Lynn Gibbs-Sharpe
Winston-Salem,NC
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
CONTROLLER
A&M Tower Services
01.2019 - Current
- Prepare and file annual tax returns or prepare financial information so that outside accountants can complete tax returns
- Prepare or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies
- Supervise employees performing financial reporting, accounting, billing, collections, payroll, and budgeting duties
- Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments
- Maintain current knowledge of organizational policies and procedures, federal and state policies and directives, and current accounting standards
- Conduct or coordinate audits of company accounts and financial transactions to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements and statutes
- Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures
- Monitor financial activities and details such as reserve levels to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of accounting and other financial staff, recommending and implementing personnel actions, such as promotions and dismissals
- Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and nonorganizational accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities
- Develop internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting
- Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions
- Receive cash and checks and make deposits
- Compute, withhold, and account for all payroll deductions
- Perform tax planning work
- Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
- Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system
- Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records
- Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers
- Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records
- Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions
- Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees
- Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records
- Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases
- Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process
- Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times
- Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements
- Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance
- Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies
- Prepare detailed reports on audit findings
- Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws
- Insurance audits (Worker's Comp & General Lability)
- Making sure the company has all the required insurance coverage and is compliant at all times
- Worked with Avetta
- Permits
- Managed daily financial functions in collaboration with accounting and payroll personnel.
- Worked with Oracle
- Worked with QGIS
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
A&M Tower Services
05.2017 - 01.2019
- Oversee activities directly related to making products or providing services
- Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement
- Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties
- Direct and coordinate organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency
- Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members as necessary
- Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes
- Monitor businesses and agencies to ensure that they efficiently and effectively provide needed services while staying within budgetary limits
- Recommend locations for new facilities or oversee the remodeling or renovating of current facilities
- Permits
FRONT DESK MANAGER
Microtel Hotel
08.2013 - 05.2016
- Verify customers' credit, and establish how the customer will pay for the accommodation
- Greet, register, and assign rooms to guests of hotels or motels
- Contact housekeeping or maintenance staff when guests report problems
- Make and confirm reservations
- Issue room keys and escort instructions to bellhops
- Keep records of room availability and guests' accounts, manually or using computers
- Perform bookkeeping activities, such as balancing accounts and conducting nightly audits
- Post charges, such those for rooms, food, liquor, or telephone calls, to ledgers manually or by using computers
- Compute bills, collect payments, and make change for guests
- Review accounts and charges with guests during the check out process
- Transmit and receive messages, using telephones or telephone switchboards
- Advise housekeeping staff when rooms have been vacated and are ready for cleaning
- Deposit guests' valuables in hotel safes or safe-deposit boxes
- Plan, schedule or supervise the work of other employees
- Date-stamp, sort, and rack incoming mail and messages.
MANAGER
Out of the box/Military Finance Company
02.2008 - 08.2013
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter
- Examine, evaluate, or process loan applications
- Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments
- Recruit staff members and oversee training programs
- Network within communities to find and attract new business
- Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans
- Review collection reports to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances.
Education
Bachelor's - Accounting
STRAYER UNIVERSITY
Concord, North CarolinaPsychology -
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
Phoenix, Arizona01.2006
Skills
- English
- Microsoft Word and Excel
- Adobe
- Dropbox
- Payroll
- Workers' Compensation and General Liability Auditing
- Insurance
- Bookkeeping
- Human Resources Management
- Billing
- Avetta
- Customer service
- Financial Management
- Reconciliation
- Hired and trained staff
- Insurance Verification and sending COI's
- Quickbooks
- Scheduling
- Timesheets
- Booking Hotels
- Pulling Permits
- Invoices and Lien Waivers
- USDOT
- QGIS
- Oracle
- Processing payments
- Audit Coordination
- Internal control management
- Accounts receivable management
- Internal Controls
- Payroll Processing
- Staff Management
- Project Management
- Team Oversight
- Account Reconciliation
- Fixed Asset Management
- AP/AR invoicing
- Expense Control
- Collections understanding
- Reliability
References
References available upon request
Timeline
CONTROLLER
A&M Tower Services
01.2019 - Current
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
A&M Tower Services
05.2017 - 01.2019
FRONT DESK MANAGER
Microtel Hotel
08.2013 - 05.2016
MANAGER
Out of the box/Military Finance Company
02.2008 - 08.2013
Bachelor's - Accounting
STRAYER UNIVERSITY
Psychology -
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX