Experience

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

• United States
• Insurance
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • May 2023 - Present

  Kansas City, Missouri, United States



Kansas City Southern

• United States
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Accountant

  • Nov 2021 - Apr 2023

  Kansas City, Missouri, United States



H&R Block

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Asset Management Accounting

  • Sep 2005 - Oct 2021

  Kansas City, Missouri Area



Ferrellgas

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Property Accounting Manager

  • Jan 2001 - Sep 2005

  Kansas City, Missouri Area • Managed a nine-person department that performed all accounting work for the company’s one million capital assets, including asset additions, transfers, adjustments, retirements and depreciation. • Led the department through a software conversion from Clarus Fixed Assets to PeopleSoft Asset Management; Provided upper management with various capital spending reports and analysis; Prepared and administered the company’s capital spending budget; Developed many ad hoc asset-tracking procedures… Show more • Managed a nine-person department that performed all accounting work for the company’s one million capital assets, including asset additions, transfers, adjustments, retirements and depreciation. • Led the department through a software conversion from Clarus Fixed Assets to PeopleSoft Asset Management; Provided upper management with various capital spending reports and analysis; Prepared and administered the company’s capital spending budget; Developed many ad hoc asset-tracking procedures and reports while the department was without a fixed asset system for several months during software conversion

• Internal Auditor

  • Apr 1997 - Dec 2000

  Kansas City, Missouri Area • Examined and evaluated internal functions of the company to assist members in the effective discharge of their responsibilities • Furnished internal members with analyses, appraisals, recommendations, counsel, and information designed to provide effective control at reasonable cost

• Reconciliation Accountant

  • May 1996 - Apr 1997

  Kansas City, Missouri Area • Reconciled general ledger accounts, bank accounts, accounts receivable, customer deposits, credit card transactions for over 60 propane outlets throughout the country • Audited month-end reports and supported field personnel with their accounting- and banking-related problems