Barbara Witte
Camargo,IL
Summary
Seeking a Contract Specialist position which I can utilize my management, communication, and accounting skills to benefit the organization.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounting Associate
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
01.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Facilities & Services
- Financial Operations
- Setup new work orders in AiM
- Create new encumbrances for jobs
- Review pay applications for approval and submit to OBFS for payment
- Reconcile accounts
- Create journal vouchers
- Prepare financial statements for month end close
Staff Accountant
Henneman Engineering, LLC
Champaign, IL
05.2023 - 12.2023
- Reviewed and analyzed financial statements for accuracy for six entities
- Compiled and prepared journal entries to ensure accurate general ledger records.
- Prepared monthly account reconciliations for bank accounts, credit cards, and other balance sheet accounts.
- Assisted in the preparation of quarterly and annual budgets.
- Analyzed existing accounting processes to recommend improvements in efficiency or effectiveness.
- Generated financial reports for management review including income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement..
- Ensured compliance with generally accepted accounting principles while preparing financial statements.
- Managed accounts receivable activities such as invoicing customers, applying payments received, monitoring customer balances..
- Reconciled intercompany accounts on a monthly basis.
- Processed payroll for all employees in accordance with established guidelines.
Human Resource Officer
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Company Overview: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Processed new hire paperwork for new employees and students
- Reviewed and processed payroll for students
- Verified identification and processed E-Verify in universities system
- Met with LAS units to discuss new applications for hire
- Human Resources duties as required
Account Tech II
Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI)
Urbana, IL
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Process travel reimbursements for instructors
- Reconciliation of payroll
- Correct CFOPs
- Performed PZAREDS
- Taught Extra Help employees how to process travel and review their work on corrections needed
HR/Payroll
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
07.2019 - 03.2021
- Processed appointments for students and academic staff
- Processed payroll
- Performed new hire paperwork
- Entering appointments into HRFE
- Paid foreign nationals
Payroll Specialist
Paul's Machine & Welding
Villa Grove, IL
02.2017 - 07.2019
- Processed payroll for employees
Financial Manager
Douglas County Mental Health
Tuscola, IL
06.2016 - 01.2017
- Prepared financial reports
- Prepared budget for State of Illinois IDHR
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Process payroll and payroll taxes
- Submit monthly and quarterly payroll tax reports
- Monthly and year end close
Accounts Payable Clerk
Champaign County Nursing Home
Urbana, IL
09.2014 - 06.2016
- Accounts payable- processed invoices for payment
- Account collection
- Processed insurance claims
- Accounts Receivable
- Daily deposits
Accountant
Feller & Kuester CPA's
Champaign, IL
10.2013 - 02.2014
- Created financial reports for multiple companies
- Processed payroll for 20-25 companies
Office Manager
Nogle & Black Roofing, Inc.
Urbana, IL
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Process payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable
- Prepare financial statements
- Pay monthly and quarterly payroll taxes
- Month end and year end close
- Prepare schedule of values and work with project manager on RFPs and change orders
- Process pay applications and obtain certificates of insurance and bonds for contracts
- Process partial and final lien waivers
- Submit purchase orders and verify invoices to match
- Prepared financial statements and reports detailing accounts receivable status.
- Maintained general ledger accounts by verifying, allocating, posting transactions; resolving discrepancies.
- Performed monthly account reconciliations for multiple client entities including bank reconciliations.
- Prepared monthly closing entries to generate accurate financial reports for management review.
Office Manager
Witte Electric
Champaign, IL
01.1990 - 01.2010
- Accounting duties include accounts receivable, accounts payable, account collection, generating payroll, job expense tracking, reconciliation monthly reports
- Generate monthly billings to customers
- File monthly and quarterly taxes
- Work with employees to fill out W-4's and withholding certificates and I-9 documents
- Work with multiple unions and pay benefits
- Governmental duties include certified payroll reports, PRZM billings and reports, University of Illinois and CDB pre-qualification reports, process close out documents and operation and maintenance manuals for all contract jobs.
- Insurance duties include certificates of insurance, workman's compensation reports and generation of bonding certificates, prepare lien waivers, submit RFPs and change orders for approval
- Office management duties include personnel supervision, excellent communication skills, generation of proposals
- Work with auditors to review payroll and union documents
- Work with vendors and create purchase orders for contracts
Education
Bachelor Degree - Business Administration
Greenville University
Greenville, IL01.2019
Associates - Accounting
Parkland College
01.1994
Skills
- Operation office machinery
- Banner
- Chrome River
- HRFE
- I-9 Tracker
- AiM
- Accubuild
- GEAC
- Accubid
- Microsoft Office
- Sage 50 (Peachtree)
- Matrix Care
- AS400
- QuickBooks
- Power Point
Timeline
Accounting Associate
University of Illinois
01.2024 - Current
Staff Accountant
Henneman Engineering, LLC
05.2023 - 12.2023
Human Resource Officer
University of Illinois
09.2022 - 05.2023
Account Tech II
Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI)
03.2021 - 09.2022
HR/Payroll
University of Illinois
07.2019 - 03.2021
Payroll Specialist
Paul's Machine & Welding
02.2017 - 07.2019
Financial Manager
Douglas County Mental Health
06.2016 - 01.2017
Accounts Payable Clerk
Champaign County Nursing Home
09.2014 - 06.2016
Accountant
Feller & Kuester CPA's
10.2013 - 02.2014
Office Manager
Nogle & Black Roofing, Inc.
01.2010 - 01.2013
Office Manager
Witte Electric
01.1990 - 01.2010
Bachelor Degree - Business Administration
Greenville University
Associates - Accounting
Parkland College