1. CHERYL L. JONES
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
 Supervision experience.
 Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, including Excel, Word and Access.
 Proficient in accounting programs Quicken and Quickbooks.
 Proficient on 10-key calculator by touch.
 Proficient with ADP, Paychex, Coastal Payroll and Ceridian payroll programs.
 Exceptionally well organized and detail oriented.
 High standards for consistency and quality of work.
 Adapt to change quickly and easily.
 Handle additional responsibility well under pressure in a professional manner.
 Completed HR certification course through Chapman University
 Team player.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Staff Accountant
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Rancho Bernardo 8/13 – Present
 Process payroll for all employees on a semi-monthly basis, including payroll calculations, input,
reconciliation, auditing and manual check calculations using Coastal Payroll system.
 Company payroll processing includes taxable relocation expenses, expense report
reimbursements, supplemental insurance reimbursements, group term life reporting and
taxation, 401(k) processing (employee and employer match contributions), and one UK
employee processing including tax remittance.
 Process all accounts payable invoices and international wires, including Quickbooks input,
general ledger account coding/verification, approval process to meet SOX requirements, check
generating, signature processing and check mailing.
 Input all purchase orders into Quickbooks. Verify signature authorizations.
 Ensure completion of monthly financials, including various account reconciliations, bank
account reconciliations, vendor invoice inputting and verification of typical monthly invoice
receipt, processing financial packages and various management reports, ensuring appropriate
signatures on all relevant documents, and processing various monthly journal entries and
accruals.

2.  Audit 40(k) employer contributions on a quarterly basis and ensure Coastal makes any
necessary adjustments.
 Complete monthly vacation audit to ensure employees’ PTO balances are accurate. Make any
adjustments through Coastal.
Bookkeeper
First Baptist Church of El Cajon 3/11 – 8/13
 Processed weekly congregational and business deposits. Downloaded deposit information from
Union Bank into Quickbooks program and allocated funds to the appropriate accounts.
 Downloaded all checking and savings activity from Union Bank into church’s Quickbooks
program.
 Paid all church invoices by check or electronic transfer through Union Bank, including all
utilities, missions payments, office supplies, etc., ensuring payments were debited from the
correct church accounts.
 Downloaded all debit card information from Union Bank into the church’s Quickbooks accounts
and properly coded purchases for two debit cards used by church officials.
 Once all deposits had been correctly recorded and bills processed, created a weekly financial
update memo detailing the weekly deposit and its allocation, approximate amount for the
bills/invoices paid and the updated balance of the church’s checking account, debit card
account and designated funds accounts to church pastor and other church officials.
Payroll Administrator
Vical, Incorporated; San Diego, CA 11/95 – 11/04
 Managed payroll for 100+ employees, including semi-monthly payroll calculations, input,
reconciliation, auditing and manual check calculations. Proficient with ADP, Paychex and
Ceridian payroll systems.
 Downloaded all employee timesheets into a project worksheet via a macro program and
arranged employee worksheets in department and company project subsets. Fine-tuned
worksheet to include project/department sub-totals, company totals, etc. and distributed
worksheet to all department heads, managers and vice presidents for review and correction.
 Audited 401(k) employer contributions on an annual basis prior to year-end W-2 distribution.
 Coordinated with Human Resources to reconcile, verify and correct all employee-paid portions
of insurance accounts against insurance billing statements. Created and distributed to
management reconciliation reports explaining variances between billing and payroll processing.
 Processed payment of all employee expense report reimbursements via reverse deduction
through payroll.