Bernadette McElroy
Gilbertsville,PA
Summary
Detail-oriented Bookkeeper with financial reporting and regulatory compliance expertise. Managed bookkeeping services for 36 private clients and consistently adhered to complex standards. Exceptional bookkeeping, reporting and communications skills enabled impressive results.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Bookkeeper
Self Employed
Gilbertsville, PA
01.2000 - Current
- Maintained and processed invoices, deposits and money logs.
- Completed payroll for employees and maintained detailed records of procedures.
- Tracked expenses and income for businesses while organizing and maintaining bank statements for checking accounts.
- Reviewed and filed financial documents, coded accounting entries for data processing and posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with all corporate protocols.
- Entered financial information and payments to guarantee accurate and on-time payments for employees and vendors.
- Established QuickBooks accounting system to reflect accurate financial records.
- Organized and carried out proactive month-end, quarterly and year-end processes.
- Calculated deductions and processed payroll for employees.
- Reported financial data and updated financial records in ledgers and journals.
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Verified postings to ledgers to confirm accurate entry and account balances.
- Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy.
- Verified accurate recordkeeping processes, reducing financial inconsistencies.
- Monitored, verified and approved invoices and reviewed balances using financial software to assess balance sheet for variances.
- Supported operations by communicating with customers, filing documents and managing data.
- Reviewed and processed employee expense reports and vendor invoices for payment.
- Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
- Eliminated discrepancies in finances by expertly documenting expenses, monitoring income, handling bank deposits and managing statements.
- Diminished financial discrepancies and managed monetary transactions.
- Identified accounting errors by developing cross-referencing databases.
- Created plans to remedy financial discrepancies and reconcile issues with records.
- Planned emergency procedures to save time for introducing special projects.
Education
CertifiedBookkeepers Course
01.2005
High School Diploma -
06.1973
- Awarded Bookkeeping Top of Class
Skills
- MS Office Expertise
- Financial Calculation and Analysis
- Profit and Loss Statements
- Record Reconciliation
- Financial Records and Processing
- Customer Relations
- Financial Recordkeeping
- Effective Project Completion
- Cost Accounting
- Payroll Liability and Deductions
- General Ledger Updates
- Bill Payment and Recordkeeping
- Proactive and Self-Motivated
- Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Income Statements
- Monthly Reconciliations
- Bank Statement Reconciliation
- Calculating Deductions
- Monetary Transactions
- Account Auditing
- Statement Issuing
- Account and Ledger Reconciliations
- Data Research and Analysis
- Precision and Accuracy
- Quarterly Reviews
- Cash Flow and Reconciliation
- Accounting and Bookkeeping
- Customer Feedback
- Administrative Writing
- Collection Calls
- Operational Efficiency
- Budget Planning and Analysis
- Automated Systems and Procedures
- Loan and Account Monitoring
- Meeting Support
- Corporate Partnerships
- Word Processing
- Departmental Collaboration
- Cash Deposits and Receipts
- Vendor Invoice Matching
- Vendor Record Management
- Confidential Data Protection
- Business Correspondence
- Handling Confidential Materials
Timeline
Bookkeeper - Self Employed
01.2000 - Current
Montgomery County Community College - , CertifiedBookkeepers Course
St. Pius X - High School Diploma,
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