Hi, I’m
Malika Thomas
Senior Accountant
Greenbelt,MD
Summary
To be gainfully employed in an organization, which allows me to obtain knowledge, leadership, experience and to be able to utilize my skills/experience efficiently and effectively in the working environment. I am highly effective when working in difficult and growing environments while also uplifting others. I have a keen eye for detail and always embrace a challenge. Through self-motivation and endurance, my completion of a task is tranquil and professional.
Overview
8
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
SOME Inc. (So, Others Might Eat)
Senior Accountant (AP)
06.2025 - Current
Job overview
- The Sr. Accountant, Payables, supports the daily accounting operations with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. This role is responsible for executing critical components of the monthly close process, contributing to the annual audit, and assisting in the preparation of the annual budget. The Sr. Accountant, Payables collaborates closely with team members across departments to ensure that financial data is properly recorded and communicated. This position requires strong attention to detail, a solid understanding of accounting principles, and the ability to build effective working relationships across the organization.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on complex tasks
- Skilled in identifying problems and developing effective, creative solutions
- Manage credit card submission processes
- Manage and analyze utility bill process
- Responsible for cross-training to process tenant rent monthly entries and clinic revenues.
- Assist with the monthly/annual financial close process
- Communicate operational issues and progress toward goals to other members of the management team.
- Prepare year end audit schedules and gathering supporting documentation
- Helps to ensure the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconciles subsidiary ledger accounts to the general ledger
- Prepare accrual and prepaid journal entries for the utility accounts
- Process Grants and Clinic Revenue entries monthly
- Process and approve monthly credit card submissions. Review coding and return to sender for any corrections
- Review and Post wires, cash disbursements and ACH payments
So Others Might Eat SOME
Senior Accountant
12.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Managed month-end closings and financial reporting processes to ensure timely and accurate results.
- Developed and implemented internal controls to enhance accuracy of financial data.
- Led audits by coordinating with external auditors, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
- Mentored junior accountants, providing guidance on complex accounting issues and best practices.
SOME Inc. (So, Others Might Eat)
Staff Accountant II (AP)
12.2021 - 12.2025
Job overview
- Assist in the preparation of balance sheets, profit and loss statements and other financial reports.
- Complete monthly bank account reconciliations and analysis
- Complete and maintain monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and analysis
- Perform research to comply with departmental monthly performance requests
- Prepare complex GL entries required to record the activities of the various business units (which included intercompany transactions, adjusting entries etc.).
- Assist with the monthly/annual financial close process
- Communicate operational issues and progress toward goals to other members of the management team.
- Back-up month-end duties assigned to other Senior Accountants.
- Assist with the preparation of Accounts Receivable recording such as input deposits, lockbox processing and in-house check/credit deposit and recording in General Ledger.
- Prepare year end audit schedules and gathering supporting documentation
- Assist with the Annual budget process as requested
- Assist in maintaining the department financial records via our tagging system in GP as well as helping to ensure that financial transactions are properly recorded.
- Assist in analyzing current costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.
- Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing GL reports to balances
- Cross train to process tenant rent monthly entries and clinic revenues
- Maintain GL records and spreadsheets relating to AP and updating information as needed
- Helps to ensure the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconciles subsidiary ledger accounts to the general ledger
- Manage and analyze utility bill process
- Prepare accrual and prepaid journal entries for the utility accounts
- Manage credit card submission processes
- Review coding and put in general ledger
- Participates in required training
- Fully cooperates with the organization's compliance and continuous quality improvement (CQI) program
- Creates a safe work environment and uses sound judgement in interactions with clients and staff to maintain safety
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Protiviti Government Services (MDOC)
Accounts Payable Specialist
03.2021 - 07.2021
Job overview
- Analyze and audit documents received for grant and loan invoiced relief payments.
- Reconcile documents received with a spreadsheet assigned daily.
- Key in high volume vouchers in FMIS using ADPICS. -1099's from 1000+ vouchers Business Relief Vouchers & Arts Council Vouchers
- Verify accuracy for each entry Key in emergency payments per instructed by the Check Processing Manager & Accounts Payable Lead/Supervisor
- Ensuring vouchers are processed in a timely and accurate manner while adhering to departmental procedures.
- Processing and checking 1099 files in R
- STARS
- Good listening and communication skills.
- Great attention to detail.
- Maintaining spreadsheets, updating information as needed.
- Keys grant/loan disbursements into FMIS 1800 screen using set parameters and within set timeline.
- Verify name, address, and social security number match between the disbursement form and W9.
- Ensure that the disbursement form and the W9 have been signed by the Finance Department (Andy Fisher) and the W9 by the business owner.
- Notifies assigned APL when there is mis-matching data or missing signatures.
- Adds FMIS document numbers to AP log as disbursements are created and emails final AP log to APL to confirm completion of daily assignments.
- Communicates works schedules and directs questions to APL.
HMS Host
Accounts Payable Processor
02.2018 - 12.2020
Job overview
- Processing a high level of invoices.
- Responsible for matching each invoice to its associated documents.
- Entering invoice data into proprietary software program.
- Prepares and updates weekly reports, accruals and spreadsheets using MS Excel for presentation.
- Matching Invoices to PO by unit, quantity, price, etc.
- Use 'my inventory' an Oracle, SAP system.
- Communicates daily, with Customer/Vendor Relations, field operation, and corporate personnel to assist and resolve Accounts Payable Issues.
- Attends and participates in training sessions, departmental meetings, cross-training opportunities, team building events and meetings associated with the company.
Wise Young Builders
Program Assistant-Leverage
09.2017 - 01.2018
Job overview
- Coordinating events and conferences
- Researching sources for funds
- Helping to prepare documentation for grants.
- Preparing presentations
- Maintaining databases
- Managing online resources
- Typing out minutes of meetings
- Filing
- Answering telephone calls
- Part time
Education
Mucurapo Senior SecondaryPort of Spain, Trinidad
High School Diploma
07.1997
Skills
- Billing & Invoicing
- Editing and Overview
- Organizing and Planning
- Scheduling
- Applicant Evaluation
- Customer Service
- Word Processing
- Professional and Mature
- Flexible
- Independent Worker
- Works well under pressure
- Dedicated team player
- Certified Computer Office Assistant
- Articulate and well-spoken
- Thorough understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team and take on new tasks with high level of difficulty
- Ability to identify problems and find creative, effective solutions
- Strong analytical and accounting skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines and handle confidential materials
- Self-starter
- Intermediate to advanced experience with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and similar programs
- Ability to work closely with all major staff and department leaders of the organization and provide quality customer service
- Ability to work with minimal up-front guidance and take ownership of his / her work product
Certification
- Community College Preparatory- CCPrep, Martin Luther King Ave Washington D.C
- Microsoft Office Specialist~ Office Word 2013- 2017-06-14
- Microsoft Office Specialist~ Office PowerPoint 2013- 2017-08-09
- University of the District of Columbia Community College- Bertie Barkus
- Project Management-2017-08-21- 2017-11-01
- Certificate of Completion- 3day Excel for Professionals Part1- November 28-30th.
- Professor~ Gwendolyn Edwards- CEO & Certifies Microsoft Office Specialist
Education & Certification
- Accounting Fundamentals- May 2023- PGCC (Workforce Development and Continuing Education)
- Account Classifications
- Account Titles
- T Accounts and Accounting Equation
- General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet
- Journalizing Transaction and Posting to the General Ledger
- Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Accounts
- Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account
- Payroll Services and Reports
- Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable
- End-Of-Year Worksheet
- End-Of-Year Financial Reports
- Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries
- Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing Closing Trial Balance
- Accounting Fundamentals II- July 2023- PGCC (Workforce Development and Continuing Education)
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Uncollectible Accounts Receivable
- Plant assets and Depreciation
- Notes Payable and Notes Receivable
- Accrued Income and Accrued Expenses
- Dividends and Starting the Year-End Worksheet
- Complete Year-End Worksheet Adjustments
- End-Of-Fiscal-Period Financial Reports
- Adjusting and Closing Entries and Post Closing Trial Balance
- Preparing a Payroll
- Preparing Federal tax Deposits and Year-End Tax Reports
- Accounting for Managers- Dec 2023- PGCC (Workforce Development and Continuing Education)
- Accounting Theory
- Financial Statements of Business Organizations
- Managerial Accounting in Business
- Cost Behavior Patterns
- Costing Methods
- Cost Volume Profit Analysis
- Operating Budgets
- Cost Variance Analysis
- Relevant Revenues and Costs
- Fundamentals of Supervision and Management- June 2025 PGCC (Workforce Development and Continuing Education)
- Introduction to Managerial Work
- Making the transition Into Management
- The Tasks of a Manager
- Managing Tasks, Performance, and Time
- Introduction to Motivation
- The best-Known Researchers in Motivation
- Motivation Theories
- Understanding the Theories of Motivation
- Introduction to Problem-Solving Conflict
- Models of Conflict resolution and Problem-Solving
- Working Through Problems
- Implementing Solutions to Problems and Conflicts
- Fundamentals of Supervision and Management II- June 2025 PGCC (Workforce Development and Continuing Education)
- Purpose and Elements of Communication
- Direction of Communication Flow
- Communication Media and Effective Listening
- Nonverbal and Written Communication
- Communicating with Groups and Running Effective Meetings
- Communicating During Organizational Change
- Introduction to Interpersonal Skills
- Personality Theory and Personality Types
- Personality Conflicts
- Personality Characteristics
- The Use of Power and Situational Leadership
- Using Interpersonal Skills Throughout Your Center
- Introduction to QuickBooks- Nov 2025 PGCC (Workforce Development and Continuing Education)
- Accounting Basics
- The Chart of Accounts
- Centers and Lists
- Banks Accounts
- Recording Expenses
- Paying Bills
- Credit Cards and Loans
- Recording Income
- Invoices and Estimates
- Billable Expenses and Customer Credits
- Sales And Taxes and Reports
- Getting Started in Excel 2019 Windows-Nov 2023
- Preparing Financial Statements and Closing Accounts-Nov 2023
- Complete Guide to Excel 365: Pivot, PowerPivot, & Financial Modeling-Nov 2023
- Financial Statement Analysis for Non-financial Professionals-Nov 2023
- Managing with Cost-control Mindset-Aug 2024
- Basic Accounting Concepts for Non-financial Professionals-Aug 2024
- Expanding Your Communication Skill Set-September 2024
- Leader camp on demand-How do I Communicate-September 2024
Timeline
Senior Accountant (AP)
SOME Inc. (So, Others Might Eat)
06.2025 - Current
Senior Accountant
So Others Might Eat SOME
12.2021 - Current
Staff Accountant II (AP)
SOME Inc. (So, Others Might Eat)
12.2021 - 12.2025
Accounts Payable Specialist
Protiviti Government Services (MDOC)
03.2021 - 07.2021
Accounts Payable Processor
HMS Host
02.2018 - 12.2020
Program Assistant-Leverage
Wise Young Builders
09.2017 - 01.2018
Mucurapo Senior Secondary
High School Diploma