Blaine Hodge
Nashville
Summary
Detail-oriented Accountant with extensive experience in bank reconciliation, budget analysis, and general ledger accounting. Proficient in financial reporting and fixed asset management, with a proven track record in audit support and data analysis. Seeking to leverage skills in a new accounting role to contribute to financial accuracy and team success.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Accountant
Music City Center
Nashville, TN
11.2025 - Current
- Facilitated accurate monthly journal entry preparation and reconciliation processes to ensure financial integrity.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Oversaw daily application of cash to ensure prompt and accurate reporting of accounts receivable.
- Facilitated accurate transaction mirroring from accounting software to Metro Nashville's accounting platform to maintain financial integrity.
Accountant
City of Clarksville
Clarksville, Tennessee
10.2019 - 10.2025
- Review invoices for discrepancies before posting for payments.
- Review and post daily cash batches where citizens pay bills/taxes.
- Review monthly credit card (Pcard) purchases for accurate coding and fraud detection before paying.
- Reconcile bank accounts monthly.
- Act as accounting liaison for various departments.
- Assist departments with yearly budgeting process.
- Forecast budgetary needs mid-year for various departments to make sure their needs are met or access if they have excess funds.
- Perform monthly charge outs to properly charge departments for work performed by other departments.
- Reconcile the city garage's monthly fuel inventory.
- Perform three different inventory counts for departments that carry inventory.
- Perform ad hoc projects for departments as needed/asked.
- Reconcile general ledger accounts at year end and turn in reconciliations to outside auditors.
- Input and track all city fixed assets. Currently at $850 million.
- Depreciate all assets and track depreciation expenses.
Financial Analyst
Martinrea
Springfield, Tennessee
04.2014 - 08.2017
- Daily cash reconciliation.
- Daily invoice posting and sales reporting.
- Post cash deposits from lockboxes and wire transfers.
- Post all intercompany transactions (AP and AR).
- Reconcile all payments and apply cash accordingly.
- Track all customer debits and acquire necessary approvals.
- Communicate outstanding balances to customers and keep up with aging statements.
- Invoice all scrap and track scrap revenue/expense.
- Oversee quarterly inventory process and act as tag controller for 3,000 tags.
- Close the AR module at month end.
- Reconcile various balance sheet accounts at month end.
- Prepare month end journal entries.
- Investigate all inconsistencies when anything in the three part match does not match.
- Prepare monthly manual accruals for all invoices not received.
- Perform analysis to determine if outstanding receiving documents are expected to be invoiced or if they were received in error.
- Maintain all vendor files.
- Reconcile all vendor statements.
Bookkeeper
Boulton Enterprises
Nashville, Tennessee
10.2012 - 03.2014
- Communicate with customers and vendors to resolve reconciliation discrepancies.
- Prepare weekly payroll and weekly 941 deposit.
- Caught a previous bookkeeper's theft and assisted in evidence gathering and prosecution.
- Enter invoices daily and verify invoices to purchase orders.
- Prepare weekly certified payroll reports and have them notarized for customers.
- Prepare and distribute W-2s and 1099s at the end of the year.
- Prepared the 1120S for tax year 2012.
- Process new hire paperwork and e-verify work eligibility.
- Set up an inventory system to account for sundries not used on job sites immediately.
- Tracked job costs and job profitability to report to owners when jobs were getting out of budget.
- Prepare P&L statements and balance sheets for contractors.
- Filed the Corporation Annual Report.
- Prepared Business Tax License renewals.
- Reconcile monthly bank statements.
Accountant
Middle Tennessee Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee
06.2012 - 10.2012
Bookkeeper
Stone, Rudolph & Henry PLC
Clarksville, Tennessee
04.2011 - 04.2012
Bookkeeper
Audio Video Repair Specialist
Clarksville, Tennessee
04.2009 - 08.2011
Staff Accountant
Thurman Campbell and Co. CPAs
Clarksville, Tennessee
01.2007 - 02.2009
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Accounting
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN, US12-2006
Skills
- Time management
- MS office suite
- General ledger entries
- Data analysis
- Financial reporting
- General ledger accounting
- Budget analysis
- Fixed asset management
- Audit support
- Bank reconciliation
Certification
Certified Municipal Finance Officer
Timeline
Senior Accountant
Music City Center
11.2025 - Current
Accountant
City of Clarksville
10.2019 - 10.2025
Financial Analyst
Martinrea
04.2014 - 08.2017
Bookkeeper
Boulton Enterprises
10.2012 - 03.2014
Accountant
Middle Tennessee Research Institute
06.2012 - 10.2012
Bookkeeper
Stone, Rudolph & Henry PLC
04.2011 - 04.2012
Bookkeeper
Audio Video Repair Specialist
04.2009 - 08.2011
Staff Accountant
Thurman Campbell and Co. CPAs
01.2007 - 02.2009
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) - Accounting
Austin Peay State University