julia watts

Oversee and assist outsourced accounting services by reviewing routine procedures: weekly payables and banking activity, also monthly reconciliations and accruals Communicate with auditors, financial and procedural, working on behalf of our Board of Regents, to offer a complete picture of accounting practices and implement suggested improvements. Upgrade and transition outdated, site-based accounting and point-of-sale programs to web-based software, facilitating outsourced accounting services, monthly Executive Reporting and increased off-site sales. New software includes QuickBooks Online and Vend POS. Pre-program an Excel workbook to efficiently generate monthly Executive Reporting Package that translates the standard QuickBooks financial reports into an easily interpreted presentation. Advise President and representatives of the Board regarding budget analysis and cash flow.

New clients to GrowthForce receive specialized assistance to cleanup their accounting files and ready them for their ongoing service team. Interpersonal communication skills put clients at ease while reorganizing their accounting and report structure, moving the client business toward a future of efficient business analysis and more informed financial decisions. Accounting procedures are documented to capture all steps of each task required for weekly and monthly processing. Logical sequencing and clear language documents allow for any bookkeeper or accountant to manage the same tasks with minimal training.

As accounting project contractor, assist in the company transition from Oracle Financials to Dynamics AX logistical ERP database software. - Interpret, code, and input international vendor invoice data into Oracle Financials System to properly account for pass-through cost and generate jet fuel billing disclosures with markup included. - Catalogue billing and data input procedures into an Excel spreadsheet with links to OneNote scanned and annotated documents to facilitate a smooth transition with minimal information loss.

* Maintained accurate records of mid-stream oil and gas product transport by communicating with terminals and inspection companies for quantities loaded onto barges. * Transferred contact directory to a more efficient, digitized database system in MS Access. [This decision turned a two-person job into a one-person job during company expansion.] * Analyzed vendor invoices and logistical database to match costs with respective accumulators, assigned proper cost allocation per barge capacity when necessary. * Served departmental needs by emailing revenue invoices as PDF files for major customers.

Create invoices for the marine transport of petrochemicals via tugboat and barge service to include demurrage time for barges, transfer services in port, any boat services not covered by freight, and all applicable re-billable costs.

Activities and Societies: St. Mary's University Society of Honors Scholars (SMUSHS), Sigma Tau Delta, Student Government Association

Bridging the gap between my BA and a CPA. 38 total accounting hours.