Resume: Eddie Thomson's Professional Experience & Education

State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Master of Business Administration in Public Accountancy; GPA 3.59; December 2019
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Minor in Cinema Studies; Dean’s List: 3 Semesters; GPA 3.17; December 2016

State University of New York at Orange County, Middletown and Newburgh, NY
Associates of Arts in Social Sciences; GPA 3.21; December 2013

Algebra Tutor, State University of New York at Orange County, Middletown, NY; Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
●  Assisted students with homework and test preparation

Accountant, Wise Music, Chester, NY; July 2021 - Present
● Bank and account reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations, using NetSuite and Excel

● Accounts receivable, including depositing batches of checks after matching them with customers

● Accounts payable, including preparing and cutting checks in NetSuite

● Sending ACH payments in NetSuite

● Clerical work and updating financial schedules, including accruals and lines of credit

● Recharges

● Assistance with budgeting and auditing

● Calculating and filing sales tax for several states

Junior Accountant, Independent Living, Newburgh, NY; March 2021 - May 2021
● Onboarding new and returning employees (Personal Assistants) using ADP and New York New Hire
● Filing, and record maintenance and retrieval
● Complete bank reconciliations in QuickBooks Online
● Help test Blackbaud Financial Edge; Help the Fiscal Department move to it from QuickBooks online

Accounts Payable Clerk, Premier Medical Group, Poughkeepsie, NY; January 2021 - February 2021
● Enter vendor invoices into QuickBooks Desktop and classify them by cost center
● File vendor invoices, packing slips, and order summaries
● Match vendor invoices with their corresponding packing slips and order summaries
● Open A/P mail; Print A/P emails and attachments

Junior Accountant, Barbara J Miller CPA, PC, Monroe, NY; December 2020 - January 2021
● Digitally and physically file client information
o Scan documents into FileCabinet CS
● Complete bank reconciliations in Excel and update clients’ financials in Accounting Xpert Enterprise

Billing, We Ship Express, Napa, CA, Remote; May 2020 - July 2020
●      Remotely priced out orders and invoiced customers
o      Processed weekly and monthly order data through our online FedEx and UPS fulfillment gateway
o      Checked spreadsheets for accuracy and totaled up the order price and package count
o      Created an invoice in QuickBooks and sent a PDF copy to the customer
●      Issued credit memos, and calculate and issue volume discounts, to customers using QuickBooks
●  Created or updated Standard Operating Practices sheets for new or existing customers
●  At peak, handled approximately 100 customers

Inventory, SC Choice Management Corp, Rock Hill, NY; Aug 2018 - June 2019
●      Prepared bills for payment
●      Tracked vendor credits through their invoices, and our own purchase orders and return forms

Assistant & Bookkeeper, Grace Innovation, Nyack, NY, Remote; Sept 2017 - June 2019
●      Set up automatic invoicing and charging of clients on QuickBooks Online
●      Created bills and paid vendors; Prepared and ran payroll; Added transactions from the bank account
●      Communicated with clients, scheduled meetings, and collected and recorded payments
●      Reconciled records between Grace’s bank account, Grace’s Paypal, and QuickBooks Online

Assistant & Tax Prep, Simply Business, Inc. & Lynn Formica, CPA, Kingston, NY; Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
●      Preparing 1040 tax returns
o      Checked clients in, gathered their information, and scanned documents into the system
o      Prepared returns in Drake Tax Software, presented returns for review, and checked clients out
●      Assisted with auditing fieldwork; Verifying statements through various documentation and observation
●      Imported clients’ 2016 returns into Drake 2016, so they can be rolled over to Drake 2017
●      Reception and scheduled client meetings

Accounting Assistant, QOS Consulting, Santa Ana, CA; June 2017 - Aug 2017
●      Suggested cost-savings initiatives during weekly meetings with the CEO and Executives
●      Adapted and reinterpreted financial data for the CEO and Executive Team
●      Tracked A/P, A/R, Income, and Cash Flow in Bill.com and QuickBooks Online
●      Categorized and classified costs using allocated cost pools; Linked costs to proper employees and clients
●      Asset management in ServiceNow; Reconciled records from Bill.com and QuickBooks Online

Creator, Why We Watch, Film/TV Review Site and YouTube Channel; Aug 2010 - Present
●  Designed and monetized a website with Google’s Blogger and AdSense platforms
o  Logo design and animation in Final Cut Pro and Blender 3D
●  Write reviews that encourage positive discussion
●  Record and edit video reviews with a webcam, Final Cut Pro, and Blender 3D
●  Create fan-made trailers and TV spots with Final Cut Pro and Blender 3D
●  Create fan-made posters  using Photoshop, InDesign, Gimp, and Inkscape
●  Running Why We Watch's social media (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn)

Creative Assistant, Grace Innovation, Nyack, NY; Sept 2017 - June 2019
●      Created and edited visually pleasing proposals for clients in Proposify
●      Proofread and posted social media content for clients

Trichster, Documentary Screenings about trichotillomania; Nov 2016 & June 2017
●      Used skills acquired as a Co-Treasurer of React to Film at SUNY New Paltz; Jan 2014 – Dec 2016
o      Hosted and planned two documentary screenings to raise awareness about a relatively unknown
anxiety-related disorder that primarily targets girls and women
o      Cleared the screening rights with the film’s producer and director
o      Set budget, handled obtaining quotes, and made purchases; Acquired event approval and funding
o      Promoted event to community; Adapted flyers and posters in Photoshop and distributed them

Public Relations SUNY New Paltz Gaming Society, New Paltz, NY; Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
●      Created Facebook banners in Gimp to attract members to weekly meetings

IT Administrator, Astor Services for Children & Families, Rhinebeck, NY; Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
●  Upgraded and deployed desktops and laptops
o  Wiped computers and installed Windows 10 using Clonezilla and hard drive repositories
o  Connected them to Astor’s network; Added security to laptops using Bitlocker
o  Installed and activated necessary software like Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016
o  Organized desktop, restored backup files, connected shared drive, and setup defaults and favorites
o  Connected commercial and personal printers via USB, sharing, and network; Connected monitors
●  Helpdesk
o  Created a record of the problem in Astor’s ticketing system and directed employee as needed
o  Removing memory and hard drives from old machines

Intern, Mohonk Preserve, Gardiner, NY; May 2014 - Aug 2014
●  Researched and collected data on local business owners who could become business members
●  Updated a database on deer hunting using Excel and Raiser's Edge

Labeling/Repacking, Paper House Productions, Saugerties, NY; May 2021 - May 2021
●  Unpacking, labeling, and repacking journals

●  QuickBooks Online & Desktop, Bill.com, Financial Edge & Raiser's Edge, and PayPal
●  FileCabinet CS, UltraTax CS, and Accounting Xpert Enterprise Software
●  Netsuite and HLMSW
●  FasTrax
●  Drake Tax Software
●  ServiceNow
●  Windows, MacOS, and Microsoft Office

●  Proposify and Toggl
●  Gimp, Adobe Suite, Scribus, and Inkscape
●  Figma and Protopie
●  Blender 3D, Unity, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, and MakeMKV

●  Clonezilla, Bitlocker, and Right Networks
●  Telecom Solutions Professional, certified by Intelisys Cloud Services University