loss reports to track month to month activities. Performed monthly accruals of expenses via journal entry along with other standard and non-standards journal entries. Provided monthly accrual based and other financial reports to the Finance Committee and other Department Heads upon completion of timely and accurate month-end closings and reporting activities.  Reconciled multiply banking accounts, investment accounts, and credit card accounts on a monthly basis. Monitored all transfers of stock, cash, sales, purchases, credits, and debits that occur daily within the organization’s investment accounts along with the transfer of funds into the organization’s operating bank accounts. Summary and detail reports of all realized and unrealized gains on all accounts are included with the month-end reporting activities.HR/PR/BOOKKEEPER Reviewed applications, verified eligibility of employment, drop boxed and entered applications in CBIZ on a daily basis.  Manually and expeditiously validated hours, processed payroll, and disbursed checks for over 350 employees weekly. Manually prepared payroll summary spreadsheets to assist the Chief Financial Officer with payroll estimates on a weekly basis.

Chicago

Audited and reconciled three years of financial data left unresolved from previous bookkeeper. Streamlined operations by initiating an organized filing system. Solely responsible for mapping the old chart of account and transactions to the new bookkeeping system. Reconstructed the general ledger to better track functional expenses. Maintained the general ledger and entered journal transactions via Quick Books. Organized, paid, and filed payables, which included project coding and cost allocation. Arranged and structured the company’s bookkeeping system and effectively handled expense control procedures including bank, credit card, and account reconciliations, cash receipts via mail and online donation websites, booked pledge receivables, disbursements, billing, invoicing, and bank deposits.  Fully managed the organization’s accounting and reporting to Executive Management Team, Grant Providers, and other funding sources. Worked with Executive Director to manage monthly and annual budget development process and delivery.  Followed through on timely and accurate month-end closings and financial reporting activities. Collaborated extensively with our external auditors, provided in-depth assistance with periodic compliance audits. Assisted with the preparation and management of research proposals, grants, contracts, and subcontracts including budget preparation.  Responsible for identifying direct and indirect costs associated with each grant. Also responsible for reviewing invoices from contractors and subcontractors to ensure time and work performed met guidelines issued by each Grant Provider for proper payment of services rendered. Responsible for identifying and booking restricted and unrestricted revenues and expenses from various funding sources. Created monthly profit and loss along with budget versus actual reports to track month to month activities with each grant.

Hawaiian Islands

Enlisted during operation desert storm to serve and help protect my country.

Computer Applications And Office Technology Certified

 Related courses: business correspondence, file management and oral communication/presentation, typing (60 wpm), the MS Office Suites.

Business/Accounting, A

Related courses: financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, intermediate accounting I&II, business law I&II.

Education record

Trained and graduation top of my class to work in my military obligated service position.

Hs Diploma