KELYN D. WILLIAMS
Glenn Heights,TX
Summary
Well-qualified financial systems leader offering demonstrated skill and success in managing internal accounting processes, improving controls and strengthening systems for optimal performance. Proficient in all aspects of accounting, including accounts payable and receivable, budget administration and payroll. Gifted in building and leading solid teams to handle high-volume operations with consistency, accuracy and full compliance with regulatory requirements.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounting Technician
Department of Veteran Affairs
01.2021 - Current
- Works independently on ongoing assignments or projects that call for use of widely accepted VA professional accounting principles, practices, and theories
- Applies proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Screens company accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll processing and general ledger transactions.
- Organizes budget documentation and tracked expenses to maintain tight business controls.
- Ensures accuracy and adherence to policies and procedures, support, train, and review work of accounting technicians
- Reviews and evaluate quality of organization's monetary data as well as efficacy of internal control system in financial systems
- Conducts financial audits to make sure accounting records are technically accurate and compliant with requirements
- Ensures that financial responsibilities and expenditures are made in accordance with organizational policies and rules as well as governing laws
- Reviews purchase orders, contracts, travel orders and similar documents for obligation against appropriated funds
- Maintains Fixed Asset Equipment accounts, prepares Journal Vouchers, and Standard Vouchers for documents input into Financial Management System (FMS)
- Performs account reconciliations, fiscal business verification, and account reconciliation using sophisticated knowledge of financial, accounting, and information systems
- Confirms transactions are compliant with laws and regulations by reconciling accounts
- Determines lack of documented proof to support performance of regulatory reconciliations as well as insufficient maintenance of fund control and erroneous records and reports
- Sorts and classify transactions to verify accuracy of accounting data
- Files documents accurately to state reporting agencies for titling and registration
- Reviews contract documents for proper compliance with regulations and per company policy
- Reduces financial discrepancies, effectively reconciling bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.
Advanced Medical Support Asst
Department of Veteran Affairs
08.2017 - 01.2021
- Assisting veterans as well as advising, along w/ other beneficiaries who come to Mental Health seeking Mental Evaluations, medication distribution along w/ general information regarding mental health operations and benefits entailed
- Greeting all veterans and who come to the mental health department listening to various request, determining what type of needs to cater to their mental ailments and answering various questions of subjects such as prior appointments and medications utilizing CPRS, if doctors are not available utilizing gregarious skills along w/ empathy and excellent customer service
- Utilizing VISTA to schedule Follow up as well as consult appointments catering to the veterans needs and wants that are standard to his/her mental health requirements
- Multitasking, answering calls from clinics, doctors, nurses, veteran service officials, veterans' families, and/or representatives
- Being aware of the resources available to direct veterans to other departments
- Work organization and planning with strong spoken and written abilities
- Collecting relevant information and identifying different options
- Attempting to deescalate phone calls w/ veterans who feel that they are in crisis and may want to harm themselves and/or someone else convincing them to admit themselves into our intake clinic
- Utilizing Basic Medical terminology, abbreviations and symbols to help accurately describe associated components, conditions, processes and procedures within the Mental Health Department
- Ensuring encounter completion to receive appropriate credits for workload
- Updating and Verifying Demographics and insurance information
- Processing Emergency and Non-Emergency call transfers to various clinics
- Adhering to all organizational and departmental policies, directives and standards pertaining to all job functions along with the use of the electronic waiting list and recall system
- Troubleshoot and resolved problems and very effective at dealing with complaints
- Conducted interview panel for potential MAS staff members.
Revenue Cycle Specialist
Advanced Medical Business Services
01.2017 - 08.2017
- Review, research, investigate, and resolve collections issues for one or more accounts
- Serve as a liaison between collectors and auditors on complex issues and or dispute resolution
- Follow-up on Outstanding Claims
- Communication with providers to manage the recovery process of those claims
- Serves as a key point of contact and facilitates responses for more complex inquiries and data requests from both internal and external customers
- Communicate directly with the client or providers as necessary
- Investigates Claim Disputes
- Provide accurate information, supporting documentation, and effective communication to complete recovery process
- Maintain collection records and account status updates
- Assists with developing solutions to improve the collection process
- Completes timely billing and follow-up on assigned accounts, in a compliant manner
- Identifies trends and their root causes within assigned cases
- Provided counseling and inquires of payroll complaints and concerns.
Underpayment Analyst
Parallon
05.2015 - 03.2016
- Research claims for underpayments and resolve claims
- Calculated contractual reimbursement and medical collections
- Reconcile patient accounts and collect on debts, write-off of accounts
- Follow up, validate first and second discrepancy codes
- Process correspondence for pre-authorizations, appeals, and underpayments
- Identify billing problems with EOB's and resolve errors in a timely manner
- Handle state appeals and reworks, SSC standards and guidelines
- Work with managed care and commercial and veteran insurance
- Work with insurance companies to secure payments on outstanding balances
Program Support Asst
Department of Veteran Affairs
01.2010 - 09.2010
- Corresponding with staff and Veterans via various formats to include, telephonically, electronically and written correspondence for informational purposes or for education
- Load information onto prescribed databases
- Maintain complete activity logs and prepare reports
- Managed the financial responsibilities of 3 accounts
- Instructed staff and Veterans regarding the use of the MHV Program
- Assisted family members with financial assistance and other needs
- Performed numerous outreaches with various veteran’s organization including the DVAMC and North Texas Food Bank
Health Unit Coordinator
Children’s Medical Center
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Maintained admissions and discharges of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Transferred patients to outside facilities
- Acted as liaison between doctors and nurses
- Ordered medical tests and medical supplies for unit
- Prepares death certificates and Transcribed medical orders
Engineman
United States Navy
08.2003 - 08.2008
- Accounting, and budget analyst records keeper
- Responsible for formulating, reviewing, and analyzing budget estimates
- Ensured program goals, provisions, and regulations were regularly in accordance with Navy regulations
- Compiled budget information and estimates while using appropriate techniques and methods to analyze data
- Generated reports for the Commanding Officer to make strategic decisions
- Participated in efforts regarding long- and short-range financial goals both independently and on teams across functions
- Supervised and maintained seventy-hour rapid deployment
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining data entry into database for 3M (Maintenance and Material Management) Maintenance Program
- Relieved management of daily operational problems by responding to all forms of inquiries by seeking the appropriate resources for resolution
- Maintained naval aircraft power-plants related, armament and ordnance systems
- Assisted management with maintenance of Policies and Procedures, documentation revisions and recording of meeting minutes
- Aircraft ground support for equipment’s failed operational conditions
- Managed command Fitness Report and Evaluation reports for Officers and Enlisted personnel
- Achieved, maintained, and exceeded goals for military units four years consecutively
- Managed, directed, supervised, inspired, and evaluated the performance of 127 personnel
Health Unit Coordinator
Parkland Memorial Hospital
01.2001 - 08.2003
- Maintained admissions and discharges of Emergency Room Care Unit
- Transferred patients to outside facilities
- Acted as liaison between doctors and nurses
- Ordered medical tests and medical supplies for unit
- Prepares death certificates and Transcribed medical orders
Education
United States Navy
B.S - Business Administration/Accounting
Paul Quinn College
2015
Skills
- Handling Confidential Materials
- Payroll Preparation and Processing
- Departmental Collaboration
- Corrective Actions
- Applied Mathematics
- Financial Closing Reports
- Data Repositories
- Report Preparation
- Record Reconciliation
- Fund Accounting Software
- Order Investigation
- Regulatory Affairs
- Ledger and Journal Entries
- Superior Analytical Abilities
- Precision and Accuracy
- Workflow Enhancement
- Issue Reporting
- Financial Calculation and Analysis
Timeline
Accounting Technician
Department of Veteran Affairs
01.2021 - Current
Advanced Medical Support Asst
Department of Veteran Affairs
08.2017 - 01.2021
Revenue Cycle Specialist
Advanced Medical Business Services
01.2017 - 08.2017
Underpayment Analyst
Parallon
05.2015 - 03.2016
Program Support Asst
Department of Veteran Affairs
01.2010 - 09.2010
Health Unit Coordinator
Children’s Medical Center
01.2009 - 01.2010
Engineman
United States Navy
08.2003 - 08.2008
Health Unit Coordinator
Parkland Memorial Hospital
01.2001 - 08.2003
United States Navy
B.S - Business Administration/Accounting
Paul Quinn College
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