Jeffrey Nixon
Southington,CT
Summary
Professional Accountant with twenty five years of experience in Accounts Payable procedures, GL analysis & corresponding entries, bank statement reconciliations, budget tracking and full payroll processing with knowledge of state / federal tax filings. Ability to maintain & report accurate accounts including cash, prepays, fixed assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses and payroll postings.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
RJ Media Group
12.2019 - 02.2024
- Complete month-end closing and general ledger analysis
- Issue monthly financial reports
- Calculate monthly commission reports for the business development team
- Responsible for daily cash management with accurate bank account reconciliations
- Process payroll biweekly ensuring completion and approval of hourly timecards, accuracy of all deductions (implement changes as needed), add additional pay as needed (i.e. commissions) and reporting total cash funding requirements
- Post monthly sales revenue after confirming accuracy in the reports
- Post monthly GL entries including all payroll amounts, postage expenses, bank fees, health insurance costs to the various departments after payroll deductions, invoice expense accruals and 401K contributions
- Fixed asset roll-forward with monthly depreciation entry
- Calculate and post all prepaid amortizations
- Calculate, submit and post the quarterly sales tax filings
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and post adjustments as needed from any discrepancies
- Review payroll liability account discrepancies with HR
IT Accountant
Hartford Steam Boiler (Contracted)
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Invoice coding for AP based on project production phases
- Tracking POs in ProCat for incoming invoices that were not linked to a specific project PO
- Create allocation of entries for production cost centers based on sourcing cost centers provided
- Estimation of month-end accruals for costs not already booked for the month-end financial reporting.
- Project time tracking and reporting for all IT consultants
Investor Accountant
Planet Home Lending
02.2017 - 03.2019
- Reconciliations for all custodial investor loan bank accounts in regards to principal, interest, property taxes and insurance funds
- Oversee and process of all foreclosed Ginnie Mae loans with accrued interest due for cash funding requirements
- Complete monthly reconciliations for PHL REO loan remittances
- Calculate investor funds due from collected loan remittances as pertaining to specified service contracts
- Complete the fund movements initiating the wire transfers from the calculated investor funds at the loan level
- Reconcile the MERS loan portfolios with daily report reviews and resolve discrepancies
Staff Accountant
Structural Graphics, LLC
09.2015 - 02.2017
- Accounts Payable with invoice processing and printing checks
- Posting all accounting activity for the facility in Mexico (foreign currency)
- Accounts Receivable tracking and collections as needed
- General ledger reconciliation and monthly accrual analysis
- Bank statement reconciliations (including Mexico activity)
- Job closing cost analysis
- Full payroll processing for the U.S. facility
- Post the payroll for the Mexico facility
- Property tax analysis with fixed asset tracking
- Inventory tracking and post adjustments as needed
- Implement and maintain inventory tracking system
Accounts Payable
Legrand Ortronics (Contracted)
06.2015 - 08.2015
- Full Cycle Accounts Payable
- Process all invoices, expense reports & check requests
- Run checks weekly for all payables
- Month-end accrual analysis
Senior Staff Accountant
Capewell Components Co.
06.2007 - 05.2015
- Accounts Payable supervision and processing assistance
- Vendor communication for check payment schedules or PO/Invoice variances
- All AP check printing
- GL reconciliations and post adjustments
- Assist with month-end entries and analysis for closing process, prepare & post journal entries
- Monthly bank statement reconciliations
- Assist with Accounts Receivable providing backup with posting cash receipts and performing credit checks
- Employee travel expense review, posting & check reimbursement processing
- Complete payroll processing & employee maintenance for all facilities
- 401K administrator
Accounts Payable Specialist
Mortgage Lenders Network
12.2000 - 06.2007
- Accounts Payable invoice entries & check processing
- Employee travel expense review & reimbursement processing
- GL reconciliations with corresponding journal entries
- Auditor assistance at year-end
- Cash flow postings from servicing loan portfolios
- REO loan activity payable posting and administer payments
- Bank statement reconciliations
- Month-end accrual expense analysis and subsequent journal entry postings
- Procurement assistance in final two years with creating POs, budget template setup and invoice tracking
- Operating leases (for new equipment) & property lease reviews
Education
Associate of Science - Accounting
Middlesex Community College - Middletown
Middletown, CTSkills
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Accrual & Budget Analysis
- Acumatica accounting system
- ADP payroll system
- Bank account reconciliations
- Cost Accounting
- Excel skills - Pivot tables, formulas & V-Lookup
- Month-end closing processes
- Other payroll systems
Accomplishments
Developed and implemented a grant funded accounting process for RJ Media with a new Latino Lab news reporting group started in 2021.
Snare Drummer with Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps
Have been playing the snare drum for several years since childhood
Timeline
Staff Accountant
RJ Media Group
12.2019 - 02.2024
IT Accountant
Hartford Steam Boiler (Contracted)
05.2019 - 12.2019
Investor Accountant
Planet Home Lending
02.2017 - 03.2019
Staff Accountant
Structural Graphics, LLC
09.2015 - 02.2017
Accounts Payable
Legrand Ortronics (Contracted)
06.2015 - 08.2015
Senior Staff Accountant
Capewell Components Co.
06.2007 - 05.2015
Accounts Payable Specialist
Mortgage Lenders Network
12.2000 - 06.2007
Associate of Science - Accounting
Middlesex Community College - Middletown
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