*Mariam Movahedi, **MBA*

*Los Angeles, CA, 310-***-**-**, **acr0z7@r.postjobfree.com*

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*Summary*

Highly skilled professional with expertise in business operations,

processes, and procedures. Proficient in management of full cycle financial

reporting. Held solid corporate accountant positions within a variety of

industries over the course of career and has become well versed in the

areas of month end journal entries, inter-company consolidation, foreign

currency exchange, US GAAP financial statement preparation, analysis,

reconciliations, review, variance reporting, budgeting, capital

expenditure, forecasting, auditing, fixed assets, payroll, KPI analysis,

government reporting, SOX compliance, ERM, management, process improvement

to increase efficiency, marketing pricing, ABC modeling, some data

modeling, contribution margin and implementation of strategy planning &

execution.

*Professional Experience*

*MM Contract & Consulting, Los Angeles area, CA**

8/09- 8/15*

*AAC Realty, JLL Commercial Real Estate*, Los Angeles, CA. 4/15-8/15

Private Equity Investment in Retail & Shopping Mall

*Account Manager /Sr. Associate/ Property Accountant, Retail*

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Financial prep, MBA, Sales, JE, Acct Recon, Cash Management, Budget, JD

Edwards, Kardin.

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Supervise and review Bookkeeper AR & AP, and APM accounting work.

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Make suggestions to improve cycle to set up the accounting department

at the property.

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Work with outsourced JLL property accounting services in East Coast.

*AIG Investments* (Sun America), Downtown Los Angeles, CA. 6/13- 11/14

Global Real Estate Investment, Affordable Housing Corporate office

*Sr. Accountant*

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Balance sheet account reconciliation, account analysis, and financial

reporting via SAP ERP.

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Daily Intercompany JE, Cash reconciliation & clearing, investigate and

solve issues related to security and income transactions working with

different business units world-wide.

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Month end journal entries, prep reports for SOX compliance, risk mgmt.,

and internal audit using Black-line software.

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Government financial reporting (GRASP), deemed assets and liabilities

analysis, partnership financial analysis including BS, PL, Tax,

Amortization Schedules (Info-store).

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Work on streamlining the cash receipt process from Loan Dept. in order

to upload to SAP to save time. Train staff on new procedures and

tasks as new way of importing data and processing

journal

entries.

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Perform SAP query and balance sheet suspense clearing in SAP to

reconcile accounts for ME.

*Imprint Venture Lab LLC*, Inter-trend, Long Beach, CA. 8/12- 12/12

Manufacturing & E-Commerce Merchandise

*Sr. Accountant*

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Inventory evaluation (average cost), receiving & matching purchases,

analysis by utilizing QB Pro, and Excel.

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Account analysis US$ & Euro, foreign currency conversion for financial

reporting, bank reconciliation, sales analysis by customer

and wholesale, AR and AP analysis.

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Month end financial statement preparation for 8 small

manufacturing/wholesalers entities.

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Prepared policy & procedures for receiving orders on-line, processing,

backorder, invoicing & shipment.

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Assisted client in eliminating duplication, promoting automation to

replace many levels of manual entries to improve efficiency,

and prepared schedules for internal analysis.

*Razor USA*, Cerritos, CA. 4/12- 6/12

Scooters Retail & Manufacturing

*Sr. Accountant*

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Commission accrual, calculation, statement prep for all world-wide sales

reps by utilizing SX, Monarch and Excel. Currency conversion

for sales commissions, monthly income and expenses.

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Account analysis, reconciliation, ACH process and AP related for

commission payment.

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Participate in month end financial statement package preparation.

*Ducommun Inc.,* Carson, CA. 9/10- 08/11

Aero Structures Manufacturing

*Sr. Accountant*

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Audit Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI) records for 7 Aero Space

locations utilizing Excel & BAAN. Review A/P work of staff

and give directions to improve processes to meet deadlines.

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Audit AP, Purchasing and Receiving records and all other related

procurement discrepancies.

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Prepare monthly GRNI reports for month end close including variation

reports.

*Archipelago Inc*., Los Angeles, CA. 08/09- 06/10

Candle Manufacturing/Merchandising/Wholesale retail

*Finance Controller/ Sr. Accountant*

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CIT, Factor, A/R, charge back analysis, correction and prepare

correcting journal entries by utilizing Mas 90, FRX, F9 Reporting,

and Excel.

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Preparation of month end, re-class and adjusting journal entries for

almost all accounts including A/P. Review and lead A/R and A/P

staffs, recommend and assign new and/or improved processes.

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Reconciliation of general ledger accounts, commercial insurance and bank

reconciliation.

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Set up F9 financial reporting software and linking appropriate g/l

accounts for B.S.,COGS,G/A, Ship, Prod, and P/L.

*Specialty Merchandise Corp., Simi Valley, CA

5/01- 4/09*

E-Commerce Merchandising Corp., SMC Promotions, Inc., SMC Hong Kong

Office.

Gift Merchandising/Wholesale retailer/Distributor/e-Commerce

*Corporate Sr. Accountant/ Assistant Controller *

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Multiple Financial Statement preparation according to GAAP by utilizing

Platinum Sage, Excel, FRX Reporting, FAS system.

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Preparation of journal entries, month-end close, and inter-company

consolidated JEs.

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Currency conversion for one entity for P/L (Ave. 3 spot rate), and B/S

(EOM spot rate).

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Reconciliation of general ledger accounts, bank reconciliation and daily

cash reports.

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Review, supervise, train, develop, and manage accounting staff, AP & AR

team; assign tasks and work closely with controller on team members’

performance, and annual goals.

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Communicate with all departments and senior management regarding

accounting issues.

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Assist management to prepare budget and sales forecast.

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Lead to external audit. Prepare audit schedules including cash

confirmations.

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Perform and review unsecured business tax and 1099 filing; sales tax

review and audit.

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Fixed asset entry, review, depreciation schedule for internal use and

outside tax consultants.

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Interact with outside vendors, banks and Chase Payment-tech managers on

receivables.

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Reduced shipping costs, supplies’ costs, ME close cycle, bank fees.

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401K payroll audit, and internal audit of commissions paid to sales team.

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Ad hoc reports, setting up policy and procedures, point of contact with

all outside auditors.

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Assisted Controller, CFO, VP of Sales, and VP of Purchasing with special

projects such as inventory count, cost analysis, sales forecast,

investments, and key performance indicators.

*Moskowitz Financial Reporting, CPA Firm, Sherman Oaks, CA **

12/99-12/00*

Financial & Business Management

*Staff Accountant / Staff Auditor *

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Prepare audited income, balance sheet & cash flows statements; and

income tax returns by utilizing Peachtree, Word, PowerPoint, and

Excel.

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Audit of Homeowner's Associations.

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Perform audit work as the field auditor at client premises.

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Process business management reports, financial statements, accounts

payable & receivable, payroll, bank reconciliation and

investment reports for various clients including celebrities and

property

management.

*Lacey Court Reporting & ARM, Los Angeles, CA

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07/96-4/99*

Court reporting & Business Data Management

*Accounting Manager*

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Financial preparation, A/P, Acct Analysis, Budget by utilizing Peachtree.

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Supervise and review A/R and Billing accounting work.

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Interacted with outside CPA firm to provide required reports for

year-end tax files.

*Beverly Hills Board of Realtors, Beverly Hills, CA

** 07/92-5/95*

Realtors Data Management

*Accounting Manager*

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Financial preparation, Acct Analysis, Budget, Cost Analysis (Store) by

utilizing Peachtree.

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Supervise and review A/R and Receptionist accounting work.

*Computer Experience*

ERP systems, SAP, Black-line, JD Edwards, Oracle reporting, BAAN, Mas 90,

Platinum Sage, FRX, FAS, F9, Peachtree, QuickBooks. Microsoft: Excel (Pivot

Table, V-Lookup), Word, Power Point, Access.

*Education *

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*MBA* Accounting, (Honors). Walden University, MN

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*BS* Bus. Admin. International Finance (Honors: *Summa-Cum-Laud)*.

Walden University, MN

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*Professional Award *in Accounting, Audit, Cost, Tax, Business Law.

UCLA, CA

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*BTEC *Mathematics, Statistics, Computing. Thames Polytechnic, UK

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*Six Sigma* Greenbelt Certificate. Excel Partnership, CA

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*Real Estate License*, California

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