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6-10 years of experience
Coordinated the continuum of committing, finalizing purchase agreement, obligating appropriate funds to contracts, and maintained ongoing management of contract, including problem resolution, payment timeliness, and reconciliation.
- Personally managed $5.6 million in contract value.
- Served as Lead Accounting Technician when interoffice capacity became overloaded.
- Developed unique research and reconciling strategies for significant and problematic contracts.
- Audited and certified payment vouchers as appropriate for payment
- Trained staff accounting technicians in advanced contract research and maintenance of significant and problematic contracts.
6-10 years of experience
Responsible for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Credit/Collection Support and Cost Accounting
- Reconciled and analyzed appropriate departmental budgets and contracts to ensure compliance with departmental policies and accounting principles
- Monitored department spending patterns in order to manage operational budget and forecast future expenditures
- Responsible for researching, troubleshooting discrepancies with agencies and vendors, as well as creating and processing invoices and reimbursements
- Responsible for and prepared budgets; analyzed fiscal functions; checked for mathematical errors, prepared report, bank deposits and processed associated paperwork
- Responsible for payroll, vacation, sick leave, annual leave, travel reimbursements, interviews, and managed job openings
0-5 years of experience
Audited and processed 200 payments of vendor invoices and other accounts payable by check requests each week
- Prepared and maintained various accounting records and reports including Form 1099, payments/checks and invoices for 1000 vendors
- Entered accurate purchase orders and invoice data into the District’s accounting system to produce appropriate vouchers and payments
- Assisted students, employees and District vendors by providing information, posting payments and resolving account discrepancies
- Prepared statistical, financial and operational reports on a monthly basis
0-5 years of experience
Responsible of payroll processing, maintained payroll
information by collecting, calculating and entering data,
- Updated payroll records by entering changes in exemptions,
- Prepared reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes,
- Resolved payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing
- Maintained payroll operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes.
- Billed insurance charges.
- Maintained payroll operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changes.
- Reviewed and reconciled bank deposits and posted transactions
0-5 years of experience
Analyzed taxpayer issues and concerns, determine the proper resolutions based on accounting systems, policies and procedures and then take the appropriate actions.
- Prepared financial statements and accounting reports pertinent to accurately update the real property integrated tax system and/or subsystems.
- Performed independent researches and conduct extensive analysis to resolve unusual problem.
- Communicated effectively with taxpayers, mortgage and title companies, accountants, and attorneys to collect tax information.
10+ years of experience
Compiled accurate account balances and organized outstanding invoices
- Applied technical knowledge and analytical skills to identify and eliminate re-work
- Provided support and trained other team members
- Prepared administrative reports for management
- E-mailed correspondence to vendors and customers, provided updates, findings and backup documentation, developed a positive rapport with team member and supervisor
- Demonstrated an understanding of lines of accounting, federal laws and regulations
- Utilized multiple accounting system to balance and reconciled outstanding invoices
0-5 years of experience
Coded invoices, expense reports, and check requests with correct codes conforming to standard procedures to ensure proper entry into the financial system.
- Handled all vendor correspondence via phone or email
- Attached the corresponding purchase orders to incoming invoices with all supporting documentation.
- Investigated and resolved problems associated with processing of invoices and purchase orders.
- Prepared batch check runs and ACH transactions.
- Processed remittance information from checks for invoices provided by vendors, reviewed instructions accompanying items to determine proper disposition and credited accounts in accordance with standard procedures.
- Received, researched and resolved a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status.
- Filed, maintained, and distributed accounting documents, records and reports.
10+ years of experience
Supervised sales and customer services representatives.
- Acted as Chief Financial Officer for the company responsible for its financial reports.
- Managed accounts payable and receivable.
- Prepared and maintained all payroll processing documents and payroll reports.
- Kept track of and organized daily sale transactions and closing statement reports.
- Prepared and submitted comprehensive financial statements and payroll reports to State and Federal agencies.
6-10 years of experience
Verify external customer invoices for accuracy according to policy and procedure
- Calculate invoice control batches for approval prior to keying
- Key approximately 300-400 invoices per month within specified time period with minimal errors, ensuring completed batches are balanced, necessary documentation included, and filed numerically
- Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and assist inter and external consumers with payment/invoice inquiries
- Created spreadsheet to monitor monthly rent and janitorial contracts
0-5 years of experience
- Assisted Finance Director in compiling information for the Agency’s annual operating budget.
- Analyzed and reviewed financial and budgeting data for completeness and accuracy.
- Worked with department directors in getting budget data assembled for annual budget.
- Performed reconciliations of agency’s multiple bank accounts.
- Prepared monthly Prop 1B Interest Report.
- Created multiple schedules and reconciliations for [company name]’s annual audit.
6-10 years of experience
Worked closely with Base and Headquarter budget analysts to keep their expenditures within their allotted budgets. Received Performance Award for excellence in monitoring their funds.
- Balanced accountability transactions to Daily Summary of Receipts and Daily Cash.
- Reviewed and processed transactions, identified, analyzed, and resolved discrepancies in accounting records frequently coordinating efforts with other personnel.
- Received interfund adjustment vouchers, posted control records, and prepared data for processing.
0-5 years of experience
Accepted and processed payments for fines due to the court
- Proofread records and forms
- Sorted and distributed mail, answered telephone, and performed similar duties
- Prepared routine reports
- Composed and prepared responses to letters concerning the organization or department, or referred persons to another source of information
- Entered, coded, and retrieved a variety of information from various computer systems
- Released information and documents in accordance with the Public Information Act and other applicable laws and procedures
0-5 years of experience
Performs routine accounting activities such as maintenance of the general ledger.
- Preparation of various accounting statements and financial reports and accounts payable or receivable functions.
- Familiar with a variety of the concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Wires, managed inventory, prepared bank deposits, account reconciliation and write offs.
10+ years of experience
Received and classified all financial obligation documents to ensure accuracy, expenditures limitations, corrected accounting data, and verified each in the appropriate accounting system.
- Responsible for identifying any duplicate or erroneous payment made to customers and submitted debt letters to ensure funds were recouped back to proper accounts.
- Inspected contracts and related obligation authority to ensure propriety of fund usage, proper authorizing signatures, and correct contract payment requirements.
- Determined and applied proper required coding to a variety of obligations, accrued expenditures, and disbursing transactions.
- Contacted contracting personnel and commercial vendors to obtain missing documentation and to clarify or furnish information to resolve discrepancies.
- Initiated necessary correction procedures to delivery orders, invoices and other supporting documents, as needed.
0-5 years of experience
Processed prior year obligations in the government’s Oracle accounting system
- Completed monthly quality assurance reviews of other departments’ processes
- Processed expense reclassification general journal entries and monthly queue clean-ups in the government’s accounting system
- Conducted internal audit reviews of government contractual obligations
- Processed SQL Reports
- Created and implemented a paperless system for prior year and reclassification obligations saving valuable time and resources
0-5 years of experience
Utilized automated accounting systems for data input and to obtain reports.
- Maintained accounting ledgers and performed account reconciliation. Maintained
- Performed account analysis and account research.
- Processed accounting transactions.
- Validated expenditure and collection transactions.
- Handled customer inquiries, researched problems and developed solutions.
- Trained lower level accounting clerks.
- Applied company internal controls requirements in performing accounting processes and procedures.
0-5 years of experience
- Reconciled bi-weekly and monthly payroll to process employees’ checks for the entire college.
- Prepared bank accounts reconciliation reports for the President and Vice-President’s Offices.
- Managed general ledger by recording journal entries for purchases, expenses and revenues and reversing entries.
- Monitored daily funds transactions by reconciling cashier’s drawers and payments via checks deposits
- Prepared monthly invoices for both internal and external offices for the college.
0-5 years of experience
- Assisted in new accounting software conversion which allowed a smoother process of accounting transactions.
- Managed Accounts Receivable Department and Payments.
- Prepared and analyzed Journal Entries, Financial Statements and Invoices.
- Processed Bank Reconciliations, Electronic Credit Card Payments and Electronic Check Deposits.
0-5 years of experience
Pilot project to track government budget using Quickbooks program.
- Utilized Forest Programs such as IAS, Work Plan and WPTR for monitoring and generating reports.
- Audit accounts to ensure transactions where appropriate as planned.
- Organized and updated filing system. (Fleet Department)
- Assisted supervisor in the fleet department in various work assignments including handling all paperwork for the 2010 GSA equipment sale.
0-5 years of experience
Lead technician performing and providing assistance in the preparation of contract and utility bills for Naval Public Work Center customers; scheduled water reading routes on a monthly basis to ensure an even cycle for all water accounts; generated and verified utility billing; worked with Meter Readers and water staff.
- Resolved customer inquiries; maintained listing of outstanding accounts, and pursued and process past due accounts to collection when required. Reconciled utility billing accounts receivable on a monthly basis; compiled monthly inventory costs of goods sold for water inventory, and prepared journal entries; prepared journal entries, prepared bills for the forecasting funds; and provided work coverage to both the Comptroller and Lead Sewer Billing Clerk.
- Maintained and received invoices and schedule payments for utilities, as well as, such services as janitorial, landscaping, office supply, equipment, and food service. Received and disbursed purchase orders, travel orders and bills of lading, and blanket purchase agreements.
- Prepared financial statements, performed account research and analysis, monitored and tracked obligations. Developed excel spreadsheets, skilled in spreadsheet preparation and software to enter, revise, sort, calculate and create tables.
- Acted as a liaison with the utility billing application software company to update records and resolve programming problems
- Prepared financial statements, performed account research and analysis, monitored and tracked obligations, expenditures, disbursements and commitments for 197 major claimants and vendors.
- Established, maintained and updated funding and expenditures relating to renovations, repairs, materials, rental vehicles and utilities; developed excel spreadsheets for 197 cost centers for input of labor, material and contract requirements utilizing MAXIMO/WMIS (Workload Management Information System). Prepared financial statements, performed account research and analysis, monitored and tracked obligations, expenditures, disbursements and commitments for 197 major claimants and vendors.
- Managed 370+ contracts and purchase requests totaling over $20.9M, achieving a 99.7% obligation rate.
- Trained base personnel in proper procedures of Wide-Area-Work-Force (WAWF) to increase timeliness of payments to vendors by 25%.
0-5 years of experience
Applied over $50,000 Credit Card transactions to accounts through ALIP monthly
- Applied over $100,000 of APL loan payments to accounts daily
- Applied 53 credit card and direct account payables daily
- Reviewed reconciliations
- Assisted other divisions with reconciling accounts and applying payments
- Responded to correspondences and other forms of communication in reference to client contracts and payments
0-5 years of experience
Supported management and office units staff and provided customer support for accounting and financial functions in the Contract Management & Procurement unit
- Processed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, including researching, redacting information, and processing fees according to government regulations
- Managed high-pace phone and messaging system and scheduled meetings
- Delivered and picked up daily mail, including time-sensitive materials
6-10 years of experience
- Analyze, interpret, review, and make decisions regarding account reconciliations.
- Performed all functions related to month end close including the preparation, review and posting of journal entries.
- Research and resolved cash discrepancies.
- Managed the set-up of clearance and authorization requests for individuals to write company checks and procurement credit cards at specified and approved amounts to insure that internal processes were followed.
- Assisted in the successful conversion to PeopleSoft financial system without any interruption of accounting operations.
- Substantially reduced significant audit adjustments through better financial controls.
- Prepared the required documents for yearly budget preparation process by ensuring accurate financial data is reported on the income statement.
0-5 years of experience
Handles large amounts of cash. Work with the public and other Accounting Technicians helping students to understand departmental policies and other general campus information.
- Use a 10- key adding machine by touch with a high degree of speed and accuracy.
- Provide service to customers by answering questions regarding their accounts and collecting all accounts
- Counsel students and parents on the phone in the absence of the Administrative Coordinator.
- Review and audit Department Transmittals (DT’s) to ensure cash received equals cash reported, credit
- Process financial aid checks, emergency loans, partial salary payments, and cash personal checks.
- Substitute for the university cashier in the vault including receiving and disbursing all cash items for all
0-5 years of experience
Provide Assistance to the Finance department with budgets preparation and Managing Financial Reports: Salary and benefits projection, Posting, Reconciling, completing and processing financial transaction in various university systems
- Manages all payment and purchase requests, journal entries, accounts adjustments, check requests, travel requests, and deposits; and monitors annual operating and facilities budget, including budgetary analyses and projections.
- Assist with preparation of 300+ monthly financial reports and reconciliation of accounts using spreadsheets as database reporting systems by retrieving financial data from finan$eer and Data warehouse.
- Assist department with account management and monitor and compliance with government accounting methods, procedures and accounting practice.
- Researching and reconciling discrepancies so that accounts are balanced each month.
- Communicate within the department regarding the accounting transactions and activities to carry out assigned responsibilities with zero error in the financial reports.
- Supervises various financial functions of considerable complexity.
0-5 years of experience
Exercised independent judgment and demonstrated the knowledge and ability to use and understand the information needed to make sure all documents I indexed were routed to their correct place. Reviewed documents in Electronic Document Management (EDM) to ensure all information needed to process documents was correct and legible on documents and if information or pages were missing or document information was not correct I routed documents to the Document Control Center (DCC) to be corrected or returned to the vendor.
- Required to process 225 documents a day with an error rate of less than 2%. Indexed documents correctly and within allotted timeframe with average production being above what was required and errors below .10%.
- Ensured all documents were processed correctly. If unsure, documents were placed on hold to verify information with lead or supervisor once verified action was taken to either index documents or send them to correct area to ensure payments could be made by Entitlement sections promptly.
- Participated in the improvement of the overall team. Provided database training to several technicians. Performed lead duties including answering holds, cleaning out research queues, as well as often consulting with the Entitlement team to ensure Tier II was doing the work correctly.
0-5 years of experience
Reviews and processes accounts payable invoices and resolves billing and payment issues
- Regularly interacts with vendors and government employees nationwide
- Responsible for proper data management, including storing or removing sensitive information
- Ensures the accuracy of system processes by performing periodic reviews of past billing records
- Manages reimbursement requests for homeland security personnel
- Retained the position part-time during college semesters (10-15 hrs/week)
0-5 years of experience
Auditing and accurately processing of direct, matching invoices, travel, honorariums, grants, contracts, and leases.
- Ensure that federal funds for invoices are coded to the correct expenditure accounts
- Reviews, monitors, and files quarterly NC5 withholding taxes and annually NC3 Form withholding taxes in accordance to OSC’s deadline
- Review and submit budget revisions for department
- Reconcile and Audit procurement card monthly card holder statements
- Review, Audit and submit 1099’s for agency in accordance to OSC’s guidelines
- Cash management back up for daily deposits, transfers, and check write
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for processing an average of 150 invoices per week and comparing data from a variety of sources for accuracy and completeness;
- Proven attention to detail through identifying discrepancies and making necessary corrections to guarantee all invoices are paid correctly;
- Maintained professional and positive communication with vendors and other divisions to ensure payments are on time and correct;
- Quickly mastered the AKSAS accounting system through independent study and hands on experience;
- Independently design spreadsheets of all invoices completed to track goals and find past invoices efficiently when necessary;
- Track and prepare monthly grant and contract status reports.
0-5 years of experience
Maintained, monitored, and balanced 232 subsidiary accounts including shreds daily
- Thoroughly cross-checked invoices to prevent overpayment and underpayment to suppliers
- Checked figures, postings and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy and proper codes, to ensure accuracy
- Responsible for conducting research and updating vendor files, activating or deleting individual files
- Debit, credit and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases using specialized accounting software
- Compiled and stored financial records using computerized journals and ledgers
- Accessed computerized information to provide answers concerning general and specific accounts questions
- Performed combinations of routine calculating, posting and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records
- Temporary Records Custodian for the AF1876. Responsible for the filing and staging of records. Packed and labeled 24 boxes and prepared DD135 for the annual staging of records
0-5 years of experience
- Reviewed filed tax returns to determine whether tax credits and deductions claimed are allowed by law
- Responded to and contact taxpayers to address problems and to request supporting documentations
- Evaluated financial information, using familiarity with accounting procedures and knowledge of changes to tax laws and regulations
- Kept records on each case dealt with, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken
- Resolved payment disputes by requesting payment documentations, locating payments and posting them on the respective accounts
- Negotiated payments for outstanding balances not yet in collection
0-5 years of experience
Provided Accounting Technician customer support – processed payments for applications, tuition, parking permits, adult and continuing education fees, and other specialized fees and payments
- Managed bookkeeping databases–Banner software, Excel and other specialized databases
- Managed cash receipts – daily cash drawer balancing and closing reports
- Business Office Accounting Technical Receptionist – managed and serviced incoming Business Office calls
- Distributed reimbursement payments – processed travel request: utilized PeopleSoft software
- Scheduled state motor vehicles for staff and faculty use, and maintenance
0-5 years of experience
Extracts information and prepares portions of reports and/or schedules for higher-level
accounting professionals in a budget unit.
- Extracts and manipulates information and prepares weekly or biweekly financial reports and schedules for state and federal reports to be used by higher level accounting professionals.
- Responsible for posting and journalizing ledgers and preparing financial accounts reports such as those for complex grants in a large central fiscal office.
- Reconciles biweekly or monthly bank statements/accounts.
- Prepares biweekly financial projections.
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, & Outlook.
0-5 years of experience
Processes a variety of accounting records and transactions related to accounts payables, accounts receivables or other financial data
- Computes various financial transactions
- Performs customer service work by contacting customers regarding customer accounts and billing information
- Identifies discrepancies between billings and invoices
- Obtains, compiles, organizes, and prepares information and data for various reports
- Audits meter readings, prepares adjustments or corrections to customer accounts as needed
- Analyzes accounting systems to determine their efficiency, reports on inadequacies, and makes recommendations for improvement
0-5 years of experience
Reconciled goods receipts to invoice receipts in SAP.
- Worked with receiving, purchasing, financial approvers, vendors, and department leads to remove barriers of payment.
- Conferred with vendors to bring Accounts Receivable accounts with vendors to current standing.
- Enhanced the monthly stat reports to make them more efficient and take less time to prepare so time could be used toward other items requiring immediate attention.
- Extensive amounts of data analysis including spreadsheet work consisting of preparation and consolidation of data.
- Trained and worked closely with SAP and other Accounts Payable processors to eliminate inconsistencies in posting errors.
- Invited as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to assist in the SAP ERP ECC6 Implementation Project (also known as Symphony). Worked on project full time for over a year and to work on project on an ad-hoc basis as needed.
6-10 years of experience
Performing clerical functions pertaining to Pre-Authorized Checking such as: Processes and maintains bank changes, direct billing to PAC.
- Balances weekly PAC register, Runs weekly error reports, balance batch report to ACH confirmation, runs PB2 report to assign batch numbers for premium payments.
- Handle premium payments, bank draft returns, reversing premium, contacting insured’s and agents regarding their policies.
- Notifies LC personnel of weekly and monthly PAC runs, process multiple journal entries.
- Reviews and reconciles suspense accounts, researches and clears balance accounts.
- Training courses for: Excel I, II and III and Crystal Reports 2008-Level I.
0-5 years of experience
Audit vouchers to ensure accuracy and legitimacy of claims for travel reimbursement
- Process $10,000 – $30,000 in travel reimbursement claims daily
- Responsible for monthly report that corrects accounting information and pays approximately $2,000,000 in credit card bills for traveling employees
- Process Gift and Bequest travel documentation and payment.
10+ years of experience
Handled all activities in accounts payable
- Examined invoices and create check request
- Processed purchase orders, also cut weekly A/P checks to ensured timely payment of vendor invoices.
- Enter employee information into accounting software.
- Corrected missed punches, entered leave time, process and distribute bi-weekly payroll.
0-5 years of experience
Demonstrates investigative skills through bill and purchase order reconciliation
- Account for and reconcile district wide fuel costs for maintenance vehicles and buses
- Provide analytical support for other departments when needed
- Investigate outstanding invoices on statements, locate missing purchasing documents, and process for payment
- Participate in check runs to cover for vacations
- Maintain and reconcile records for district wide laundry expenses
0-5 years of experience
Receive, analyze, and classify allotments, initiations, and commitment and obligation documents.
- Review documents for validity, budget and expenditure limitation, completeness and correctness of accounting data.
- Building new/improving existing accounting processes to ensure data integrity
- Code data onto necessary transaction sheets indicating type of appropriation of funds, control account, subsidiary account, limitation and cost center.
- Reconcile delivered orders with general ledger accounts, subsidiary accounts with the general ledger.
- Control accounts for receivables, payables, work in process, inventory and property accounts.
- Review claims for advance payments, letters of credit and expenditure reports. Verifies daily sales summaries and daily cash reports.
0-5 years of experience
Oversee all accounts payable functions for Athletic Services budget, and Club/Trust accounts
- Responsible for all accounts payable functions for Sac Book Rac
- Prepare 1099 documents and reports related to payables
- Maintain COTOP files for return checks
- Prepare and adjust entries in General Ledger as required
- Responsible for semi-monthly payroll processing in the absence of the Accountant
- Maintain employee files for regular and hourly employees; enter new hires; verify accuracy of calculations; make required payroll changes to benefits, addresses, and deductions
10+ years of experience
Researches automated adjustments, process work lists, and email and generate other reports for all 100 counties IV-D & Non IV-D cases.
- Work with double entry bookkeeping system which involves numerous system accts, agency accts and sub accounts, reason codes in performing research on adjustment and careful attention to detail adjustments, with timeliness and completeness of adjustments.
- Provides assistance to data collections during special projects that are assigned to the unit. Assists & reviews agent(s) paperwork for proper adjustment request for all 100 counties.
- Distribute child support worker lists to adjusters to be processed.
- Process monthly payments to foster care agencies and foster care parents for all 100 counties
- Process monthly payments to Medicaid Division for account DMA/35
- Daily Balancing to the child support system
- Assist with answering the switchboard as needed
6-10 years of experience
Utilize proficiency in all aspects of accounting to perform a variety of key tasks for operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Accurately process multiple transactions and forms of payment with keen attention to detail, including: processing invoices for payment, and ensuring cash and checks are posted to the appropriate account.
- Generate and analyze financial reports from the accounting system to ensure accuracy and initiate corrective action as appropriate.
- Perform monthly bank and credit card accounts reconciliation to ensure balancing.
- Prepare and post journal entries; process checks from general ledger to pay vendors and process refunds.
- Maintain accounting file system for documentation of accounting transactions.
- Establish, audit and replenish departmental petty cash in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Develop and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with cross-functional team members and across all levels of the organization.
0-5 years of experience
Reconciling Bank Statements to General Ledger for accuracy of cashier deposits, wire, ACH transfers and checks.
- Review and analyze the flow of the Student refund, Payroll & Accounts Payable process and the impact on Bank accounts.
- Transmit Higher one (Student refund) files & Web check payment files daily.
- Perform high volume of numerical detail comparison that requires advance excel skills.
- Collect and analyze Bookstore sales data to enter revenue, expense and adjustments into the general ledger.
0-5 years of experience
Check departments accounting strings used for accuracy with Excel’s shadow application
- Generate invoice to bill both internal and external vendors for services rendered
- Prepare monthly reports for state reporting purposes
- Prepare a variety of departmental reconciliations
- Withdraw funds from specific grants using the state JTA (Jobs Training Animation) system for monthly
0-5 years of experience
Verifying and analyzing accounting data for governmental and commercial invoice payment transactions.
- Correcting erroneous data.
- Perform internal audit on payments in compliance with Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA)
- Preparing documents for input into a financial management system and visually verifying data entered into the system.
- Coordinating with the offices for any missing documents.
- Reviewing purchase orders, contracts, invoices, vouchers, and statements covering governmental and commercial goods and services provided for accuracy, compliance with Federal Register, 5 CFR Part 1315 Prompt Payment, Final Rule and Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) and proper approval prior to alloying payments.
- Verifying, auditing, and processing travel vouchers and payment charge-of-station in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation.
- Assisting in compiling, preparing and maintaining reports that summarize accounting data for the organization.
- Performing regular review of un-reconciled items and following up with the appropriate field office for resolution.
0-5 years of experience
Provide in depth analysis of annual contracts
- Key journal entries; reconcile necessary accounts, and distinguish entries that have been keyed incorrectly as well as year-end close out procedures, conduct verification of 702’s for proper procedures
- Identify errors in improper coding of expense accounts and take corrective action to provide accurate data.
- Research and correspond with State and other agencies regarding invoices.
- Prepare various state forms such as the 702, 704, basis for all accounts.
- Complete forms and electronically send information to respective client.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining documentation for all accounting procedures.
0-5 years of experience
- Prepare and review account reconciliations and journal entries.
- Analyze and review working capital loan analysis and branch balancing (i.e. cash settlement between Marsh legal entities) processes.
- Prepare, review and provide variance explanations for balance sheet schedules for quarter-end and year-end reporting.
- Complete variety of Dept. of Commerce forms (i.e. Forms: BE-120, BE-125, BE-577, QSS-4(A), ICT-1(M), ACE(M), SA-52000A, BE-11A and CQ2) for one legal entity – Guy Carpenter.
- Run ad-hoc reports for Marsh Controllers, research and follow up on open items.
- Serve on the “Best Practices team†to review and modify best practices documentation for the accounting department.
0-5 years of experience
- Maintain all accounting f[company name]tions for a portfolio of over 100 accounts while supporting over 30 staff.
- Created Standard Operating Procedures for accounts payable and receivable.
- Contracts management for all Heart and Vascular department.
- Created records management policy and filing implementation.
Chemical Technician Duties and Responsibilities
The organizations chemical technicians work for determine their duties and responsibilities. Based on job listings we analyzed, a chemical technician’s core duties typically involve:
Monitor chemical processes Chemical technicians are responsible for testing the quality of different products to meet compliance standards and specifications, analyzing compounds to test the concentration of different substances, and observing chemical processes for safety and analysis.
Troubleshoot problems Sometimes equipment or processes may malfunction, or a chemical solution may not behave in the way it was expected to. During these occasions, chemical technicians look at what the issue may be and find a solution to fix the problem.
Set up laboratory equipment In preparation for experiments, chemical technicians set up the necessary laboratory equipment and ensure that the equipment and the work area are cleaned thoroughly afterward. This can sometimes involve preparing chemical solutions, as well as ensuring that hazardous materials are removed once the experiment is over.
Conduct experiments Chemical technicians carry out tests on different solutions, compounds, or products to analyze them for a variety of purposes, including research and development. This data informs future processes and whether or not the product is safe to use.
Create technical reports Once experiments have been carried out, chemical technicians produce technical guidance and reports on their findings, both for their immediate team and superiors and for other departments that might not have technical knowledge. This may involve giving presentations on their findings.
Chemical Technician Skills and Qualifications
Great chemical technicians usually have great observational skills. Typically, an associate’s degree in applied science is required for this role, as well as the following abilities:
- Analytical thinking – chemical technicians analyze information precisely, extracting the data they need and observing important details or problems as they arise
- Communication skills – a key part of chemical technicians’ role is to explain their findings to other people, including scientists and engineers, and members of other teams who may not have a technical background; strong speaking and writing abilities aid in the production of effective and clear reports
- Time management – chemical technicians often work on a variety of different projects, experiments, and tasks simultaneously, so the ability to prioritize assignments and manage their time effectively is important
- Technical aptitude – an ability to apply technical skills is central to success as a chemical technician, as is a good understanding of statistical and research methods
- Attention to detail – to run experiments accurately and safely when using chemical compounds and to analyze experiments and data
Chemical Technician Education and Training
The minimum requirement to become a chemical technician is an associate’s degree in applied science or chemical technology, or two years of postsecondary education. The Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) is the most common degree held by chemical technicians. Students studying for this career usually take classes in math, physics, and biology, as well as chemistry courses. Chemical technicians often carry out data analysis or data modeling so an understanding of statistics and computer science is beneficial. Many schools offer internships that help students gain work experience while they’re in school. Most of the training a chemical technician receives will be on the job.
Chemical Technician Salary and Outlook
The median annual salary for chemical technicians is nearly $46,000. Chemical technicians in the 10th percentile earn around $27,000, while the highest paid earn over $76,000 a year. Some companies offer a bonus structure that can amount to $5,000. Many organizations provide health benefits such as medical or dental plans. The amount of experience an applicant has greatly impacts the salary for this position. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the growth rate for this sector is expected to grow by four percent through 2026.
Chemical Technician Helpful Resources
We’ve collected some of the best resources and tools you’ll need to succeed in a career as a chemical technician career:
Chemical Technology Handbook – This useful guide covers all the basics of chemical technology, from safety procedures in the laboratory to the notation, interpretation, and use of data.
Chemical Technicians’ Ready Reference Handbook – Renowned as a classic in the field, this book has been updated to reflect the latest developments in chemical technology. It covers step-by-step directions for performing a range of laboratory tasks as well as a comprehensive guide to processes.
American Chemical Society – ACS is the largest scientific society in the world, with over 150,000 members in more than 140 countries. This is the perfect place network and build an in-depth knowledge of the latest chemistry news and findings.
ChemSpider – This free database provides a structure search function to enable access to over 63 million chemical structures from hundreds of data sources. A comprehensive online tool, this is useful for students and experienced chemical technicians alike.