KIMISA J. GEORGE
427 Deerfield Point  Alpharetta, GA 30004
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678.825.2988  vipride827@yahoo.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Dedicated, rounded Accountant with years of experience converting data to the general ledger,
processing payroll, and reconciling accounts, preparing and reviewing internal financial statements,
preparing and submitting business taxes, efficiently done to reduce errors and meet company
deadlines.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting, 2009
University of the Virgin Islands
Cum Laude Graduate
Associate of Arts - Business Management, 2008
University of the Virgin Islands
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rogers Electric
April 2012 – Present
Payroll and Benefits Manager
Promoted to the managerial position of managing the Payroll Process and accounts, as well as the
Benefits program of Rogers Electric.
Key Contributions:
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Handling the weekly and monthly pay runs of the company, from cost job allocation to time
entry and payment.
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Maintaining and reconciling the FICA accounts, State Withholding accounts, garnishment
and voluntary deduction accounts, including HSA and FSA.
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Quarterly reporting for FICA and Unemployment Insurance; Yearend adjustments to W-2
allocations
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Liaison between employees and employee benefit administrator.
information, while keeping benefit information accurate and available.
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Maintains employee records, making necessary information to ensure an open flow of
communication between HR and employees.
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Processes payments to all required jurisdictions regarding FICA deductions, garnishments,
and any other Voluntary deductions.
Updates employee
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Rogers Electric
May 2011 – April 2012
Accountant
Processing full-cycle accounting for several managerial companies, as well as processing payroll for
the parent corporation.
Key Contributions:
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Bank Reconciliations, Month end close, Expense allocations, and Monthly budget submittals
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Kept the parent company licensed in all states, counties, and cities as needed; prepared
financial statements for the required jurisdictions as requested
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Prepared end of year documents; e.g. 1099s, Accountant’s copy of financial records
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Processed multi-state weekly payroll for the parent company; submitted 941 payments, 401k
payments, company match, and loan repayments, and HAS/FSA deductions
eCompany Store, LLC
March, 2010 – April 2011
Staff Accountant
Handling the many facets of a Staff Accountant, using the SAP accounting system. Month end
procedures include account analysis, credit and cash balance procedures, prepaids and accruals, bank
reconciliations and inventory reporting, all to handled within company set timeframes.
Key Contributions:
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Bank, Credit Card, and Inventory Reconciliations, to include Fixed Assets input and tie out to
Balance Sheet.
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Weekly and monthly reporting of Vendor Consignment, as well as reporting of monthly
rebates and royalties.
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Financial analysis of accrual and prepaid accounts, sales entries, including journal entries for
complete accuracy of commission and amortization.
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Prepare company sales files, using advanced excel, such as v-lookups and pivot tables to
show multi views of company’s monthly revenue as it relates to each client and resolving any
issues so that it ties out to the Profit-Loss Statement
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Maintenance and reporting responsibility for Sales Tax returns for five states.
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Monthly tie out of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, GRIR account, and internal
financial reporting.
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Vouching accounts payable invoices, maintaining records of payments vouched.
Preparations of accounts receivable invoices, including intercompany transactions, and
maintaining receipt of payments.
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Kazi Management VI, LLC – St. Thomas, VI
2008-2009
Staff Accountant
Managed financial transactions for a 19 store restaurant market, which included posting to general
ledger, producing financial statements, account analysis, handling wire transfers, and recording all
transactions, using Sage’s MAS 90/200. Kazi Management is a Fast Food chain corporation across
the
continental
US,
as
well
as
the
US
Virgin
Islands,
and
Hawaii.
Key Contributions:
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Brought the operating and payroll accounts reconciliation up to date, from six months behind,
within the first three weeks of employment.
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Daily cash reconciliation for all nine markets, which encompassed over 300 stores, using the
Trintech software system.
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Prepared and delivered to management, under 5-6 days turnaround timelines, accurate
monthly and quarterly financial statements.
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Prepared and delivered an internal audit book, including variation analysis schedules to the
external audit company.
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Handled month end close for these 19 stores, which included accruals, payments of royalties
and advertising for multiple franchisee stores, as well as single franchisee stores, splitting of
revenue to address sales tax, management fee and allocation of multiple market managerial
employees.
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Monthly, quarterly, and yearly account reconciliation on accounts payable, accounts
receivable, management fee payable, intercompany transactions (due to/from), and balance
sheet accounts, entered data into excel spreadsheets and financial system.
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Computed payroll deductions (garnishments, 401k, insurance, John Hancock), compiled data,
reconciled errors, and allocated managerial (overhead) payroll costs across several markets
which created due to /due from intercompany transactions, end of year payroll reconciliation
and tie out to payroll taxes.
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The deJongh, Group – St. Thomas, VI
2007-2008
Accountant/Executive Assistant
Managed financial transactions of this architectural firm, using the QuickBooks system. Reconciled
business accounts, which consisted of operating and payroll accounts. Processed payments, and
generated invoices and statements for clients. Compiled, computed, and entered payroll data into the
company’s financial system. Maintained office environment by filing, creating a liaison relationship
with vendors, setting appointments through Outlook, making travel arrangements for co-workers,
upholding a high level of customer service professionalism. The deJongh Group, PC is a
husband/wife owned Architectural firm that uses the percentage of completion billing technique,
while also charging for any contractors hired by them on a client’s behalf.
Key Contributions:
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Installed QuickBooks software onto company system maintained company files on software.
Created a chart of accounts for this 40 plus year business.
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Created invoices for customers, using percentage of completion billing, time and use billing,
and standard billing facets.
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Made accounts payable management a weekly occurrence where I processed the payments,
cut checks, and submitted to owner for review and sign, then mailed all payments. Updated
vendor file to reflect up to date information and accuracy.
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Prepared and submitted payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, reconciled payroll account
monthly and yearly, reconciled payroll errors, computed payroll deductions for garnishments,
charity donations, health insurance, entered data in financial system.
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Educated business owner on needed accounting procedures and policies regarding the
financials of the business.
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Maintained current records of clients, vendors, business and tax licenses, contracts, supplies,
operable office equipment, and architectural minded reading material within the office
environment.
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Spenceley Office Equipment, Inc. – St. Thomas, VI
2004-2007
Accountant/Office Manager
Performed accounts receivable and payable functions, balancing cash and posting sales invoices.
Worked daily in a collections capacity, on accounts 3 to 4 years old and accurately entered
transactions into QuickBooks accounting system. Prepared and submitted payroll taxes, business
insurance renewals, and monthly, quarterly, and yearly business taxes. Spenceley Office Equipment,
Inc. is a family owned office equipment merchandiser, selling copiers, fax machines, time clocks,
typewriters, printers, and money counting machines.
Key Contributions:
 Initial job title as an office clerk, with promotion to Accountant/Office Manager within one
year.
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Made substantial progress on several key accounts receivable accounts that were over three
to four years old. Brought over five accounts, including government accounts well outside of
their fiscal period, up to date, while maintaining the business relationship between the
entities. Contacts for accounts receivable was done by phone, mail, and personal contact.
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Processed manual receipts for the St. Thomas and St. Croix location, entering all manual
receipts into the system for month close, and processed monthly statements for both
locations.
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Process all payroll taxes, gross receipts taxes, quarterly and yearend tax reports, end of year
W-2 preparation, child support deductions, garnishment deductions, unemployment
insurance, excise taxes, and shipper’s insurance for the business.
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Maintained merchandise supplies in store to ensure inventory levels for customers. Month
end inventory count and comparison with system inventory levels to ensure validity.
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Calculated and wrote contracts for new clients and renewals, within company deadlines.
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Processed payroll for the St. Thomas and St. Croix location, while maintaining and securing
all employee files for both locations.
Software Skills
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SAP
MAS 90/200
MS Office Suite
Peachtree
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Oracle
Quickbooks
Advanced Excel (macros, pivot tables, v-lookups)
Essbase