ERICA BLACKWELL
Lexington,SC
Summary
Executed budgeting, financial modeling, risk assessment, and process optimization to enhance operational efficiency and compliance with GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and VDA standards.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Controller
The Sharon Company
Lexington, SC
01.2026 - 03.2026
- Reported to the Controller in West Palm Beach, FL while residing over the Lexington, SC office.
- Provided comprehensive financial support for all departments and created SOPs.
- Collaborated AP, budgeting, invoicing, financial reporting, payroll coordination, and audits, while analyzing income/expense trends and addressing budget variances.
- Executed special financial projects, per the new acquisition to Southeast Highway (SEHW), I created new codes in order to ensure transferring to a new software, ComputerEase would be a smooth transition.
- Worked in Sage by completing AP, monthly journal entries for AMEX, payroll, depreciation, and recurring accruals.
- Assisted as backup for payroll, the executive assistant for the operations manager, and AR specialist.
- Managed extensively with the Operations Manager with the AP, purchase orders, and bill of padding process in which they were reviewed, matched, and entered into Business Works in a timely manner.
- Any additional financial support as requested by the Controller.
- Revenue - $10-25 Million
Sr. Financial Analyst/Project Manager
Brookland Baptist Church
West Columbia, SC
08.2025 - 01.2026
- Collaborated with Directors and Department Heads to prepare and manage grant proposals, applications, and post-award financial functions, ensuring compliance with regulatory and vendor agreement standards for Security Grants NSGP.
- Provided comprehensive financial support for grants, including budgeting, invoicing, financial reporting, payroll coordination, and audits, while analyzing income/expense trends and addressing budget variances.
- Executed special financial projects, statements, and profitability studies, contributing to strategic business decisions through data-driven insights and financial statement reporting.
- Fixed Assets Accounting and added new fixed assets and calculated accumulated depreciation.
- Assisted with special financial, budget-related, and business-related studies and projects to include company audits.
- Financial Statement Reporting & Analysis.
- Any additional financial support as requested by the CFO or designee.
- Revenue - $1-5 Million
Sr. Cost Accountant, Temporary Position
Emerson Electric (Excelsens)
Aiken, SC
05.2025 - 06.2025
- Maintained the company’s cost systems for various plants.
- Rolled and verified standard/current costs for all products.
- Reviewed Bill of Material (BOM) and coordinated with plants and departments.
- Reviewed and analyzed absorption (Material, Labor, Overhead) P&L impact.
- Compiled Productivity and Efficiency reports for operations and management.
- Prepared and analyzed, as necessary, excess, and obsolete inventory and assures appropriate handling.
- Performed month end closing processes and journal entries.
- Reconciled various general ledger accounts including inventory monthly, quarterly, or annually, as required.
- Coordinated and oversaw physical inventories, including reconciliation and recording.
- Completed and analyzed Gross Profit and Product mix reports for management.
- Maintained the company’s transfer pricing files and completed transfer pricing study documents.
- Reviewed the departmental budget and spent.
- Assisted in the company’s various Product Line moves and projects.
- Oversaw Cost Accountants role.
- Revenue - $4.43 Billion
Sr. Financial Analyst/Project Manager
Brookland Baptist Church
West Columbia, SC
06.2024 - 05.2025
- Collaborated with Directors and Department Heads to prepare and manage grant proposals, applications, and post-award financial functions, ensuring compliance with regulatory and vendor agreement standards.
- Provided comprehensive financial support for grants, including budgeting, invoicing, financial reporting, payroll coordination, and audits, while analyzing income/expense trends and addressing budget variances.
- Executed special financial projects, statements, and profitability studies, contributing to strategic business decisions through data-driven insights and financial statement reporting.
- Revenue - $1-5 Million
Accountant, Temporary Position
Husqvarna Group (Aston Carter)
Orangeburg, SC
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Generated and reviewed journal entries, account, and subsidiary ledger activities, ensuring accurate financial reporting.
- Led vendor and anti-dumping tariff reconciliations while managing intercompany invoicing and coding for headquarters.
- Utilized AS400 software, pivot tables, and VLOOKUPs to streamline processes, identify variances, and support month-end and year-end close.
- Their tractor became obsolete, and the company began doing layoffs and I was part of the second-round layoffs.
- Revenue - $4.65 Billion
Accounting Project Manager, Temporary Position
Maynard Nexsen PC fka Nexsen Pruet LLC (Insight Financial Services)
Columbia, SC
04.2022 - 06.2022
- Led and streamlined accounting operations by supervising escheatment projects, updating VDA documentation, and enhancing month end finance teams (AP, AR, and Billing) accuracy, performance, and efficiency during month-end close processes.
- Enhanced data accuracy and analysis by maintaining detailed spreadsheets, creating SOPs for escheatment and accounting workflows, and leveraging Aderant and SQL for reporting and trend analysis.
- Improved team performance and knowledge through training on Excel (pivot tables, lookups, formulas) and acting as the Aderant system expert to educate colleagues and coordinate with IT for optimized client matter setups.
- Assignment completed through the Temporary Agency.
- Revenue - $110 - 115 Million
Budget Analyst II, Temporary Position
Richland County Government – Finance: Budget & Grants (AppleOne)
Columbia, SC
12.2018 - 12.2020
- Led the development and validation of multi-year financial projections for revenues, expenditures, scheduled fees, taxes, OPEX, and CAPEX, ensuring alignment with long-term strategic goals and fiscal responsibility.
- Conducted monthly analysis of County revenue and expenditure performance, identifying budget-to-actual variances, and formulated corrective action plans to address financial discrepancies and ensure fiscal health.
- Managed the preparation of the County Budget Book in compliance with GFOA standards for the 2020-2021 Biennium, earning national recognition and maintaining County certification through the distinguished budget award program.
- Family obligations in TN as family caregiver.
- Revenue - $1.24 Billion
Contract Grant Accountant, Temporary Position
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center (Accountemps)
Columbia, SC
05.2018 - 09.2018
- Managed post-award grant functions, including budgeting, financial reporting, and payroll processing, ensuring compliance and accuracy in fund management.
- Collaborated with teams to prepare financial reports, budget revisions, and cash flow forecasts using Blackbaud Accounting Software, and oversaw grant expense approvals.
- Led process improvements, developed grant templates, and ensured timely invoices, project accounting, and audit support for continuous alignment with grant compliance.
- Assignment completed through the Temporary Agency.
- Revenue - $18 Million
Senior Accountant, Temporary Position
Schneider Electric (Volt Agency)
Nashville, TN
05.2016 - 01.2018
- Led monthly and annual closing processes by preparing journal entries in accordance with GAAP/IFRS standards, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and ensuring accurate project costing and time tracking for employees.
- Spearheaded the creation and maintenance of project codes in local accounting systems using Microsoft Access, while coordinating quarterly budgets, forecasts, and ensuring P&L accuracy for effective financial reporting and planning.
- Implemented and maintained financial controls in SAP, Quote to Cash, and HFM Reporting System, ensuring compliance with GAAP/IFRS and company policies, while identifying accounting discrepancies and collaborating with Financial Shared Services to expedite resolution before month-end close.
- Husband’s work relocated us to South Carolina.
- Revenue - $9.3 Billion
Senior Accountant
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Nashville, TN
05.2015 - 05.2016
- Managed general ledger activities, including recording journal entries and adjustments in the Aderant financial system, while utilizing Table Lookup for journal entry number uploads and performing detailed variance research through Quicklook Inquiries.
- Led the setup of Clients and Matters for newly won bids, ensuring accurate employee assignments to contracts and coordinating with the Expert Entity Manager for contract-specific roles, while also managing billing processes through Ariba and Aderant for accurate employee rate assignments.
- Collaborated with IT to develop custom SQL queries, generated tailored reports in Aderant, and performed monthly billing, pre-bill preparation, WIP reporting, and bank reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with GAAP for year-end audits.
- Assignment completed through the Temporary Agency.
- Revenue - $759.8 Billion
GL Staff Accountant, Temporary Position
Aramark (CFS Temp Agency)
Nashville, TN
11.2014 - 05.2015
- Prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations by selecting asset and liability accounts for accuracy, utilizing Excel pivot tables and vLookups to ensure precise financial reporting.
- Managed month-end close processes in Oracle Financial System by preparing general ledger entries, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial results, and maintaining Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance to support both internal and external audits.
- Streamlined Aramark's Paperless Process (2014-2015) by implementing Adobe Acrobat PDF approval workflows within Microsoft tools, organizing files by year, month, and financial process to reduce costs and improve process efficiency.
- Assignment completed through the Temporary Agency.
- Revenue - $4.42 Billion
Accounting Analyst II, Temporary Position
LKQ, Inc. (CFS Temp Agency)
Nashville, TN
10.2013 - 11.2014
- Managed the Aftermarket side of accounting and month-end processes, ensuring accurate financial transactions processing through Oracle, supporting journal entry functions, and maintaining source documents for Sarbanes-Oxley and GAAP compliance.
- Analyzed regional profit center financial statements, including general ledger review, identifying, and resolving significant variances between actual and budgeted figures, and maintaining control over inter-company reconciliations.
- Provided ongoing support for annual operating budgets, performed monthly balance sheet account analysis, and contributed to quality improvement initiatives for LKQ Corporation, Inc., enhancing financial reporting accuracy and process efficiency.
- Assignment completed through the Temporary Agency.
- Revenue - $3.58 Billion
GL Staff Accountant
Emdeon, Inc.
Nashville, TN
10.2009 - 10.2013
- Generated and reviewed financial statements using Oracle Financial System, ensuring accuracy and compliance with GAAP and SOX controls; analyzed variances between budget and actual figures, providing detailed explanations to management.
- Prepared accruals, adjustments, and general ledger entries for month-end close, while managing fixed assets through SAGE FAS Best, and maintaining accurate records of inventory, depreciation, and asset roll-forwards.
- Coordinated unclaimed property duties, supported internal and external audits, and maintained inventory and cost control procedures to optimize financial operations.
- Left due to outsourcing work to India.
- Revenue - $3.49 Billion
Staff Accountant
Diversicare Management Services
Brentwood, TN
10.2007 - 10.2009
- Managed and maintained multiple general ledgers for nine nursing home facilities, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting and timely month-end closings.
- Prepared and reviewed monthly journal entries, account reconciliations, and detailed budget variances to support practice management in assessing operating performance.
- Ensured compliance with GAAP and SOX guidelines by safeguarding proprietary information, completing internal audits, and meeting all processing and reporting deadlines for multiple departments.
- Revenue - $475.7
Capital Management & Construction Account Specialist
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Brentwood, TN
09.2005 - 07.2007
- Managed the invoice process and resolved issues related to facilities/vendors, ensuring timely and accurate payments.
- Maintained and updated project budgets for CAMs, including performing monthly reconciliations (GL to stats) and posting journal entries/accruals to the general ledger.
- Supported Fixed Assets Manager in maintaining the FAS Best database, assisting in quarterly depreciation adjustments for 51 facilities, and coordinating with external auditors to provide requested invoices for review.
- Revenue - $8.8 Billion
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration & Management
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN08.2004
Skills
- Collections
Bank reconciliation
Preparing financial statements
Collections
Timeline
Assistant Controller
The Sharon Company
01.2026 - 03.2026
Sr. Financial Analyst/Project Manager
Brookland Baptist Church
08.2025 - 01.2026
Sr. Cost Accountant, Temporary Position
Emerson Electric (Excelsens)
05.2025 - 06.2025
Sr. Financial Analyst/Project Manager
Brookland Baptist Church
06.2024 - 05.2025
Accountant, Temporary Position
Husqvarna Group (Aston Carter)
11.2022 - 02.2023
Accounting Project Manager, Temporary Position
Maynard Nexsen PC fka Nexsen Pruet LLC (Insight Financial Services)
04.2022 - 06.2022
Budget Analyst II, Temporary Position
Richland County Government – Finance: Budget & Grants (AppleOne)
12.2018 - 12.2020
Contract Grant Accountant, Temporary Position
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center (Accountemps)
05.2018 - 09.2018
Senior Accountant, Temporary Position
Schneider Electric (Volt Agency)
05.2016 - 01.2018
Senior Accountant
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
05.2015 - 05.2016
GL Staff Accountant, Temporary Position
Aramark (CFS Temp Agency)
11.2014 - 05.2015
Accounting Analyst II, Temporary Position
LKQ, Inc. (CFS Temp Agency)
10.2013 - 11.2014
GL Staff Accountant
Emdeon, Inc.
10.2009 - 10.2013
Staff Accountant
Diversicare Management Services
10.2007 - 10.2009
Capital Management & Construction Account Specialist
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
09.2005 - 07.2007
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration & Management
Middle Tennessee State University