Veronica Kirkpatrick
Fresno,CA
Summary
Detail oriented Senior Accountant with 20 years of experience in the accounting and business administration field. Skilled in accounting procedures, including monthly and quarterly financial reporting, payroll and year end preparation. Works well under pressure, in a fast paced environment with multitasking skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant
Assemi Group
Fresno, CA
12.2020 - Current
- Process payroll bi-weekly, ensuring accuracy of pay and deductions for 6 entities
- Create and maintain employee records, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, and tax withholding forms
- Review timesheets for accuracy and completeness prior to processing payroll
- Provide timely customer service support to employees regarding questions about their paychecks or other payroll issues
- Coordinate with Human Resources staff on employee onboarding and offboarding procedures and paperwork
- Onboard new employees in time reporting and payroll systems
- Employee PTO review and accrual entries
- Review and perform account reconciliations for 30 entities
- Review and analyze financial statements to identify potential discrepancies
- Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports for management review
- Created journal entries accurately and timely for month end close processes
- Monitor accounts payable activity to ensure accuracy and timeliness of payment processing and coding
- Set up of vendor and client accounts
- Analyze general ledger accounts for accuracy and completeness on a regular basis
- Reconciled 90+ bank statements to general ledgers on a monthly basis
- Review and approve expense reports for managers and employees
- Assist in year end preparation
- Coordinated with external auditors during the annual audit process by providing requested documents and responding to inquiries in a timely manner
Accounts Receivable & Payable Manager
Pardini's Inc. dba Pardini's Catering
Fresno, CA
11.2003 - 11.2020
- Organized, reviewed and finalized client contracts
- Invoiced and collected payments, prior to and after events
- Received deposits and payments by cash, check/ACH or credit card and applied to the correct accounts
- Ensured all deposits and pre-payments were correctly applied to events
- Gathered all monies received and created daily deposits to be taken to the bank
- Communicated with customers by phone, email and/or mail in regards to delinquent accounts and questions on invoices
- Analyzed, sorted and alphabetized vendor invoices for 5 entities
- Coded various items on invoices to the correct GL accounts
- Created expense reports for 10+ manager/office credit cards
- Analyzed statements to ensure all payments and invoices had been posted correctly
- Ensured all vendors were paid accurately and in a timely matter
- Uploaded all checks issued into B of A CashPro
- Implemented new technologies and processed automations to encourage continuous improvements
- Reconciled bank statements to general ledgers on a monthly basis
- Monthly reimbursements and recording among entities
- Reviewed and allocated daily sales for 2 restaurants
- Reviewed and allocated sales to proper GL accounts for concession entities
- Created monthly sales and commissions reports
- Monthly and quarterly sales tax reporting for the State Board of Equalization
- Quarterly reporting sales to the City of Fresno
- Reconciled various GL clearing accounts
- Gathered liquor license applications and approvals from law enforcement and ABC
- Assisted in year end preparation
- Assisted in reviewing resumes, interviewing, hiring and training of accounting assistants
- Assisted the Sales Department in receiving correct counts for events, updated catering contracts with customer changes, ensured banquet department & kitchen had updated event information
- Organized and planed employee appreciation events
- Record management, managed office supply inventory, petty cash reconciliation
- Occasional assistance in banquet set-up, service and breakdown
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZAssociate of Applied Science - Computer Business Administration
Heald College
Fresno, CASkills
- Bilingual in English & Spanish
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
- ADP & Paycom Payroll
- QuickBooks Intuit
- Newstar Homebuilder Software
- IntelliCloud/VUE
- Mas 90/Sage 100
- Concur
- BlackLine Accounting Solutions
- Plate IQ AP Automation
- Caterease Event Planning Software
- Coordinate & perform multiple tasks with ease
- Efficient in following policy & procedure
- Works well as a team member or individually
Timeline
Senior Accountant
Assemi Group
12.2020 - Current
Accounts Receivable & Payable Manager
Pardini's Inc. dba Pardini's Catering
11.2003 - 11.2020
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Business Administration
Heald College
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