Bridget August

• I worked for UCAR in project accounting for sponsored research projects for the National Science Foundation
• Working in a very fast-paced, deadline driven environment for project accounting
• I managed over 200 contracts government, non-government, foreign contracts, pass-thru entity contracts/awards
• I worked with four divisions supporting lab administrators, scientists, and sponsors for over 126 projects
• Monitoring budgets, journal entries, entered and set up new fund’s budgets to the general ledger
• Set up sponsor projects and contracts for Government, Non-Government and Pass-thru entity contracts
• Monitoring any provisions or special invoicing
• Monthly invoicing for the labs/programs for divisions 4 divisions for cost reimbursable expenditures for direct and indirect cost for cost reimbursable contracts
• Monitored sponsored projects, performed project closeout reporting, monitored all contracts for overspends, reconciled contracts monthly to the general ledger, through contract balancing, monitoring budgets and expenditures, monthly adjustments for any overspends, salary transfers, and journal entries
• New contract setups for government, non-government, foreign, and pass-thru entity contracts to the General Ledger, and worked closely with the contracts department for any provisions within contracts
• Emailed invoices to sponsors for payment
• New sponsor set-ups
• Federal financial filings (SF425) Quarterly, semi-annually and annually for NOAA, NASA, DOE
• Reconciled month end reports for any necessary adjustments, providing other accountants with information on contracts that were booked incorrectly or any other adjustments to be sure all contracts were in balance
• Worked closely with Sponsors on Cost Reimbursable Invoices over 30 days, contacting sponsors for outstanding invoices, of any discrepancies, short pays, or overpayments on contracts
• Reconciled and filed SF-425’s Quarterly, Semi-Annual, and Annual Federal Financial filings of SF-425’s for NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Energy through contract balancing
• Contract closeouts after rate final rate approval adjustments
• Investigated any contract/award problems, contract balancing reports, and setup invoicing process for contracts
• Set up new projects, reconciled contracts monthly, main point of contact for sponsored projects, for labs, divisions, sponsors, and clients for various projects
• Knowledgeable of GAAP and OMB Circulars guidelines
• Audited and posted All Cash Receipts, created new batches, created cash receipt adjustments, processed, researched and uploaded to the General Ledger for the organization, created weekly deposits for all Ad-hoc payments, and Accounts receivables, and processed weekly deposits to the bank
• Processed all Internal chargebacks for the organization
• (Shipping, postage, company vehicle usage, maintenance, shop, and café payroll deductions)
• Assisted in audit pulls for external auditors, internal auditors and sponsors
• Cross Trained in multiple areas within the financial accounting department to include travel, accounts receivable, accounts payable, project accounting and payroll
• Established, and revised the organizations processes and procedures, for internal employee procedures under company policy when new software was implemented so new employees, were understanding the process and moving information within the system correctly
• Trained multiple staff members in Project Accounting short term, and long term, as well as new employees on company policies and procedures
• Supported multiple teams across the organization implementing new software, before, and after new software rolled out, supporting other teams during implementation, and a point of contact after software was implemented
• Worked with the ODEI (Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion) team for 10+ years and the original member of the team since creation in 2009, attended monthly meetings, supporting new ideas, for internal issues that came up during a company survey
• Creating innovative ideas for a more diversified, equitable, and inclusive environment for all employees, of all levels narrowing down an abundance of information to tackle problems that were urgent, and to find solutions
• Supported Event Service team members with decision making of new software that would support both teams for the overall goals, testing various software, answering questions for Finance and the liaison to funnel information to others in Finance on questions for the implementation of new software for three cafes, including the setup of internal and external client billing
• Personally, formed a Cash Receipt team for implementation of new software, adding team members from other departments such as AR, AP, and Travel to come up with procedures, processes, and workflow between departments testing ad-hoc payments, and accounts receivables to come up with a workflow for the new software and information to be seen as flowing correctly into the general ledger

• Performed weekly check runs for Accounts Payable, 3-way matching on invoices
• Help to resolve invoice issues that arise with vendors, labs and programs
• Established paperless a process and set up office procedures
• Monitored budget information for accounts payable invoices from contracts, for federal government, non-government, pass-thru entity contracts collecting signatures, correcting any overspent contracts, data entry, adjustments, and researched problem invoices and discrepancies
• Data entry of invoices, cost coding information, obtaining proper approvals from lab administrators, or scientist for approvals
• Distributed all incoming mail, routing for proper approvals, scanning invoices, set up a paperless electronic mail filing system for invoices
• Emailed copies of remittance to sponsors, vendors and clients
• Paid monthly phone bills with UPC purchasing card, reconciled UPC uploads
• Processed wires for foreign and domestic
• Audited and reconciled vendor accounts monthly to resolve any outstanding issues for over 2000 vendors; such as contract information, set up 1099- tax information, exempt, new vendor set ups
• Maintain accounts payable files, later moving to a paperless environment
• Worked closely with the Travel department encumbering travel authorizations as needed
• Audit/Process reimbursements employee payment request
• Audited and processed employee expense reports, for backup, approvals, and budget information
• Prepared, processed and uploaded daily cash receipts
• Made weekly deposits scanning checks into the bank
• Helped with internal and external clients, and or customers for any invoice issues
• Worked with several labs/programs/Accounts Payable/Travel/Contracts teams within the organization implementing new software for travel and accounts payable department, supporting labs, programs and divisions on training of new software
• Implemented procures and supported teams with new software questions and providing answers to support teams after transition

• Relevant Coursework: Advanced Financial Accounting & Reporting
• Special honors - Cum Laude
• GPA: 3.8

Relevant coursework