David Neslund has over 20 years of experience in accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, expense reporting, and customer service. He has worked in contract roles for several companies performing tasks like auditing expense reports, entering payroll information, and assisting with accounts receivable and credit operations. Neslund also has experience reconciling statements, managing fixed assets, and resolving customer issues. His background includes proficiency with various accounting software and payment systems.
1. DAVID NESLUND
8220 West River Road #234 Brooklyn Park,, MN 55444 651-357-0837 davidjneslund@gmail.com
Accounting professional with extensive experience in functions of A/R, A/P, MS Excel, credit/collections,
account analysis, payroll entry and T/E policy. Proven abilities in expense report management, statement
reconciliation and fixed assets. Proven experience in customer service/issue resolution and account
management. Previous contracts and assignments extended due to work performance and productivity.
Have been asked back specifically for assignments due to professional attitude and ability to adapt to
tasks presented.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHS (Contract) 2/1/2015 – 3/1/2015
Expense Report Analyst
As part of Expense Management Team, participated and assisted in the roll out and addition
of new expense report users and corporate credit card additions.
Received application information and entered data within BOA platform and Concur expense
reporting system, adhering to departmental breakdown and information in application.
Audited and communicated expense report issues to users in regards to policy guidelines and
adjustments needed for report approval.
UNITED HEALTHGROUP (Contract)
Billing/Collections Representative-Sr. 11/2014 – 1/16/2015
Within UHG Payment Services, assisted in year end expense processing and corporate card transition.
Audited and approved expense reports within Concur. Communicated proactively with expense
report owners regarding policy violations, requirements and/or missing documents.
Performed reporting to determine outstanding AMEX charges on corporate card and reconciled
the amounts by performing manual entries within Concur.
Communicated via email with employees in regards to submitted expense reports and provide
instructions on how to create and clear outstanding AMEX amounts.
Setup new employee profiles within Concur. Update profiles and perform updates within the User
Administration function. Proxy employee profiles and make necessary adjustments and changes.
ECOLAB CORPORATION (Contract)
Credit Specialist 6/2014- 10/2014
Within Credit Operations, provided support to customers and field support with invoice generation,
account reconciliation, issuing of credits and customer service.
Worked as part of a team within a phone queue. Very heavy phone volume at times.
Initiate payment plans and reconciliation of accounts. Working with internal departments, request
order releases and payment information (A/R, A/P) Respond to report inquiries from customers
and field via email. (typically Excel spreadsheets reflecting account data)
ECOLAB CORPORATION (Contract)
Accounts Receivable Credit Representative 3/2013- 2/2014
Provided service and support to corporate and non-corporate account customers for Ecolab’s Shared
Service based divisions with regard to past due invoice collection, pricing issues, account reinstatement
and other credit related disputes. Managed Ecolab Pest division incoming email box with inquiries from
corporate and non-corporate accounts.
Daily duties included providing accurate reporting as needed to customers, analyzing accounts
for reinstatements per policy and research misapplied payments. Work with all internal
departments to resolve customer inquiries.
Assist other department divisions with incoming phone calls in queue during heavy phone
volumes. Note account of resolve in progress and forward needed information to appropriate
department(s).
TARGET CORPORATION (Contract) 11/2012-1/2013
Sales Auditor
Review and audit sales transactions from various reports. Reports audited included duplicate sales
transactions, paid on account, and voided entries.
Researched transactions using video of sale, journal ledger and transaction history. Forwarded
2. results of audit to appropriate area for adjustment and/or research.
Worked on coupon fraud project involving research of specific sales transactions that indicated
possible coupon fraud, and noted in Excel result of these transactions.
Reconciliation Technician/Pharmacy 4/2012-11/2012
Reconciliation of pharmacy vendor returns to credit received by the vendor. Research differences in
payments and perform corrections/adjustments as needed. Research included communication with
stores, internal partners and data research.
Responsible for over $2.7 million in manual corrections and adjustments in vendor returns since
May 2012. Adjustments made via debit/credit entry in the ReconNET system.
Track duplicate vendor payments and missing or incorrect invoice/credit memo on pharmacy
returns. Run queries in Access on a per store basis for payment discrepancies and report
information in Excelfor correction upload. Make manual adjustments to inventory quantity as
needed.
REGIS CORPORATION (Contract) 7/2011-9/2011
Payroll Specialist
Assisted with a high volume processing of bi-weekly payroll for a large segment of Regis salons.
Maintained daily payroll, employee wage information and adjustments made to employee’s
profile.
Other duties included processing manual checks, tax reporting, calculating and disbursement of
retro pay and all questions related to employee’s W-2.
MEDRAD INTERVENTIONAL/POSSIS 8/2006-1/2011
Accounting Assistant
Administered and managed several areas of accounting and finance operations including:
Expense reporting, T/E policy, payroll calculation, A/R, A/P, cell phone/device administration policies
Reconciling all AP, AR and completed all general Accounting duties (General Ledger, Journal
Entries, Month-End) will all billing, coding, 3-way match, for all telecommunications and corporate
credit cards.
Administered and managed expense reimbursement and T/E policy for employees.
Setup new employees in Concur, update profiles, configure and maintain system.
Trained employees on expense reporting system and policies.
Managed accounts receivable cash flow, daily cash sheet reconciliation and daily deposits.
Coded and posted invoiced entries to general ledger via Fourth Shift and SAP.
Upload and transmit all payroll information to Ceridian bi-weekly.
Responsible for company reimbursements (cell phones, cars, credit cards, etc)
Handled company corporate card billings, coding, and monthly reconciliation.
Corporate tax contact for issues and questions on payroll taxes, sales tax and individual
employee W-2 tax reporting.
US BANK 7/2003-5/2006
Treasury Management Implementation Coordinator
Product knowledge included ACH, online banking, information reporting, positive pay
Collaborated with sales team to indentify best practices and strategies for client implementation
DTC Deposit Specialist 04/2001-7/2003
Managed and reconciled daily deposit of physical securities to DTC/NY.
Ensured deposited securities/certificates met transferable requirements and incoming and
outgoing verification of physical assets.
Branch Services Specialist 10/2000-04/2001
Obtained knowledge on a variety of services and products within the firm. Received inquiries and
questions and reached resolve within same day time frame. Knowledge of stock trades, 1099 and
tax reporting.
Corporate Payment Systems/Account Coordinator 6/1997-10/2000
Responsible for establishing and maintaining a good working relationship with assigned business
accounts. Served as key contact between bank and customer.
Daily maintenance with corporate and purchasing cards including credit limit adjustments, MCC
code adjustments, card issuance and account reconciliation.
3. EDUCATION
Accounting Degree – Minnesota School of Business 1995-1997
Business Adm, Accounting courses, Anoka Ramsey Comm College
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SAP – Advanced for AP, AR and Full Charge Accounting, Highly proficient in Microsoft Applications
(Excel - Advanced, Word, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint), Ceridian, Cybersource, Crystal reporting,
BillTrust, FAS (fixed asset), Concur, Sharepoint, Great Plains, Peoplesoft for payroll, AS400, Mainframe,
JP Morgan, JD Edwards.