Management Manager

Sangeetha Viswanathan

**** ******* ** **** **- **085 * 248-***-**** * ********@*****.***

An experienced accountant with a positive outlook and high energy seeks to

work as a Financial Specialist/ Analyst

Summary of Qualification:

< Work and communicate effectively with diverse group of people.

< Reliable and trustworthy for handling accurate Accounts.

< Good work Ethic.

< Ability to apply the skills in different verticals.

< Fast learner and Adapt well to changes and pressure in workplace.

Skills Used:

o Accounts skills used:

o General Book-Keeping activities - Accounts Payable handling; Invoice

posting, Vendor history maintanence, weekly/daily Check run, WIRE

Transfer, EFT, ACH and creating NACHA Files. Accounts Receivable

Activities Rental Income, late fees posting, aged receivable letters

preparation, Journal posing for all transactions and General Ledger

accuracy maintanence.

o Financial Analysis: Bank Reconciliation, Corporate Credit Card

Management, Merchant Account Management, Empire Analysis for loan

refinancing, Year End Books Closing, Budget preparation Assistance,

Accounting Process Enhancements, Financial Decision Support for

Business processes, Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Financial Reports

preparation for Management.

o Computer Skills: Yardi systems and Rent Manager (Property Accounts

Management Softwares), Microsoft Office XP (Word, Powerpoint, Excel

and Access).

Educational Qualifications:

Masters in Business Administration University of Phoenix

Jan 2011

Transfer Credits Oakland Community College 2004 - 2006

Bachelor of Corporate Secretary-ship University of Madras, India 05/1995

- 06/1998

Certification in MS Office Sun Computers Institute 1998

Accolades:

o Included in the Dean's List of Oakland Community College for the year

2005.

o Invited to join the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Club in Oakland Community

College in the year 2005.

o Maintaining 4 GPA in Bachelor of Accounting Studies in Oakland

Community College.

o Obtained 3.5 GPA in Undergraduate Degree from India.

o Recognized by University for excellence in Cost Accounting

Experience & Skills:

08/2006 - 08/2010

Property Accountant

Riverstone Communities, Birmingham, Michigan

Skills Used: Rent Manager, Yardi Systems, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint,

Financial Analysis, Budget maintenance, Monthly bank reconciliation, Credit

Card System Management, Merchant Account Maintenance, Accounting Process

Enhancements, Monthly books closing.

Experience: As a Property Accountant, my current job duties include but not

limited to the following activities:

o Financial Statement Preparation and Integrated Revenue/Expense

Analysis for a portfolio of properties owned by Riverstone

Communities.

o Secured Commercial Credit Card account maintenance that consists of

obtaining credit cards for requisite employees, managing their charge

accounts, reconciling statements on a monthly basis, processing

disputes.

o Merchant account maintenance on a weekly basis, that links the

purchase orders with the proper invoices, which in turn is connected

with the appropriate merchant account number.

o Monthly Reconciliation of Bank Statements with the books.

o Posting payable, processing check run on a weekly and daily basis as

and when required.

o Process - Bank transfers like ACH, WIRE and EFT payments done on a

daily basis to vendors, customers and for asset acquisitions.

Processed transfers using NACHA rules. Processing Stop payments and

Non sufficient fund checks and returned checks for various other

reasons too. These were done on a daily basis too.

o Accounts Receivable - Sending payment reminder letters to customers

and updating the system about the aged receivables. Post late fees and

send NSF notification letters to tenants.

o Journal Entries - Journalizing bank fees and various cash transactions

on daily basis.

o Empire Analysis of the Profit and Loss statements to apply for

refinancing and/or application of new bank loans

o Year End closing of accounting books - Analysis and verification of

all Intercompany transactions, Verification of accuracy of balance

sheet by posting appropriate depreciations, clearing exchange

accounts, reconciliation of bank statements, paying off owner

distributions.

o Budget Preparation - Obtaining significant information from Profit and

Loss statements from the prior years and to calculate the projections

to allocate funds appropriately during budget preparation. Also

preparing categorized budget reports for Senior Management.

o Forecasting key financial indicators for the upcoming quarters based

on trends from the last 3 quarters.

04/1998 - 10/1999

Accounts Administrator

Sun Computers (Educational Institute, Madras, India)

Skills Used: Microsoft Office (V 98), Employee Payroll, Book-Keeping,

Student Admissions Management and Multimedia Software.

Experience: My responsibilities as an Accounts Administrator for the Sun

Computers involved

o Project Accounts planning and managing

o book-keeping- For work orders and regular client Accounts Management

o Cash Flow- Maintaining over head cost versus the proposed project cost

o Bank Reconciliation- Monthly reconciling Bank Statement with books

o Petty cash records- Recording Daily expenses incurred

o Accounts Receivables -Accounting of student admissions and tuition

accounts and

Employee payroll were managed by me.

The Institute also took work-orders for brochures, advertisements,

presentations and DTP, which were also part of my daily administration

responsibilities.

As a part of the staff of Sun Computers I have also worked on projects for

small Advertisements.

04/1996 - 10/1998

Accounts Administrator

Laugh & Clap (Television Production Company, Madras, India)

Skills Used: Microsoft Excel, Book Keeping, Accounts Payable, Employee

Payroll

Experience: Being a Part-time employee, I had the opportunity to administer

the daily accounts and Office Administration. I had administration

responsibility over 10 other employees in the company.

As an in-charge for the Accounts Department for this Entertainment Company,

I took care of the

o Book-keeping - Bills payable, Journalizing daily transactions

o Daily and monthly payroll of employees- Payment to work/ Project based

employees

o Accounts payable to hourly contractors

o Prepared Monthly bank reconciliation

o Cash Flow Reports - Project overhead cost reporting

o Petty cash, Journals and Ledger postings

o Prepared communication letters for the Management

o Assisted in the auditing process and general accounts management. I

also had an opportunity to file the tax returns for that year.

Voluntary Work Experience:

01/2005 - 12/2005

Editor of a Magazine (Kadhambam, Language Tamil)

Michigan Tamil Sangam, Detroit, Michigan

Skills Used: Adobe Pagemaker 7.0, Microsoft Office XP

Experience: This is a voluntary work that I had undertaken for the Michigan

Tamil Sangam, which is a society of Indian people in Michigan State with

membership of around 1200 people. I worked as the Editor for the thirtieth

year of the Monthly Magazine (Kadhambam).

The work involves planning, compiling and coordinating the contents of the

magazine by picking the topics and corresponding with respective people

along with publishing editorials and specialized articles for the magazine

in both English and Tamil. The work also involved interviewing celebrities,

social workers and highly acclaimed Tamil people around the world. There

were several features that I had introduced in this magazine that received

a wide appreciation in the community which includes kids' pages, teaching

Tamil language and specialized sections for current topics, debates, music,

Fashion, and health issues.

I performed the compilation of the magazine using Adobe Pagemaker 7.0 and

other Microsoft office (XP) tools.

References will be furnished on request.

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