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Josh Deason

Pelham ,AL

Summary

I am a very outgoing person, and enjoy meeting new people and having conversations with just about anybody! I and eager to learn new things and want to help others achieve their goals in life, as well as work to achieve my own.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Accountant

Capital Growth Buchalter
03.2022 - Current
  • Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
  • Reconcile accounts payable and receivable.
  • Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
  • Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
  • Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
  • Negotiated payment arrangements with customers to establish timely receipt of payments.
  • Prepared financial statements to provide results of operations, financial position and cash flow.
  • Maintained general ledger and chart of accounts.

QA Specialist

Funny Mugs/Gelid
01.2019 - 03.2022
  • Kept inspection journals and daily summary logs as required.
  • Developed monthly, end-of-quarter and other statistical reports for leadership team
    and quality improvement programs.
  • Made sure all out going products had no defects and were packaged in a timely
    manner.
  • Monthly audit on all inventory.
  • Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating
    consistency problems or production deficiencies.

AP Supervisor

Marathon Electrical Contractors
08.2017 - 01.2019
  • Managed accurate and timely processing of over 100+ invoices per day.
  • Built strong relationships with vendors to enhance cost offerings and accomplish favored customer status.
  • Positively interacted with all partners, employees and customers using exemplary communication and interpersonal talents.
  • Closely monitored accounts to post timely payments and resolve billing
    discrepancies.
  • Made sure all jobs were entered in correctly.
  • Partnered with finance team to complete month-end accruals and account
    reconciliations.
  • Reconciled all credit card and fleet purchases.

Accounting Manager

Redmont Hotel
11.2016 - 08.2017
  • Managed banking reconciliations and monthly balance sheet statements.
  • Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
  • Managed journal entries, collection efforts and reconciliations.
    Investigated daily variances and corrected errors to resolve discrepancies.
  • Monthly audit on all departments.
  • Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.

AP Specialist

Marathon Electrical Contractors
06.2014 - 11.2016
  • Reviewed invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment.
  • Matched invoices to checks, obtained signatures for checks and distributed checks accordingly.
  • Reconciled vendor statements and researched and corrected discrepancies.
  • Prioritized invoices according to cash discount potential and payment terms.
  • Reconciled all credit cards and fleet cards to the proper accounts,
  • Entered in job set ups.
  • Maintained all change orders and purchase orders for each job for each division in the company.

AP Specialist

United Cerebral Palsy Of Birmingham
02.2013 - 06.2014
  • Handled all of the tuition payments for our daycare making sure each payment was applied to the right invoice, making sure they paid on time and sent receipts out to all the parents. Also, I called the parents who did not pay on time to collect
    payments from them.
  • Reviewed invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment.
  • Made sure all of the company's credit cards were paid for. I attached all signed receipts, making sure all were coded correctly for each coworker's statement.
  • Made sure all were paid for by the correct bank accounts.
    Reconciled vendor statements and researched and corrected discrepancies

Education

Business

San Jacinto College District
Pasadena, TX

Accounting And Finance

Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham, AL

High School Diploma -

Pelham High School
Pelham, AL
2005

Skills

  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Financial Statements
  • Data Inputting
  • Account Reconciliation Specialist
  • Accounts Receivable
  • General Ledger Entries
  • Finance
  • Invoice Balancing
  • Customer Relations
  • Financial Auditing
  • Account Reconciliation Processes
  • Accounts Payable
  • General Ledger Accounting
  • Accounting and Bookkeeping
  • Goal Setting
  • Quality Control

Timeline

Accountant

Capital Growth Buchalter
03.2022 - Current

QA Specialist

Funny Mugs/Gelid
01.2019 - 03.2022

AP Supervisor

Marathon Electrical Contractors
08.2017 - 01.2019

Accounting Manager

Redmont Hotel
11.2016 - 08.2017

AP Specialist

Marathon Electrical Contractors
06.2014 - 11.2016

AP Specialist

United Cerebral Palsy Of Birmingham
02.2013 - 06.2014

Business

San Jacinto College District

Accounting And Finance

Jefferson State Community College

High School Diploma -

Pelham High School
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