Cherry Meola

• My professional responsibilities and core competencies below:
• Payments and Invoices: Generated precise invoices based on sales orders and contracts; tracked and applied incoming payments—including credit cards, checks, wire transfers, and ACH—against open bills to ensure timely cash flow.
• Sales and Sales Taxes: I reconcile cash and credit card sales against POS systems to ensure accurate bank deposits. I record deposit funds and delivery sales, and I am responsible for filing sales tax reports online.
• Oversaw the full payroll cycle, including filing tax returns, computing general ledger entries, and balancing earnings and deductions. Processed garnishments and levies, completed tax reporting, and conducted specialized research for management.
• Accounts Receivable Monitoring: Monitored accounts receivable aging to identify past-due accounts, contacted clients regarding outstanding balances, and negotiated payment schedules to facilitate timely collections.
• Account Reconciliation: I reconcile bank statements, credit card accounts, and AR/AP ledgers. To ensure financial accuracy, I investigate and resolve any discrepancies between billed amounts and customer payments.
• Financial Analysis and Reporting: I prepare key financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. I analyze financial data to identify trends and provide actionable insights. Additionally, I maintain the general ledger by ensuring accurate income and expense coding and documenting journal entries.
• Compliance and Closing Procedures: Ensured adherence to accounting principles, regulations, and corporate policies while maintaining organized documentation for audit trails; supported finance team with month-end and year-end closing tasks, including accrual preparation and account reconciliation to uphold financial integrity.

• My primary responsibilities and the financial tasks I manage:
• Bookkeeping: Maintaining the books for the high-net-worth family and its members.
• Accounts Payable: Processed payments via checks, ACH, and wire transfers, ensuring timely and accurate disbursement of funds.
• Accounts Payable: Processing payments via checks, ACH, and wire transfers.
• Cash Management: Preparing daily cash reconciliations, formulating monthly cash requirements for each entity, and managing cash/check deposits.
• Reconciliations: Managing monthly credit card downloads, coding, and reconciliations, as well as monthly bank and due to/from reconciliations.
• Provided general support by managing bank deposits and organizing filing systems.: Handling bank deposits, filing, and providing additional assistance as needed.

• Handled full-cycle accounts payable functions.
• In my role, I manage a high volume of transactions for a high-net-worth client in a fast-paced environment. I am responsible for processing payments via check, ACH, credit card, and wire transfer while ensuring timely payments, validating documentation for compliance, and fostering strong supplier relationships.
• Managed key responsibilities, including:
• Voucher Entry: Ensuring invoice accuracy and alignment with purchasing documents.
• Payment Processing: Preparing weekly payment batches in accordance with purchasing policies.
• Vendor Schedules: Maintaining schedules to ensure all monthly vendors are paid on time.
• Documentation: Obtaining necessary documents, such as W-9s and banking details, from vendors and volunteers.
• Reconciliation: Reviewing monthly AP aging and performing bank, credit card, and investment statement reconciliations.
• Expense Management: Processing Concur batches for timely employee reimbursements.
• Reporting & Compliance: Ensuring accurate annual processing of 1099s and maintaining the accounts payable manual.
• Maintained strict confidentiality of customer information, reinforcing trust and legal compliance.

• My responsibilities and the core functions I manage:
• Payroll & Tax Management: I process weekly and biweekly payroll via QuickBooks and coordinate the submission of all tax documentation, including W-2, 1099, 1096, W-9, 941, and UCT-6 forms.
• Oversaw banking activities, deposits, entity funding, and daily cash management while monitoring cash flow and assisting CEO with grant budget preparation.
• Performed reconciliation of financial records to ensure accuracy and consistency.: I perform detailed analysis and reconciliation of bank and credit card statements against internal records to resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Managed accounts payable by tracking discounts, verifying federal IDs, scheduling checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, and invoice issues to ensure timely payments.
• Developed comprehensive financial reports by analyzing and summarizing account data and trends to support informed decision-making.
• Provided administrative support to the office and worked as a receptionist in previous roles.

Managed accounting tasks for multiple branches to ensure accuracy and compliance. My key duties include:

• Recorded sales transactions, managed petty cash fund reconciliations and replenishment, processed employee travel expense reimbursements to ensure accurate financial tracking.
• Processed vendor requests, troubleshot invoice and payment issues, researched vendor-related inquiries to maintain strong vendor relationships.
• Reconciled bank statements and financial reports to ensure accuracy.
• Maintained and processed invoices, deposits, and money logs.
• Managed accounts payable and receivable activities, maintaining vendor relationships and positive cash flow.
• Prepared monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate representation of company''s financial position.
• Monitored incoming payments from clients, ensuring prompt application of funds against outstanding invoices.
• Posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with corporate protocols.

• I oversee accounting activities across six branches, ensuring the maintenance of precise sales records. My core duties include processing petty cash, reconciling accounts, resolving vendor payment issues, and performing all monthly bank reconciliations.

Key responsibilities and achievements include:

• General Ledger & Month-End Close: Preparing and posting journal entries, managing accruals, maintaining the fixed asset register, and performing detailed balance sheet reconciliations.
• Loan Receivable Management: Directed loan receivable activities for over 300 clients, including the computation of balances, late fees, and penalties.
• Cash Management: Assisting cashiers with balancing cash drawers, tallying receipts, and reporting discrepancies to management.
• Training & Development: Facilitated onboarding and training of new bookkeepers on general accounting procedures, preparing them for effective branch assignments.
• Administrative Oversight: Managed office purchases and fund transfers across branches.
• Managed monthly financial close processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
• Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
• Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.