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CHRISTINE BROWN
2516 LIVE OAK DRIVE • CREST HILL • IL • 60403 • (815)955-6468 • ABACUS173@AOL.COM
OBJECTIVE
Seeking full or part-time work for bookkeeping and accounting; offering over 20 years of experience
as an accounting clerk and full charge bookkeeper. I am a self-motivated and dedicated individual
that loves a challenge! I am currently enrolled to accomplish my Bachelor’s degree by 2018. I can
set-up a new system for your company starting out; or if you need help to start over, I am your
person.
EXPERIENCE
1/3/2006 TO PRESENT
CATON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
GROUP
NAPERVILLE, IL
ACCOUNTING CLERK EMPLOYEE
A/R and A/P, including maintain invoices, issue payments to vendors. Perform real estate closings &
issue commission checks to agents. Budgeting & financial planning by cost accounting; as well as
cash flow forecasting. Preparing and entering deposits & receipts; maintain/reconcile bank
statements. Payroll duties including maintaining employee files, time sheets, issue paychecks, create
P/R reports, monthly & quarterly P/R tax preparation. Year-End tax planning with accountant. Annual
Workmen’s Compensation audit report. Currently earning $25.00/hr.
7/1/2007 TO 1/6/2016 WHERE THE FUN IS, LLC SHOREWOOD, IL
FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
SET-UP an accounting system including a G/L, vendor balances, Payroll, & all build-out expenses for
the new company upon start-up. Integrate POS system with QuickBooks for importing daily sales.
Month-end financials, including Trial Balance, Income Statement, & profit analysis.
Reconcile/maintain bank, including deposits & receipts daily. G/L code all expenses and issue checks
to vendors. Payroll duties including maintaining employee files, time sheets, issue paychecks, create
P/R reports, monthly & quarterly P/R tax preparation. Year-End tax planning with accountant. Annual
Workmen’s Compensation audit report. Earned $25.00/hr.
3/1/2011 TO 7/13/2014 FIU ENTERPRISES, LLC NAPERVILLE, IL
FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
SET-UP an accounting system including a G/L, vendor balances, Payroll, & all build-out expenses for
the new company upon start-up. Integrate POS system with QuickBooks for importing daily sales.
Month-end financials, including Trial Balance, Income Statement, & profit analysis.
Reconcile/maintain bank, including deposits & receipts daily. G/L code all expenses and issue checks
to vendors. Payroll duties including maintaining employee files, time sheets, issue paychecks, create
P/R reports, monthly & quarterly P/R tax preparation. Year-End tax planning with accountant. Annual
Workmen’s Compensation audit report. Earned $25.00/hr.
10/1/2009 TO 6/30/2011 LIMESTONE RESTAURANT & BREWERY PLAINFIELD, IL
SET-UP an accounting system including a G/L, vendor balances, Payroll, & all build-out expenses for
the new company upon start-up. Integrate POS system with QuickBooks for importing daily sales.
Month-end financials, including Trial Balance, Income Statement, & profit analysis. Payroll duties
including maintaining employee files for 50+ employees, time sheets, issue paychecks, create P/R
reports, as well as monthly & quarterly P/R tax preparation. Prepare and file State Sales tax. Year-
End tax preparation with accountant. Reconcile/maintain bank, including deposits & receipts daily.
G/L code all expenses and issue checks to vendors. Prepare purchasing reports to each department
monthly. Annual Workmen’s Compensation audit report. Earned $25.00/hr.
4/12/1997 TO 1/15/2011 CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL JOLIET, IL
ACCOUNTING CLERK EMPLOYEE
SET-UP an accounting system including a G/L, client balances, vendor balances, & Payroll. Month-
end financials, including Trial Balance, Income Statement, & profit analysis; tax preparation
quarterly for payroll, and annually for the CPA. Reconcile/maintain bank statement, including
deposits & receipts daily. G/L code all expenses and issue checks to vendors. Billing statemen ts to
clients and aging reports. Earned $21.50/hr

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EDUCATION
SEPT 1987 – JUNE 1991 PLAINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL PLAINFIELD, IL
DIPLOMA
 Graduated with 2.0 extra credits and a 3.37 GPA (4.0 highest)
Senior year I participated in an internship program for which I was employed at Argonne National
Laboratory in the Human Resources Department.
 Certificate of Completion from WILCO Area Career Center for Information Processing; including
Data Entry, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, and Desktop Publishing. Achieved a 4.0 GPA
SEPT 2004 – JANUARY 2006 Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL
 Continuing education to achieve my degree in accounting. Currently I have 21 credits and
a 3.5 GPA (4.0 highest). I have not completed my degree as of yet, but I have
transferred my credits to Ashford University to achieve my Bachelor’s degree in
Accounting.
REFERENCES
Wally Martin (815)405-2933
Robert Meijer (708)860-4699
Ken Groh (630)542-5432
Additional Info: I am well acquainted with Microsoft Office components such as
Outlook, Word, Acces, and Excel. I have experience with many internet applications, such
as QuickBooks Online, gotomypc.com and DropBox.com and Google Documents. My
experience with accounting software includes all QuickBooks Desktop (all versions),
QuickBooks Online, Peachtree, and TRAMS (software specifically for travel agencies), and
Reynolds & Reynolds (software for auto dealerships).