Manager Management

Bijuli Lata

**** ******* **, *** # ***, Rancho Cordova, CA, 95670 916-***-**** ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position as an Accountant.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Concentration: Accountancy Graduated: May 23, 2008

California State University, Sacramento

CPA Exam: Passed – REG (89%), AUD (92%), BEC (80%), FAR 88%

CSUS GPA: 3.70 Overall GPA: 3.69 Major GPA: 3.74

SPECIAL AWARDS AND EVENTS

Graduated with honors Cum Laude

Dean’s Honor List

Outstanding student membership: Beta Gamma Sigma

Phi Kappa Phi

Golden Key

WORK EXPERIENCE

ACCOUNTANT, Xerox Corporation

January 2012 - Current

• Daily reconciliation of seven cash accounts including collections of ACH accounts, credit cards, Electronic

Fund Transfer and foreign accounts. Also include disbursements accounts for checks and ACH as well as

return accounts.

• Determined any unusual or missing transactions on the reconciliation system and addressed discrepancies to

Manager for higher level decisions.

• Preparing daily collections reconciliation summary report for submission to the Department of Child Support

Services (DCSS).

• Processed foreign checks payment made by non-custodial parent to their case and ready for bank deposits.

• Approve and make decisions on positive pay advice received from Bank of America and Wells Fargo bank,

i.e. on fraudulent, void, stale and duplicate checks.

• Made inquiries with banks on unusual bank transactions processed in cash accounts.

• Verified disbursement balancing report and preparing funding letter for submission to the Department of

Child Support Services (DCSS) requesting funds for disbursement to the custodial parent.

• Ensured that DCSS requested the correct amount of funding from the State Treasurers office and that Wells

Fargo bank received the same amount for disbursement for the custodial parent.

• Requested Bank of America to return funds to the originator for collections that were rejected due to invalid

payment criteria’s.

• Kept tracks of fraudulent checks recovered by Wells Fargo and advised DCSS accordingly.

• Performed a variety of routine and non-routine operational and accounting functions within the finance

department.

• Reporting cash balances to Xerox head office on an interim and monthly basis.

• Preparing journal entries, proof of cash report and supporting documentation for submission to Xerox head

office.

• Processed daily wire transfers for foreign transactions.

• Prepared service invoice and supporting documentation for billing to client, DCSS.

• Verified employee timesheets, reconcile and approved payroll.

• Processed purchase requisitions, approved purchase orders and invoices. Ensured that purchase orders were

properly authorized prior to any purchases and goods were received before invoices were paid.

• Balanced items, entries or amounts related to documents processed.

• Made recommendations to management for improving the organization’s accounting and operational

functions.

• Responded to routine questions related to area of responsibilities and provide financial data to meet

organizational objectives.

STAFF SERVICES MANAGEMENT AUDITOR, State Controller’s office

November 2010 – October 2011

• Reviewed all management auditing procedures, professional auditing techniques and all laws, rules and

regulations governing audit practices.

• Applied appropriate auditing methods to records of school district and applied State Compliance audits.

Ensured that the school district was in compliance with Education Codes requirements for instructional

minutes, kindergarten continuation, class size reductions, and attendance.

• Performed school district financial audits. Areas audited include: Cash, Accounts Receivable, Revenue,

Deferred Revenue, and Cash Receipts.

• Performed desk reviews of CPA audit reports of School Districts, County of Education and Joint Power

Authorities to determine whether the audit reports met the minimum audit standards and requirements.

• Audits of Joint Power Authority.

• Planned and completed assigned audits effectively within predetermined budgeted hours. Completed each

audit assignments from beginning to end with minimum supervision, ensuring that workpapers were complete

and concise to support findings.

• Developed appropriate recommendations for corrective actions based upon competent audit findings.

• Informed management of the audit progress, audit problems, new audit areas, and other factors affecting audit

operation and timeliness of audit assignments.

• Travelled to and from audit sites.

ACCOUNTANT TRAINEE, Franchise Tax Board, Sacramento, CA

January 2010 – November 2010

• Performed professional accounting work in the researching, analyzing, monitoring, establishing and

maintaining of General Fund accounts and financial records.

• Assisted in the analysis of invoices to determine that all statutory and legal requirements have been satisfied.

• Analyzed expenditures for proper cost accounting identified erroneous postings and performed the necessary

corrective action.

• Reconciled contracts with CALSTARS accounting system.

• Acted as a liaison with vendors and FTB staff to obtain clarification and resolve complex invoice and

encumbrance issues.

• Contacted vendors and FTB personnel for questionable charges and to obtain approvals on billings.

• Reported issues to supervisor.

• Contacted agencies for rule interpretation and issue resolution.

• Maintain work relationships with FTB personnel, vendors, contractors, and state control agencies to facilitate

the accounts payable system needed by internal management and other departments.

STAFF ACCOUNTANT, Goodell, Porter, Sanchez & Bright, LLP, Sacramento, CA

June 2008 - January 2009

• Audited School Districts for State compliance and financial audits.

• Tested internal controls on cash disbursements, cash receipts, payroll, and on various state compliance

governmental activities within the School District and different County Office of Education.

• Tested various funds ensuring that the Districts have expended funds for the purpose the fund was

established.

• Audited Fixed Assets, searched for unrecorded liabilities and tested subsequent receipts.

• Reported on audit findings on single audits to the federal clearing house.

• Assisted audit team in the compilation of audit report.

• Reviewed workpapers for completeness, accuracy and understandability.

• Completed tax returns for individuals, partnerships and corporations using Lacerte Tax Program.

• Completed client’s monthly accounting including bank reconciliation and general ledger posting using

QuickBooks.

• Addressed all audit related questions to the audit clients in a professional manner.

DATA OPERATOR, Franchise Tax Board, Sacramento, CA

February 2005 - February 2007

• Accurately entered key pieces of state tax returns into a complex database for Franchise Tax Board.

SKILLS

Organization Skills

• Ability to carry out various audit assignments simultaneously and meet deadlines.

• Planned my audit work in advance.

• Ability to prioritize my work based on available resources.

Communication

• Documented audit workpapers in detail on audit software called TeamMate.

• Communicated findings and recommendations to audit manager and the auditee.

• Communicated audit progress to audit manager.

• Conducted walk-through audit procedures with the auditee to gain an understanding of the internal control

over financial reporting.

Computer

Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, Human Resources database, QuickBooks, Lacerte Tax Program, ProSystems and

TeamMate Audit Program, Various data entry database for state tax returns.

AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

ASWA

Beta Alpha Psi

Accounting Society

Volunteer - VITA

Volunteer - Habitat for Humanity

Volunteer - Cosumners River Preserve

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