Project Accounting

Sonal Mehta Phone: ***-

***-****

*** ***** ***** *****, ****. NC 27519 E-

mail: *********@*****.***

Experience Summary: Accountant - responsible for various aspects of

the accounting function including, but not limited to, payroll,

accounts receivable, collections, accounts payable, general ledger

activity, assisting with the monthly close, and balance sheet account

reconciliations, proficient in QuickBooks, Advanced Excel and SQL.

Education

Master of Science (Accounting), Kelley School of Business, Indiana

University-Perdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), IN (INDIANA) (GPA:

3.90)

Work Experience

Family & Youth Services, Inc., Durham. NC Sep

- 2008 to May - 2009

Accountant

Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepare entries to

accounts and accounting control procedures

Processed payroll for employees of three sites

Prepared and reviewed budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries,

invoices, and other accounting documents

Explained billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors

and clients

Resolved accounting discrepancies

Recommended, developed and maintained financial data bases, computer

software systems (Quick books)

Prepared financial management reports

Analyzed and reviewed budgets and expenditures for local, state, and

federal funding.

Academic Projects

Tax Research:

Project focused on a real life tax problem. It involved obtaining facts

from client, identifying the tax issues, use of authoritative tax

sources, analyzing the problem and arriving at a conclusion.

Design Database System:

Project provided an opportunity to design, build, implement and document

a working database system using SQL, MS Access and MS Visio. Project

included conceptual data modeling, logical database design and database

implementation which are the most important phases of database

development.

Firm Valuation:

Computed the market value of actual company using 'discounted cash flow

analysis' and 'economic value added' methods.

Company Performance Analysis:

Conducted financial analysis of company and compared performance ratios

of company with competitors. Based on accounting analysis, recommendation

was made about future performance of the stock.

System Understanding Aid:

Project involved developing accounting cycle using different set of

documents. It provided understanding of information trail and flow of

transactions.

Excel Projects:

Project involved taking information to populate the register using Excel

as an implicit database.

Computer Skills

Quick Books

MS Office

SQL

Reference

Available upon request

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