Human Resources Customer Service
Resume:
PARAM KAUR GREWAL-IQBAL
P.O. Box ***
Davis, CA *5617
Cell: 530-***-****
Email: ********@***.***
OBJECTIVE: Looking to utilize my Accounting skills in Financial Analysis,
Reconciliations and Internal Operational Audits, with emphasis
in Accounts Receivables and Payables, General
Ledger, Payroll, Inventory, Human Resources, Benefits and Compliance,
for a dynamic company.
SUMMARY:
. Main accomplishments have been assisting Chief Financial Officers,
Finance Directors, Controllers and General Managers with cleaning
up departments and conducting System Conversions and Implementations
in various industries:
Medical and Healthcare, Transportation, Government, Manufacturing,
Construction, Entertainment, Staffing, and General Services, in Non-
Profit and Private Industries ensuring each company was compliant
with Federal, State and Local guidelines based on GAAP Rules and
Regulations through consulting services.
. More than ten years of experience in the Accounting and Financial
field with emphasis in Financial Analysis Reconciliations (Cash and
Accrual Based), Internal and Operational Audits in Accounts
Receivables and Payables, Cash Management, Inventory Control,
General Ledger, Payroll, Taxes and Human Resources on a Daily,
Weekly, Monthly Quarterly and Annual basis for financial close and
budgeting purposes.
. Over six years of experience in the Human Resources field with
emphasis in Payroll and Benefits which includes New Hire Orientations,
Open Enrollments and Benefits Administration, Labor Law Compliance
and HRIS System Implementations and Conversions
EDUCATION:
B. A. California State University, East Bay. Hayward, CA.
International Studies and Political Science. (AKA Hayward State)
Experienced in various Software System:
* ACCPAC for WINDOWS. * LAWSON (LID/Portal). * JD
EDWARDS. * SAP. * RUMBA/AS400.
* SAGE SOFTWARE (MIP). * QUICKBOOKS. * PAYCHEX.
* ADP. * REPORT WRITERS.
* INTERNET. * SHAREPOINT. * MICROSOFT
OFFICE (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Limited Access).
WORK HISTORY:
04/09 - 07/09 Staff Accountant II;
Sutter Medical Foundation Sacramento, CA.
(Temp)
03/07 - 10/08 Senior Accountant;
MV Transportation, Inc. Fairfield, CA.
01/06 - 02/07 Financial Accounting Analyst;
Northbay Healthcare Vacaville, CA. (Ind.
Contractor)
06/05 - 01/06 HR/Payroll/Accounts Payable Consultant;
Communicare Health Centers Davis, CA. (Temp)
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
SUPERVISORY:
. Managed Front Desk Administration up to five (5) employees in
Payroll and two ( 2) in Accounts Payable, which included Training,
Mentoring, Hiring, Write ups and Grievance Issues. Oversight of
Divisions financials for up to fifty (50) employees and contacts.
TRAINING:
. Conducted training programs on newly hired General Managers,
Promoted Hourly and Salaried Manager's, Clients, Peers and
Co-Worker's on the following subjects:
1. Human Resource and Payroll Compliance (Hiring and Firing Procedures,
Garnishments and Pay Practices, according to
Federal and Local State guidelines and Labor Law programs, Employee
Grievances and Performance Issues),
2. Website and Software Usage Training,
How to provide better "Customer Service" to Employees, Peers and Clients.
Financial Reporting (Reports to Run, What To Look For, Trends and Variance
Analysis, How To Answer Income Statements),
Company Policies, Procedures, and Expectations.
HUMAN RESOURCES:
. Complete management of Human Resources Department, which included
Hiring and Terminating Employees, posting new job
opportunities, conducting initial applicant interviews, testing
and screening processes for Hiring Managers.
. Created and made sure New Hire Packets and Forms, currently being
utilized by various Companies, were compliant with Federal
and State Rules and Regulations at all Locations and Departments,
ensuring all Personnel information was separated correctly in the
HR and Payroll file folders according to Labor Law guidelines,
(I.E. I-9,Garnishments, 401(K), DMV Pull Notices, DOT Filing Programs,
Benefits, Salary and Performance Information). Continuously
cleaned up HRIS and Payroll Data files.
. Conducted Formal and Informal Warnings and handled Employee
grievances by sitting in on mediation meetings to ensure an accurate,
fair solution was reached beneficial to all parties' concerned
leading to improvements in productivity and morale within the departments.
. Conducted New Hire Open Enrollment Benefits orientations and
managed Benefits Administration with carrier bills' reconciliations.
BUDGETS (FORECAST, PREPARATION and REVIEW):
. Created several forecasts for various companies on both Fiscal and
Calendar Year projections through 2009 on Revenue, Expenses
(Salaries and Other Wages, Taxes, Benefits, Employee Recognition,
Supplies, Rent. Fuel, and Other Corporate Expenses) by reviewing
Prior versus Current Year General Ledger recorded transactions,
New and Existing Contracts and Current Year CPI (Consumer Price
Index) numbers formulated into the budget for subsequent years
projected expenditures for upper management's approval.
. Worked with Divisions on Forecasts for Financial Analysis,
ensuring divisions complied with original contract on expenses incurred and
had weekly budget review meetings with division management on
locations not meeting budgeted numbers due to over expenditures to
bring costs down and to ensure profit turnaround.
. Reviewed all budget to actual numbers and discussed with
appropriate departments on discrepancy errors in Payroll, Payables or
Receivables and all General Ledger entries and assisted divisions
with monthly and annual budget preparations.
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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (AR):
. Responsibilities included management and review of all aspects of
Client Billing processes, which included analyzing, reconciling
and posting Client Orders/Revenue based on payment methods
provided (I.E. Credit Card, Cash Receipts and checks) into AccPac,
SAP, JD Edwards and Lawson Software Systems.
. Reconciled cash daily to reports making sure Journal Receipts
matched to GL and posted Cash up to $1,000,000 per batch; created
bank deposits slips, and reviewed bank accounts online to ensure
deposits timeliness. Processed Daily Wire Transfers using NACHA.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (AP):
. Managed full cycle Accounts Payable which included, researching,
approving, coding, batching, paying, posting and submitting invoices
to management with appropriate back up; had weekly meetings with
AP Personnel regarding discrepancies that needed to be fixed.
. Assisted with Accounts Payable Conversions and researched any
module discrepancies to ensure accuracy of all uploaded information
matched reports provided to all Clients and Third Party Vendors
when reviewing payment details through company website.
PAYROLL(P/R):
. Over ten (10) years of experience managing high volume and complex
numerous DOS, Internet and Windows based payroll software
system conversions: (I.E. ADP PayExpert, PayChex, JD Edwards, Temp
Wiz, IBS, Kronos, Emcentrix, Trueline and SLS Internal Software).
. Processed Payroll for up to 6,000 Employees, Multi-State and local
site locations, for different Pay Groups, Companies, Systems, and
Incentive Programs (Commissions, Bonuses, Special and Supplemental
Pay calculations), for Hourly and Salaried (Exempt and
Non-Exempt) employees (including Expatriates and Inpatriates) for
all payroll cycles (Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Semi-Monthly, Monthly,
Quarterly and Annually) based on new hire contracts and offer
letters.
. Created Payroll Error Exception Reports for Management on
Excessive Hours and brought to Supervisor's attention any discrepancies
in Hours, Rates, Over and/or Under Payments; took Corrective
Action, when necessary.
INVENTORY (INV):
. Compared, adjusted, researched, entered and maintained all
inventory items based on cycle counts and pricing provided by maintenance
personnel for monthly, quarterly and annual closes for various
companies to ensure inventory accuracy to balance sheet.
. Reviewed all divisions' inventory tracker reports to ensure
inventory items pricing was correctly allocated by reviewing current
vendors'
prices to amounts divisions entered on Tracker. Adjusted balance
sheet ending balances appropriately based on First-In, First Out (FIFO)
rules. Recorded Work In Progress (WIP) transactions on a monthly
basis based on reports provided by maintenance personnel.
GENERAL LEDGER (GL):
. Financial assistance and analysis provided for up-to twenty -five
(25) multi-state divisions' reviewing Journal Entry postings, double
entries,
re-classifications, and accruals ensuring divisions followed close
schedule; fixed all GL entries during close and notified IT when entries
were causing software systems to crash.
. Reviewed all expense GL entries to 12 month rolling trends and
Income Statements (P&L) to verify prior versus current month variances
and had monthly or weekly meetings to discuss Actual Versus Budget
numbers for preliminary financial analysis, trying to find ways to
bring expenses down on divisions exceeding annual budgets and were
non-revenue generators.
AUDITS:
. Conducted monthly operational site audits to make sure divisions
were complying with company policies and procedures as well as
GAAP and FASB rules and regulations.
. Audited all Billing and Revenue information ensuring accurate
bills were being sent to Clients. If not, made sure locations did Debit or
Credit Memos to fix billing error problems and provided back up
reports used to bill clients to fix any reporting errors for divisions.
. Reconciled, Audited and Supervised All Payroll Staffs processing
entries, which included Billing, Taxes and Benefits, ensuring all
employees information in HR, Payroll, and Benefits Maintenance
Module, which included History Tracking information of Salaries and
Year to Date Totals, Paid Time Off Accruals, Worker's Comp Codes,
with Business Units and Job Costs was accurate to reports.
. Conducted Inventory Site audits on divisions with large inventory
variances monthly quarterly and annually to fix discrepancies External
Auditors disclosed during prior year findings and made sure
divisions passed with "full confidence" in the current year.
RECONCILLIATIONS: Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Balance Sheet
reconciliations of the following accounts and departments:
HUMAN RESOURCES: New Hires, Terminations, I-9 Compliance; Worker's
Compensation claims based on Loss and Analysis Reports
provided by Insurance Carriers, DMV Pull Notices
and DOT Drug Program requirements for all Employees hired and/or
Terminated and required to drive for the company,
Benefits and Leave of Absences. Department and Company processes,
ACCOUNTING: Assets: (Cash Management, Electronic Funds Transfers
(EFT's/ACH's), various General Bank Statements Receivables and
Prepaids);
and Liability: (Wages, Payables, Taxes, and Benefits);
Inventory, Internal Audits and General Ledger Expense transactions.
PAYROLL: Complex Bank Account statements, Wages (Retroactive, Over-
payments), Leave Accruals, Pension Plans-(Section 457,
403(B), 401(K) and (A); Employees' Stock Purchase Plan
(ESPP),Garnishments, Third Party Sick Pay and Payroll Taxes,
(based on payroll cycles, Quarterly, and Annually for
Multi-State Taxes), W-2 Year End Processing, Workers Compensation,
State Disability Payments, and Software
Implementations.
BENEFITS: Carrier Bills, COBRA, 401(K) and (A) and 403(B), Third
Party Administration, Medical, Dental, Vision, Prepaid Legal, Flexible
Spending, Life Insurance (Group Term Life and
Others) for both Employees and Employer matching.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ANALYSIS PREPARATION:
. Over 6 years of experience in Financial Statements Preparation
using ERP Systems (I.E. Lawson, SAP, JD Edwards and QuickBooks).
. Sent out weekly notifications on action items that needed to be
fixed; disclosed information to upper management after analysis had
been completed on wages, over expenditures, and revenue to goal
percent variances.
. Made sure divisions complied with monthly, quarterly and annual
close schedules by sending out notifications to get group together.
. Ensured accurate financials were prepared and provided statistical
and variance analysis, utilizing trends and various financial reports
to upper management disclosing variance discrepancies during and
after preliminary analysis. (See reconciliations).
. Created Financial Notes package outlining details of Current Month
Assets, Liability and Expenditures for Monthly Board Meetings
detailing Group's financial Status for the month and action items
taken to fix any problems discussed during monthly board meetings.
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REFERENCE CHECKS
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PARAM KAUR GREWAL-IQBAL
P.O. Box 225
Davis, CA 95617
Cell: 530-***-****
Email:********@***.***
Enclosed are reference letters and recommendations from the following
Managers, Co-Workers and Peers.
Contact Information How long
Name Position Where Worked (Phone Number and Known
Email) Person?
(916) 614 - 2720
1 Anne Senior Sutter Medical Email: 3 Months
. Warmerdam Accountant Foundation Warmera@sutterhealth.o
rg
June, 26th 2009-Received a letter of recommendation from Anne regarding my
performance to be provided during the
interview process.
"As the reviewer of her work, I was pleased at how quickly she caught on our
processes. Param was always eager to take on more
work and asked the right questions. Her positive attitude and strong wrong ethic
would make her a great addition to any organization.
She certainly exceeded my expectations and I would highly recommend her".
(707) 655 - 7197
2 Larry Smith Senior MV Transportation, Email: 3+ Yrs
. Accountant Inc. Larryksmith1000@yahoo.
com
March 2nd, 2009- Received a recommendation from Larry as a colleague on professional
website called LinkedIn.
(Please see Below.)
"Param is a knowledgeable professional financial. I worked as a colleague of Param's
for almost two years. During that time, Param
demonstrated herself to be an awesome accountant, performing very detailed financial
analysis for multiple business locations. Param
has an obvious intelligence and an ability to comprehend and communicate complex
financial issues and generate value added results.
I highly recommend Param's work and I am certain she would be an asset to any company
fortunate enough to have her as a
team member".
(707) 646 - 3179
3 John Hobza Senior Northbay Email: 4+ Yrs
. Accountant/ HealthCare. ******@********.***
Treasurer
February 4th, 2009-Received a letter of recommendation from John regarding my
performance to be provided during the
interview process.
"Param took it upon herself to learn our software as well as learning the steps
required for our financial close. She is a very quick
learner and stepped into her duties right away with minimal supervision and has
benefited our department in many ways while she was
here.
Param is a very hard working, young lady, extremely meticulous and has a great
attention to detail. She was not afraid to ask questions
when necessary, to ensure accurate financials were produced. She would be an asset to
have as an employee in any company.
I would highly recommend Ms. Grewal-Iqbal for your organization as Param's work
ethics is flawless and she is willing to help
out with whatever project is necessary. She would be a great addition to your Finance
department."
(775) 335 - 1911
4 Jeff Matland General Manager MV Transportation, Email: 2 Yrs
. Inc. ********@*********.***
December 5th, 2008- Received a recommendation from Jeff, who managed Param
Indirectly on professional website called
LinkedIn. (Please see Below).
"Param has a unique ability to work with others in a professional, competent manner,
while maintaining a friendly and professional
demeanor. Param is an extremely hard worker who takes great pains to understand the
job needed and does not quit until the task is
completed. Param no longer works for the company and I miss her knowledge and can-do
attitude every day."
(707) 580 - 0515
5 Kristine Senior MV Transportation, Email: 2 Yrs
. Bertuzzi Accountant Inc. *********@*********.**
m
July 28, 2008- Received a recommendation from Kristine as a colleague on
professional website called LinkedIn.
(Please see Below).
"Param is a quick learner and has great attention to detail. She has vast
experience in the accounting field. She is a team player and
support to all those she works with. Param would be a great asset to any company."
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