1. Russell Shiflet
Email: rbshiflet@gmail.com
Fort Worth, Texas 76135
817-266-7440
Education
Stephen F. Austin State University
Bachelor of Business Administration – Major: Accounting August 2010
Professional Experience
City of Hurst October 2013 – March 2016
Budget Analyst
 Maintained the City’s $70M operating budget in McLain Decision Support Systems (Mbudget)
software by establishing, editing and updating actual, estimated, and proposed budgets.
 Worked collectively with the Budget Director to prepare,implement, and maintain the City’s annual
operating budget and capital improvements program budget.
 Worked independently to establish budgets and maintain ongoing expenses for all of the City’s
capital improvement projects by reconciling the project accounting module to the general ledger in
Oracle Financials Systems.
 Prepared monthly financial reports and cash flow statements with an emphasis on capital projects.
 Prepared reports or supportive work papers involving research,data input, proofreading, layout,
publication, and distribution.
 Worked collectively to assist end users with budgetary information received from departments to
ensure completeness, accuracy,and conformance with procedures.
 Coordinated and maintains the City’s Performance Measurement Program.
Pier 1 Imports March 2013 – September 2013
Senior Accountant – Fixed Asset (Contracted through AccounTemps)
 Responsible for preparing journal entries.
 Reviewed budget activities for capital projects and verify spending.
 Reconciled capital accounts such as, but not limited to, proceeds, gain/loss, and intangible assets.
 Financial Statement review and verification for reasonableness at month, quarter, and year end.
 Processed and approve capital requisitions.
 Verified legitimacy of capital items over expense.
GameStop Inc. January 2011 – March 2013
Staff Accountant – General Ledger
 Assisted in executive level decision making by providing weekly sales data to CFO.
 Posted weekly accruals and journal entries.
 Posted and reconciled the distribution of supplies to (4400+) stores.
 Reconciled balance sheet and accrual accounts. Recorded revenue to multiple vendors.
 Allocated revenues/sales by product line/SKUs.
 Coordinated with marketing and creative services when researching tax issues on invoices.
 Recorded property tax payments and produced revenue forecasting statements based on relevant data.
 Maintained fixed asset and cost allocations.
 Responsible for creating individual customized reports, invoices, and sales to 250+ vendors.
 Maintained aging of accounts receivable for 20 – 30 vendors.
 Worked collectively with expense payables in posting expense reporting for all departments.

2.  Computer Skills
MS Excel (Pivot Tables/V-Lookups/SUMIF and related advanced formulae), MSWord, PowerPoint,
Great Plains General Ledger System, MS Access, CapSIM business simulation model for executive and
management business decision making. Oracle and PeopleSoft Accounting Software. MBudget and
MPersonnel governmental software.