CHRISTA DEMUIS YORBOR
Mid-Level Accounting Professional
Baltimore,Maryland
Summary
| WWW: Bold Profile | Professional Summary Knowledgeable Accounting professional with 20 + years; of diversified experience in a corporate / nonprofit environment which utilizes my full potential in administrative supervisory support, team leadership and accounting functions. My progressive responsibilities gained over the course of my career has created an exceptionally analytical, highly creative, individual that is recognized as solution-focused and results driven, demonstrating problem-solving, hard work, dependability, and detail-orientation to manage multiple tasks and priorities. My broad experience includes office management support, accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, invoicing, database management, vendor negotiations and general accounting functions. Can work under pressure and adapt to new situations, challenges and changes to best enhance the organizational brand. Seeking mid -level opportunities to enhance abilities while contributing to company growth, highly motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges, strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. I can adapt to working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Strong and effective communication skills, and eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goal with a passion for continuous learning and innovation. Proficient in software system and capable of managing projects and collaborating effectively with teams.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner
Christa's Financial Consulting
Baltimore, MD
12.2008 - Current
- The primary focus of this business is designed to help individuals and companies old and new; improve and build strong financial departments
- Assisting with policy and procedure applications; the A/P & A/R processes, record keeping, collections, personal /corporate taxes, and profit loss margins
- Tailoring the most productive office supports standards to fit the needs of the company.
Bookkeeper
Smithouse Design & Build Construction Company
Cockeysville, MD
12.2023 - 07.2024
- Process payable invoices: review, code and acquire approvals
- Cost Accounting & Budget Accounting
- Weekly cashflow and forecast meetings
- Selection of invoices to be paid on a weekly basis
- Weekly meetings with PMs to go over the cost in their project budgets and prepare invoices
- Review expenditures
- Weekly check runs and process of electronic payments.
Accounting Specialist
Klein Enterprises
Baltimore, MD
04.2022 - 09.2023
- Process payable invoices: review, code and acquire approvals
- Work with property management in reconciling and resolving billing discrepancies
- Selection of invoices to be paid on a weekly basis
- Analyze expense ledger to assist in recovery reconciliations
- Review expenditures to determine appropriate accounting treatment
- Process electronic payments
- Record tenant receipts against monthly charges
- Prepare tenant billings and other miscellaneous billbacks
- Participate in setup of new tenants and properties
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
- Review and record monthly loan balance entries
- Assist in the annual audit, tax and budget preparation.
Bookkeeper / Accounting Clerk
Park Heights Renaissance
Baltimore, MD
01.2021 - 03.2022
- Input and maintain annual organizational and programmatic budgets into QuickBooks
- Prepare monthly or quarterly invoices for grantors or funding partners
- Enter and code deposits to the appropriate grants, record payroll journal entries and debit card transactions
- Record deposits and grant receipts and confirm if the funds are restricted or unrestricted funds
- Record month end journal entries for prepaid, deferred revenue, and fixed assets/depreciation
- Record vendor invoices and assign to appropriate grant(s)
- Maintain vendors in QuickBooks and ensure collection of all W-9 and supporting documentation
- Print checks and vendor as they come due and reconcile bank accounts monthly to ensure accuracy
- Provide information accountant to assist with the creation of the company's financial statements
- Assemble information for external auditors for the annual audit
- Maintain a comprehensive accounting filing system
- Comply with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying requirements; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing reports; advising management on needed actions
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Manage the office petty cash fund
- Assist HR with payroll support as needed
- Generate financial statements and reports detailing accounts receivable status
- Conduct reconciliation of all accounts on an as needed basis
- Maintain and balance the general ledger in an accurate, complete, and up-to-date manner
- Perform all activities related to the accounts payable function including reviewing, coding, and processing payments
- Perform account receivable functions including invoicing, deposits, collections, and revenue recognition
- Assist in the preparation of financial reports through collection, analysis, and summarization of data
- Interpret and apply accounting policies, rules, and regulations to all work to ensure compliance with applicable standards
- Maintain a summary of all grant reporting requirements, including forms and submission dates
- Complete grant specific template and review with Accountant, Program Director and management staff for approval before submission
- Ensure the timely request of grant reimbursements and other payments
- Process accounts and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
- Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables' data
- Prepare bills, invoices, and bank deposits
- Reconcile the accounts receivable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted
- Place collection calls for outstanding grant payments
- Provide monthly organizational and programmatic financial schedules and reports for management review
- Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments and prepare and perform check runs
- Post transactions to journals, ledgers and other records
- Reconcile accounts payable transactions, prepare analysis of accounts and monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
- Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues, maintain vendor files and correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries
- Other duties as required to support effective financial management of the organization.
AP/AR Accountant Manager
Meyer Jabara Hotels
Baltimore, MD
11.2013 - 11.2021
- Prioritize invoices in accordance with probability of cash discounts as well as other terms of payment
- Verify taxes and other deductions, Code, post, and receipt payments
- Update, verify and maintain accounting journals and ledgers and other financial records
- Prepare check request, cash management of accounts payable, wire transfers and ACH payments Cash management, data entry, scanning and batching
- Assist in month end closing; match invoices with checks, get all checks signed and respectively allocate checks
- Make reconciliations of vendor statements, research and make corrections of discrepancies
- Ensure files and documentation to be completely and exactly made, complying with policy of the company and accepted practices on accounting
- Widespread support functions, general accounts payable functions, accounts receivable support
- Maintain vendor files; supervise accounts to make sure that payments are made on time
- Receiving accruals and preparing journal entries for the Corp
- Office
- Track and audit petty cash, assist with employee expense reports.
Education
BA - Criminal Justice in Human Service & Family Welfare
Colorado Technical University Online
Certified Public Bookkeepers (Membership) Career Development/Retention - undefined
National Association, CCBC
Certification in Data Entry, Word Processing and Excel - undefined
Catonsville Occupational Training Center
Certification in Computer training, Data Entry, Word Processing and Excel, Advanced Career Training - undefined
Technical summary PeopleSoft Great Plains QuickBooks Pro Desktop / Online AS 400 Outlook / HTML Zavanta Lawson Global Access Database Microsoft Applications MAS90 Yardi - undefined
Skills
- Bookkeeping operations
- Data Entry
- Customer Service
- Data Analysis
- Administrative Support
- Month-end documentation
- Invoicing and Billing
- Budget Forecasting
- Invoice Verification
- Account Reconciliation
- General Ledger Entries
- Financial statement preparation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Auditing procedures
- Attention to Detail
- Finance
- Expense Tracking
- Data Processing
- Accounts Payable
- Cash Flow Management
- Journal Entries
- Quickbooks
- Bookkeeping Principles
- Budget Preparation
- Bank Reconciliation
- Purchase Order Management
- Fiscal budgeting knowledge
- GAAP knowledge
- Cost accounting
- Expense Reports
- Variance Analysis
- Collections
- Payroll Processing
- Microsoft Excel
- Payment Processing
- GL reconciliation
- Discrepancy Research
- Tax Preparation
- Recordkeeping
- Variance resolutions
- Data organization
- Bank Statement Reconciliation
- SAP understanding
- Research and due diligence
- Audit Support
- Confidentiality
- File Maintenance
- Clerical Support
- Document Scanning
- Report Preparation
- Year-end close
- Superior attention to detail
- Analytical research
- Internal Controls
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteHybridRemoteImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsPaid sick leaveTeam Building / Company Retreats4-day work weekPaid time off401k matchWork from home optionPersonal development programsTimeline
Bookkeeper
Smithouse Design & Build Construction Company
12.2023 - 07.2024
Accounting Specialist
Klein Enterprises
04.2022 - 09.2023
Bookkeeper / Accounting Clerk
Park Heights Renaissance
01.2021 - 03.2022
AP/AR Accountant Manager
Meyer Jabara Hotels
11.2013 - 11.2021
Owner
Christa's Financial Consulting
12.2008 - Current
BA - Criminal Justice in Human Service & Family Welfare
Colorado Technical University Online
Certified Public Bookkeepers (Membership) Career Development/Retention - undefined
National Association, CCBC
Certification in Data Entry, Word Processing and Excel - undefined
Catonsville Occupational Training Center
Certification in Computer training, Data Entry, Word Processing and Excel, Advanced Career Training - undefined
Technical summary PeopleSoft Great Plains QuickBooks Pro Desktop / Online AS 400 Outlook / HTML Zavanta Lawson Global Access Database Microsoft Applications MAS90 Yardi - undefined
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