Maureen Morris has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance. She has extensive experience with month and year-end closes, financial statement preparation, account reconciliations, cash management, and project accounting. She is proficient in Lawson, Blackline, Excel, and other accounting software. Currently she is a senior accountant performing financial reporting, analysis, and account reconciliations for hospital divisions. Previously she held accounting roles for an mortgage company and health insurer.

1. Maureen A. Morris
reen_in_seattle@yahoo.com
425-260-6541
CORE COMPETENCIES
Sox Audit,GAAP Accountreconciliations Financial Statements
Accruals Journal Entries Cash Management
ProjectAccounting Month End Close LawsonAccounting SW,Excel, Blackline
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROVIDENCEHEALTH & SERVICES,Renton,WA 02/12-Current
SeniorAccountant
 Financial statementsandmonthendclose duties:Enteredstandard,accrual,andreclassentries.
Performedvariance analysisonfinancialstatementsfordistributiontothe financial analysisteams
and directorsforup to fourdivisions. Answeredmonthendclose questionsfromthe financial
reportingteam.
 Accountreconciliationforbalance sheetaccountsasassigned. Thisinvolvedupto70
reconciliationsamonth. Thisrequiredobtainingsupportingdocumentationforline itemsmakingup
the openbalance anduploadingintothe reconciliationsoftware program.
 Workedon multipleprojectteamstodetermine bestpracticesandresolveissues impactingseveral
entities. Anexample isworkingonamajor inventorysystemconversionensuringthataccounting
processeswere coveredanddetermininghow toset upand produce new journalsandaccount
reconciliations. Alsotookarebate processfrom5 differentstateseachmaintainingtheirown
processand unifieditintoone. Tookproductionof the JEfrom2 days to 4 hours.
EAGLE HOMEMORTGAGE, LLC, Bellevue, WA 08/00-08/11
Staff Accountant
 Financial statementproductionandauditsontwoof Eagle’ssubsidiary’swithcombinedloan
closingsof $240M and revenuesof $6.8M.
 General ledgerandaccountreconciliationforEagle,loanclosingsof $1B,and revenuesof $40M.
 Cash managementreporting: Reconciled the general ledgercashaccountsto bankaccounts on up
to 5 subsidiaries. Recommendedfundingof accounts,processedinterbanktransfersandverified
incoming/outgoingwiresforon-handcashaccountsaveraginganet of $3M.

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 Constructionloanaccounts: Oversaw the conversionof amanual $30K line,multiple spreadsheets
trackingsystemto an Accesssub-ledgersystem. Thiscreatedanadditional weekpermonthintime
saved. The systemtracks loanclosingsanddisbursements,dailydraws,monthendjournals,and
account reconciliations. Analysisworkwasalsomade more efficientdue tothe ease of a database
system.
 Fixedassetsforall companies: Full cycle onassetstotaling$7M,and up to 150 new assetsadded
permonth. Designedimprovementstothe Accesssystemforeasiertrackingof transfersand
capitalizedversuscapital expenseassets. Developedanew clearingaccountAccesssystemthat
interfaceswiththe currentassetsystem. Thissavedapproximatelyadaypermonthfrom the
manual processinuse before.
 Supervisory: Mentoredtwoindividualswhoassistedwiththe constructionandfixedasset
processes. Thisrequiredtrainingonthe systems,review of workanddemonstratingproblem
solvingtechniques.
 Tax returnson personal propertyforall companiesandB&Oonthe two subsidiaries.
REGENCE BLUE SHIELD, Seattle,WA 06/99-08/00
Cost Accountant
 Allocations: Responsibleforthe allocationof $16M inadministrativecostsper monthspreadover
19 linesof business. Allocationprocessinvolvedcoordinatingcodingwithoutsidedepartments,
generatingfactors,correctingtimekeepingcodes,determiningmismatchesin functionsandmanual
allocationsif necessary.
 Assumedsupervisorydutiesduringmanager’sleaveof absence overstaff of 4-5. This role involved
coordinatingeffortsbetweenthe variousfinancialdepartments,ensuringclose deadlineswere met,
educatingstaff onnewfinance system, coordinationof workloads,andattendingvarious
managementmeetings.
 Accomplishments: A vastimprovementinthe allocationsover1999 results,close deadlines were
met,resolutionof majorsystemconversionproblems,anddistributingon-timeinformationthatwas
not available previously.
EDUCATION
B.S Businessconcentration in Finance,JohnHopkinsUniversitySchoolof ContinuingStudies,Baltimore,
MD
BusinessCredits,BostonUniversity,Boston,MA
Software: ExperiencedIn: Lawson,Blackline,JDEdwards,Excel
Exposure To: Smart View,PeopleSoft,Access,Word,Crystal Reports,Hyperion