Accounting Manager
Connie Haarstad
MedNet Solutions
Eden Prairie,MN
41
years of professional experience
Professional accounting leader with focus on financial accuracy, regulatory compliance, and team collaboration. Skilled in budgeting, financial reporting, and process optimization. Reliable team player adaptable to evolving business needs and committed to achieving organizational goals. Strong analytical abilities and strategic mindset enhance decision-making and performance.
Work History
Accounting Manager
12 Years 4 Months- Oversaw financial reporting, delivering timely statements for leadership decision-making.
- Strengthened internal controls to improve compliance and reduce accounting risk.
- Directed monthly close process, ensuring accurate journal entries, reconciliations, and ledger integrity.
- Led accounts payable and receivable workflows, resolving discrepancies and maintaining vendor relationships.
- Coordinated audit support, preparing schedules and responding to auditor requests.
- Managed budget preparation and variance analysis to support operational planning.
- Supervised accounting staff, assigned priorities, and reviewed work for accuracy.
- Optimized cash flow management through careful analysis of accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory levels, and working capital requirements.
- Managed successful audits by collaborating effectively with external auditors.
- Complied with established internal controls and policies.
- Established and checked coding procedures, monitored reports and updated internal files.
- Checked payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
- Completed bi-weekly payroll for company employees.
10 Months
- Responsible for reconciling bank accounts with high volume records between 1-2 million items clearing per cycle.
- Reconciled bank accounts with balances that exceed $50 million.
- Designed Access database to reconcile high volume accounts.
- Research accounts over a 10-year period with funding, funding requests and cleared items.
- Communicated with bank weekly to clear outstanding reconciling items.
- Designed Excel spreadsheet report for internal and external data to regulators to monitor the progress of claimant payments.
- Assisted in correctly creating over 1 million 1099 tax forms.
Sr. Accountant
14 Years 1 Month- Since 2005, responsible for full month-end closing including but not limited to financial reports, profit/loss statements, reconciling prepaids, expense, and clearing statements, income receivable and account payable reconciliation and prepared month-end journal entries in 2005, company sales exceeded $56 million.
- Prepared annual sales and use tax reports, resulting in a successful audit for four years with a correction of less than $50 on over $8 million in sales.
- Responsible for sales and use tax reports annually. Sales and use tax audit performed in 2011 for a four-year period resulted in a correction of under $50.00 with company sales over $8 million annually.
- Supervised staff of five from 2005 until 2010 when the department prior to lay-offs.
- Made recommendations to staff changes needed to retain a positive cash flow.
- Since 2005, in charge of risk management for disability insurance.
- Managed multiple reserve balances exceeding $1 million to mitigate risks from sales increases and potential exposures.
- Responsible for processing payroll for 75 employees through ADP, Wells Fargo Payroll System and Paychecks for 75 employees of company on bi-weekly bases.
- Created 75 complex client monthly invoices and distributed payments on a 24-hour to 15-day reimbursement schedule based on their contract.
- Designed Access databases to facilitate detailed tracking of client transactions and revenue generation. to separate eight transaction level, call detail per client on monthly bases to identify individual revenue from Verizon.
- Created Access databases to separate eight transaction level, call detail per client on monthly bases to identify individual revenue from Verizon.
- Maintained complex merchant accounts for four different types of credit cards.
- Addressed client inquiries and requests from international clients in Germany, Canada, and the United Kingdom. as requested including clients from Germany, Canada and United Kingdom.
- Updated health insurance policies based on annual reviews.
- Provided support to banking clients by processing their daily verification requests. with processing needs for bank verifications on a daily bases.
- Drafted and updated job descriptions regularly to reflect changes in responsibilities and cross-training initiatives. on a regular base. There vision was based on job changes and formal cross training.
- Prepared 1099 and CRP's yearly.
Sr. Accountant
6 Months- Redesigned cost accounting system to increase productivity and reduce the need for a second accountant, which saved the company $40,000 per year.
- Reconciled accrual-based general ledgers for two companies, establishing a process to ensure financials available by the 1st of each month.
- Requested construction draws from funding sources.
- Compiled month-end journal entries for financial reporting.
- Prepared full profit and loss statements, financial statements, and reconciled all accounts at month-end.
- Reconciled all prepaid expenses for over 25 individual construction projects.
Accounting Supervisor
5 Years 6 Months- Reconciled over 45 cash-based general ledgers monthly, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Reconciled over 45 bank statements for rent property with a high number of transactions monthly.
- Collaborated with property owners to discuss financial strategies. and property managers on annual budgeting.
- Reconciled over 45 cash based general ledgers on a monthly base.
- Coordinated with auditors during annual MHF audits to ensure compliance. on an annual base for MHF audits.
- Worked with auditors on an annual base for MHF audits.
- Converted payroll from manual to ADP.
- Converted all accounting functions from a manual system to Timberline software, streamlining reporting and operations.
- Processed accounts payable for over 45 properties, managing multiple property invoices efficiently.
Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk
3 Years 11 Months- Prepared daily deposits and maintained accurate receivable balance for timely cash flow management.
- Reconciled monthly bank statements and recorded journal entries to ensure financial accuracy.
- Processed vendor invoices, matched purchase orders, and resolved discrepancies to support accurate payment cycles.
- Reconciled accounts payable and receivable ledgers, ensuring clean balances and timely month-end close support.
- Posted customer payments, applied credits, and maintained organized records for efficient cash application.
Account Receivable/Account Payable
3 Years 10 Months- Prepared and processed daily bank deposits to ensure accurate cash flow management.
- Reconciled daily ledgers to maintain financial accuracy and support reporting processes.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness, and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
Education
MBA - Accounting
GPA: 3.85
B.S. - Technical Management
Associate Degree - Accounting
Skills
Financial reporting
Month End Close
Payroll software
Payroll processing
AP and AR management
Bank reconciliation
Microsoft Access
Timberline
Month-end closing
Team collaboration
MAS90
Self-starter
Adaptability
Quick learner
Journal entry preparation
Payroll administration
Adaptability to Change
Continuous Learning
Accounts payable and receivable
General ledger management
Timeline
Accounting Manager
MedNet Solutions
07.2014 - CurrentRead More
Rust Consulting (via Oggi Professional Services)
07.2013 - 05.2014Read More
Sr. Accountant
Microvoice Applications Inc.
06.1999 - 07.2013Read More
Sr. Accountant
Ron Clark Construction
11.1998 - 05.1999Read More
Accounting Supervisor
Metes & Bounds Management Co.
05.1993 - 11.1998Read More
Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk
CSM Corporation
06.1989 - 05.1993Read More
Account Receivable/Account Payable
Best Buy Company
08.1985 - 06.1989Read More
St. Cloud Technical College
Associate Degree from Accounting
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Keller Graduate School of Management
MBA from Accounting
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DeVry University
B.S. from Technical Management
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