Blair Bond
Long Beach,CA
Summary
- Seasoned Accountant bringing more than 18 years of experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable and general accounting.
- Ability to prioritize multiple demands with time management and project management skills.
- Able to perform multiple tasks and meet critical deadlines in a timely manner while maintaining accuracy and quality.
- Adaptable to changing environments and eagerness to learn new processes.
- Strong ability to work with peers and lead a team with excellent communication.
- Detailed oriented, organized, fast learner and works well under pressure.
- Experience in implementing best practices and process improvements.
- Communicate effectively internally and externally.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounting Supervisor
Wedgewood LLC
03.2020 - Current
- Delegate work to Accounts Payable staff and provide appropriate supervision or support to ensure the quality of work meets the requirements.
- Oversee, mentor, and empower staff, providing guidance and assistance.
- Review reconciliations of general ledger accounts, ensuring the underlying support is appropriate
- Perform data analysis.
- Standard policy and procedure write-up for team.
- Prepare debt covenants for lenders.
- Produce quarterly and annual financials
- Maintain cash flow by monitoring bank balances and cash requirements.
- Work with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
- Issue quarterly distributions to investors.
- Assist with interim and annual internal audit
Senior Accountant
Wedgewood LLC
02.2018 - 03.2020
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Updated general ledger with latest entries.
- Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
- Completed year-end closing processes with controllers and external auditors.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Full accounts payable process (issue checks to vendors, maintain vendors, 1099 Check)
- Streamlined current procedures, develop, and implement control
- Participate in special projects as deemed necessary
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Prepared and maintained monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Prepared and assisted with month end and year-end financial reports.
- Assisted with preparation of monthly financial statements.
Junior Accountant
Wedgewood LLC
07.2015 - 01.2017
- Prepared journal entries and entered into system multiple ERP systems.
- Reconciled bank accounts for timely and accurate reporting of financial information.
- Prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Maintain fixed assets
Accounts Payable Specialist
The Word & Brown Companies
08.2013 - 07.2015
- Managed and completed check runs for 5 companies in various network systems.
- Processed positive pay & ACH payments daily to meet banking deadlines.
- Prepared vendor checks for mailings.
- Addressed vendor inquiries and resolved internal issues in timely manner.
- Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
- Ensured check requests have proper documentation attached and necessary approvals are obtained.
- Prepared month-end closing entries for detailed reporting and recordkeeping.
Staff Accountant
Kondaur Capital Corporation
03.2010 - 08.2013
- Reconciled and maintained all cash bank accounts daily.
- Made bank account deposits electronically and confirmed deposit total.
- Completed monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Assisted with month end close.
- Reconciled intercompany accounts.
- Tracked and resolved stale dated, outstanding, and missing checks.
- Posted journal entries in Quickbooks.
- Insured proper coding and authorization for process of vendor invoices.
- Balanced daily distributions of invoices against Quickbooks reports.
- Compiled and maintained vendor files in Quickbooks.
- Maintained vendor records and issued 1099s at year end.
- Tracked and managed inventory for fixed asset database.
- Worked on special projects for management and auditors.
Cash Application Specialist
Carrington Mortgage
01.2008 - 03.2010
- Filed reports and posted daily batches in ERP system.
- Worked in paperless environment to accomplish assignments electronically.
- Identified and communicated customer payment discrepancies and worked directly with collections team for research and resolution.
- Sorted payments into batches by segmenting each payment by business unit and scanning into database.
- Handled incoming payments and distribution of payment.
- Efficiently balanced money to detailed reports and daily postings.
- Calculated, balanced, and researched all payments for special reporting investor.
- Managed daily workflow for team.
- Created and maintained SOPs.
- Reconciled reports at end of month to report to managers.
- Processed payoffs, foreclosure reinstatements and REO liquidations.
- Electronically deposited checks to bank online daily.
- Responsible for mentoring, educating, and training associates on various functions within the department.
- Helped with various projects for upper management.
Cash Application Specialist
Option One Mortgage
04.2002 - 01.2008
- Opened and sorted all incoming mail.
- Posted customer payments daily in a timely accurate manner.
- Reconciled cash applications to ERP system.
- Calculated and processed mortgage payoffs.
- Distributed work to team members, while managing daily workflow.
- Administered customer service in person, over the phone, and online.
- Researched daily customer service requests from outside departments.
- Trained associates on daily work functions.
- Encoded and canceled checks using bank machines.
Education
High School Diploma -
San Pasqual High School
Escondido, CANo Degree - Accounting And Finance
Long Beach City College
Long Beach, CASkills
- Ability to prioritize multiple demands with time management and project management skills
- Able to perform multiple tasks and meet critical deadlines in a timely manner while maintaining accuracy and quality
- Adaptable to changing environments and eagerness to learn new processes
- Strong ability to work with peers and lead a team with excellent communication
- Detailed oriented, organized, fast learner and works well under pressure
- Experience in implementing best practices and process improvements
- Report preparation and analysis
- Staff training
Timeline
Accounting Supervisor
Wedgewood LLC
03.2020 - Current
Senior Accountant
Wedgewood LLC
02.2018 - 03.2020
Junior Accountant
Wedgewood LLC
07.2015 - 01.2017
Accounts Payable Specialist
The Word & Brown Companies
08.2013 - 07.2015
Staff Accountant
Kondaur Capital Corporation
03.2010 - 08.2013
Cash Application Specialist
Carrington Mortgage
01.2008 - 03.2010
Cash Application Specialist
Option One Mortgage
04.2002 - 01.2008
High School Diploma -
San Pasqual High School
No Degree - Accounting And Finance
Long Beach City College