1. Rebecca Richardson
6350 S. Havana St., #423
Phone: 720-242-9336
E-mail: bjr6212@hotmail.com
Objectives
To continue my career as a Full Charge Bookkeeper and increase my knowledge of new
systems and software.
Education
Accounting and Business Course Work for an Accounting Degree at
University of Texas El Paso
Experience
Accountant (January, 2013 to – Present)
Rocky Mountain Region Disciples of Christ – Denver, CO
Prepared all accounting functions for three separate funds including A/R, A/P, G/L
Financial Statements, intercompany journal entries, cash flow reports, budget versus
actual reports for management and Board of Directors for this 501 3C non -profit
organization. Prepared all audit schedules for the outside CPA yearly audits. Produced
all journal entries for transactions and deposits. Reconciled bank statements for seven
bank accounts and one investment account. Coordinated with outside payroll service
to insure all payroll was recorded and that all quarterly taxes were paid.
Project Accountant (June, 1998-March, 2009
Nolte Associates – Englewood, CO
Performed all accounting and analysis for 120 engineering, land development, survey
and construction management projects. Reported to 17 project managers in Denver,
Fort Collins and Salt Lake City. Was asked by CEO of the company to take Salt Lake
City from another project accountant and increase the amount of revenues. I flew
there every other week for two years. By training and enforcing policies and procedure
on every contract, revenues increased from $79,000 per month in billing to $675,000
per month in revenues. I also collected over $250,000 in the first year alone which had
been ear marked as bad debt for write off at year end. Nothing was written off.
Full Charge Bookkeeper ( November, 1996 – May, 1998)
Mountain Water and Sanitation District - Conifer, CO
Set up their books on QuickBooks. A/R, AP, G/L, Financial Statements, journal entries,
bank reconciliations for two separate accounts, payroll and payroll taxes. The only
software they were using when I was hired was a system for billing water and sewer
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costs. Everything else was being kept on spreadsheets done by hand. It was also a non -
profit organization reporting to a Board of Directors.
Full Charge Bookkeeper (December, 1995 - November, 1996
Baurle & CO, PC
Responsible for internal bookkeeping at CPA firm. A/R/A/P,G/L
Financial Statements, bank reconciliations, administrator of 401K plan,
Update of state income tax software for CPA’s, oversaw billing clerk. full charge
bookkeeping for several clients of my own.
Project Controller (December, 1990 – December, 1995)
Mission Viejo Company – Highlands Ranch, CO
Cost accounting and budgeting for the developer of Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Oversaw four staff accountants and seven budget administrators. Prepared cost and
profit analysis for management before a new segment of homes or offsite development
began. Implemented the reporting systems for budget variances on all offsite and
onsite construction. My department did all the cost accounting for each project.
Developed a new procedure for paying property taxes at Highlands Ranch. It was a
working ranch with a big cattle operation at the same time that it was being developed
as a city. The corporate office in California was paying property taxes without
question. I not only implemented a system with Douglas County so that we didn’t have
to process paper property tax billings, I worked with our IT department and Douglas
County’s so that all bills could be downloaded onto a tape drive and we paid from that
instead of 300+ paper bills saving many hours of time. Because we were being
overcharged for agricultural land. I developed a system for taking pictures of each
parcel with cattle grazing at different times during the year. Agricultural land was only
taxed at $19 per acre versus improved land that was taxed at a much higher rate
depending on the stage of development. I protested those taxes yearly with pictures
and parcel numbers in order to save the company millions of dollars. The first year our
taxes were lowered from $2.5 million to $750, 000. Reviewed all account
reconciliations for accuracy. Prepared all personnel reviews for the accounting
department.
Skills
Excel, Word, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, Timberline, Vision by Deltek and various
other customized software
Administrative Skills
Organization
Communication
Ability to multitask
Work easily under stress
Meet Deadlines
Detail Oriented
