Corey Christensen
Haymarket
Summary
Hardworking accounting professional with customer service, time management, and analytical abilities. Devoted to giving every client a positive and productive experience.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Accountant
Pentagon Federal Credit Union
12.2023 - 11.2025
- Utilized PeopleSoft for general ledger accounting, journal entries, and period-end close activities across multiple business units, ensuring accurate financial reporting.
- Oversaw the management and reconciliation of high-volume clearing accounts, ensuring timely resolution of variances and adherence to internal controls.
- Maintained account integrity and audit readiness through daily and monthly reconciliations using Blackline, identifying and resolving exceptions effectively.
- Prepared analysis spreadsheets for monthly close process, scrutinizing and reconciling all accounts to enhance accuracy.
- Designed and executed ad hoc and recurring SQL queries to extract and analyze financial data, improving reporting accuracy and efficiency.
Staff Accountant
Five Star Home Health Care
05.2023 - 12.2023
- Managed accounts receivable and accounts payable tasks via phone, email, and remittance websites, ensuring timely processing and accuracy.
- Apply customer payments and record deposits in QuickBooks.
- Review and reconcile credit card transactions.
- Input payroll journal entries into QuickBooks.
- Processed weekly skilled care payroll and conducted payroll audits to resolve outstanding issues efficiently.
- Developed automated systems to maintain OIG compliance, enhancing regulatory adherence.
Audit Associate
GSA, Office of the Inspector General
Washington
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Assist Audit Manager in planning, conducting, and assessing real property audit programs.
- Gathered, organized, and evaluated data for audit analysis on building service contracts to ensure compliance and identify discrepancies.
- Drafted work papers and audit findings write-ups, facilitating discussions with department heads to address identified issues.
- Identified instances of fraud, waste, and abuse, determining inefficiencies to develop targeted corrective action plans.
- Use of standard audit procedures to measure the degree of program and financial management compliance with regulations and adherence to GAAP.
Payroll Administrator
Paragon Systems Incorporated
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Process biweekly payroll for 1000+ employees across 11 states using Valiant/Vision.
- Resolved daily pay discrepancies from government sites to ensure accurate payroll processing.
- Tracked and updated employee leave balances to support accurate payroll and employee records.
- Process daily personnel action forms (PAF) to keep employee data updated.
- Conducted weekly audits of submitted site data to uphold data integrity and compliance.
- Performed job responsibilities from a remote location.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Radford University
01-2022
Skills
- Account Reconciliation
- Payroll
- General Ledger
- Data Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- Software and Technology Proficiency
- Attention to Detail
- PeopleSoft
- QuickBooks Desktop
- Blackline
- Monarch
- Paylocity
- SQL
Certification
Microsoft Excel Specialist
Timeline
Staff Accountant
Pentagon Federal Credit Union
12.2023 - 11.2025
Staff Accountant
Five Star Home Health Care
05.2023 - 12.2023
Audit Associate
GSA, Office of the Inspector General
01.2023 - 05.2023
Payroll Administrator
Paragon Systems Incorporated
01.2022 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting
Radford University