Accounting support

I offer part-time quality accounting support services for small and mid-sized companies on a short or long-term basis, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal entry creation, account analysis, cash forecasting, bank reconciliations, account reconciliation and support schedules for taxes and audits (does not include tax return preparation).

I have over 20 years of experience in various industries and company sizes as a consultant, temporary employee and full-time employee. My specialty is stepping in without training and hitting the ground running, or creating the work from scratch as an employee in a newly created position. This includes stepping in to clean up accounting issues when an employee is terminated or quits, or a company is growing quickly and the necessary accounting matters have not been addressed. My experience includes solving the following issues:

-Accounts payable had a backlog of invoices to be paid and vendors were calling non-stop, invoices were not being received, and invoices were paid incorrectly and there were vendor billing issues to fix.

-Customer invoices were not sent out timely and some invoices were issued for the incorrect amount. Cash was not coming in fast enough, making it difficult to pay bills, make payroll or invest in operations.

-Journal entries had not been created or posted, creating a nightmare scenario when trying to create financial reports and financial statements at the end of the reporting period.

-Cash entries had not been posted to the accounting system, and bank reconciliations were not completed, making it difficult to reconcile cash to the bank, resulting in bank overdrafts.

-A company was three years behind in external financial audits, due to high turnover in accounting staff and poor accounting records. State and federal tax returns were also two years behind.

-Cash flow had not been tracked for a subsidiary, making it difficult to meet bi-weekly payroll, without relying on cash infusions from the parent company.

-Cash forecasts and company budgets needed to be created and maintained to track revenue, control expenses and manage cash more effectively.