Jill Rigsdell
Spring,TX
Summary
- Experienced accountant with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & gas industry and manufacturing. Proficient in managing accounts payable and receivables, managing cash, and preparing financial statements. Strong accounting professional skilled in capital projects & fixed assets, reconciling and analyzing accounts, financial statements, internal controls, general ledger, bank reconciliations, GAAP, sales and use tax, audits, and accounting software. Great organizational skills, meet deadlines on time, and have the ability to communicate and collaborate with team members.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Controller
Crating Unlimited, Inc
Spring, TX
01.2021 - 08.2025
- Company Overview: Provided accounting expertise and human resource management for a packaging and crating services company with 21 employees and annual revenues of $5M.
- Provided accounting expertise and human resource management for a packaging and crating services company with 21 employees and annual revenues of $5M.
- Overseed accounts receivable and payable, reconciled cash accounts to monthly bank statements, calculated commissions, processed payroll, contacted customers to collect payment, recorded AP accruals, prepaid, and journal entries, analyzed monthly transactions in the general ledger, maintained notes payable and amortization schedules, prepared and reviewed financial reports, reconciled company credit cards, administered new employee paperwork and maintained confidential employee records, and managed and administered employee benefits programs, including insurance, paid time off, and retirement plans.
- Reconciled cash accounts to bank statements for prior years to resolve discrepancies and improve accuracy.
- Researched and resolved aging accounts payable issues and cleared off a backlog of outstanding invoices and unapplied vendor payments.
- Researched and resolved aging accounts receivable issues and cleared off a backlog of outstanding invoices and unapplied customer payments.
- Provided accounting expertise and human resource management for a packaging and crating services company with 21 employees and annual revenues of $5M.
Accounting Manager
Continental Alloys & Services
10.2018 - 05.2020
- Company Overview: A leading global materials management company focused in the distribution of steel products, and the manufacturing of various down-hole tools designed for global energy service groups worldwide with $206M revenues and 277 employees worldwide.
- Supervised accounts payable for a leading global materials management company focused in the distribution of steel products, and the manufacturing of various down-hole tools designed for global energy service groups worldwide with $206M revenues and 277 employees worldwide.
- Prepared 1099s yearly and maintained sales and use tax accruals and payments monthly.
- A leading global materials management company focused in the distribution of steel products, and the manufacturing of various down-hole tools designed for global energy service groups worldwide with $206M revenues and 277 employees worldwide.
Senior Financial Accountant
Continental Alloys & Services
04.2011 - 10.2018
- Recorded monthly accruals and analyzed monthly transaction activity, reconciled inventory, revenue, and cost of sales between company's sales and inventory systems and the general ledger.
- Reconciled balance accounts and inter-company accounts, assisted in the annual budget, maintained fixed assets and recorded monthly depreciation, reconciled bank statements and cash accounts, created monthly financial statements and month-end accounting files, prepared balance sheet schedules to be included in the quarterly combining financial statement package, audited all payments and uploaded files to the bank, and acted as a liaison between auditors and company management during audits.
- Selected by management to implement Certify to improve the expense report process which included training employees on how to use the program.
- Selected by management to take the lead in a property tax freeport exemption audit.
Senior Accountant
Merchants Metals
08.2010 - 03.2011
- Company Overview: A manufacturer and distributor of fence systems in the nation with $150M revenues.
- Performed general ledger duties for a manufacturer and distributor of fence systems in the nation with $150M revenues.
- Maintained monthly vendor rebate schedule and answered any questions from management.
- Reconciled bank statements and cash accounts and recorded deprecation and maintained fixed assets through FAS.
- A manufacturer and distributor of fence systems in the nation with $150M revenues.
Staff Accountant, Cost Accountant
Merchants Metals
10.2008 - 08.2010
- Provided necessary documentation and posted transactions to appropriate accounts, prepared daily sales reports for management, accrued and adjusted accrual and prepaid accounts and reconciled these accounts monthly.
- Reconciled and analyzed general ledger accounts assigned and ensured that all reconciling items are resolved timely and all appropriate journal entries recorded.
- Involved in internal and external audits.
- Assisted in preparing schedule for daily production as well as Metrics report and communicated variances between production report and summary report to the plant manager.
- Ran report out of Macpro to post absorption and scrap as well as review and correct any errors found in the reports.
- Selected by management to implement Trendset to all 45 service locations and resolved any problems that occurred to improve the freight payment process.
Cost Accountant
GSE Technology
05.2007 - 10.2008
- Company Overview: A company that manufactures a wide selection of innovative geosynthetic lining products around the world with $250M revenues.
- Cost accountant for a company that manufactures a wide selection of innovative geosynthetic lining products around the world with $250M revenues.
- Maintained standard cost system of manufactured products.
- Monitored and completed the manufacturing work order process into inventory.
- Reconciled and analyzed general ledger accounts assigned and ensured that all reconciling items are resolved timely and all appropriate journal entries recorded.
- Maintained general ledger accounts associated with inventory and kept in balance with inventory sub-systems for multiple plants.
- Analyzed inventory and stored reserve quarterly.
- Maintained expense variances that include purchase price variance, standard revaluation, usage variances, and overhead variance.
- Coordinated the movement of the general ledger data through the system.
- Prepared journal entries, schedules, and reports for the monthly operating book.
- Assisted in the preparation of audit schedules and annual budget.
- Completed manufacturing transactions for off-site facilities.
- Assisted in periodic physical inventories at multiple locations.
- Prepared weekly production report for management.
- Updated the U.S. forecast monthly.
- A company that manufactures a wide selection of innovative geosynthetic lining products around the world with $250M revenues.
Staff Accountant
Live Nation
12.2005 - 05.2007
- Company Overview: A publicly traded live entertainment company around the world with $752M revenues.
- Performed general ledger accounting for a publicly traded live entertainment company around the world with $752M revenues.
- Prepared necessary documentation and posted transactions to appropriate accounts, involved in month end close each month, reconciled bank statements, completed intercompany transactions, prepared balance sheet lead schedules, coded and batched T&E reports, AP invoices, and AR invoices, and recorded A/P accruals monthly.
- Reconciled AR aging report to sub-ledger report.
- A publicly traded live entertainment company around the world with $752M revenues.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration, Accounting
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX05.2003
Skills
- QuickBooks Enterprise
- Sage Fixed Assets
- Balance sheets
- Financial statements
- Month-end close
- Standard costing
- Microsoft FRX
- Reconciliations
- Depreciation
- Property tax
- Fixed asset accounting
- Financial accounting standards
- Monthly accounting close
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Account analysis
- General accounting
- Infor Lawson
- JD Edwards
- Oracle
- Payroll
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Controller
Crating Unlimited, Inc
01.2021 - 08.2025
Accounting Manager
Continental Alloys & Services
10.2018 - 05.2020
Senior Financial Accountant
Continental Alloys & Services
04.2011 - 10.2018
Senior Accountant
Merchants Metals
08.2010 - 03.2011
Staff Accountant, Cost Accountant
Merchants Metals
10.2008 - 08.2010
Cost Accountant
GSE Technology
05.2007 - 10.2008
Staff Accountant
Live Nation
12.2005 - 05.2007
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration, Accounting
Sam Houston State University
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