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CHERYL D. RICE

Tax Accounting Administrator
Atlanta,GA
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CHERYL D. RICE

Overview

39
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Impellam Group
Atlanta, GA

Tax Accounting Administrator
09.2022 - 11.2024

Job overview

  • Five years of tax administration experience
  • Provides supervision to management in ensuring daily deliverables are successfully completed
  • Responsible for paying state, local and foreign tax payments and preparing vouchers
  • Processing, tracking and paying tax related consulting invoices
  • Monitor and review timely payments to ensure account is compliant for Canadian Annual Certificates (Attestation)
  • Oversee e-filing and saving the returns on the specific shared drives

Impellam Group
Atlanta, GA

Tax Accounting Clerk
01.2019 - 09.2022

Job overview

  • Scanning and tracking tax notices received and coordinating with tax team members to resolve notices
  • Scan, collate and compile tax returns for processing
  • Draft responses and prepare penalty abatement requests at the IRS, state and local levels
  • Assist in obtaining tax clearance certificates in a timely manner
  • Act as Power of Attorney to resolve tax return issues on behalf of the company
  • Assist with other administrative projects as needed

Hallmark Corporate Store
Atlanta, GA

Sales Associate II – Key Holder
09.2013 - 01.2020

Job overview

  • Increase revenue by exceeding daily individual and store sales goals and purchases per hour
  • Provide exemplary customer service and comply with Hallmark Service Experience expectations

McReynolds Law Firm
Atlanta, GA

Paralegal
02.2013 - 03.2013

Job overview

  • Schedule meetings with clients; updated calendars with hearing dates and completed miscellaneous clerical work
  • Prepare certified mail and sent the medical record’s requests to medical facilities to prepare for disability hearings
  • Proofread legal documents
  • Review and verify the attorney’s documents on file with the court filed documents

Comerica Bank
Livonia, MI

Operations Manager I, Commercial Analysis
01.2008 - 10.2012

Job overview

  • Manage the maintenance and reporting for over ten million dollars in annual service fees to commercial customers
  • Manage a team of nine, responsible for updating the interest rate tables for Demand Deposit and Time Deposit accounts
  • Successfully complete Disaster Recovery Plan’s annual tests
  • Approve maintenance requests greater than five hundred dollars, evaluate the staff’s productivity reviews
  • Review of SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) audit reports
  • Review and validate the process to update the mainframe interest tables - ARIVE (Automated Rate Input Verification Engine) is the process by utilizing data downloaded from Microsoft Excel
  • Participate as a Core Team Member and the Management Team for projects: Regulation Q – Business Requirements; Sterling Bank conversion; Kaizen event to implement process improvements to decrease redundancy and decrease loss revenue
  • Review the department’s Disaster Recovery Plan as a BURT Team Leader and activate the Call Tree exercise annually

Comerica Bank
Livonia, MI

Operations Officer, Adjustments
01.2005 - 01.2008

Job overview

  • Manage thirty-three clerks and the resolution of an average of five thousand Adjustment cases daily, within the Service Level Agreements
  • Manage the settlements and payments of adjustment files with other Clearinghouse partners and financial institutions
  • Provide statistics and new guidelines with external customers SVPCO (Fed ECCHO - Electronic Check Clearing House Organization) for image check processing
  • Provide statistics for the Global – BAI Benchmark study by entering and categorizing data from the Access database
  • Review and edit the Pega PRPC business case to decrease redundancy and or decrease loss revenue
  • Manage the implementation of Check 21 initiatives (for “electronic substitute checks” or image replacement documents) and provide the PGP Encryption software testing information

Comerica Bank
Livonia, MI

Operations Officer
01.1998 - 01.2005

Comerica Bank
Livonia, MI

Financial Analyst, Funds Control
01.1995 - 01.1998

Comerica Bank
Livonia, MI

Coordinator / Team Leader
01.1993 - 01.1995

Comerica Bank
Livonia, MI

Deposit Account Processing
01.1986 - 01.1993

Summary

Results-driven, analytical, and detail-oriented professional with extensive experience in general ledger account management and office administration. Demonstrated success in enhancing the efficiency of tax, financial, and accounting operations while preparing correspondence that minimizes penalty and interest expenses.

Education

Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI

Bachelor of Arts from Accounting
09.1991 - 06.1995

Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI

Associate of Arts from Finance
08.1989 - 08.1991

Skills

  • Bookkeeping
  • Auditing procedures
  • Debt management
  • Internal controls
  • Clerical skills
  • Financial analysis
  • Account reconciliation
  • Bank reconciliation
  • General ledger

Certification

  • Paralegal Certificate
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Bank Sim (Simulation)

Accomplishments

  • Supervised a team of thirty-three staff members.
  • Utilized Microsoft Excel to create reconciliation tools for merging Bank Accounting departments.
  • Collaborated with a team of six or more to develop the Pega PRPC business case.
  • Scanned and tracked tax notices received, coordinating with tax team members to resolve these notices.
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Work Preference

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Full TimePart Time

Work Location

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Work-life balanceFlexible work hoursWork from home optionPersonal development programsPaid time offPaid sick leaveHealthcare benefits401k match

Software

Microsoft Office 365

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Languages

English
Native language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Interests

Bowling

Skating

Swimming

Tennis

Golf

Basketball

Timeline

Tax Accounting Administrator

Impellam Group
09.2022 - 11.2024

Tax Accounting Clerk

Impellam Group
01.2019 - 09.2022

Sales Associate II – Key Holder

Hallmark Corporate Store
09.2013 - 01.2020

Paralegal

McReynolds Law Firm
02.2013 - 03.2013

Operations Manager I, Commercial Analysis

Comerica Bank
01.2008 - 10.2012

Operations Officer, Adjustments

Comerica Bank
01.2005 - 01.2008

Operations Officer

Comerica Bank
01.1998 - 01.2005

Financial Analyst, Funds Control

Comerica Bank
01.1995 - 01.1998

Coordinator / Team Leader

Comerica Bank
01.1993 - 01.1995

Davenport University

Bachelor of Arts from Accounting
09.1991 - 06.1995

Davenport University

Associate of Arts from Finance
08.1989 - 08.1991

Deposit Account Processing

Comerica Bank
01.1986 - 01.1993
CHERYL D. RICETax Accounting Administrator