Shannon Kolar Email & Phone Number

Upland, California, United States

Bank Reconciliations – Reconcile over 500 bank accounts including general, loan, short term, and trust accounts. Create general ledger entries for said accounts, reconcile NSF checks, investigate discrepancies and filing.

Fixed Assets –Accounting for the depreciation of the intrinsic value of assets depending on their type as per California law. Entering assets into the system with Oracle, coding assets correctly to value depreciation, create general ledger entries in 5 accounting books to account for said assets and their monies.

Was an integral part of event planning team for the annual sales meeting which hosted 2000+ employees. As part of the team, helped plan travel, training classes, meals, meetings, merchandise presentations, award ceremonies and entertainment from a top selling musical act. • Conceiving and creating PowerPoint presentations for CEO, CFO, buyers, and various departments within the company. These presentations included meas a speaker, creating games for employees to participate in, animation, audio, and video components.Managed carpooling program for both headquarters (HQ) and distribution employees. Created and marketed Carpooling program that drove participating drivers up 30% in 3 months.• Implemented online system to track in store training visits for HQ employees.• Oversaw the Loss Prevention paid out program for store level employees. • Facilitated New Hire Orientation Tour. I served as primary point of contact for newly hired employees. • Scheduled and coordinated monthly all-company corporate meetings and monthly department meetings. • Cut costs 40% by designing posters, invitations, memos, cards, etc. and doing all printing in house for various events for the corporate office.• Created newsletter that stores received quarterly. • Managed district employee of the month program. • Assisted in designing website for employee grant giving program.

Sales Auditor• Research and resolve any discrepancies between POS sales balance and bank deposits.• Audited daily POS sales for 100 stores which included checking for over/short and missing transactions, re-entering transactions if needed, verifying daily deposits, general ledger data entry, reconciling monthly credit card charges. • Prepared weekly and month-end journal entries reflecting month’s activity. • Partnered with district and regional managers regarding any loss prevention issues. • Providing training to newly hired sales auditors. • Provided store support and customer service. Received company Customer Service Award. Accounts Payable Associate• Matched and processed 100-200 invoices daily. Paid invoices accurately and promptly.• Clarified and researched questionable invoices items, prices, or receiving signatures on invoices. • Maintained accounts payable vendor accounts and provided excellent customer service to vendors. • General ledger data entry.