SHELLEY A. CUMMINGS
Lakeview,USA
Summary
Enjoys helping to add or create a harmonious work environment.
Professional financial specialist with robust experience in managing accounts and financial records. Excels at creating and implementing procedures to streamline business related activities. Demonstrates strong ability to collaborate within teams and adapt to changing business needs while consistently achieving results. Skilled in accounts payable/receivable, financial reporting, and reconciliation. Known for reliability, efficiency, and strategic problem-solving in financial operations.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Bookkeeper
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers
01.2016 - 09.2020
- Maintained and processed invoices, deposits, and money logs.
- Managed accounts payable and receivable activities, maintaining vendor relationships and positive cash flow.
- Handled payroll processing for employees, ensuring timely payment and adherence to tax regulations.
- Monitored incoming payments from clients, ensuring prompt application of funds against outstanding invoices.
- Reconciled and corrected issues with financial records.
- Supported year-end closing procedures by preparing adjusting journal entries as needed.
- Established QuickBooks accounting system to reflect accurate financial records.
- Tracked expenses and income for businesses while organizing and maintaining bank statements for checking accounts.
- Completed tax forms in compliance with legal regulations.
- Generated detailed financial reports for management review, facilitating informed decisionmaking.
- Collaborated with external auditors to facilitate the annual audit process, providing necessary documentation as required.
- Assisted with budget preparation and monitoring, contributing to better expense control.
- Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating, and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
Financial Manager
Double K Underground
09.2008 - 10.2013
- Tracked, projected and managed cash flow operations, including bill payments, capital expenditures and A/R monitoring
- Prepared and analyzed monthly financial statement compilations, including
- Prepare and record journal
- Track and record fixed assets
- Record accrued accounts payable
- Calculate job/center profitability
- Contacted delinquent A/R accounts
- Reconcile all Balance Sheet accounts
- Gathered financial data to prepare job costing reports and management reports
- Headed and organized company related audits: work comp, UIA, other state or federal
- Oversaw office operations, including hiring and training
- Prepared quarterly Work In Process and Completed Work schedules
- Processed weekly Payroll and all related quarterly and annual reports and returns
- Reorganized the Chart of Accounts and corrected prior years for data relating to assets, long-term loans and equity so internal financial statements reflected proper balances
- Processed underground construction work orders for small and large fiber optic installation projects
- Developed complex financial spreadsheets, Advanced Microsoft Excel user
Accounting Supervisor
Morbark Inc
01.2007 - 08.2008
- Supervised day-to-day operations of Accounting Department with six employees, including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and General Ledger for a large equipment manufacturing corporation
- Responsible for preparing and analyzing monthly financial statements
- Knowledge of Manufacturing Accounting transactions and the flow of BOM and work orders to the G/L, including material issues, labor and overhead absorption, variances, and completions to inventory. Also familiar with Procurement and Sales Order transactions and their impact to G/L
- Responsible for preparing quarterly budgets and Direct Labor and Overhead rates for multiple branch plants with many different work cells
- Assist in budget preparation processes, both annual and quarterly revisions
- Extract and gather financial and cost information to prepare numerous management reports
- Developed detailed work instructions with flow-charts and screen shots for accounting processes
- Developed and implemented continuous process improvements for daily, monthly and annual processes For example:
- Improved G/L and F/S accuracy by analyzing and monitoring inventory transactions to correct integrity issues
- Championed project to improve WIP and inventory recognition
- Streamlined property tax return procedures for more than 50 non-Michigan returns by developing checks and balances
- Reduced AP lost discounts by 95%, from approximately $30,000 to less than $3,000 annually within a one-year period by developing new invoice processing procedures
- Served on Quality Awareness and Recognition Committee and many Special Project Teams
Business Manager
Owosso Country Club
04.1999 - 06.2001
- Managed and oversaw administrative and clubhouse staff for non-profit private organization
- Produced financial statements and analyzed general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy
- Interpreted, communicated and projected financial position and other departmental issues to Board of Directors and made recommendations as needed
- Coordinated member and non-member banquets for parties of 15-500 including arrangement, staffing, menu creation, pricing and profitability analysis
- Tracked and completed daily and month-end adjusting journal entries
- Reconciled bank accounts and balanced accounts receivable to general ledger account
- Investigated and implemented most advantageous loan and investment opportunities
- Performed banking transactions and tracked cash inflows and outflows
- Performed collection process for delinquencies
- Operated and proficient in using Peachtree, Country Club Systems (A/R, A/P, G/L), 10 key calculators, Internet and Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and Publisher
- Developed, formatted, and maintained Excel spreadsheets containing financial and membership information and company related data
- Prepared correspondence; edited ads and other documents to ensure professionalism, accuracy and consistency
- Utilized MS Publisher to create and publish monthly newsletter and calendar
- Processed payroll and related tax returns (Quarterly 1017; 1020; 941 & Annual 940; W-2's; W-3's; 1099's; Sales, Use & Withholding Tax; Property Taxes; 401(k) and insurance audits) and most other human resource related duties
Assistant Manager
Speedway Supersave LLC
09.1997 - 04.1999
- Prepared daily summary analysis and generated daily sales reports
- Processed day-to-day payroll and performed banking procedures and deposits
- Assisted in oversight of team of eight
- Oversaw daily inventory and vendors and complete store orders
Education
Associates of Business Degree - Major-Accounting, Minor-Computer Information Systems
Baker College of Owosso
Owosso, MI05.1999
Skills
- Accounting and bookkeeping
- Quickbooks
- Account reconciliation
- Bank reconciliation
- Data inputting
- Spreadsheet tracking
- Customer relations
- Budget support
- General ledger maintenance
- A/P and A/R
- Tax documents preparation
- Transaction entry
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft office
- Proactive and Self-motivated
- Data entry and 10-key
- Expense reports
- Handling confidential materials
- Relationship building
- Financial records and reporting
- Financial software
- Vendor relationships
- Critical thinking
- Word processing
- Data analysis
- Statement review
- Information gathering and analysis
Awards
President's/Dean's List (all terms), Lion's Club Scholarship, Michigan Higher Education Scholarship, National Honors Society, Who's Who of America (three consecutive years)
Timeline
Bookkeeper
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers
01.2016 - 09.2020
Financial Manager
Double K Underground
09.2008 - 10.2013
Accounting Supervisor
Morbark Inc
01.2007 - 08.2008
Business Manager
Owosso Country Club
04.1999 - 06.2001
Assistant Manager
Speedway Supersave LLC
09.1997 - 04.1999
Associates of Business Degree - Major-Accounting, Minor-Computer Information Systems
Baker College of Owosso
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