MOUHAMADOU DJITE

**** ********, ***. ** ********, New York 11221 acq1y9@r.postjobfree.com 347-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS

All Parts of the CPA Exam successfully passed, now awaiting certification.

Knowledge of QuickBooks, proficient in Blackbaud Financial Edge software.

Advanced Microsoft Excel (V-lookups, data manipulation for analysis, etc.).

Fluent in French and English.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT November 2012 – Present

SYMPHONY SPACE, INC. New York, New York

A Performing Arts Center offering programs in theatre, film, literature, music, dance and family.

Participating in Month-end closes and Annual Audit preparation: Reconciling the Credit-card activity from the Contributions and the Box Office sales with the General Ledger, reconciling the Rentals activity with the General Ledger, reconciling the Box Office sales from the Patron’s Edge data to the General Ledger, and using the GAAP Revenue Recognition principle to compute the Monthly Incomes from the different Events and deferring Incomes pertaining to future Shows.

Assisting in the quarterly Financial Projections and Annual Budgets: Preparing the projections templates in Financial Edge for the individual Managers, providing each Manager with useful information prior to their forecast input in their template, and assisting the Director of Finances in setting up Consolidated Reports from individual departments financial projections.

Processing payroll biweekly: Collecting information on new hires and benefit changes for Hourly and Salaried employees, maintaining and reviewing the Managers’ inputs in the time-keeping “Time-in-a-Box” system, and submitting the salary and wage data to our processor Paychex.

Assisting in the Accounts Payable (A/P) and Accounts Receivables (A/R) tasks: Receiving and analyzing invoices/expenses, and recording transactions into the Financial Edge software before sending them for payment. Also recording Cash receipts, Credit-Card and other payments.

Started working at Symphony Space, Inc. as an Intern on September 2011, hired as a part-time Accounting Consultant by July 2012, hired as a Bookkeeper on November 2012, promoted as Accountant in July 2013, and promoted as Senior Accountant in 2015.

ACCOUNTING INTERN May 2012 – Nov 2012

WORLD FEDERALIST MOVEMENT-INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL POLICY New York, New York

A Global Citizens Movement with member and associate organizations around the world

Assisted with Annual Audit, including preparation of Prepaid Insurance schedules, Grants Revenues analysis, and gathering back-up files necessary for the Audit review.

Assisted in the General Ledger maintenance and Bank reconciliations: Analyzed the General Ledger (G/L) and identified irregularities, liaising with department managers to resolve issues and make corrective journal entries when necessary.

Assisted in the Accounts Payable (A/P) and Accounts Receivables (A/R) tasks: Received and coded invoices/expenses, and recorded transactions into the Financial Edge software before sending them for payment. Also posted Cash receipts, Wires, Credit-Card and other payments.

Assisted in consolidating financial activities of the New York Offices with the Organization’s foreign offices of The Hague, Brussels, using the correct foreign currencies conversion tools.

CONTRACTS ANALYSIS - COST ACCOUNTING INTERN October 2010 – May 2011

NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT (NYCT, MTA) New York, New York

Assisted managers in day-to-day operational activities: Audited Contracts for identification of prices discrepancy analysis, office supply inventories updates, monthly budgets, etc.

Prepared reports (Disbursements authorization forms) and reviewed customers’ reports on items delivered by vendors and comparing the prices charged by the vendors and the terms of the contracts between the NYCT Employees and those vendors).

Assisted in updating the office supplies inventories and performing the right cost allocations to the Responsibility Centers using advanced Excel formulas.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

MASTER’S, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING 2013

KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (DEVRY) New York, New York

Final GPA: 3.4, Graduation Date: June 30th, 2013.

BACHELOR’S, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE/AUDIT. 2003

THE GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL OF DAKAR Dakar, Senegal

Graduate Date: December, 2003.

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