Conor Silkey
Hubbardston
Summary
Dynamic accounting professional with extensive experience at WRTA, excelling in financial reporting and account reconciliation. Proven leadership and organizational skills drive efficiency in managing accounts payable and receivable. Proficient in SAP and Microsoft Office, I consistently ensure compliance and accuracy while fostering collaborative team environments.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
WRTA
Worcester
11.2025 - Current
- Managed accounts payable and receivable processes to ensure timely payments and cash flow management.
- Managed accounts receivable activities such as invoicing customers, applying payments received, monitoring customer balances.
- Reconciled bank statements with internal financial records regularly.
- Prepared monthly account reconciliations for bank accounts, credit cards, and other balance sheet accounts.
- Reviewed and analyzed financial statements to verify accuracy and ensure compliance with accounting standards.
- Ensured compliance with generally accepted accounting principles while preparing financial statements.
- Ensured compliance with accounting regulations and organizational policies.
- Maintained accurate records of financial transactions using accounting software systems.
- Assisted in budget preparation and variance analysis for departmental spending.
- Managed financial operations, month-end reporting, financial schedules and reconciliations.
Food and Beverage Supervisor
Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
Princeton
11.2020 - Current
- Interviewed, hired, trained, scheduled, and managed employees while overseeing inventory of food, beverages, supplies, and equipment.
- Managed daily cafeteria operations in fast-paced environment, ensuring timely service of food and drinks to customers.
- Provide excellent dining service, ensuring efficiency and overseeing health and safety regulations
- Resolved customer complaints promptly, improving satisfaction and fostering loyalty.
- Managing daily operations with cash handling and end of the night counting and balancing of the safe
Accountant
Mercedes Benz of Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
04.2024 - 11.2025
- Review, post, and reconcile bank activity on a daily basis
- Executed adjusting journal entries to ensure accuracy of financial records.
- Reconcile Different accounts on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis
- Assisted in month-end closing and reporting processes to facilitate timely financial summaries.
- Full cycle Accounts Payable
- Cut checks for Accounts payable once a week
- Send AR statements to customers every month
- Collaborated with finance team to identify and rectify discrepancies in transactions.
- Finalize deals on a daily basis and ensure all information is correct
- Keep track of any money being paid for cars and allocating to the correct accounts.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office applications to enhance productivity.
Accounting Assistant
Peterson Oil Service
Worcester
10.2021 - 04.2024
- Posted ACH, credit card, and checks to customer accounts, ensuring accurate financial records.
- Reconciled gas station cash daily to maintain accurate cash flow.
- Reconciled credit card transactions from gas stations to ensure transaction accuracy.
- Review and process vendor invoices weekly
- Executed weekly check runs to ensure timely payments to vendors.
- Bill customers for Oil deliveries daily
- Track inventory of Oil Trucks daily/monthly
- Proficient in Excel
- Proficient in Great Plains Accounting Software
- Reconcile customer accounts
Accounts Payable Assistant
BJ's Wholesale Club
Westborough
11.2019 - 10.2021
- Processed and reconciled invoices to ensure timely payments and accurate expense control.
- Efficiently process vendor invoices and maintain up-to-date system
- Coordinate approval processes of all accounts payable invoices
- Balance batch summary reports for verification and approval
- Assigned expenses to accounts and cost centers through detailed analysis of invoice and expense reports.
- Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
- Reconciled vendor accounts by verifying monthly statements and resolving related discrepancies.
- Utilized SAP software for effective data management and reporting.
Accounting Assistant
Oak Hill Country Club
Fitchburg
06.2019 - 10.2019
- Accounts payable invoice processing and coding
- Supported accounts receivable team by posting transactions with accuracy to ensure financial integrity
- Organized bookkeeping processes to streamline record-keeping and enhance data accessibility
- Provided comprehensive support to Accounting department through filing, data entry, and phone management to maintain operational flow
- Handling communications with clients and vendors via phone, email, and in-person (vendor correspondence/customer service)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Worcester State University
Worcester, MASkills
- Familiarity with basic accounting principles
- Accounting
- Financial reporting
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Account reconciliation
- Accuracy and organization
- Cash handling
- Tax filing
- Sales tax filing
- Invoice coding
- Bank reconciliation
- Intercompany transactions
- Budget management
- Budget preparation
- Accounting software
- Accounting software (Great Plains)
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- SAP
- Data entry skills
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Windows
- Accuracy and organization
- Attention to detail
- Organizational skills
- Time management
- Time management and communication
- Leadership
- Supervising experience
- Working collaboratively
- Communication skills
- Conflict resolution
- Problem solving
- Analysis skills
- Budgeting assistance
- Bookkeeping
- Bookkeeping
- Sales tax filing
- Budgeting assistance
Timeline
Staff Accountant
WRTA
11.2025 - Current
Accountant
Mercedes Benz of Shrewsbury
04.2024 - 11.2025
Accounting Assistant
Peterson Oil Service
10.2021 - 04.2024
Food and Beverage Supervisor
Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
11.2020 - Current
Accounts Payable Assistant
BJ's Wholesale Club
11.2019 - 10.2021
Accounting Assistant
Oak Hill Country Club
06.2019 - 10.2019
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Worcester State University