LUANA COLLET
objective
To obtain employment in an established company with growth
opportunity
Experience
*/**** ** */**** Derek Lam International, LLC
New York, NY
Staff Accountant
AR billing and collections for international and factored accounts.
Worked with sales/logistics team to resolve chargebacks. Released
merchandise based on customer terms and performace, worked with
fiscal representative and factories to obtain certificate of origin.
Prepared budgets and tracked expeditures/variances for fashion shows
and product development team, booked all retail and e-commerce
transactions, reconciled merchant accounts, recorded inventory
movement and sales of sample sale, filed sales and use taxes and
assisted with ad hoc reporting
Performed month end closings, calculated unrealized gains/losses,
reconciled bank accounts, maintained fixed asset, prepaid and
accrual schedules, counted inventory, investigated differences
between standard and actual cost of goods sold. Consolidated
financial statements while using quickbooks pro and handled system
conversion to RLM software (SAP system)
2/2001 to 9/2008 Urban Stitching Associates, Inc.
New York, NY
Accounting Department Manager
Supervised all accounting/payroll functions for above named
corporation as well as Urban Stitching Enterprises, Inc, Sur Urbano,
S.A. and M.D.C. Fashions, Inc. Provided weekly financial activity
reports including cash flow analysis to President. Monitored on
order position/work in process for consistency. Reconciled
intercompany transactions and loans. Performed year end closings.
Assisted in budgeting, financial planning, analytical procedures and
corporate taxes. Prepared department for external audits by
evaluating valuation of accounts and proper recordkeeping.
Plan administrator[pic] for all employee benefits.
11/2000 to 2/2001 Urban Stitching Associates, Inc.
New York, NY
Accounting Clerk
Responsible for A/R, payroll processing, 401k administration and
bank reconciliations.
Configured newly implemented accounting software (A2000) from
quickbooks. Trained all staff members on its usage and provided
technical support.
8/1996 to 10/1998 Earth Elements, Ltd
Bronx, NY
Full Charge Bookkeeper
Responsible for A/R billing and collections, reviewed timesheets
and processed payroll manually using quickbooks and excel, filed
quarterly payroll taxes, made deposits, reconciled bank accounts.
Entered/paid bills and followed up for approvals. Set up quickbooks
for company.
Education
Herbert Lehman College
B.S. in Accounting, Jan. 2002
Monroe College
A.O.S. in Accounting, June 1996
certificates
New York State Real Estate Salesperson License, April 2000
Notary Public, Commissioned in New York, April 2002
Sign Language, Level A and B, Jan. 1999
skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Quickbooks Pro, A2000, AccPac,
RLM, ASW 9.0, ADP Payexpert, Paychex, Bilingual (English-Spanish),
some French, type 65 wpm
. e-mail ***********@****.***
5530 99th street . corona, NY 11368 . Phone 646-***-****