Jessica Parker
Cornelius,NC
Summary
Experienced Assistant Accounting Manager with 19+ years in the accounting field. Possess strong analytical, multi-tasking, and communication skills to ensure compliance with accounting standards. Skilled in developing employees by initiating open communication, training, and providing clear set goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Accounting Manager
Lowe's Companies Inc
Mooresville, NC
05.2018 - Current
- Provide training, review, and development opportunities to a group of accountants for seamless and precise processing of vendor funds.
- Partner with accountants, Finance, and Merchandising to ensure the completion of complex agreements that align with Lowe's process and compliance requirements.
- Assist in financial planning by providing data-driven insights on vendor funds margin correction and ad hoc reporting.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors, providing required data for SOX compliance testing.
- Identify areas for process improvement and execute resolutions.
- Conduct accurate reviews of financial transactions to ensure processing and reporting accuracy.
- Research and review timely reconciliations to support close cycles.
- Execute weekly import collections of vendor funds.
Senior Accountant
Lowe's Companies Inc
Mooresville, NC
05.2015 - 05.2018
- Efficiently reviewed vendor fund contracts, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, for over $70M in transactions between the US and Canada.
- Performed timely and accurate audits on vendor-funded programs, ensuring compliance with SOX standards.
- Collaborated with merchandising and finance to generate adhoc reports, streamline agreement verbiage, and enhance communication with accounting teams.
- Ensured correct payment terms and allowance information for product line review calculations.
- Analyzed vendors to identify recovery funding opportunities including pricing, handling charges, anticipation, and cash discount claims.
- Verified claims by carefully reviewing vendor chargebacks and emails.
- Supported close cycles by promptly resolving GL reconciliation discrepancies.
- Managed cross country corrections during month end.
- Conducted weekly recovery debit processing.
- Performed comprehensive testing on an audit database to ensure the quality and adequacy of data.
- Established standardized documentation for addressing and rectifying variances in period end reconciliation.
- Provided thorough review and assessment of margin variance explanations for Canada for period close.
Import Specialist
Lowe's Companies Inc
Wilkesboro, NC
10.2013 - 05.2015
- Enhanced standard operating procedures to mirror current workflows.
- Created and analyzed new process for TradeStone duty payment implementation.
- Developed new process for assessing duty valuations and executing post-entry adjustments with UPS.
- Ensured accurate and timely payment of service invoices by conducting thorough analysis and approval procedures within TradeStone.
- Ensured precise accounting by overseeing journal entry corrections and processing.
- Processed AMS deletions for vendors.
- Collaborated with colleagues to minimize margin impact to 25% or below.
- Contributed insights on reducing aged factory changes to improve record accuracy.
Trades Payable Specialist
Lowe's Companies Inc
Wilkesboro, NC
10.2007 - 09.2013
- Analyzed problem vendors and systems issues, increasing clear rates and ensuring on-time payment remains above 99%.
- Verified accuracy of invoices through post audits.
- Worked collectively with colleagues to improve processes, resulting in decreased instances of aged invoices and chargebacks.
- Conducted analysis of RTM chargebacks for payment.
- Contributed to UAT testing for three global projects, including Global ATM, PO Direct Global, and AP Trade Matching.
- Assisted in implementing the Spend Management project for Procurement.
- Assisted in the TradeStone implementation project.
Education
Master of Science - Accounting
Kaplan University
Online03-2012
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Corporate Finance
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC12-2005
Skills
- Staff Training and Development
- Process Improvement
- Strong attention to detail
- Cross-Functional Communication
- Compliance Monitoring
- Data analysis and research
- Contract Review
Accomplishments
- Awarded top contributor at Lowe's Companies in 2018 and 2019.
- Received exceeds expectations on manager evaluation in 2021.
Timeline
Assistant Accounting Manager
Lowe's Companies Inc
05.2018 - Current
Senior Accountant
Lowe's Companies Inc
05.2015 - 05.2018
Import Specialist
Lowe's Companies Inc
10.2013 - 05.2015
Trades Payable Specialist
Lowe's Companies Inc
10.2007 - 09.2013
Master of Science - Accounting
Kaplan University
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Corporate Finance
Western Carolina University