Tonya Jelks
Spring Hill,USA
Summary
Results-driven Accounting Professional with over 20 years of experience in addressing diverse financial issues. Expertise in applying strong theoretical and practical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant
Lifepoint Health
Brentwood, TN
10.2025 - Current
- Developed and implemented internal controls for cash management activities within the unit.
- Established protocols for cash management controls within the unit.
- Performed daily cash management activities such as check deposits, wire transfers and ACH payments.
- Monitored transaction activities, identifying and resolving discrepancies to maintain financial accuracy.
Sr Accountant (Contractor)
Outpatient Imaging Affiliates
Franklin, TN
01.2025 - 06.2025
- Prepared monthly financial reports for management review.
- Managed and prepared journal entries and reconciliations to support monthly general ledger closing activities.
- Reviewed and reconciled general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Performed general ledger account reconciliations and generated updated financial documents.
- Reviewed and analyzed financial statements to identify potential discrepancies.
- Reviewed and resolved discrepancies in accounts and financial documentation to maintain integrity.
- Collaborated with auditing teams to facilitate annual audits smoothly.
Accountant II (Contractor)
Nashville Electric Services
Nashville, TN
09.2023 - 12.2024
- Executed daily and monthly tasks for team during two system conversions, ensuring continuity and accuracy.
- Processed and entered 200+ hard copy journal entries into accounting system, balancing journal balances and GL account numbers between Ellipse and Flexi systems.
- Coordinated 80+ GL reconciliations for month-end close, facilitating necessary tasks for team to test system conversion.
Accounting Manager (Contractor-Permanent)
DayTwo Inc
Nashville, TN
11.2022 - 06.2023
- Led month-end close from beginning to end. Including but not limited to: Accruals, analysis, payroll and bonus adjustments as needed among all other close requirements.
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, commitments to project future revenues/expenses or to provide financial advice.
- Provided reporting of monthly reports to all departments.
- Finance & Accounting Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and make recommendations to executive management.
Sr. Accountant (Contractor)
DayTwo Inc
Nashville, TN
07.2022 - 11.2022
- Developed, implemented, and modified accounting systems.
- Conducted planning of financial activities such as the financial planning, budgeting, procurement, or investment activities of all or part of the organization.
- Managed and performed all AR and AP activities, including recording the activities, vendor setup and payments.
- Prepared cash flow analysis and request additional funds as needed.
- Reconciled bank accounts against the GL to ensure accuracy of all recorded transactions.
- Process payroll and bonus payments.
- Assist with the year end audit, 1099's issuances.
- Responsible for revenue recognition, invoicing and collection of outstanding payments, including keeping the aging AR report updated.
- Ad Hoc projections as they arise.
Associate Director (Permanent)
UBS Business Solutions, Inc.
Nashville, TN
10.2021 - 07.2022
- Processed all US International Assignee (IA) AR and AP invoices/settlements.
- Posted monthly IA AR/AP entries.
- Managed all IA journals for posting by IA billing team.
- Instrumental in the remapping of all the IA and bonus payroll General Ledger (GL) accounts along with other accounts as needed for post payroll transformation.
- Managed all IA journals for posting by IA billing team.
- Received, researched, and responded to all IA inquiries as well as other accounting inquiries.
- Analysed, researched and rectified GL accounts that were incorrectly processed in prior years, along with creating or updating processes that would eliminate such errors in the future.
- Reconciled over 200 payroll GL accounts.
- Managed the abandoned property/escheatment process.
- Managed the deferred compensation reconciliation process.
- Participated and continued to participate in the creation of standard operating procedure guides.
- Instrumental in the payroll accounting transformation when company transitioned from ADP to Ceridian Dayforce.
- Trained and continued to train junior, senior and management team members on the accounting processes.
Senior Accountant (Contractor)
Geodis Logistics
Nashville, TN
03.2019 - 10.2021
- Responsible for 3-day month-end close for the largest company in the corporation.
- Entered all monthly journal entries in a timely manner using Great Plains.
- Answered email requests and processed additional journal entries.
- Completed monthly reconciliation files.
- Completed monthly variance reports.
- Performed Ad Hoc reports and analysis as needed using Business Intelligence and PBCS Smartview.
- Created various SOP's (standard operating procedures) as needed.
- Created trial balance templates for new customers.
- Created a standard journal entry backup file to attach to entry.
- Created and updated reconciliation files.
- Performed various other duties as assigned.
Sr. Payroll Accountant (Contractor - Permanent)
Sitel Corporation
Nashville, TN
10.2016 - 03.2019
- Performed all accounting analysis for 6 legal entities and over 10,000 US and Canada North America employees.
- Liaison with North America Controller and various teams to improve accounting processes throughout system conversion, Worked closely with internal and external auditors.
- Gathered raw data to create bi-weekly and monthly payroll reports for distribution to the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and GL team in Mumbai.
- Analysed and reconciled payroll and ADP GL reports for each pay period to ensure accurate GL postings.
- Calculated and posted all 10 bonus and commission accruals as well as responsible for recording the payment processes of accruals.
Senior Accountant (Contractor)
ADS Security
Nashville, TN
- Filled in to perform various accounting duties until the company found a permanent candidate for Sr. Accountant position.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Concentration in Accounting
Keller Graduate School
Merrillville, IN01-2010
Bachelor of Applied Science - Major-Accounting, Minor-Management
Davenport University
Merrillville, IN01-2005
Skills
- General ledger reconciliation
- Financial reporting
- Cash management
- Journal entry processing
- Audit collaboration
- Data analysis
- SAP by Design (Oracle)
- NetSuite
- Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, V-Lookups, other formulas, etc)
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Detail orientation
- Problem resolution
- Time management
- Effective communication
- Oracle Fusion
References
Available upon request.
Personal - Activities
For 3 plus years, has actively facilitated a bi-weekly 'huddle' that is comprised of women from different backgrounds and different demographics.
Timeline
Senior Accountant
Lifepoint Health
10.2025 - Current
Sr Accountant (Contractor)
Outpatient Imaging Affiliates
01.2025 - 06.2025
Accountant II (Contractor)
Nashville Electric Services
09.2023 - 12.2024
Accounting Manager (Contractor-Permanent)
DayTwo Inc
11.2022 - 06.2023
Sr. Accountant (Contractor)
DayTwo Inc
07.2022 - 11.2022
Associate Director (Permanent)
UBS Business Solutions, Inc.
10.2021 - 07.2022
Senior Accountant (Contractor)
Geodis Logistics
03.2019 - 10.2021
Sr. Payroll Accountant (Contractor - Permanent)
Sitel Corporation
10.2016 - 03.2019
Senior Accountant (Contractor)
ADS Security
Master of Business Administration - Concentration in Accounting
Keller Graduate School
Bachelor of Applied Science - Major-Accounting, Minor-Management
Davenport University