Category: ACCOUNTANT

         ACCOUNTANT           Summary     Capable Accountant successful at managing multiple projects and consistently meeting deadlines under pressure. Extensive knowledge of accounting software and processes.  I have 35 years of experience as an Accountant in industries including Public Accounting, Petrochemical/Research and Technology, Oil and Gas Services, Equestrian Farms, Manufacturing and Health Care.         Highlights          Accounting Month-End  Financial Analysis  Variance Explanations  Budgeting  Fixed Asset  Cost Reductions  Outside Auditors      SAP Power User  Internal Auditors, Riyadh  Core Process Review Team  CI/Lean Basic Training-White Belt Certificate  Loss Prevention Team/Auditor/Fire Warden  Employee's Club Member            Accomplishments     Key Achievements:    Protested property taxes and reduced property value by over $2M saving the company more than $200K in annual property taxes and saving the company more than $21K in property tax consulting fees.  Worked on Budget Committee for 2005 Budget.   Spearheaded implementation of PB Views in the Accounting Department for all cost centers at SAI.  Served as a SAP Power User in the Accounting Department.  Served on the Core Process Review Team.        Experience      Company Name     November 2014   to   March 2015     Accountant   City  ,   State      Republic Services ~ due diligence work on a couple acquisitions.  Balance sheet reconciliations for five divisions, various other miscellaneous reconciliations in various systems.          Company Name     January 2011   to   May 2014     Cost/Inventory Accountant   City  ,   State      Performed various functions in the Cost/Inventory Accounting department such as month-end close, setting up new and updating current SUC's, warehouse mapping, MAC mapping, CASS weekly import, Open Payables Account and Inventory reconciliations after month-end close.  Process changes in January 2013 changing from SUC to AUC, analyzing costs weekly to verify reasonableness.  Consolidation of Open Payables (Open P O Receipts) for Cost/Inventory Accounting Group.  Occasionally help with fixed asset and inventory audits at various locations around the United States.  Additional activities:  CI White Belt, Loss Prevention Team, Fire Warden, Auditor and Employee's Club Member.          Company Name     October 2008   to   January 2011     Accountant II - Environmental Solutions Spare Parts HUB-Closed   City  ,   State      Performed all accounting functions for supply hub.  Analyze financial reports and records, ensure accuracy and report any anomalies.  Review and verify the accuracy of journal entries.  Reconciliation of cycle/physical counts and management reports of the same.  Provide reports for auditors.  Serve as a resource for US Districts regarding cycle counts, in-transit reconciliation and any/all inventory issues.  Processed all payables for purchase orders.  This was a new facility so I also set-up all procedures for the accounting functions.  Additional activities:  Loss Prevention Team.          Company Name     March 2008   to   October 2008     Fixed Asset Accountant   City  ,   State      Dagen Personnel ~ M-I SWACO ~ Appropriation Request reconciliations using Oracle, CETA and SAM software packages to reconcile CIP accounts in the Corporate Accounting Fixed Asset Group.  Tracked all capital spending against approved capital requests.  Coordinated fixed asset additions.          Company Name     August 2007   to   March 2008     Accountant   City  ,   State        THE MERGIS GROUP   ~  Ultraflote-State Income Tax Returns, audit schedules including inventory, clean-up accounts receivable and accounts payable in their system as well as state sales tax and payroll taxes.    ACCOUNTEMPS    ~ Wallis State Bank-filling in for an employee on medical leave doing month-end reports.  ~ Houston Baptist University-reconciling student accounts with scholarship funds, processing payables and journal entries.           Company Name     July 1998   to   November 2006     Senior Accountant   City  ,   State      Prepared financial reports, developed budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan for senior management including team/project leaders.  Prepared financial reports that included development of monthly/annual financial schedules and budgets including cost center and project specific as well as inception-to-date.  Oversee general accounting functions, including inter-company invoicing to Parent and other affiliates, AP for Technology Center, account reconciliation, and fixed assets.  Responsible for all commercial insurance policies all of SAI.          Education      Ashford University     2017       Bachelor of Arts  :   Supply Chain Management    City  ,   State  ,   USA     In Progress.         Scott Community College     02/80       Associate of Arts  :   Accounting Technology    City  ,   State  ,   USA    GPA:   Graduated with Honors GPA: 3.51     Accounting over 40 credit hours and thirty-five years of progressive experience.          Skills       Computer Applications        SAP Financial-Accounting Module  SAP FI/CO Module  SAP Asset Management Module  PB Views/Six Sigma  Lawson/InfoPro  Oracle-GL/OPM/Payables/Fixed Assets  BPCS  COGNOS Upfront  COGNOS PowerPlay  Sam  CETA  MAS90/Best FAS  MS Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint  Great Plains  Platinum  QuickBooks  Peachtree  SBT  Libra  Open Systems  Various Others