Betty Martin
Bushnell,IL
Summary
I am looking for an accounting position where I can share my 20+ years of experience and continue to add to my knowledge. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Accountant
Ledger General
11.2022 - 01.2025
- I did complete accounting cycle monthly for several different types of businesses using Quick Books Online, which I am certified in. I maintained payroll information and posted contract payments through Gusto, which I am certified in. I posted all transactions, reconciled all accounts and reviewed financials. In addition, I created budgets and forecasts for some of my clients. I also created P & L's for tax clients for our CPA to file tax returns and did sales tax for some of my clients.
- These companies were both accrual and cash basis companies.
Finance Manager
Midwest Risk Partners
07.2019 - 07.2022
- I prepared and posted journal entries in Applied for month end close. I reconciled bank accounts, commission accounts and accrual and prepaid accounts. I prepared all month end financials as well as managed accounts receivables, company payables, and company commissions for our sales team. I was the finance manager and managed the accounting department which consisted of 4 members. I sat on the leadership team and many sub committees to maintain our systems and employees as well as the growth of our company. I also sat on the Applied Epic Committee to help clean up and maintain our company software. I was involved in the merging of four independent insurance agencies and was highly involved in the due diligence process when our company was acquired by another company. I was involved in the forecast and the budget as well as the actual vs budget/forecast throughout the year. I explained the forecast differences for our corporate accounting department. Also, prior to the acquisition I processed payroll and account payables and account receivables.
Corporate Accountant
CALERES INC
07.2018 - 08.2019
- Prepared and posted complex, highly sensitive journal entries in SAP: Inter-company interest, workers comp
- Corp sponsored plan, Executive Deferred Comp, amortization and depreciation entries, profit elimination entries, allocations and prepaid
- Performed monthly account reconciliations and account analysis for liability and expense accounts. Also, Reviewed co-workers journal entries and account reconciliation for accuracy
- Reviewed expense and prepaid and liability accounts and reclassed as needed
- Validated financial statements and ran reports in BPC reporting software
- Made forecast changes in excel that was uploaded into BPC reporting software-for rolling forecast
- Reviewed co-workers journal entries and account reconciliation for accuracy
- Reviewed incoming invoices and budgets to determine and post accruals as needed
Disputes Specialist
CALERES INC
09.2017 - 07.2018
- Validated short-pays from our customers-issued credit memos for verified short-pays
- Worked with customers on repaying short-pays
Accounts Payable Clerk
TYSON
08.2016 - 09.2017
- Keyed payable invoices -this was a temporary position due to relocation to St.Louis.
Bookkeeper
CHADCO INC
08.2010 - 03.2015
- 1. I did billing and collections for various constructions jobs. When I started this was all on paper and I transitioned them to Sage.
- 2. I transitioned them from a manual inventory system to the sage system. This included adding all part sold for retail as well as parts used in construction jobs.
- 3. I added and trained to use purchase orders in Sage system
- 4. I did sales tax as well
Education
Master of Arts - ACCOUNTANCY
ASHFORD UNIVERSITY
San Diego, CA12.2020
Bachelor of Arts - ACCOUNTING
ASHFORD UNIVERSITY
San Diego, CA03.2019
ASSOCIATES - ACCOUNTING
CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE
Galesburg, IL06.1998
Skills
- Budget management
- Financial Modelling
- Ledger Reconciliations
- Accounts Payable
- Forecasting
- Bookkeeping
- General Ledger
- Account Analysis
- Accounts Receivable
- SAP HR COMP
- Business Analysis
- Mergers and acquisitions expertise
- Audit
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial Statements/Financial Reports
- Pivot Tables
- Bank Reconciliations
- Accounting
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Payroll
- Epic
- Due Diligence
- Journal entries
- Expert in account reconciliations
- Team leadership
- Advanced accrual management
- QuickBooks expertise
- Skilled in utilizing Sage Accounting Software
- GAAP
- Skilled in financial assessment
- Budgeting and forecasting expertise
- Monthly closing expertise
Certification
- Gusto Payroll July 2024 to Present
- Quickbooks February 2024 to Present
Timeline
Senior Accountant
Ledger General
11.2022 - 01.2025
Finance Manager
Midwest Risk Partners
07.2019 - 07.2022
Corporate Accountant
CALERES INC
07.2018 - 08.2019
Disputes Specialist
CALERES INC
09.2017 - 07.2018
Accounts Payable Clerk
TYSON
08.2016 - 09.2017
Bookkeeper
CHADCO INC
08.2010 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Arts - ACCOUNTING
ASHFORD UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATES - ACCOUNTING
CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE
Master of Arts - ACCOUNTANCY
ASHFORD UNIVERSITY
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