Ginger Mitchell

Experience

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  CitiStreet

  Sept 2002 - Jun 2004

  Senior Payroll Administrator

  Responsible for processing monthly pension annuity and lump sum payouts for the largest key client on the team. * 2002 part of implementation team for a $40 million dollar a month pension payroll

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  APM Terminals

  Mar 2005 - Nov 2006

  Senior Tax Accountant - Union Payroll Dept.

  Senior tax accountant responsible for payment and preparation of all federal, state, and local payroll taxes for longshoreman payrolls. * Calculate and process all quarterly federal, state, and local tax returns for union payrolls including reporting of union paid holiday and vacation pay. * Calculate and process all weekly federal, state, and local tax payments for union payrolls * 2005 responsible for obtaining IRS abatement for $1 million in fines and penalties assessed on late payments. Show less

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  Damco

  Nov 2006 - now

  Responsible for yearly reporting of escheatable unclaimed property owed to our customers, vendors, and employees as well as research and recovery of unclaimed property owed to Maersk Line. * Perform proactive due diligence on unclaimed property held so that it can be returned to the owner prior to being escheated to the state. * In 2014 proactively returned to owner $800K vs. $28.5K being escheated. * Research and respond to any notices of fines and penalties due to late filings. * Research and request recovery of all property owed to Maersk Line. * In 2013 exceeded objective of recovering $50k by actually recovering $297K. * In 2014 recovered 80% of open unclaimed property owed to Maersk Line. Show less Oversee period close processes for business units assigned temporarily during transition to the Global Service Center. * Able to take over period close functions for three large business areas with little training from departing colleague during the transition to the Global Service Center in India. * Accurately provided monthly communication to stake holder management regarding cost actual vs. budget. * Oversee training of GSC colleagues for transitioned processes developing an alternative training solution when colleagues originally tasked for training were not able to take on the responsibilities. Show less Responsible for supporting users of the FACT module Account to Reporting for all finance colleagues. * Ran a process improvement review of the escheatment process to incorporate uncashed customer checks that were previously issued from a different bank account and would require a different reissuance process. * 2012 asked to join the Intercompany Project team as a subject matter. Only non-project member from the U.S. asked to join the training session in Copenhagen to provide feedback and insight. * 2011 member of credit card payment implementation team. Show less Responsible for overseeing the GSC on clearing and reconciliation of all general ledger and bank accounts and inter-company charges processed through SAP for Maersk and affiliated companies. * 2010 cleared all aged intercompany payables over 45 days old in order to comply with global KPI. * 2011 initiated a process improvement review of charges being billed back to vessel owners for daily running cost that were not being paid. After travel to Norfolk, VA to meet with Maersk Line Limited, process was put into place to ensure invoices were approved and paid in a timely manner. * Responsible for overseeing processes transferred to the GSC maintained quality standards. Show less Manage accounting staff responsible for the clearing and reconciliation of all general ledger accounts as well as check and electronic payments processed through SAP and DB2RRIS for Maersk and affiliated companies. Oversee the processing of all manual electronic payments to ensure accuracy and timeliness of payment. Assisted in SAP implementation. * 2007 took over management of payment processing restructuring approval processes to avoid duplicate manual payments. * 2007 instrumental in overseeing the account cleanup prior to data conversation from DB2RRIS to SAP. * Knowledge transfer training of shared services staff members to insure their full understanding of * 2008 creating new reconciliation templates for all general ledger and inter-company accounts to capture and record new data processed in SAP in accordance with global standards. * 2009 traveled to Chennai, India to provide three-week on-site training of colleagues responsible for migrated processes. * Continuous analyzing and documenting standard operating procedures to insure all processes are followed. Show less

  • Business Controller Specialist

    Dec 2015 - now

  • Escheatment Analyst - Vendor Relations

    Nov 2012 - Dec 2015

  • Senior Accountant - Controller's Group

    Apr 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Senior Analyst - Business Partnering Dept.

    Oct 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Senior Accountant - Controller's Group

    Sept 2009 - Oct 2011

  • General Ledger Manager - General Accounting Dept

    Nov 2006 - Sept 2009