Experience

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  Johns Hopkins University Press

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Accountant - Finance & Royalties , Book Division

    • Mar 2002 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Book Division Accountant:Audit, report, and analyze sales and returns, cost accounting, inventory and cost of goods sold for approximately 150 front-list and 3000+ back-list titles.Audit and reconcile general ledger Bookmaster accounts in-house and to the university SAP system.Prepare and audit financial documents for JHUP Advisory Board, AAP, BISG and AAUP reporting. Collaborate with Acquisitions, Design & Production, Rights & Permissions, and IT to create accurate and efficient resources and processes among databases.Royalty manager :Understand and organize legal agreements and large amounts of data.Audit royalty advances and publishing subsidies.Audit and maintain a royalty database that calculates 1600 royalty checks and 4000 statements annually, assuring Press is in compliance with thousands of publishing and distribution contracts.Strong verbal and written communication skills as position serves as liaison with authors, agents, business units and internal departments.Answer author questions regarding royalty and rights calculations and earnings and estate documentation. Databases/ software utilized:SAPMicrosoft OfficeFilemaker databaseIBS Bookmaster distribution, general ledger, royalty databases

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  High Gear Training Systems

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Accountant

    • Jun 1991 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Responsible for all accounting processes.Accounts payable, receivables, sales tax, tax returns

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  IBM

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Account Administrator

    • Nov 1981 - Dec 1987
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Sales operations and customer business support. Responsible for inventory, backlog, accurate lease and purchase billing, accounts receivable for Finance and Public Sector units.Coordinator of A/R adjustments, assuring audit-compliance of all transactions.