RACHEL GIEM
Summary
Skilled accounting professional with strong background in accounts payable, financial reporting, reconciliations, and audit support. Proven ability to support month-end close processes and maintain accurate financial records. A team-oriented professional capable of adapting quickly to change and reliably producing strong outcomes. Strong communication skills with focus on compliance and process improvement.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
Iontra Inc
05.2023 - 04.2026
- Manage accounts payable, ensuring proper coding, approvals, and timely payments to vendors
- Responsible for processing employee reimbursements
- Review vendor accounts, resolve coding errors, and track recurring expenses for accrual entry
- Own AP close and AP accrual for month-end close
- Complete credit card reconciliations, prepaid account review, and balance sheet journal entries for month-end close
- Support accounting manager and controller with month, quarter, and year-end close. Roll-forward of schedules, follow-ups with internal and external customers, and journal entry support
- Key contributor to the implementation of a new employee reimbursement system, providing significant time savings for transaction processing and facilitating smoother workflow for approvals
- Manage weekly timesheet compliance. Ensuring proper completions and approvals for all timesheets
- Assist project management team with weekly budget vs. actuals time reporting and analysis
- Collaborate with accounting manager and controller to comply with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks
- Participate in internal audit processes to establish accurate financial records and comply with GAAP
- Ad-hoc projects as needed
Staff Accountant
CARE SYNERGY
01.2018 - 05.2023
- Prepare and post multiple journal entries for month end close and year end preparation
- Research, resolve, and prepare recurring, reversing, and reclassing journal entries
- Perform account analyses to ensure journal entries and balances are correct
- Complete monthly and yearly balance sheet reconciliations
- Maintains organization of multiple areas of accounting, including prepaid insurance process, month end close duties, lead sheets, and multiple reconciliations
- Aid in preparation of month end financial review
- Collaborate with other departments to complete accurate records and provide accounting support
- Compile and report monthly invalid acuities to Medical Records Team
- Monthly reporting of enterprise-wide patient census data to various medical supply vendors
- Respond timely to information requests, review of financial statements, and assists with audits
- Support Accounting Team with special projects as needed
- Promoted from Accounts Payable Specialist to Staff Accountant March 2019
Accounts Payable Specialist
THE RYAN COMPANY
06.2016 - 12.2017
- Open and distribute mail to accounting department
- Code, scan and route invoices for approval through eCMS
- Enter invoices after obtaining approval, checking for proper approval level and correct cost codes
- Review vendor statements and investigate discrepancies
- Prepare large check runs, 150-200 checks, three times a month
- Complete wire transfer requests with corporate office as needed
- Process smaller check runs every week which include completion of an EFT
- Complete credit applications for business with new vendors
- Maintain and establish vendor relationships
Accounts Payable Specialist
GDA REAL ESTATE
09.2007 - 06.2016
- Full cycle A/P for two large metro area liquor stores
- Responsible for auditing 150-250 inventory invoices weekly
- Collaboration with store managers to ensure the accuracy of inventory reporting
- Accurately prepare 100-150 vendor checks weekly through QuickBooks Pro
- Assisted the Controller with month end closing, including but not limited to checking for inventory accuracy, reconciliation of bank accounts and credit card statements, accurate journal entries as needed
- Managed a weekly Excel spreadsheet, generated from QuickBooks, enabling the liquor store managers to build their weekly budgets
- Investigated any discrepancies and worked with the proper vendors to correct them
- Processed monthly State and City Sales Tax and quarterly Tobacco Tax forms for each liquor store
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast paced environment
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology, Minor Behavioral And Cognitive Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
05-2022
Associate of Science - Psychology
ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
12-2017
Skills
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel and Quickbooks Desktop
- Credit card and bank reconciliations
- General ledger accounting
- Expense tracking
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Month, Quarter and Yearly close
- Accounts payable / invoice coding
- Data analysis and research
- Audit support
- Customer service
Timeline
Staff Accountant
Iontra Inc
05.2023 - 04.2026
Staff Accountant
CARE SYNERGY
01.2018 - 05.2023
Accounts Payable Specialist
THE RYAN COMPANY
06.2016 - 12.2017
Accounts Payable Specialist
GDA REAL ESTATE
09.2007 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Biology, Minor Behavioral And Cognitive Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
Associate of Science - Psychology
ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE