Tamara D. Jenkins

2564 Moonlight Drive

Wrightstown, NJ 08640

(609) 562-8805

SUMMARY

Experienced professional seeks position as Accountant for large corporation.

PROFILE

·       Experienced bookkeeper. Proficient in accounts payable and receivable, and reporting and spreadsheet management. Able to meet tight deadlines.

·       Highly driven and ambitious. Active at increasing responsibility. Produced 25% more work in current position than what was expected by management.

·       Hardworking. Willing to dedicate long hours to improve company performance.

·       Organized and accurate. Ability to deal with multiple deadlines and projects.

EXPERIENCE

Accounts Payable Clerk: ERT Systems, Mahwah, NJ

1996-present

Take care of all bookkeeping services for this international hardware distributor.

·       Manage and track expenditures in excess of $75K weekly. Monitor payments and schedule future payments. Verify accuracy of every expense before recording.

·       Reconcile and pay bills to several vendors. Maintain daily expense reports. Coordinate payment schedules and shipping expenditures.

·       Manage accounts receivable and billing services. Process monthly reports and week-end closings . Use Excel and company software to manage accounting data.

·       Seek out increased responsibilities to improve company efficiencies.

·       Negotiate with key vendors to delay payments to 90+ days when needed. Successfully retained 100% current vendors while increasing cash revenues.

Manager: Borders, Pompton Lakes, NJ

1993-1996

Responsible for managing all inventory operations, from procurement to staff supervision.

·       Organized a system to improve ordering procedures and reduce shipping costs.

·       Devised a daily reconciliation procedure to manage over $3,000 in cash daily.

Computer Operator: KJC, Inc., Morristown, NJ

1990-1993

Processed and organized month-end reports for KJC and other key clients.

Bookkeeper/Manager: Mike's Feed Shop, Riverdale, NJU

1986-1990

Provided weekly bookkeeping services and managed a staff of ten. Oversaw daily janitorial operations.

·       Completed a year end ledger bookkeeping which tracked over $45,000.00 in annual revenue.

EDUCATION/COMPUTERS

·       Associate of Arts Degree: Ramapo Community College, Ramapo, NJ -  1986.

·       Computer skills: Windows 98/2000, MS Office 2003 and Internet Research.