Carson Douglas Raper
Norwalk,IA
Summary
Versatile accounting professional with several years of experience and proficiencies in account management and reporting. Well-versed in updating and standardizing controls and streamlining procedures to increase productivity and reduce errors in accounting files. Offers advanced abilities with quickbooks pro and microsoft office.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Investment Accountant I
Wellabe
Des Moines, IA
05.2023 - Current
- Daily documentation of unreconciled items on the bank statement
- Communicate with Investment, Finance, and customer service team members to resolve outstanding items
- Improve monthly bank account reconciliation and entry procedures by restructuring excel files and incorporating formulas to automate the process
- Document manual banking and settlements procedures
- Book investment activity and interest accrual entries to the ledger using various programs such as Workday and Clearwater
- Coordinate with external parties to ensure a timely and efficient transfer of maturing and replacement securities between accounts, including filling out necessary forms
- Assist with the preparation of quarterly statements
- Enter balance sheet and income statement data, prepare various supporting schedules, and perform internal tie-outs
- Automate multiple manual journal entry processes by creating system-generated rules to automatically record journal entries based on specific bank transactions
- Perform monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for the investments and reinsurance teams
- General analysis on account differences
- Work with finance and customer care departments to record banking journal entries for policyholder transactions; reconcile cash activity associated with these transactions
- Validate uploads from claims systems to the general ledger to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the daily upload process
- Worked with $XM of investments, including $2.4M bonds, $7M mortgage loans, $150M in common stock
- Assisted in managing, delegating, and training interns
- Constructed a bank fee analysis to aid in cutting costs.
Investment Accountant Intern
Wellabe
Des Moines, IA
06.2021 - 05.2023
- Daily documentation of unreconciled items on the bank statement
- Communicate with Investment, Finance, and customer service team members to resolve outstanding items
- Improve monthly bank account reconciliation and entry procedures by restructuring excel files and incorporating formulas to automate the process
- Document manual banking and settlements procedures
- Book investment activity and interest accrual entries to the ledger using various programs such as Workday and Clearwater
- Coordinate with external parties to ensure a timely and efficient transfer of maturing and replacement securities between accounts, including filling out necessary forms
- Assist with the preparation of quarterly statements
- Enter balance sheet and income statement data, prepare various supporting schedules, and perform internal tie-outs
- Automate multiple manual journal entry processes by creating system-generated rules to automatically record journal entries based on specific bank transactions
- Perform monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for the investments and reinsurance teams
- General analysis on account differences
- Work with finance and customer care departments to record banking journal entries for policyholder transactions; reconcile cash activity associated with these transactions
- Validate uploads from claims systems to the general ledger to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the daily upload process
- Worked with $XM of investments, including $2.4M bonds, $7M mortgage loans, $150M in common stock
- Assisted in managing, delegating, and training interns
- Constructed a bank fee analysis to aid in cutting costs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Iowa State University
Ames, IA05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Management
Iowa State University
Ames, IA05-2023
Skills
Technical
- Financial Analysis
- General ledger accounting
- Account Reconciliation
- Year-end close
- Financial statement preparation
- Cash Flow Management
Soft-Skills
- Detail oriented and organized
- Process and time efficiency seeker
- Problem-solver
- Effective communicator
- Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Power Point, Workday, Clearwater
Timeline
Investment Accountant I
Wellabe
05.2023 - Current
Investment Accountant Intern
Wellabe
06.2021 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Iowa State University
Bachelor of Science - Management
Iowa State University
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