Nikhita Dwarka -**** Weston Woods Blvd, Orlando **818 - 321-***-****-

acdom3@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

I am seeking the opportunity to obtain a long term accounting position

within a progressive and results-driven organization, which gives me the

opportunity to utilize the skills set that I possess for that company's

benefit.

Experience

Jul 2013 - present American Road Group, Inc

Orlando, FL

Staff Accountant (Motor vehicles and accessories-retail)

. Maintains Fixed Assets Register ($10M) and Construction in Process

($2M) accounts for 13 locations including recording additions, fixed

disposals and monthly depreciation expense

. Keeps Owners and Management aware of numerous actual capital budget

expenditure on Fixed assets accounts compared to budget and provides

explanations of differences

. Prepares and submits monthly Multi-State Sales and Use Tax (totaling

on average $0.5m), Solid Waste and Disposal Taxes for Orlando Harley

Davidson and American Road Group

. Completes extensive GL reconciliations for 61 accounts covering three

locations (Orlando, Laconia and American Road Group) - these include

Sales Tax Payable on Motorcycles and other sales, Sublet Work Payable,

Gift Card Liability, Fixed Assets and prepaid asset schedule

. Participated and assisted with complete accounting system overhaul to

Reynolds and Reynolds

. Computes and processes Sales Commission payouts

. Makes adjusting and month end close entries for assigned accounts

providing variance analysis

Nov 2012 - Jul 2013 Brighthouse Networks/ Wyndham Vacation Ownership

(temp) Orlando, FL

General Ledger Staff Accountant (Communications/ Time Share)

. Successfully converted and standardized assigned GL accounts including

fixed assets and Accounts Receivables of closed locations that

transferred to Florida (BHN)

. Multi location bank reconciliations to align to Florida procedures

(BHN)

. Extensive sales overhead variance analysis and produced overhead trend

reports (WVO)

. Analyzed guest generation anomalies between budget and actual (WVO)

. Monitored escrow for realty and provided explanations/suggestions on

closing costs and funding (WVO

. Complied commission detail and prepared payments on realty sales (WVO)

. Month-end closing adjusting/ journal entries and preparation of

monthly financial statements (BHN&WVO)

May 2012 - Nov 2012 Florida Nurses Association (contract)

Orlando, FL

Staff Accountant

. Successfully cleared fund accounts for Florida Nurses Members to

reflect membership dues accurately

. Set up opening balances of bank and GL accounts according to not for

profit standards

. Organized and set up bank accounts and reconciliations related to the

type of fund they represent

. Kept Board of Directors abreast of monthly spending on 19 funds and

compared to budget

. Responsible for bi weekly payroll and monitored contracted and

temporary labor

. Initiated and implemented software accounting change to QuickBooks and

trained bookkeeper on its use

Nov 2010 - May 2012 Central Florida Press, Inc

Orlando, FL

Staff Accountant (Print Services)

. Led the preparation and reconciliation of the monthly budget estimate

and performance trends reports

. Prepared and distributed monthly variance reports and Financial Packet

to Management

. Performed extensive month-end analysis (General Ledger and Bank

Accounts), resolved questions and tracked adjustments related to the

Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Budget

. Completed monthly estimates and all journal entries to Intercompany

Corporate Office on Payroll, Work In Progress, Finished Goods, Fixed

Asset Register inter alia

. Prepared and submitted multi-state Sales and Use Tax monthly

. Maintained quarterly sales commissions and prepared payments based on

sales

Jul 08 - Nov 2010 Leland Management,

Inc. Orlando, FL

Staff Accountant (Developer Accounts)

. Prepared monthly and year-end financial statements for a portfolio of

18 Home Owners Associations

. Presented supporting financial reports including detailed general

ledgers, cash receipts, disbursement registers, and budget variance

analysis for external and internal users

. Maintained and updated detailed AR records and Cash Disbursements

register

. Operated all association bank accounts and provided monthly bank

reconciliations

. Initiated and implemented the budget process for portfolio

. Organized the disbursement of community funds in accordance with

terms of approved vendor contracts

Feb 07 - Aug 08 Darden Restaurants Inc. (contracted through

Spherion) Orlando, FL

Billing and Budget Analyst (Print Services)

. Solely responsible for administering $5.1 m worth of internal

chargeback functions with regard to Print Reprographics for our

clients from Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, Bahama Breeze,

Capital Grille, Long Horn Steakhouse and Seasons 52, resulting +/- >

0.5% of plan.

. Coordinated the processing and reconciliation of over $3 m of vendor

invoices for Print Procurement

. Monitored reimbursement from re-supply and ensured that discrepancies

were resolved monthly

. Reported budget variances, monitored and tracked expenditures, and

forecasted future needs

. Proactively ensured all tax computations were in line with each of the

States with business operations with regard to charge-backs and

billing

. Provided in-depth analytical summaries of department productivity,

billing, spending and ROI

. Acted as departmental budget-reporting liaison with Decision Support

(reported variances, monitored and tracked expenditures and forecasted

future needs of budgets.)

May 06 - Feb 07 Sears Corporate

Offices Longwood, FL Accounts

Payable/ Receivable Specialist (HVAC Home Improvements)

. Monthly reconciliation of vendor statements and dispute resolutions of

invoice discrepancies

. Proactively identified discrepancies in statements to determine causes

and communicated questions/ adjustments to the appropriate vendor

. Provided favorable impact on the development of bespoke AP software

to be used within department

Jun 01- Mar 05

Railtrack Plc

London, U.K

Assistant Project Accountant (Training Protection Warning System)

. Prepared periodic reports for the National Teams Work Stream Managers,

journals and

Inter-zonal transfers and period-end accruals; reported variances;

monitored and tracked ongoing expenditures and forecasted future needs

on ongoing projects for monthly reports

. Maintained the fixed asset register and depreciation journals for all

projects based in England

. Produced actual and forecasted-periodic financial reports for the

Training Protection Warning System

. 10-year budget planning, annual budgeting and inventory reconciliation

Reported

Education

Oct 2009 Everest University (Orlando, FL)

MBA - Accounting concentration; Bachelor of Science Degree -

Accounting (2008)

Nov 2004 Financial Training Company (London, U.K)

Part-Qualified Management Accountant (Chartered Institute of

Management Accountants- CIMA).

Jun 1997 University of London - (London, U.K)

Bachelor's Degree - Business and Politics (Hons) - June 1997

Skills

High end user knowledge of Microsoft desktop applications including

PeopleSoft, QuickBooks, Access, PowerPoint and Excel, Oracle; Vista;

Discoverer; Peachtree Complete; TOPS; Hagen; Infoview; LightSpeed, Reynolds

and Reynolds, CMI Fixed Assets, BNA Fixed Assets, Intermediate ASL

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