Sheryl (Sheri) Proske

Combined accounting and customer service strengths to implement procedures in a growing small CPA office. Used Microsoft Outlook to schedule appointment for CPA and staff. Used Microsoft Teams to communicate and share office files. Worked closely with CPA, accountants and staff members using tax software and secure portal to prepare annual tax returns. Maintained secure client files in compliance with local, state and federal guidelines of retention of records. Processed state business formations including partnership agreements and filing mandatory state and federal reports. Processed invoices, posted payments and collected past due accounts via Quickbooks. Processed payroll for clients from 1 to 20 employees (weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly or annual) including submitting payroll tax deposits via EFTPS. Assisted accounting team with monthly account/bookkeeping reconciliations.

- Responsible for maintaining Quickbooks accounting procedures including AR invoicing, issuing AP checks, maintaining reconciliations.

- Worked with procurement, national accounts, and IT to process monthly invoices

- Processed bi-monthly payroll working directly with 3rd party

- Processed daily bank reporting to executives

- Worked with CPA firm to assist in analyzing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for owners

- Processed ACH, EFT and wire payments for employee expenses and various accounts payable vendors

- Responsible for general ledger accounting functions including monthly journal entries, account and bank reconciliations.

- Worked directly with treasury, accounts payable and accounts receivable departments in maintaining and reviewing cash management activities for multiple retail locations

- Processed ACH, EFT and wire payments for employee expenses and various accounts payable vendors

- Prepared and submitted monthly and quarterly sales tax returns for multiple state jurisdictions

- Assisted in analyzing month end financial statements for Controller and CFO

- Prepared analysis for annual financial audit

- Performed daily account receivable balancing