Yalonda Rodgers
Senior Staff Acccountant
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Knowledgeable Accountant proficient in laws and procedures governing business operations, tax filings and regulatory compliance. Handles detail-oriented work in methodical and organized fashion. Leverages field expertise, resourcefulness and diligence to make positive impact on business operations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Staff Revenue Accountant
NCR/CARDTRONICS
Frisco, TX
08.2023 - Current
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets
- Conducted technical and analytical reviews of tax returns to check for accuracy and qualified deductions
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy
- Partnered with auditors to track errors and add contributions to maintain accuracy
- Evaluated and improved financial records to make important business decisions
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books
Senior Cash Accountant
SPM OIL & GAS, A Caterpillar Company
Fort Worth, TX
05.2022 - 08.2023
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations
- Reviewed business operations and obligations to help organization function at acceptable level
Restructure Analyst II
Caterpillar Financial
Nashville, TN
07.2019 - 05.2022
- Performed system analysis, documentation, testing, implementation, and user support for platform transitions
- Validated results and performed quality assurance to assess accuracy of data
- Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research
- Recommended process improvements to continually identify, analyze and fix constraints and challenges
- Helped meet changing demands by recommending improvements to business systems or procedures
Corporate Accounting Analyst
Caterpillar Inc.
Peoria, IL
03.2013 - 07.2019
- Analyzed trends and monitored customer behaviors to serve as predictors for future marketplace actions
- Identified system errors and applied established company policies and procedures to resolve issues
- Supported management by processing invoices and documents with consistent on-time delivery
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information
- Reconciled accounts, managed audits and updated financial records with remarkable accuracy
Education
Master of Science in Accounting - Accounting
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA 02.2024 - Current
BS – Interdisciplinary Studies - Accounting
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA 01.2018 - 12.2020
AAS - Accounting
Illinois Central College
Peoria, IL 08.2011 - 05.2013
Skills
Problem solving, research and analysisExcel (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, pivot tables), Microsoft office
Power BI/Tableau
SalesforceOracle – cloud, SAP 4/Hana, CS10 (Syteline), Arcs – Oracle account reconciliationWorkdayCash Flow Analysis
Websites
Accomplishments
- Through analysis and research matched over $6m in unapplied cash to the appropriate customer accounts.
- System testing to automate our payment process for our customers for accurate application across customer accounts.
- Support business objects team to provide testing for my team and provide training for new process before we went live with Oracle
- I assisted on a project at Caterpillar Financial to aid our customers that were having difficulty making payments on their contracts. Our team processed over 6000 contact modifications in a 90-day period, which was 3 times our workload in a year.
- Review and analyze processes for improvement and create documentation as well as streamlining processes.
- Through testing different applications in Oracle, I was able to decrease the time to process a customers’ modification by 2 days.
Timeline
Master of Science in Accounting - Accounting
Liberty University
02.2024 - Current
Staff Revenue Accountant
NCR/CARDTRONICS
08.2023 - Current
Senior Cash Accountant
SPM OIL & GAS, A Caterpillar Company
05.2022 - 08.2023
Restructure Analyst II
Caterpillar Financial
07.2019 - 05.2022
BS – Interdisciplinary Studies - Accounting
Liberty University
01.2018 - 12.2020
Corporate Accounting Analyst
Caterpillar Inc.
03.2013 - 07.2019
AAS - Accounting
Illinois Central College
08.2011 - 05.2013