Accounting Accounts Payable

Lina D'Cruze

** ***** ****~ Monroe. CT *****

860-***-**** . ********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Obtain a Sr. Accountant/ Financial Analyst position in a progressive

environment where I can contribute my accounting knowledge, skills &

experience and grow with the company.

EDUCATION

Sacred Heart University

Jan 2009 -May 2011 MBA in Accounting

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

May 2006

B.S.B.A. in Accounting

. Honors include- Dean's List, Academic Scholarship, and Parish Scholarship

WORK EXPERIENCE

News America Marketing, Wilton, CT Feb

2008 - Present

Staff Accountant

. Take the full responsibility of the monthly Accounting, Forecasting, and

budgeting of the Finance, Operations and G&A overheard departments. This

includes creating variance schedules, reviewing and verifying the accuracy

of the overhead expenses during the month end close and identifying and

reporting material variances.

. Reconcile the assigned Account

Analyses for US and Canadian accounts.

. Prepare and maintain the Retail

commission payments for all US and Canadian in-store retailers.

. Maintain the inter-

company account for all transactions that took place between News America

and News Corporation

. . Maintain capital

expenditure schedules ensuring the expenses stay within the budget. Also,

prepare and maintain the capital roll forward schedules in order to meet

with the appropriate business managers each period by the corporate

deadlines to provide monthly expense reports . report depreciation

expense for the US and Canadian business

. Record monthly journal entries in Oracle

. Work with the Director of accounting and taxes to prepare and ensure that

all tax returns have been filed by the respective due dates each month and

internally maintain records of the tax returns with appropriate support in

order to successfully defend any future audits.

. Work with various jurisdictions and resolve any tax related issues.

Marriott International, Inc, Washington, D.C. Feb

2007 - Dec 2007

Staff Accountant

.Performed the analysis of the current portion of Notes Receivable each

quarter, along with the corresponding journal entries.

. recorded Journal Entries and Reconciled General Ledger

balances using PeopleSoft and Marriott's own general ledger system called

MIGL.

. Prepared the Notes and Interest

Receivable Roll-forward reports to ensure the accuracy of reported balances

and activity for portfolio of loans.

. in addition to the daily assigned

responsibilities, assisted two other directors within the Treasury

accounting Services Department as requested during period close and

quarter close and Prepared and Reconciled various financial reports such as

Forecast and Budget schedules. . Helped prepare

the schedules for period and quarterly reporting due to internal and

external customers for internal management reporting and external SEC

reporting . Actively managed a

portfolio of Investment in Management Contracts.

.

Participated in the Marriott's Internal Policies (MIP-66) Account

Reconciliation process quarterly.

. Reviewed loan and IMC summaries to initiate timely

set-up of all new loans within the loan administration system

. Accounted for new and terminated IMC's and

set up and maintain corresponding amortization tables including preparation

of monthly IMC amortization journal entries & monthly IMC reconciliation

and roll forward schedules..

. Handled billing activities for loans. Researched and resolved loan

discrepancies & billing inquiries

. Verified interest income calculations and ensured proper recording and

reporting of interest for portfolio of loans.

. Performed the accounting for note advances, collections, capitalized

interest, and other transactions for portfolio of loans.

. Communicated with managers at different Marriott properties around the

world for preparing reports for the assigned loans

. Assisted with accounting research and special projects as

assigned.

Freddie Mac, McLean, VA Aug 2006 - Jan

2007

Accountant

. Served as an active member of the Single Family Transaction Accounting

(SFTA) team and reconciled high priority corporate reports to aid the

Strategic Re-engineering/Redesign team for new accounting engine to be used

throughout the corporation.

. Worked with the Single Family Performing Loans & Securitization

Accounting group

for all necessary current information on accounting processes for the Re-

engineering team . Produced and audited Excel spreadsheets from

corporate reports briefing Single family and multifamily loan products and

their source information.

. Reconciled and consolidated various Performing Loans and Securities

Transaction accounting reports.

Catholic University of America Law Library, Washington, DC May

2002 -May 2006

Accounts Payable Associate

. Verified the accuracy of accounts payable reports in PeopleSoft and

Millennium

. Inventoried incoming books and created new book orders as needed

. Maintained the invoices and all related information in the system in

order to process the payments

. Maintained the A/P and A/R accounts

COMPUTER SKILLS

. PeopleSoft, Oracle, Millennium, QuickBooks, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, MS

Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Database Management, Webpage

Design, Lotus Notes

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