Clara Pa
** ******* ***** ( Corte Madera, CA **925 ( (415) 889 - 0287 (
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Highlighted Masters Degree in Accounting . Advanced Excel Skills
Qualifications Knowledgeable of Quickbooks and Yardi Voyager
Professional Accountemps San Francisco, CA
Experience Accountant, April 2011 - May 2011
Reconciled tenant ledgers to identify unapplied credits or
overstated charges
Audited tenant files to ensure that important documents
were kept accurately
Reviewed Section 8 contracts to verify that the Housing
Authority made required payments
Marin Independent Journal Novato, CA
Staff Accountant, March 2007 - March 2008
Month-end duties involved counting the newsprint paper
inventory and reconciling the usage
Accounts receivable tasks included batching subscriber
payments and balancing the totals
Assisted in the preparation of journal entries to be posted
to the general ledger
Reconciled the company's bank account on a monthly basis to
ensure accurate cash management
Counted the coins collected from newspaper racks and
prepared the bank deposit slip
Epic Staffing Services New York, NY
Accountant, February 2010 - November 2010
AR responsibilities included sending invoices to clients
and recording customer payments
AP duties comprised of entering the receipt of vendor
invoices in the accounts payable journal
Cash management tasks involved preparing bank deposits and
disbursing payments
On a bi-weekly schedule, executed the internal payroll
process by using an Excel spreadsheet
Made purchases that the company needed to efficiently and
effectively operate
Kravetz Realty Group New York, NY
Accountant, September 2008 - February 2009
Endorsed checks and prepared bank deposits that were posted
to the company's account
Posted tenant payments by uploading an Excel spreadsheet to
the accounts receivable journal
Created accounts payable batches and posted them to the
general ledger to get paid
Assisted vendors with questions regarding their accounts
and the timing of their payments
Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.) Torrance, CA
Internal Auditor, February 2006 - September 2006
Tested the design and operational effectiveness of
management's controls
Assessed the adequacy and completeness of the Bank's
policies and procedures
Determined the Bank's level of compliance with laws and
regulations
Education University of Southern California
Masters in Accounting, May 2005
Member of the Accounting Society
Cumulative GPA 3.13
University of California at Davis
Bachelor of Arts, June 2002
Major in English Literature and Composition
Minor in Film Studies
Cumulative GPA 3.57
New York College Athens, Greece
Overseas Academic Study, Summer 2000
Skills Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, and
PowerPoint); knowledgeable about
Quickbooks and Yardi Voyager accounting software
Additional On-air radio personality at KDVS
Information Hobbies include creative writing and hiking