Karen Christensen

Review invoices for accuracy and completeness prior to processing payments. Resolved discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices. Prepare checks for vendors in a timely manner. Verified coding of invoices to ensure proper general ledger posting and/or against purchase orders. Assisted with internal and external audits as needed, providing requested documentation promptly. Communicated regularly with vendors via phone, email, or mail regarding invoice inquiries, or payment requests. Applied mathematical skills to calculate totals, check figures, and correct problems with physical and digital files. Send out all invoices to the correct departments for submittals into Laserfiche, approve and research all accounts payable in Laserfiche, and balance with Metadata reports. Responsible for the weekly check run, the Commissioners' weekly report, and the auditor for final approval. This is a temporary position, as the finance department is restructuring the accounting department, and I have excellent reviews for all my work completed during this time here. I am looking for more challenging accounting work.

Accountant through year-end closing. Responsible for preparing accounts payables, heavy accounts receivables, payroll, payroll taxes and reports, excise taxes. Reconciles bank statements, inventory, credit card statements. Maintain Quickbook files, and spreadsheets. Retrieving reports from other software systems. Track and maintain personal properties, and real estate taxes. Post journal entries and prepare financial statements. Work closely with CPA's for clients year end tax reporting. Various client types; commercial and rental property, water cooler rentals, office coffee service, construction, veterinarian, espresso stands, and massage services. Have never lost a client.

Managed the accounts payable invoices, preparing checks for payment, and recording payments while tracking against budget. Maintained financial records in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Responsible for grants, and tracking all financial data for grants. Fixed asset management, reconciled bank accounts, credit cards, and all general ledger accounts. Prepared and processed payroll for up to 45 employees, including all related benefits. Completed monthly sales tax returns. Performed monthly closing procedures including journal entries and reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and prepared monthly financial statements including cash flow for partnership. Assisted and prepared annual budgeting activities and forecast. Assisted in the preparation of annual audits with external auditors. Worked excellently with all employees and is known for being exceptionally positive, friendly, dedicated, and a hard-working team member. Developed accurate budget forecasts, and monitored actual performance against budgets. Reported on financial results, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

Supported human resources by certifying and processing payroll, electronic deposits and pay adjustments while distributing checks with zero lag time. Prepared all payroll tax deposits, payroll and excise quarterly reports, annual reports including W2's. Ensured the maintenance of accurate and complete financial records for all tenants. Responsible for all accounts receivables for multiple companies, including invoicing, posting rent payments, and collections. Daily bank deposits for multiple companies and not limited to one bank. Prepared monthly job costing with billing rates per employee to each individual companies. Handled tenant account issues, with exceptional customer service. Reconciled close to 100 bank accounts monthly, generated monthly reports for multiple companies. Appfolio, Quickbooks, Tsheets, Trello, and Google Calendars.

Handled daily high volume accounts payable processed into Spectrum Construction software matching purchase orders to jobs and job phases for refinery industry. Managed vendor/supplier relations, overseen the timely and accurately processing of invoices, including tracking down any discrepancies, job costing, check runs, discounts, credit card reconciliations, auto fleet accounts, and 1099's. Assisted in A/R job expenses to job costing.

Prepared and processed payroll and payroll taxes including excise tax filing. Managed all aspects in accounting from accounts payables, accounts receivables, bank reconciliations, general ledger reconciliations, and financial reports while working with CPA for the preparation of year-end corporate tax return. Filed prevailing wage reports on all public work projects, assisted in bid process, maintained certificate of insurance on all subcontractors, answered phones, maintain all files, picked up and delivered plans, permits, supplies, and performed general office duties.