Melody Weaklend
Concord,NC
Summary
Meticulous Project Accountant with immense capacity to oversee projects with numerous moving parts. Skilled assessor of project numbers with diverse software arsenal at disposal. Approachable liaison between company management and project leadership translating figures into easily understood language. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Cost Accountant
Nest Ventures LLC
09.2023 - 05.2024
- Tracking project actual costs against provided budgets
- Reporting loan draw requests to lenders and providing other necessary reporting
- Building excel budget vs actual spreadsheet tracker
- Daily cash management, entering transactions, general ledger journal entries
- Managing PO and AP data entry team members.
Senior Accountant
Guardian CPA Group
05.2021 - 09.2023
- Managed 40+ monthly recurring bookkeeping clients, providing financials and answering questions from business owners and internal tax team
- Prepared WTB documents at year end to transition to tax preparers
- Recorded Tax ties after completion of tax returns, ensuring tax return matches books.
Accountant
LaFave's Construction
05.2020 - 05.2021
- Coded the general ledger and processed vendor invoice payments in Viewpoint Software
- Processed AP/AR transactions, reconciled and managed total account balances
- Suggested process improvements to speed up day to day invoice and receipt pipeline
- Increased efficiency by introducing new accounting procedures.
Accounting Specialist
Elliott Davis
02.2018 - 03.2020
- Monthly bookkeeping for various clients in multiple industries using QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop
- Verified account balances to workpapers, and creating necessary adjusting journal entries
- Perform expense coding, loan tie outs, bank and credit card reconciliations, etc.
Education
Associates in Accounting -
Central Piedmont Community College
12.2020
Bachelors in Education -
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
05.2014
Skills
- Job Cost Tracking
- Task-oriented
- Excellent Time Management
- Sage, Foundations, Viewpoint
- QuickBooks Desktop & Online
- Journal Entries
- Month-end close
- AP & AR
- Balance Sheet Analysis
- General Ledger
- Microsoft Excel
- Bank Reconciliations
Accomplishments
- High quality deliverables in Project cost tracking, Lender reporting, Client communication, Monthly Close, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable.
- Researched and resolved the company card expense reconciliation process, significantly speeding up their receiving receipts and entering expenses flow.
Timeline
Senior Project Cost Accountant
Nest Ventures LLC
09.2023 - 05.2024
Senior Accountant
Guardian CPA Group
05.2021 - 09.2023
Accountant
LaFave's Construction
05.2020 - 05.2021
Accounting Specialist
Elliott Davis
02.2018 - 03.2020
Associates in Accounting -
Central Piedmont Community College
Bachelors in Education -
University of North Carolina at Charlotte