Rhondda Lewis

 Rhondda Lewis- Experience Summary: I am a seasoned finance and accounting consultant with a proven track record in assisting clients, representing a wide range of industries, to meet deadlines; develop, refine and implement policies and procedures; and diagnose and resolve accounting problems in various areas of management financial reporting and fixed assets accounting. General Skills/Software PeoplesoftGreat PlainsSAPXero Banner QuickbooksPeachtreeBest FASMRI Yardi Microsoft Office Gusto AS400 Systems Receipt Bank Education Herndon College, University of London Advanced Level certification in Mathematics Microsoft Office certification Current Enrollee in Public Speaking & Speech classes Online student – Spanish course Professional Experience: Targo Advisors – a cloud based accounting firm June 2015 to Present For several clients, using virtual accounting software such as Xero Accounting, Receipt Bank, Gusto Payroll: match receipts, code expenses, process payroll, reconcile bank accounts and general ledger activity, prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports for client use. Rainbow Realty Associates – a luxury property management firm Feb 2013 to Nov 2014 Prepared the partnership books for the company and its seven partners. Inputted yearly budgets. Audited property purchases to isolate capital items for depreciation. Prepared depreciation and capital expenditure schedules. Robert Half International – ConsultantMay 1999 to Feb 2013 Selected assignments from my portfolio include the following clients: Logisticare – a national, non-emergency transportation company Prepared the month end schedules and financial reports. Reconciled operating, fixed assets and accrual accounts. Audited cash deposit logs and tested implementation of Expense Expert used to process travel and expense reports for reimbursement. Designed and led various analytic projects including reviewing budgeted versus actual reports. Abrams Properties/Servidyne – a national building optimization company Reviewed the financial packages of third party managed real estate properties. Prepared month end schedules, depreciation reports and other financial spreadsheets. Consolidated reports for property management and financial monthly meetings. Audited budget versus actual reports and provided analysis and recommendations. Compiled data for state tax auditors. Cousins Properties – a regional, diversified real estate company Assisted property managers in compiling and verifying financial data needed for monthly financial reports on medical, commercial office, and retail properties. Collaborated with comptrollers on various projects involving leases, FASB13 calculations and DOE/CAM reconciliations. IMS Management Services - a national, urban real estate company Managed the cash flow for seventeen properties; prepared month-end schedules and financial reports and assisted in the implementation of the Yardi software to achieve mandated financial reporting requirements. Marietta Eye Clinic- an eight-site optical services facility serving northeast Georgia Stabilized the client’s accounting department reducing significant staff turnover; created procedures, policies and forms for the accounting department. Instituted month-end closing protocols and procedures for the entire service network. Developed revenue databases. Generated ad hoc revenue reports for management and the department. Established an in-house accounting skills development resource. Calculated and assembled corporate and site budgets, including establishing an accounting module for a new surgical center; and advised on the implementation of a tagging and scanning system for bar coding fixed assets. The Davis Academy- a private K through 8 school Reconciled general ledger and 403B retirement accounts and established procedures for processing the semi-monthly payroll. Interviewed and trained a senior accountant to use Blackbaud software to perform the afore-mentioned tasks. Gerber Agri International, LLC- an international and domestic food products exporter Crafted procedures to guide the preparation of monthly accounting reports. Compiled a policies and procedures manual addressing the handling of general accounting and accounts payable tasks. Updated delinquent accounts, prepared financial statements and coordinated domestic and international wire transfers with vendors. MedQuest, Inc- a national medical equipment company Analyzed data from the company’s newly launched fixed assets database without running parallel systems and identified the causes of incorrect data transfers. Devised and led the implementation of corrective actions including coordination of physical verification inventory at offsite locations and adjustments related to the external year-end audit. Coca- Cola- international beverage producer and distributor Analyzed balance sheets reconciliations, bank statements and various general ledger reconciliations in preparation for the client’s external audit. American Cancer Society- a national health non-profit Diagnosed problem areas in the accounts payables procedures and formulated solutions. Reconciled accounts payable accounts and American Express travel accounts. Coordinated and facilitated the effective transition from in-house to outsourced invoice processing. Certegy, Inc. –a national check verification company Verified the accuracy of fixed asset data transferred during a system conversion to Great Plains. Managed the month-end closing process in relation to fixed asset invoice processing and depreciation. Reconciled state and federal accounts for year-end closing and established and documented procedures for reconciling Accounts Payables data. Ciba Vision- an international manufacturer and supplier of contacts lenses Resolved a six month backlog of unreconciled general ledger accounts; instituted a journal entry tracking system; and assisted cost accounting teams to reconcile inventory accounts and restructure processes via the PeopleSoft inventory module. LaRoche Industries – a national chemical manufacturing company Utilized forensic accounting techniques to assist the client during its bankruptcy proceedings. Implemented a system to track and monitor 2400 bankruptcy claims. Collaborated closely with the lawyers and creditors to facilitate the company’s emergence from bankruptcy. Reconciled their outstanding accounts payable aging. Retrieved $800,000 in past due payments from vendors. Conducted internal audits and updated real estate and property tax returns. National Linen Service (NLS)Oct 1986 to Oct 1998 NLS is a leading provider of textile rentals in the hospitality, dining and healthcare fields. During my tenure at NLS I was promoted three times and made a positive impact in the following roles: Payroll Coordinator - Spearheaded a W-2 and W2-C project that led to a payroll system conversion for better value-added servicing. Worked with employees to resolve W-2 tax reporting issues. Audited state payroll and workers’ compensation reports. Fixed Asset Manager - Managed fixed asset department, overseeing inventory of $73 million. Provided senior management with capital expenditure reports. Established an inventory tracking program. Led an internal management team in developing procedures to efficiently process capital expenditure projects. Senior Accountant – Supervised a team of accountants and clerks in the maintenance of financial records for the industrial division. Prepared executive sales commission and tax reports. Audited royalty statements. Completed various special projects for the accounting manager and comptroller.