PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cognos Therapeutic Inc. Inglewood, CA
Controller March 2015 – July 2023
Company in process of manufactured small medical devices
Prepared Financial Statements
Balanced all accounts (Cash, credit cards, fix assets, accounts receivable, loan, payables, income and expense accounts)
Processed payroll for 82 people
Prepared all supplemental spreadsheets for external auditors
Analyzed all accounts
Deposit and maintained investors accounts
Processed all payables
Maintained all employee records and performed HR duties
Liebert Corporation Westwood, CA
Accountant (temporary position) Apr 2014 - Jul 2014
Company managed several mobile-home parks, residential and commercial buildings.
Posted and deposited all rental income
Paid all invoices
Entered new tenant information
Reconciled 180 monthly bank statements
Recorded all necessary journal entries
Townsgate Capital Corporate Westlake, CA
Accountant Feb 2003 - Mar 2014
$30 million lending institution to the automotive industry with additional revenues from commercial property leasing.
Company relocated from Century City to Westlake in 2012.
Prepared yearly budgets
Created and maintained a comprehensive cash flow projection/forecast.
Prepared monthly financial statements and supplemental schedules
Invoiced and monitored accounts receivable
Updated budget to actual statement on a monthly basis
In charge of all functions of accounts payable
Prepared account balance sheet reconciliations
Filed quarterly sales tax returns
Implemented a new car lease program
Filed year end 1099s
Answered all customer calls in Spanish or English
Jennings Steine & Co., CPAs, West Los Angeles, CA
Accountant Jan 2002- Dec 2002
Responsible for review of financial statements and preparation of work paper files
Prepared individual, partnership and corporate tax returns
Zivetz, Schwartz & Saltsman CPAs, West Los Angeles, CA
Accountant Jun 1997 – Dec 2001
Responsible for tax return preparation (individual, corporate and partnership)
Auditing
Reviewed accounts payable
Monitored and covered checking and house accounts.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Yardi, Excel, Microsoft Word, QuickBooks and Lims (car lending program)
EDUCATION
California State University, Northridge, CA
Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration, 1997
CPA. Status
Have a non-active CPA license