TONYA JAMES
Midlothian,TX
Summary
Accounting and payroll professional with deep experience in accounts payable, bank reconciliations, QuickBooks, journal entries, and month-end close support. Supports accurate reporting, timely vendor payments, and organized financial records while helping maintain smooth office operations and dependable employee payroll processing.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Specialist
Newell Company
Fort Worth, TX
06.2025 - Current
- Processed accounts payable and receivable transactions, ensuring timely and accurate payments to maintain vendor relationships
- Reconciled charts of accounts and customer statements, enhancing financial accuracy and reporting reliability
- Managed freight billing and credit card transactions, streamlining expense tracking and improving budget oversight
- Perform bank reconciliations, reducing discrepancies and supporting month-end close
Bookkeeper
JDR Consulting, LLC
Addison, TX
05.2016 - Current
- Bookkeeping- AP/AR, Invoicing, Customer Service, Bank Reconciliations, EOM, JE, QuickBooks, Credit card Reconciliations
- Processed accounts payable and receivable, resolving customer service issues.
- Maintained general ledger for consulting client accounts and monthly journal entries.
- Reconciled bank, credit card, and vendor statements for JDR Consulting projects.
- Processed accounts payable and accounts receivable records using accounting software.
Payroll Coordinator and Accounting
Manna Worldwide
Fort Worth, Texas
12.2018 - 06.2025
- Facilitated payroll processing for 60 employees, contributing to timely and accurate compensation across nonprofit operations.
- Processed payroll for mission-driven nonprofit staff and ministry workers.
- Reviewed timesheets, timecards, and attendance records for payroll accuracy.
- Coordinated payroll deductions, benefits, and tax with the Finance team.
- Coordinated full-cycle accounting tasks, ensuring accurate management of accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, purchasing, and invoicing.
Bookkeeper(part-time)
Newell Company
Fort Worth, TX
08.2017 - 06.2025
- Reconciled bank statements to ensure accuracy of financial records during contract work.
- Reconciled credit card statements and tracked tax payments, gas royalties, and well royalties for accurate financial reporting.
- Entered data and invoices into QuickBooks, ensuring accurate restoration of financial records.
Office Manager
Contract Work
Arlington, Texas
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Increased company revenue from $500,000 to $1.3 million in 5 months by efficiently managing accounting and customer service operations
- Handled all aspects of accounting, including AP/AR, inventory, purchasing, and invoicing
- Coordinated daily office operations to enhance workflow efficiency. for contract client sites.
- Provided customer service and managed commissions using a specialized inventory management system
- Tracked invoices and payments to ensure accuracy of accounts receivable and payable information.
- Monitored payments due from clients and promptly contacted clients with past due payments.
- Prepared invoices, receipts, and expense reports for contract projects.
- Supported vendors, service calls, and facility requests for contract offices.
- Performed general bookkeeping duties such as reconciling bank statements and creating journal entries.
Nanny
01.2011 - 01.2015
Office Manager
Networking Results, Inc.
Arlington, Texas
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Managed all day-to-day operations including AP/AR, payroll, customer service, and cash receipts. Ensured timely availability of office supplies to support daily operations. Created cash flow sheet for the owner to enhance tracking of daily expenses. Sales tax payments. EOM financials
- Managed daily office operations for contract work assignments across client sites.
- Organized logistics and coordinated schedules for temporary project teams.
- Maintained filing systems, records, and confidential documents for contract engagements.
- Managed employee 401(k), health, and dental benefit programs; processed participant enrollments and terminations while developing a policy and procedure manual.
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Quick-Way Stampings, Inc.
Euless, TX
01.2004 - 01.2007
- Benefits and compensation, Streamlined tracking and organization of expense reports to improve record-keeping accuracy., End of month financials, Recorded journal entries to support maintenance of precise financial records, Managed purchasing processes to ensure timely inventory acquisition, NAFTA, Training classes
- Processed vendor invoices and matched purchase orders for manufacturing supplies.
- Reviewed payment batches and prepared check and ACH runs.
- Reconciled supplier statements and resolved invoice discrepancies with vendors.
Accounting Associate
SkiHi Enterprises
Fort Worth, TX
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Processed invoices and expense records for SkiHi Enterprises accounting operations
- Reconciled bank statements and ledger accounts for SkiHi Enterprises
- Prepared journal entries and account adjustments in accounting software
- Issued manual checks to ensure smooth daily operation. Administered and processed child support payments to support compliance and timely disbursement payments, AP/AR, Yearly Maintained cash requirement schedule and managed subcontract payments to optimize cash flowined cash requirement schedule and subcontract payments, Generated and dispersed sub-contracts, Delivered support to customers to enhance their experience
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
LeTourneau University
Longview, TXBachelor of Science - Business Management
LeTourneau University
Longview, TXSkills
- Accounts payable
- QuickBooks accounting
- Invoice processing
- Payroll processing
- Bank reconciliations
- Journal entries
- General ledger management
- Expense management
- Financial analysis
- Accounts payable review
- 1099 processing
- Credit card management
- Sales tax compliance
- Statement reconciliation
- Foreign currency management
- Petty cash management
- Excel II and III
- ERP software knowledge
- Software proficiency
- Month-end closing
- Vendor relations
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Effective communication
- Customer service
- Expense reports
- Financial analysis
- ERP software knowledge
- Expense reports
Personal Information
Title: ACCOUNTING MANAGER/BOOKKEEPER/HUMAN RESOURCE ADMINISTRATOR
Custom
- AP/AR
- Bank and CC reconciliation
- Expense Reports
- Payroll/payroll systems
- Sales Tax
- Yearly 1099
- Purchasing
- Employee scheduling
- Daily Ledgers
- Customer Service
- Human Resource
- Cash receipts
- Previous job experiences include accounting clerk and assistant manager.
- Front Line Leadership, several certificates of completion (human resource, interviewing, managing others, leadership, etc)
Timeline
Accounts Payable Specialist
Newell Company
06.2025 - Current
Payroll Coordinator and Accounting
Manna Worldwide
12.2018 - 06.2025
Bookkeeper(part-time)
Newell Company
08.2017 - 06.2025
Bookkeeper
JDR Consulting, LLC
05.2016 - Current
Office Manager
Contract Work
01.2014 - 01.2016
Nanny
01.2011 - 01.2015
Office Manager
Networking Results, Inc.
01.2007 - 01.2009
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Quick-Way Stampings, Inc.
01.2004 - 01.2007
Accounting Associate
SkiHi Enterprises
01.2000 - 01.2004
Master of Business Administration - Finance
LeTourneau University
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
LeTourneau University