Amica Thomas
Shelby,NC
Summary
Highly skilled and qualified accounting professional with over 15 years of management experience in financial planning, budget management, insurance billing, payroll, accounts receivables and payables, fiscal analysis, and monitoring. Detail-oriented, efficient, and organized professional with extensive experience in accounting systems. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for making well-thought-out decisions.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Insurance Specialist
Sherloq Solutions
06.2022 - 01.2024
- Follow-up on insurance claims with insurance for collection
- Patient payment collection
- Worked aging reports
Patient Care Coordinator
Compleat Rehab and Sports Therapy/Kare Partners
02.2013 - 04.2022
- Collected over $200,000 of old monies for the company by completing follow-ups and re-filing old insurance claims
- Created a new process so that all claims are paid or written off in proper timing
- Verify patient's insurance benefits and obtain authorization
- Discuss the details of their insurance benefits and financial responsibility
Bookkeeper
Cleveland County Schools
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Orders, receives, and distributes all consumable supplies used in the school, and maintains all records pertaining to purchasing documentation
- Administers first-aid to sick and injured students, and gives prescribed medication (with physician's authorization form.)
- Registers new students, requests permanent records, and maintains permanent records in a monitored, locked secure area
- Maintains school attendance accounting records for students and staff
- Receipts, deposits, disburses and records all monies received by the school, and keeps an accurate ledger from which a monthly balance and an annual audit can be made
- Verifies the reconciliation of bank statements and prepares necessary adjusting journal entries
- Performs such other duties as assigned by the principal
Office Manager
Wellness Training Associates
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Conserved the patient's information via reporting and statistics upon balancing the daily schedule
- Prepared and maintained all accounting records
- Maintained records of prepaid vouchers, overpayments, and recorded them on the customer's accounts
Financial Coordinator Manager
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Prepared routine entries and post financial transactions
- Reviewed and analyzed and checked payroll reports for accuracy and made necessary adjustments or corrections through journal entries or other established procedures
- Worked with CPA to identify and resolve financial issues
- Successfully implemented HR programs, which ensured consistency throughout the company and provided mangers with critical tools to enhance productivity
- Implemented a new training program, which streamlined training staff by more than 60%
- Maintained benefit cost with only 3% increase over a 3-year period
- HRIS
Administrative Assistant
Cleveland Community College
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Composed and distributed inter-departmental memorandums ensuring timely delivery and receipt of important information while maintaining confidentiality
- Organized, sorted and assigned mail distribution for all of the employees
- Established and maintained electronic records management system for all incoming and outgoing correspondence
Assistant Manager
Family Dollar
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Supervised all daily functions of the store activity to ensure customer satisfaction
- Handled aspects of inventory, bookkeeping and payroll; performed daily bank deposits
Accounting Clerk
Elmore's Hats
01.2000 - 01.2003
- Prepared cash flow projections: reviewed and planned cash outflow as well as investment activities
Education
MBA - Business
University or Phoenix
BS - Accounting
Limestone College
AAS - Accounting
Cleveland Community College
Skills
Account reconciliation
Certification
Driver's License, 09/01/14, 09/30/24
Additionalinformation - Areasofexpertise
- Safety training
- HR Policy Design and Administration
- Recruitment
- Team Building
- Payroll policies and procedures
- Labor Laws
- Medical billing and coding
- Customer service
- Quality Assurance
- Manager/Motivator
- Fiscal Analysis
Assessments
- Principles of accounting, Proficient, 11/01/21
- Preparing financial records according to federal policies, Proficient
- Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel, Proficient, 11/01/21
- Attention to detail, Proficient, 12/01/21
Timeline
Insurance Specialist
Sherloq Solutions
06.2022 - 01.2024
Bookkeeper
Cleveland County Schools
01.2015 - 01.2016
Patient Care Coordinator
Compleat Rehab and Sports Therapy/Kare Partners
02.2013 - 04.2022
Office Manager
Wellness Training Associates
01.2010 - 01.2012
Financial Coordinator Manager
01.2007 - 01.2010
Administrative Assistant
Cleveland Community College
01.2006 - 01.2007
Assistant Manager
Family Dollar
01.2003 - 01.2006
Accounting Clerk
Elmore's Hats
01.2000 - 01.2003
MBA - Business
University or Phoenix
BS - Accounting
Limestone College
AAS - Accounting
Cleveland Community College
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