Shannon Bricarello
Frankfort,KY
Summary
Hardworking and reliable Auditor with strong ability in Auditing. Offering Accounting and Auditing skills. Highly organized, proactive and punctual with team-oriented mentality. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking and time management abilities.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Federal Fund Accountant
Cabinet For Health And Family Services
08.2023 - Current
- Performs professional accounting duties to administer highly complex federal funding programs specifically for the Child Support Enforcement grant.
- Audit County Attorney vendor accounting with outstanding invoices and monitors accounts to ensure accurate reporting of work performed by the vendors. Record audit correction to invoices or rejects invoices back to the vendor when necessary.
- Audit bank accounts to assure proper reconciliation and compliance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS)
- Provides technical advice and assists accounting personnel in designing, testing and revising systems of internal control. Evaluates and monitors the cabinet's internal control plans on an ongoing or recurring basis for compliance with federal/state internal control requirements.
- Develops procedures to ensure cabinet compliance with laws and regulations regarding fiscal operations.
- Prepare, review and approve all levels of complex accounting entries, not limited to: cash receipt documents, payable and travel documents, journal vouchers. Provide guidance to Grant Accountant staff on grant accounting issues.
Protest Resolution Officer 1 & 2
KY Department of Revenue
10.2011 - 08.2023
- Employed proven conflict-resolution methods to alleviate grievances between parties
- Arranged appointments between parties for mediation
- Facilitated communication and collaboration among disputants using mediation methods
- Authored settlement agreement documents containing resolutions and obtained signatures from both parties to finalize agreements
- Prepared for hearings by reviewing laws and regulations
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals
Auditor 1 & 2
Auditor of Public Accounts
01.2009 - 09.2011
- Examined financial statements to detect and report errors and irregularities
- Audit various state government agencies to ensure sate agencies are in compliance with A-133 Compliance Supplement
- Audit various local elected positions including county clerks and sheriffs to ensure offices were in compliance with tax laws and requirements of tax accounts within the office
- Collected evidence for legal proceedings involving financial issues to support organization
- Composed clear and concise audit findings to deliver comprehensive audit reports
- Conducted audits on internal controls and developed reports on findings
- Should findings arise during the course of an audit, issues recommendations to the agency to strengthen internal controls
- Familiar with GAO Yellowbook standards and conduct audits to meet those standards
- Stay knowledgeable on current topics related to the auditing field by earning CPE credits
Motor Fuels Auditor 1
Department of Revenue
06.2006 - 01.2009
- Composed clear and concise audit findings to deliver comprehensive audit reports to the motor fuels company under audit
- Facilitated access to organization for external auditors for on-site visits
- Maintained confidentiality of company information obtained in audit assignments
- Examined financial statements to detect and report errors and irregularities and if necessary bill for underpayment of tax
- Applied professional judgment in gathering and evaluating evidence for thorough analysis
- Utilized auditing and compliance software to advance efficiency
- Assisted in the testing of the new Electronic Filing System for the motor fuels tax system in January 2008
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Georgetown College
Georgetown, KY05.2006
Skills
- Field Inspections
- Process Implementation
- Conflict Management
- Compliance Reporting
- Risk Identification
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Audit Documentation
- Law and Statute Compliance
Certification
Certified Kentucky Assessor, 2014
Timeline
Federal Fund Accountant
Cabinet For Health And Family Services
08.2023 - Current
Protest Resolution Officer 1 & 2
KY Department of Revenue
10.2011 - 08.2023
Auditor 1 & 2
Auditor of Public Accounts
01.2009 - 09.2011
Motor Fuels Auditor 1
Department of Revenue
06.2006 - 01.2009
Certified Kentucky Assessor, 2014
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Georgetown College
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