Real Estate Accounting

Tasneem Ahmed

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Sunnyvale, CA 94087 **********@*****.***

Seasoned professional with expertise in the field of Accounting, Tax and

Finance.

Successfully served at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Applied Materials and San

Jose State Univ. Proficient in business automation tools such as SAP,

Hyperion and QuickBooks.

Education

. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, San Jose State University

Major: Accounting Graduation Date: 12, 2006 GPA: 3.34/4.00

. Associates Degree in Business Administration, College of San Mateo

Major: Accounting Graduation Date: 12, 2003 GPA 3.77/4.00

Please Note: I quit my last job in September of 2009 to accompany my

husband on an expat assignment to China. Now that we are back in USA and I

want to get back into the workforce.

San Jose State University - www.sjsu.com San Jose, CA

Staff Accountant / Gift Analyst, University Advancement (11/2008 - 09/2009)

. Processed donation checks by creating donation summaries and deposit

slips.

. Deposited the checks electronically through Wells Fargo portal and

recorded them to the database.

. Processed credit card donations by creating summaries and deposit slips.

. Charged credit cards through secure payment transaction website and

recorded them to the database.

. Made collection and follow up calls on pledges and donations to current

and potential donors.

. Performed monthly cash & credit card reconciliation for both within and

across departments.

. Managed gift and donation processing and filing across all schools and

departments in the University.

. Owned the gateway for all donor account creation and maintenance

following a set of strict policies.

Applied Materials, Inc - www.appliedmaterials.com Santa Clara, CA

Financial Analyst, AGS Spares (01/2007 - 10/2008)

. Gather and analyze HQ and regional data and publish weekly Royalty

Revenue Report for the B.U.

. Analyze, report and maintain HQ Royalty Revenue for Actual close & two

Forecast cycles.

. Responsible for reviewing and initiating monthly Warranty credits to the

regions.

. Gather and report HQ Warranty Expense for Actual as well as for forecast

cycles.

. Responsible for creating and maintaining the Spares P&L following GAAP.

. Responsible for performing all monthly close related activities.

. Coordinate with operations and collect and analyze cost data for

Standards Cost Revaluation.

. Responsible for measuring inventory impact and supported efficient

execution of the Standards Roll.

PricewaterhouseCoopers - www.pwc.com San Francisco, CA

Tax Intern, Financial Services (01/2006 - 04/2006)

. Served as a Tax Intern in the 2006 tax season for the Financial Services

group.

. Attended the formal National Tax training in Dallas, Texas arranged by

PwC.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers - www.pwc.com (continued)

. Prepared complex federal tax return for the following partnership

business entities:

- Prometheus Real Estate Groups, Inc - real estate client, 4

different properties

- Bailard Biehl & Kaiser Inc - real estate client, 3 entities

- Horsley Bridge Partners - VC client

- Sofinnova Venture Partners - VC client, 2 entities

- Sofinnova Venture Affiliates - VC client

Calpine - www.calpine.com San Jose, CA

Intern, SJSU Team (08/2005 - 12/2005)

. Served as an intern for the Project Management Office (PMO), overseen by

the VP of Accounting.

. Responsible for process narratives and flow charts of all significant

financial statement processes as required under sections 302 and 404 of

the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

. Leveraged Word and Visio for documentation and integrated all

documentation to formulate "Account Champion Process Handbook" as the

final deliverable.

. Documented walk through of "Account Champion" review for each financial

statement line item.

Computer Skills

. QuickBooks (AR, AP, Purchasing, Payroll, Bank Reconciliation, etc.)

. SAP, Peach Tree and Hyperion (Planning and Essbase)

. Advanced Excel (Spreadsheet) and MS Access (Database)

. MS Word, Power Point and Lotus Notes

Legal Status & Honors

. US Citizen

. Graduated with Honors and named in Dean's List 4 times

School Projects & Courses

. Built a pseudo business from scratch and ran all aspects including

publishing financial statements.

. Performed Closing operation, Ratio Analysis, federal income tax

calculation, payroll, and prepared Adjusted Trial Balance, Income

Statement, Balance Sheet for an imaginary winery company.

. Designed and developed multiple end to end applications using Microsoft

Access.

. Prepared summary of a 6 Month Revenue Budget using advanced excel

features (e.g. Pivot table).

. Presented on topics such as Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), Gramm-Leach-Bliley and

Triple Bottom Line.

Accounting Business

Accounting Procedure Fundamentals of Finance

Financial Accounting Introduction to Marketing

Intermediate Accounting I&II Business Law

Accounting Information System AIS Fundamentals of

Operations Systems

Advanced AIS and IS Risk Assessment Business Communications

Corporate Tax Principles of Macro & Micro

Economics

Forensic Accounting Global Dimensions of Business

Financial Audit Quantitative Business Analysis

Management Accounting and Control System Computer Systems in

Business

Human Resources Professional and Business

Ethics

Human Resource Management Business Systems

Management and Organizational Behavior

References are available upon request

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