Experienced Accounting Professional seeking a FullTime Position in a stable company that can utilize the skills that I have while at the same time teach me new ones.
M. Keith Chester
923 57th Street
Oakland, Ca 94608-2801
(415)786-9099
Email:Melolvr68@hotmail.com
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Professional Profile
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Accounts Payable / Receivable Input Operator with 9 years increasingly responsible experience. Combines cross-functional competencies in all phases of general accounting and some financial reporting. Excellent analytical, negotiations and oral/ written communication skills. Decisive, proactive and precise. Proficient with numerous customized accounting systems, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Word, Windows, Quicken Books, Yardi, Peachtree, MAS90, DOS, Navision, EPO, Email and internet.
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Professional Experience
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A/P Manager/Certified Payroll Specialist (05/02-01/05)
The Bedford Group, Culver City, California
Recruited to join the Accounts Payable team of one of the leading minority owned Development companies on the West Coast.
Encouraged to use my skills to turn the department around and become more efficient and timely.
Receive, review, code and enter invoices for all properties.
Cut and match checks to the corresponding invoices from the various vendors.
Responsible for preparing purchase orders as requested.
Responsible for cutting checks for check requests that are issued.
Deposited all rent monies that come in during the month.
Resolve any billing issues that arise.
Prepare 1099’s at years end for vendors that are qualified to receive them.
Payed all Soft Cost Payables for pre construction projects.
Monitored Subs for Compliance with the Davis Bacon Prevailing Wage Program
Sr. A/P Input Operator (11/00-01/02)
Casden Properties, Inc., Beverly Hills, California
Recruited to join the Accounts Payable team of a leading West Coast property management corporation. Challenged to strengthen the payables practices for 29 of the largest properties within the company, improve the quality of the relationship between the properties, vendors, and accounts payable department. Significant responsibilities include:
Enter and code 500 plus invoices per property per week in a timely manor.
Cut and match checks to the corresponding invoices from the various vendors.
Assist other input operators when they fall behind or go on vacation.
Resolve billing issues and assist the VP of Accounting with special projects.
Prepare and send out 1099’s to the vendors that qualified to receive them.
Junior Accountant (Temp) (06/99-11/00)
Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Beverly Hills, California
Temporary member of the accounting team responsible for National and International accounts. Duties included:
Process checks for the subscription to the Playboy TV Channel.
Post payments to customer’s accounts and insure they receive Playboy signal.
Prepare monthly invoices for House Accounts
Also prepare and enter all approved journal entries into the GL system, audit petty cash, prepare, copy and distribute monthly financial statements to the various Department Heads.
Director of Risk Management (02/96-06/99)
Wave Community News, Inc., Los Angeles, California
Responsibility encompassed all billing, credit, collections and reporting.
Prepared monthly sales and cash receipt reports, journal entries, customer credit adjustments and bad debt write-offs.
Acquired extensive experience in customer communications and collection negotiations.
Para Legal / Collector (06/93-01/96)
Markoff, Krasny, Goldman and Grant, Chicago, IL
Recruited to join this Law Firm as an entry-level Para Legal / Collector.
Duties included:
Debt collection and skip –tracing for the City of Chicago and other major corporations.
Issuing Wage Garnishments
Prepare Summons & Complaints as well as attend Bankruptcy Court.
Trained new collectors/paralegals in the operation of the City of Chicago Law Library, and settled all claims to the best of my ability keeping the best interest of our client(s) in mind.
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Education________________________________________
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. (1987-1991)
Business Administration with Concentration in Finance
GPA 3.4/4.0
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