MONICA MURDOCH

Detail and Goal-oriented Accounting Manager with an exceptional track record of accurately handling financial reporting in deadline-oriented environments. Skilled in all aspects of recording transactions, posting debits and credits, reconciling accounts, and ensuring accuracy and completeness of data. Expertise in developing and delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for management within tight deadlines. Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and work efficiently within a team environment or alone. Accounting Software experience: MAS90, Lawson, AS400, Quick Books, New Star and SAP.

• EMT ELECTRIC, INC., Manteca, CA, 09/01/14, current, Accounting Manager, EMT Electric is a family owned Electrical company. In charge of all aspects of accounting functions for the company. Provide direction/training to Accounting Staff. Perform Accounting activities to record, analyze & monitor financial information. Back up Payroll person when on vacation. Billings, collections, job costing, entering new jobs, Overhead & Estimates into QuickBooks. Actuals vs budgets, online banking, reconciling all balance sheet accounts.
• BASIC RESOURCES, INC., Modesto, CA, 10/01/10, 09/30/14, Senior Accountant, Basic Resources is a division of George Reed, Inc. Established locally owned Construction Company. MonthReports, Pension & 401K, Medical Benefit Trust Fund, Sales Tax, and responsible to provide timely and accurate financials that meet the expectations of Federal, State, and Local Auditors in accordance with GAAP.
• JKB HOMES, Turlock, CA, 07/01/07, 08/31/10, Accounting Manager, Manage month end close process, cost accounting, payroll reporting, and general ledger setup. Supervise Staff Accountant, Report to Chief Financial Officer. Daily and monthly journal entries. Month end accruals. Preform accounting activities to record, analyze and monitor financial information. Prepare trended financial analysis. Provided direction/training to Accounting staff to ensure complete, accurate and timely completion of work. Account analysis as needed for 10 different companies. Prepared and reviewed required supporting documentation and financial statements for 10 different companies. Responsible for monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts. Review cost variance analysis in a timely manner in order to facilitate management decisions. Consolidate C and S Corporation financial statements. Loan Management, reconciliation and Loan Draw Requests. Reconciliations. Weekly Payroll. Supported the Division Controller with Budgets. Worked with CPA to assist with periodic financial audits. Project Statistic File Maintenance. Online Banking and Rent and CAM Tracking. Margin Analysis.
• MORRISON HOMES, Salida, CA, 02/01/04, 07/31/07, Senior Staff Accountant, Senior Accountant for the Central Valley Division of Morrison Homes, a national Homebuilder and subsidiary of George Wimpey Plc, a publicly owned UK based company. The Central Valley division is the second largest division within Morrison Homes with annual Revenues of #150 million and Assets of $120 million. Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, I directed and was involved in the complete month-end close of the financial statements in SAP & the Legacy System. Other responsibilities included: Reviewing financial statements prior to submittal to management. Assisted the Division Controller in the management of accounting personnel. Provided direction to the different accounting functional areas (AP, month-end close, journal entries, statistical data and Payroll). Reconciling all Major General Ledger accounts, including reconciliation of Fixed Assets and month end cash. Maintained pricing and margins for the complete product line. Reviewed and posted all inter-company transactions. Ensured that all internal and external reporting deadlines were met. Provided direction/training to Accounting staff to ensure complete, accurate and timely completion of work. Reviewed and approved Monthly Sales Analysis reports. Assisted with Accounting direction and analytical support for other departments in the division (general management, construction, sales and operations). Reviewed and approved all product job costing reports for closed jobs (job scrubs). Prepared the divisions annual and semi-annual budgets. Direct responsibility for regular and month-end Journal Entries. Actively involved in reviewing the SAP implementation process within Finance, construction, purchasing and the sales department and making regular and ongoing recommendations to management for improving the reporting accuracy and usefulness of SAP.
• MORTGAGETREE LENDING, Modesto, CA, 06/01/03, 02/29/04, Senior Accountant/Assistant Controller, Senior Accountant for Mortgage Tree Lending, a rapidly growing mortgage banking company that is approved to operate in 42 states and has more than 50 net branches, with several new net branches opening each month. Reporting directly to the Controller, I supervised, instructed, assigned, trained and reviewed all accounting employees work including Accounts Payable, Payroll, Fixed Assets and Loan Administrator. I was responsible for making sure all departments corrected any miscoding/discrepancies on the General Ledger for accurate financial statements. Other responsibilities included: Balanced all Bank Reconciliations. Maintained weekly Cash Management spreadsheet. Reconciled and maintained all Balance Sheet accounts. Direct responsibility for regular journal entries and miscellaneous projects given by Controller. Print and Verify Payroll Journal to post to the General Ledger. Answer all Branch Manager Calls relating to their own Branches General Ledger. Responsible for all journal entries to correct General Ledger. Any questions from accounting staff went through me.
• JT2 INTEGRATED RESOURCES, Turlock, CA, 05/01/02, 06/30/03, Senior Staff Accountant, Employee leadership experience; Supervisory skills to include instructing, assigning, reviewing and planning work. Discretion in dealing with confidential information through all aspects of Payroll. Evaluate payroll documents and input transaction/master file changes into computerized payroll system (ADP). Balance and validate payroll input and processing. Calculate and process manual checks for final checks and expense checks. Responsible for Accounts Payable through quick books and resolve any billing issues. Work with insurance premiums. Prepare payroll job costing spreadsheet and journal entries for financials.