Chalanda Johnson
Vancouver,WA
Summary
Passionate and driven individual with a proven track record of quickly learning, strong analytical and organizational skills, and thriving in diverse work environments. Adaptable to various team dynamics, excels in collaborative settings, and values knowledge gained from working closely with project teams. Eager to contribute to project teams and expand skill set further.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accountant
JLD Cost Consulting
03.2024 - Current
- Prepare up to 20 project billings per month, ensuring all allowable costs are billed in a timely manner
- Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
- Elevate awareness of financial implications that can be addressed or reversed
- Prepare, process project billings (AIA, Lump Sum/Fixed Fee, Time & Material, CMCG, Cost Plus)
- Processing of up to 4 state and city quarterly taxes
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
Billing Coordinator
Westlake Consultants, Inc.
05.2023 - 12.2024
- Collaborate with all department professionals to maintain accounts receivable
- Compile and process project information such as percent complete billing, time and material invoices
- Issue up to 35 invoices a month and distribute them electronically email, online construction billing software
- Prepare and submit change orders
- Updated Deltek per contract
- Updated documentation, reports, and spreadsheets with financial information.
- Run all project billing reports to compile information for monthly invoices per contract
Project Accountant
Mortenson Construction
12.2019 - 06.2020
- Project set up using MorNet applications with Oracle.
- Created and maintained monthly Project Owner billings (G702/G703, cost plus and lump-sum)
- Budget allocations, task/cost code set up, reconciliations, review AR/AP
- Core responsibilities include but not limited to project setup, billings, reports, expenditures inquiry, subcontractors, payroll
- Monitored project costs, developed job cost forecasts, managed cash flow and approved invoices for payment.
Inside Sales/Account Management
Williams Form Engineering Corps
09.2018 - 08.2019
- ONLY TEMPORARY 1 YEAR
- Developed exceptional rapport with customers to build trust and create value through guided buying decisions.
- Collaborated with suppliers to fulfill customers' routine inventory needs and handle special requests.
- Prospected new leads with high level of outbound calls to both cold and warm contacts.
Project Accountant
Larco Development
12.2016 - 11.2017
- Review and manage work in progress (WIP) and maintain project files through project completion.
- Follow through on all billing related issues to resolution.
- Prepare monthly client invoices and post all vendor invoices.
- Effectively communicate with projects teams regarding contract documents, change orders and other contracts modifications, approvals, and any additional services related to billings.
- Perform financial analysis of project costs versus budget
- Handled all insurance and bond information.
- Support the team by updating the calendar for 15 people daily.
- Prepare Job cost reports for month end billing
- Ran daily, monthly and quarterly reports for month end or tax purposes
- MOVED BACK TO OREGON FAMILY EMERGENCY
Accountant/Office Manager
Cobra Construction
08.2013 - 06.2015
- Needed work after maternity leave
- QUIT - UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Identified and communicated customer needs to supply chain capacity and quality teams.
- Used industry expertise, customer service skills and analytical nature to resolve customer concerns and promote loyalty.
Project Accountant
Skanska
10.2007 - 11.2012
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
- Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
- Prepare, process up to 15 multimillion-dollar client invoices a month
- Ensure that owner invoices are in accordance with contract requirements and documents.
- Verify accuracy of ACR and challenge the logic of ACR vs project schedule and subcontractor cost incurred.
- Review and provide guidance with NR forecast to ensure its accuracy, verify accuracy of GC forecaster.
- Attend monthly cost reviews with the project team and verify accuracy of all documents kept on site regarding the billing of owner and subcontractors.
- Post cash receipts to ensure maximum interest income of project
- Coordinate subcontractor payments with Corporate AP Staff to ensure company policy followed prior to payments
- Provide financial reports to project teams to help with the overall forecasting/management of project
- Run necessary assistance with all/any cost related data entry into Prolog
- Analyze and adequately communicate any and all exposures/opportunities that ultimately may impact forecasted project gross profit
- Submit final PSR (project status reports) upon project close and ensure projects are financially closed before year end, if applicable.
- Understand and comply with all elements of project contracts, advising project management on risk and related issues regarding Project Owner AIA billings.
- Assess and process project payroll prior to posting to ensure accuracy in hours/budgets for each project.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Business with an emphasis in accounting
University of Phoenix-Oregon Campus
Tigard, OR06.2007
Skills
- Project Billing (GMP, Lump Sum/Fixed Fee, Time & Material, Percent complete)
- Experienced in office management with great customer service
- Organizational Skills
- Bookkeeping
- ERP systems proficiency (Deltek, JD Edwards, Oracle, Quick-books)
- Data inputting
- Year-end close
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Account reconciliation processes
- Payroll, Certified payroll
- MS office suite
- Construction Accounting
- General Ledger Accounting
- Spreadsheets
- Financial Statement Preparation & analysis
Certification
Driver's License, Class C Driver's license
Personal Information
- Willing To Relocate: Anywhere
- Authorized To Work: US for any employer
Timeline
Accountant
JLD Cost Consulting
03.2024 - Current
Billing Coordinator
Westlake Consultants, Inc.
05.2023 - 12.2024
Project Accountant
Mortenson Construction
12.2019 - 06.2020
Inside Sales/Account Management
Williams Form Engineering Corps
09.2018 - 08.2019
Project Accountant
Larco Development
12.2016 - 11.2017
Accountant/Office Manager
Cobra Construction
08.2013 - 06.2015
Project Accountant
Skanska
10.2007 - 11.2012
Bachelor's degree - Business with an emphasis in accounting
University of Phoenix-Oregon Campus
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