Azam Zia

**** ****** ***** ****, *** *B (Permanent Resident) Phone: 973-***-****

Grand Rapids,MI 49512 Email: acoagy@r.postjobfree.com

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Detail-oriented, efficient and organized professional with extensive experience with various accounting software

applications.

Excellent analytical and troubleshooting ability to achieve project goals in a timely manner with over 5 years of

experience in accounting

Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English, Urdu, and Punjabi.

Highly trustworthy, discreet and ethical.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Michigan Works GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49505

Accountant August,2014 – Nov 2014

Prepare and enter journal entries with supporting documents which include correcting entries, allocating

Expenditures, grant related entries.

Analyze the financial risk related to different venders such as credit risk, commodity risk or reputational risk and

minimize them by direct and indirect methods.

Make portfolio of each vender by its description related to its cash request and payment methods.

Assist in performing the financial administration and reporting of assigned federal and state grants

which includes establishing grant in financial system.

Record monthly accrued expense for different funds, reconcile with vendors & contractors invoices.

Assist account administrative director to prepare time sheets for payments biweekly and monthly for

different programs.

Prepare cash request draw down sheets monthly to meet the payments in time from MARS.

Daily recording of cash & checks received from different contractors.

Prepare monthly and quarterly expenditure reports for every fund in Excel and support it with ABILA

software generated reports.

Managing 50+ vendors responsible for payments and reconciling monthly and quarterly reports.

Assist and coordinate with team to record accurate transfers from one fund to another.

Code revenues to proper accounts when funds are received for grant.

Must answer questions and research information for granting agencies, grant coordinators, auditors,

state department, and school staff regarding assigned grants.

Assist in year-end closing and audits.

Azam Zia

4083 Forest Creek Road, Apt 3B (Permanent Resident) Phone: 973-***-****

Grand Rapids,MI 49512 Email: acoagy@r.postjobfree.com

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New Century Financial and Tax Services Morristown, NJ 07960

Staff Accountant October, 2013 – July, 2014

Assist on monthly interim financial statements, and Comprehensive Financial Report.

Managed and responsible for approximately 60+ vendor accounts and generating weekly on demand paychecks

Managed financial departments with responsibility for Budgets, Forecasting, Payroll, Accounts Payable and

Receivable.

Research financial information for audit purposes and financial reporting.

Record journal entries for daily cash receipt and payments with supporting documents and accrue them.

Created budgets and forecasts for the management group in timely manner.

Ensured conscientious compliance with accounting deadlines.

Coordinated with clients on the bi-weekly processing of payrolls for 100+ employees.

Dependable financial transaction facilitator between clients and banks and any other third party insurers

Assist in project carryover budgets and inform grant coordinators of unspent funds and approaching spending

deadlines.

United Business Links (UBL) Parsippany, NJ 07054

Staff Accountant September, 2013 – October, 2013

Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll departments.

Assist in generating budgets and forecasts on a quarterly basis and presented to the management team.

Responsible in reporting on variances in quarterly costs and turnover.

Record journal entries for allocation of expense and accrue them.

Prepared annual company accounts and reports such as income statements and balance sheet.

Administered online banking functions such as balancing and reconciliation of bank accounts.

Assisted higher management and clients in reducing credit period from 90 days to 60 days.

Responsible and managed client bi-weekly and monthly payrolls for 140 employees.

Asif Chartered Accountants Lahore, Pakistan

Pakistan Associate Trainee November, 2010 – August, 2013

Responsible in monitoring and recording company's monthly expenses.

Prepared all aspects of preparing taxes based on tax standards in Peachtree Pro Accounting 2010 and 2011.

Served as a tax consultant and an accountant for a medium sized accounting company

Prepared cost analysis and future investment options for clients

Azam Zia

4083 Forest Creek Road, Apt 3B (Permanent Resident) Phone: 973-***-****

Grand Rapids,MI 49512 Email: acoagy@r.postjobfree.com

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COMPUTER SKILLS:

Comfortable and experienced in using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint)

Comprehensive knowledge and understanding in using Sage Peachtree Pro Accounting 2010 and 2011.

Extensive knowledge of Intuit’s Quickbook 2014.

Extensive knowledge of Intuit’s ABILA 2014.

EDUCATION:

University Of Punjab Bachelors Of Commerce, 2008

Financial Accounting, Advance Accounting Cost Accounting, Auditing

Reference available upon request

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