Donna Marie S. Morrison
Columbia, SC 29223
e-mail: abm23j@r.postjobfree.com
Objective
Seeking a career utilizing a diverse background in communications, project
management, proposals,management, training, auditing, general and public
accounting, and financial and cost accounting to assist the company in
achieving organizational and operational goals.
Professional Experience
ROBERT HALF/ACCOUNTEMPS and ACCOUNTSOURCE COLUMBIA, SC
Contract Positions March 2008 - current
- Role as assistant site controller for medium size manufacturing firm.
Completed all corporate accounting for accounts payables, bank
reconciliations, and cash forecasting. Assisted in preparation for month-
end closing in SAP. - Various short-term management, accounting and audit
roles.
JACKSON HEWITT COLUMBIA, SC
Part-Time Tax Preparer and Instructor January 2006 - February 2009
Prepare individual federal and multi-state tax returns for Jackson Hewitt
clients utilizing Profiler software. Assist clients with audits. Teach tax
education training courses. Recruit new tax preparers.
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES Columbia, SC
Management, Audit and Accounting October 2000- February 2008
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA, SC
Accountant III, Information Systems Finance April 2006 - February
2008
Completed component work on business proposals and high level cost
estimates. Assisted team in preparation of final proposal documents. Acted
as liaison to IS departments for proposal team and systems change projects.
Prepared timely monthly cost accounting reports and general ledger
reconciliations for corporate prepaid and amortization accounts. Monitored
monthly variance, telecom accruals and asset accounts for cost centers.
Completed annual cost center budgets and maintained accounts payable
weekly. Worked with outside auditors for corporate financial statement
preparation for lease obligations. Mentored. Completed special research
projects and other independent projects as assigned.
PALMETTO GBA COLUMBIA, SC
Assistant Senior Auditor, Medicare Provider Audit August 2002 -
April 2006
Completed financial and compliance audits of Medicare Providers' Cost
Reports. Trained auditors on various issues and aspects of Medicare
reimbursement. Directly supervised auditors assigned to complete all
audits. Scoped areas to be reviewed on audits, assigned specific tasks to
different auditors, reviewed all work completed by auditors, evaluated
auditors' performance, and submitted final audit changes and findings to
supervisor for approval. Completed special projects including Cost Report
Reopenings and Associate Process Improvement Incentive Projects and
Presentations.
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA, SC
Supervisor, TRICARE Finance Special Projects & Disbursements October
2000 - August 2002
Hired, trained and monitored full-time Disbursements staff of nine persons
with daily check-writes and balancing duties. Prepared timely,
comprehensive, weekly and monthly reports for upper management and prime
contractors regarding Disbursements. Coordinated multiple system changes
and verification with IS liaison. Successful projects include FYE
Conversion, Job Procedure and Competency Checklist Preparation - assigned
to audit and review the accounting and reporting procedures for TRICARE
Finance - and TFL Hiring Effort.
DOOLEY & COMPANY, LLP COLUMBIA, SC
Auditor, CPA Firm February 2000 - October 2000
Key member of field team assigned to audit and review accounting and
reporting procedures of not-for-profit entities, schools, small businesses
and corporations for the completion of key financial statements and
Auditor's Reports. For various clients, prepared comprehensive financial
statements and preformed account analysis in accordance with GAAP. Prepared
corporate, not-for-profit, partnership, and individual federal and multi-
state tax returns for clients utilizing ProSeries, ATB, ATB F/S and Asset
Keeper software packages.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) August 2003
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION,
Accounting and Finance, South Carolina Honors College August 1996
Computer Experience
DOS; Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT and XP; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Access, Visual Basic, Visio, Project; Various Accounting Software Packages;
Limited Programming of Queries in Microsoft Access, DB2 and SQL; AS400;
Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, and Corel Draw.
Professional Organizations
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), International Business
Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi.
Activities
Girl Scouts of America, Softball, Martial Arts (Ju-jitsu).