1. Maureen Kelley Barnwell
9975 Kennebec Road
Willow Spring, NC 27592
Home: 919-639-9376
Cell: 919-810-1251
kbpiccolo@aol.com
Objective: To use my accounting skills and experience to obtain an accounting or financial
position where I will be able to share my knowledge with a company that will give me an
opportunity to develop my career and interpersonal skills. I am seeking diversity and
professional challenge with an opportunity for advancement.
Experience
Apex Tool Group, LLC (formally Cooper Tools)
Apex, NC
August 2012- Present
FSS Claims Administrator/Credit Analysis
 Responsible for processing very high credit card payments each day and manage the declined credit card
issues
 Managing Sears and Home Depot A/R accounts by creating SOPs, reconciling the account monthly, and
reducing deductions from $1M plus to less than $50K
 Responsible for performing credit collections on past due accounts in the range of current to over 210 days
delinquent
 Contact customers to pursue payments in the form of collection correspondence,delinquent statements,and
phone calls
 Worked closely with other business units to determine current status ofaccounts.
October 2006 – August 2012
SeniorAccounting Associate
 Worked with locations abroad for Cooper Tools to reconcile and balance all A/P and A/R accounts.
Performed accruals at month-end to account for unresolved issues.
 Worked with Treasury and Accounts payable, to forecast monthly payments and obtained data for the
monthly payments for our locations worldwide. This also included clearing the payments that went out
once confirmation was received, and also clearing incoming payments from around the world.
 Entered and ensured the daily, month-end and yearly averages exchange rates were accurate as this was
used for budget forecasting.
 Tracked all spiff activity for the various spiff programs going on year round. This included monitoring
and recording daily cashing of spiff checks, collecting W-9 forms, tracking amounts paid out, check request
for extra spiff owed, and making sure all 1099’s were sent to those who receive spiff over $600 each year.
 Managed the Vendor MasterMaintenance for all third party, employee, and inter/intra company vendor
accounts by ensuring there were the appropriate approvals and back-up documentation for the vendor
creation or change that was being requested.
 Managed the Customer MasterMaintenance for inter/intra company accounts by creating and making
changes to the customer master, as needed.
 Organized reconciliation notebooks for the US Division/Corporate Office, Canadian Books, and the US
Plants for review.

2. Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC
Raleigh, NC
January 2005 – March 2006
SeniorAccountsPayable
 Processed all payments for various projects.
 Ensured all invoices were entered completely and accurately in order to process all check runs
appropriately.
 Managed the weekly cash flow for all bank accounts,forecasted outgoing payment totals,made deposits,
and processed checkpayments on a weekly basis.
 Processed 1099s yearly.
Martin Marietta Materials
Aggregates & Magnesia Specialties Divisions
Raleigh, NC
July 2000 - January 2005
SeniorAccountsPayable
 Processed high volume invoices, expense reports,and non-PO invoices with great accuracy and timeliness.
 Provided patient and courteous customerservice to all vendors.
 Resolved problems with the accounts by working the statements and with the vendors to maintain the
accounts up-to-date and working efficiently.
 Managed weekly invoice check runs for review.
 Processed month-end accruals for non-processed invoices and account for all checks voided throughout the
month.
Education
Western Carolina University
December 1999
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration for Accounting and Corporate Finance
Computer Skills:
SAP (various modules)
FSCM
Cybersource
First Data
High Radius
Duns & Bradstreet
Hyperion
Quickbooks
JD Edwards
Mainframe Server Accounting Program