Experience

TradeMotion

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Accountant

  • Apr 2013 - Present



Accountemps

• San Marcos, CA

• Staff Accountant

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  Assisting small business owners with accounting needs; includes G/L reconciliations,Bank Reconciliations, Amortization schedules, Financial Statement review, A/R, A/P, cost accounting, job costing, multi-state payroll, auditing,etc... Assisting small business owners with accounting needs; includes G/L reconciliations,Bank Reconciliations, Amortization schedules, Financial Statement review, A/R, A/P, cost accounting, job costing, multi-state payroll, auditing,etc...



W. L. Hickey Sons, Inc

• Accounting Analyst

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Responsible for Plumbers weekly payroll, EDD reporting, Accounts Receivables, Billing, Maintained Schedule of Values, Tax Reporting, and Union Reporting to 8 unions, Certified Payroll, Collections, tracked Liens and Releases. Accomplishments: Updated SOV Spreadsheets and made them user friendly. Renovated Work Share procedures, decreasing the amount of time it took to compile and send information to the EDD by two thirds. Responsible for Plumbers weekly payroll, EDD reporting, Accounts Receivables, Billing, Maintained Schedule of Values, Tax Reporting, and Union Reporting to 8 unions, Certified Payroll, Collections, tracked Liens and Releases. Accomplishments: Updated SOV Spreadsheets and made them user friendly. Renovated Work Share procedures, decreasing the amount of time it took to compile and send information to the EDD by two thirds.



ABM Engineering, Inc

• Regional Accounting Supervisor

  • Dec 2007 - Mar 2010

  Responsible for the fiscal integrity of the NW Region of ABM Engineering, managed payable, accounts receivable, payroll (union and non union), accruals, union benefit reporting, billing, job costing, performing month end and year end close, including journal entries, variance analysis, and GL account reconciliations. Supervised and mentored accounting staff. Accomplishments: Identified errors in multi-million dollar client accounts, reconciled and renovated multiple site invoicing. Participated in testing for multiple system conversions. Assisted corporate attorneys in collection of multimillion dollar receivables account, including large account reconciliation. Identified errors, reconciled and correctly reported union dues for specific union Show less



George Reed, Inc. / Black Diamond Aggregates, Inc

• Accounting Manager

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Revenue $50M Employees 300; Responsible for the fiscal integrity of 4 companies owned by the same parent corporation. Managed all accounting functions, including but not limited to accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, certified payroll, union benefits, taxation, job costing, inventories, journal entries, GL account reconciliations, bank reconciliations, month and year end reporting cycles. Workman’s compensation and DOT compliance reporting. Worked closely with business managers to review costs, reconcile variances and identify areas for cost improvement. Supervised and mentored accounting and administrative staff. Accomplishments: Changed fuel and aggregate inventory procedures that decreased reporting time from three days to one. Identified errors, reconciled and correctly reported union dues for specific unions Show less



AIG

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Billing Specialist

  • Jan 2002 - Jan 2006

  Insurance company billing of customers who have a net worth over 10 Million Dollars. Simple endorsement processing. Contact with brokers, clients regarding client policies. Accomplishments Formatted excel invoice for customers needing a copy of policy change invoices. Formatted excel spreadsheet for invoicing customers with multiple policies. Changes resulted in receiving revenue sooner and decreased customer inquiries. Insurance company billing of customers who have a net worth over 10 Million Dollars. Simple endorsement processing. Contact with brokers, clients regarding client policies. Accomplishments Formatted excel invoice for customers needing a copy of policy change invoices. Formatted excel spreadsheet for invoicing customers with multiple policies. Changes resulted in receiving revenue sooner and decreased customer inquiries.



Delimex, Inc

• Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Billing, collections, cash application, bank deposits, bank reconciliations, account reconciliations and various other accounts receivable functions. Journal Entries, G/L Recs. Supervised EDI billing and customer deduction process. Accomplishments: Wrote and instituted Credit and Collection Policies. Reconciled and collected on 2 years of past due charge backs, drastically decreasing the DSO. Billing, collections, cash application, bank deposits, bank reconciliations, account reconciliations and various other accounts receivable functions. Journal Entries, G/L Recs. Supervised EDI billing and customer deduction process. Accomplishments: Wrote and instituted Credit and Collection Policies. Reconciled and collected on 2 years of past due charge backs, drastically decreasing the DSO.



Frazee Industries, Inc

• Accounts Receivable / Customer Service Manager

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

  Revenue $300M Employees 2500; Oversaw accounts receivable, collection and customer service functions, including the management and training of 16 A/R staff. Analyzed/evaluated customer financial statements and credit reports to determine credit worthiness and set credit limits. Monitored legal collection accounts. Completed all monthly Accounts Receivable GL reconciliations. Instrumental in yearly accounts receivable budget review and calculation. Worked closely with auditors during due diligence process. Identified accounts receivable programming issues, wrote specifications for new programming changes, beta tested and trained company staff on changes. Accomplishments: Designed and implemented policies and procedures for the A/R area. Wrote policies and procedures for international letters of credit. Show less



Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc

• Accounts Receivable / Credit Manager

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 1996

  Revenue $ 50M Employees 200; Accountable for managing all accounts receivable functions for a large regional office of an international corporation. Duties included but were not limited to Bank Reconciliations; GL, JE International Letters of Credit and other assorted accounting functions. Managed a team of 14 staff located in two separate locales. This included hiring and staff 90 day and yearly reviews. Facilitated problem-solving meetings. Assessed employee-training needs. Accomplishments: My team and I decreased over 90 day aging from 12.0 to 1.9% within a 90 day period. Decreased receivables errors by 75% Assisted in writing and implementing corporate customer service and zero error tolerance programs for the entire corporation. Show less