Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Timeline
BusinessAnalyst

Cherrie Gillilan

Modesto,CA

Summary

Highly organized and dependable Staff Accountant with background in bookkeeping and financial analysis. Successful history of streamlining accounting processes, identifying cost savings opportunities, and improving accuracy and efficiency. Skilled in using various accounting software programs and technologies.

Work History

Staff Accountant/Office Manager

California Steel Fabricators, Inc
06.2015 - Current
  • Summary of duties include managing the office of a structural steel company
  • Set-up Office Procedures and the accounting system
  • Handle all financial duties including controlling company funds
  • Posting all debits and credits and recording all transactions to financial statements utilizing QuickBooks
  • Generate remote bank deposits, verify and balance receipts
  • Monthly reconciliations of G/L, job costing reports, bank statements and credit card statements, vendor statements
  • Prepare weekly payroll and payroll tax payments, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing and collections
  • Sales tax management
  • Handled annual workman's compensation and general liability audits
  • Prepared and delivered accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
  • Year-end W-2, W-3, 1099, 1096 reporting, Year-end reconciliations for the accountant review
  • Contract administration and project management include processing pre-liens, lien releases, insurance certificates, tracked change orders, set-up job costing budgets, and progress payments and retentions.

Staff Accountant/Office Manager

Hanley Construction, Inc.
01.2009 - 04.2014
  • Managed general contractor's office
  • Set-up Office Procedures and the accounting system
  • Handle all financial duties including controlling company funds
  • Duties included posting all debits and credits and recording all transactions to financial statements utilizing Construction Partner
  • Generate bank deposits, verify and balance receipts
  • Monthly reconciliations of G/L, job costing reports, bank statements and credit card statements
  • Prepare weekly payroll and payroll tax payments
  • Monthly workman's compensation reporting and payments
  • Prepare weekly cash flow reports
  • Reconcile and process monthly job billings
  • Handled annual workman's compensation and general liability audits
  • Prepared and delivered accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
  • Year-end W-2, W-3, 1099, 1096 reporting
  • Year-end reconciliations for the accountant review
  • Contract administration processed preliminary notices, lien releases, insurance certificates, tracked change orders, set-up job costing budgets, track progress payments and retentions, submittals, RFI's and ASI's for all ongoing projects.
  • Year-end W-2, W-3, 1099, 1096 reporting and working with the accountants on year-end closings.


Additional previous positions available upon request

Education

Associate Degree - Business Administration, Accounting

Humphrey's College
Modesto, CA

Skills

  • Highly skilled in QuickBooks
  • General ledger accounting
  • Quarterly payroll reporting
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Journal entries
  • Monthly/Quarterly financial reports
  • Month-end closing
  • Payroll management
  • Year-end reconciling and reporting

Accomplishments

  • Streamlined workflow by consolidating lengthy processes and redundant documentation which resulted in more effective and timely completion of the accounting system.
  • Designed a new invoicing process to improve customer payments
  • implemented a new vendor payment processing which resulted in more efficient payments and improved the organizations credit rating

Timeline

Staff Accountant/Office Manager

California Steel Fabricators, Inc
06.2015 - Current

Staff Accountant/Office Manager

Hanley Construction, Inc.
01.2009 - 04.2014

Associate Degree - Business Administration, Accounting

Humphrey's College
Cherrie Gillilan