Ernest Addison
Bear
Summary
Goal-focused Staff Accountant with a record of accurate reporting and financial management. Offering 8+ years of experience handling all budgeting, accounting and bookkeeping records for 3 locations, including payroll, budgets, financial reports, audits, general ledgers, expenditures, and payments. Seeking to exhibit excellence and experience in an accountant role.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant
Instrumentation Technical Services
01.2023 - Current
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
- Assisted in internal and external audits by preparing necessary documentation and responding to auditor inquiries.
- Completed year-end closing processes with controllers and external auditors.
- Analyzed financial statement discrepancies, identifying issues, and recommending corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
- Reduced errors in financial statements through stringent review procedures and regular reconciliation of accounts.
- Managed quarterly and annual tax filings for the company, ensuring timely submissions and compliance with regulations.
- Successfully managed multiple high-stakes projects concurrently, consistently meeting deadlines while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and quality control.
- Established strong relationships with vendors to negotiate favorable payment terms that improved working capital management.
- Optimized month-end closing procedures by streamlining workflow processes, reducing time taken from 10 days to 5 days without compromising accuracy or detail level achieved.
- Assisted team members in transitioning to new system through extensive training and one-on-one support.
- Decreased financial discrepancies, thoroughly investigating and resolving any variances in account balances.
- Reduced month-end closing time, meticulously organizing and reviewing ledger entries for consistency.
- Streamlined tax preparation process, ensuring timely and accurate submission of all tax documents.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
Staff Accountant
Progressive Life Center, Inc
Philadelphia
05.2013 - 12.2023
- Prepare monthly accounts payable aging reports and reconcile bank debit and credit transactions.
- Review account receivable customers payment history and follow-up on overdue accounts.
- Reduce liabilities by accurately managing invoices, mailings, journal entries, payments, and transfers.
- Process payroll information via ADP payroll software
- Provide leadership and support to two account specialists to ensure productive outcomes.
- Analyze business operations, costs, and revenue in balance sheet to project future revenue and expenses.
- Assist CFO and regional director with year-end financial audits and budgets.
- Collect and arrange financial information and enter details into Quickbooks financial management system.
- Update financial management systems to reduce financial discrepancies and increase cost savings via constant communication with 28 social workers.
- Developed a system using microsoft excel to streamline invoices, expenses and revenue.
Account Payable Clerk
City Of Seat Pleasant Treasury Office
Seat Pleasant
01.2011 - 04.2013
- Verified vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
- Kept vendor files accurate and up-to-date to expedite payment processing.
- Generated financial statements and reports detailing accounts receivable status
- Disbursed petty cash by recording entries and verifying documentation.
Completed bi-weekly payroll for company employees, including calculating taxes, vacation and sick time. - Reported financial data and updated financial records in ledgers and journals.
- Input financial data and produced reports using Quickbooks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MDSkills
- Accounts Payable / Receivable
- Monthly Account / Bank Reconciliation
- General Ledger & Journal Entries
- Forecasting & Budgeting
- GAAP Standards
- Account Reconciliation
- Financial Reporting & Balance Sheets
- Quickbooks
- MS Excel and Visual Basics
- Adaptability
- Attention to Detail
- Communication
- Team building and staff supervision
- Excellent Interpersonal Skills
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