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Latanza Strayhorn

Burlington,NC

Summary

Accounting professional with strong experience in financial record management, accounts payable and receivable, and payroll processing. Known for collaborative teamwork and delivering consistent, accurate results. Skilled in data entry, reconciliation, and financial reporting with focus on efficiency and adaptability to changing needs. Reliable and flexible, consistently meeting deadlines and contributing to team success.


Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Accountant Clerk

Resolute Elevator, LLC.
04.2024 - Current
  • Processed invoices accurately, ensuring timely payments to vendors.
  • Processed weekly Payroll via QuickBooks & NetSuites
  • New hire responsibilities: E-verify employees, enroll into benefits after 90 day completion, maintain performance reviews & employee records, set up direct deposits, & enter all pay increases, handle all terminations & assist with Cobra benefits as needed
  • Collect on all past due accounts
  • Create A/R aging reports , monthly deposit reporting & pay applications


  • Maintained detailed financial records, enhancing data accessibility for audits.
  • Assisted in preparing monthly financial reports, contributing to management decision-making.

Customer Service Representative

BCBSNC
07.2022 - 11.2023
  • Assist members w/ customer service needs such as policy accumulators, benefits and IT issues
  • Answer phones
  • Complete required trainings
  • Acquire necessary information to ensure medical and pharmacy claims are processed accurately
  • Work closely w/ pharmacy helpdesk and care management concerning prior authorizations for members

Finance Specialist

The Center for BH&E (Nonprofit Organization)
04.2020 - 02.2022
  • Process payments, create, keep & update payment tracker spreadsheets
  • Create service invoices, assign PO numbers & send invoices out for payment via email
  • In charge of all purchasing for organization: new hire & staff equipment, office supplies, catering for events, registrations for conferences, etc.
  • Maintain all records of purchasing for annual audits
  • Responsible for supplying all requested purchasing information to auditors
  • Aid with processing payroll, sending all vacation & sick leave to Executive Director for approval, update salaries, address changes etc. into QuickBooks; keep company’s directory
  • Enter all purchases & debits into QuickBooks, reconcile accounts monthly
  • Cut & mail monthly expense checks; responsible for checking mail weekly while working remote
  • Schedule all travel for staff including flights, hotel reservations & car rentals
  • Assist Finance Director with all daily tasks
  • Create travel expense, supply request & reimbursement forms for staff; sent all requests for approval; enter all approvals onto tracker to be processed on the upcoming pay period
  • Responsible for training all new hires how to complete request forms accurately
  • Email vendors & sponsors to obtain all information needed to get them setup in the system to be paid for services rendered

Accounts Receivables/ Payables; Payroll Processor; Human Resource Administrator

Burlington Technologies Inc.
06.2014 - 01.2020
  • Monitor customers & sales, collect on past due accounts, communicate w/ customers via email & phone
  • Update, keep & send ineligibles report to management weekly
  • Process & send weekly BBC (borrowing base certificate) for banking purposes & upload supporting files
  • Import and reconcile invoices from Fab-Track into QuickBooks
  • Create credit memos, debit memos, proforma & shipment invoices
  • Enter journal entries for payroll into QuickBooks, process transfers, deposits, debits & adjustments
  • Reconcile loan ledger account weekly
  • Process payroll through ADP, input deductions, process garnishments
  • Maintain pay progressions for new hires, employee files, HR workbook & company information
  • Enroll employees into benefits, E-Verify
  • Act as a liaison for employees, managers, bank & brokers
  • Government reporting
  • Create offer & termination letters & various other AR & HR duties
  • Scan & enter bills; print & mail checks, start or approve wires & ACH payments
  • Positive Pay reports; keep AP spreadsheet

Collections Specialist

Elite Delivery
06.2005 - 06.2014
  • Collect on all past due accounts using strategic methods of communication to ensure contact
  • Interacted extensively with customers to build positive rapport & coordinate payments
  • Facilitated collections calls & customer support
  • Decreased collections over 26%

Office Mgr. / Accounting Administrator

Elite Delivery
06.2005 - 06.2014
  • Process payroll/ QuickBooks
  • Schedule delivery appointments, travel arrangements, conferences & seminars
  • Dispatch drivers
  • Resolve customer complaints & issues
  • Prepare introduction & response letters
  • Serve as new hire & safety trainer supplying resources, guidance & support
  • Customer service contact
  • Responsible for various accounting functions in QuickBooks
  • Reconcile all bank accounts
  • Enter journal entries & balance adjustments
  • Prepare & make deposits, process inter-company transfers
  • Create, adjust & input invoices for AP/AR
  • Process claims

Human Resource & Payroll Coordinator

Elite Delivery
06.2005 - 06.2014
  • Maintain all employee files
  • Handle annual reporting, 940 & 941 quarterly, unemployment & state withholding taxes
  • Submit vacation/ sick request, workers’ comp & insurance claims
  • Enroll employees for benefits
  • Process payroll
  • Report IRA contributions & employer matching

Education

Business Administration

Alamance Community College
Graham, NC
01.2008

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Southern Alamance High School
Graham, NC
01.1995

Skills

  • MS Office
  • QuickBooks
  • ADP
  • NetSuites

Qualifications

  • 10+ years administrative/ customer support experience
  • 10+ years collections
  • 10+ years Accounts Payables/ Receivables
  • Payroll processing
  • Purchasing
  • Human Resources Clerk
  • Notary Public

Timeline

Accountant Clerk

Resolute Elevator, LLC.
04.2024 - Current

Customer Service Representative

BCBSNC
07.2022 - 11.2023

Finance Specialist

The Center for BH&E (Nonprofit Organization)
04.2020 - 02.2022

Accounts Receivables/ Payables; Payroll Processor; Human Resource Administrator

Burlington Technologies Inc.
06.2014 - 01.2020

Collections Specialist

Elite Delivery
06.2005 - 06.2014

Office Mgr. / Accounting Administrator

Elite Delivery
06.2005 - 06.2014

Human Resource & Payroll Coordinator

Elite Delivery
06.2005 - 06.2014

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Southern Alamance High School

Business Administration

Alamance Community College

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