Angelia Barrett
Hampton,VA
Summary
The work duties described seem to be a good fit for my skills. I'm a detail-oriented individual with experience managing financial documentation, account reconciliation, and discrepancy detection. Displaying soft skill-based communication abilities, being transparent when providing stakeholders with precise financial information, and working with both internal and external clients. The capacity to lead a team, solve problems by tackling financial obstacles, allocating resources as efficiently as possible, and coming up with affordable alternatives all the while keeping oneself motivated and focused on outcomes. I consider myself to be quite productive and well-organized. Under pressure to meet deadlines, maintain a cheerful attitude. I am well-suited for this work because I use accounting principles to assess financial operations, read, follow, interpret policy, and I can effectively manage projects, deadlines, and priorities while maintaining confidence in my abilities and knowledge.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Clerk Financial Officer
Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court
03.2024 - Current
- Proficiency in using accounting software and tools
- Addressing financial challenges, optimizing resource allocation, and finding cost-effective solutions
- Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and tax codes
- Ensuring compliance with financial reporting requirements
- Balancing multiple tasks, deadlines, and priorities
- Provide operational oversight, administration, training and verification of signatories for Account Clerks, Technicians and division staff in the areas of purchasing, accounting, MUNIS and customer registration software, daily deposits, reconciliation, report generation (financial statements, general ledger and payroll deduction reporting) and the Financial Discount Program.
- Issues financial reports including expenditure/revenue management reports and cost accounting records; reviews purchase requisitions, vendor invoices and travel authorizations requests; performs internal audits.
- Assists internal and external in all financial matters/inquiries and serves as liaison between patrons and other divisions/departments in areas contractual agreements, corporate memberships, requisitions/purchase orders, purchases, and billing/payments/refunds.
- Maintains records management and retention and ensures evaluation and compliance of financial related federal, state and local regulations, policies, procedures and processes.
- Performs special projects; assists Budget Management Specialist with external audits, preparing/monitoring the biennial operating budgets, financial forecasts, statistical/financial spreadsheet development, data entry and reconciliation; ensures proper distribution of expenditures to operating units efficiently.
- Familiarity with accounting principles, financial statements, and auditing procedures
Accounting Coordinator
Hampton Roads Regional Jail
04.2022 - 03.2024
- Performing adequate planning for use of the funds allocated
- Frequently reviewing the expenditure of funds in order to ensure that they are being made in the most efficient manner and that they are properly documented
- Retaining flexibility in financial management to meet unexpected or unplanned needs
- Exercising the closest personal supervision practical over the daily function
- Audits and proposes corrections to HRRJ Accounts Payable (AP) vouchers (invoices) in the Munis prior to payment to help mitigate the risk of loss in the accounts payable function, review for potential fraud, and ensure proper obligation to pay
- Assist tax audits and process invoices and payroll
- Adhering to HRRJ fiscal policies and procedures
- Developing financial statements such as balance sheets, income statements, and other records to track the agency transactions through time
- Analyzes manual accounting data including period ending General Ledger entries
- Researches and provides corrective action to ensure posting to GL is accurate
- Strengthening the accounting of an organization by revamping existing reports and readying new ones as needed to guarantee
- Examine all general ledger accounts for unusual items and proper normal balances
- Reconciles balance sheet accounts to subsidiary ledgers or other supporting documentation
- Processing expense reports of employees, taking note of the payments made to vendors and balancing accounts payable with bank statements
- Review PO, invoices from vendors and process inmate refunds and payments
- Processing journal entries to record transactions that directly affect an organization's financial statements
- Maintain financial reports, records, and GL accounts
- Ensured that all month-end accounting deadlines are met, prepared and recorded the month end journal entries
- Responsible for verifying and completing, reconciliation of accounts
- Involving in general office obligations and answerable to assignments from the auditor
- Confirming Following guidelines and staying in compliance with GAAP
- Ensures invoice accuracy, approval compliance, appropriate coding, and 1099 identification to ensure accurate and timely processing of all payables and maintains the integrity of financial transactions.
Staff Accountant
ABNB Federal Credit Union
01.2009 - 04.2022
- Monitor and secure 200-300 accounts per month for proper collateral protection
- Optimized organizational systems for payment collections, AP/AR, deposits and record keeping
- Utilize automated systems to monitor and update member profiles to ensure successful account progression
- Analyzes and researches accounts in assigned area
- Perform legal accounting by finalizing and reconciling monthly legal invoices
- Establishes and maintains effective communication, coordination, education and working relations with Credit Union and Upper Management
- Prepare reconciliations and research the nature of outstanding items
- Maintain and process monthly fixed asset depreciation, prepaid amortization, and accruals
- Process month-end closing entries and assist with financial report preparations
- Monitor income and expense accounts and prepare accruals to ensure consistency
- Conduct research and analysis; prepare routine, regulatory and ad hoc accounting reports
- Research and monitor corporate general ledger direct post activity daily
- Maintain GL reporting system
- Load data files, monitor exception items and update tables
- Prepare and post daily recurring journal entries
- Directs, audits, and executes system processes with Information Technology to generate scheduled payments for invoices, refunds, and/or payroll for weekly payment runs as well as out of cycle urgent requests
- Provide accounts payable support for assigned areas of responsibility, enter credit vouchers as well as prepare voids and stop payment and reissue requests for checks.
Branch Manager
Woodforest National Bank
03.2005 - 01.2009
- Understanding of financial planning, and forecasting with the ability to analyze financial data, track expenses and manage funds
- Maintained friendly and professional customer interactions
- Assessed employee performance and developed improvement plans
- Met deadlines by proactively managing individual and team tasks and streamlining processes
- Complied with Bank Secrecy Act, Anti Money Laundering, OFAC, USA Patriot Act, Privacy Act and Community Reinvestment Act
- Regularly examining the use of funds to make sure they are recorded correctly and are being used as efficiently as possible
- Recruit, train, retain and motivate staff to ensure profitability, sales, customer experience, compliance, and growth objectives for assigned branches within the region
- Develop and lead innovative strategies to grow, retain and deepen consumer and business relationships
- Audit, voucher and batch payments for processing.
Supervisor
NCO Financial Systems
02.2000 - 01.2005
- Supervised staff of collectors, evaluate reports, develop staff development, implement performance strategies, reconcile record of payments
- Assisted in month end and quarterly audits, monitored reimbursement requests, approved all A/P batches for payment are in compliance with the policy, State and Federal regulation
- Determine compliance of electronic voucher workflow and approvals on submitted vouchers
- Perform maintenance to the suppliers, requiring an understanding of 1099 applicability and reporting; Monitored payments due from clients and promptly contacted clients with past due payments
- Processed payments and applied to customer balances
- Report monthly expenses and tracking year to date figures to verify funds using Excel
- Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the City's administrative regulations, policies and procedures as they relate to procurement through to payment of goods and services
- Contacted customers to discuss late payments and options for remitting amounts due
- Contacted clients with past-due payments and actively monitored payments due from clients
- Established procedures for collection of past due amounts.
Accountingsystems
- Munis
- PeopleSoft
- Questica
- Harmony
Timeline
Deputy Clerk Financial Officer
Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court
03.2024 - Current
Accounting Coordinator
Hampton Roads Regional Jail
04.2022 - 03.2024
Staff Accountant
ABNB Federal Credit Union
01.2009 - 04.2022
Branch Manager
Woodforest National Bank
03.2005 - 01.2009
Supervisor
NCO Financial Systems
02.2000 - 01.2005