Assistant Accounting

Si Meng

**** ***** ***., ***. *** Austin, TX ****9

972-***-**** ******.***@*****.***

PROFILE

Self-driven top student with extraordinary abilities to learn quickly, tackle problems confidently and calmly by appropriate approaches,

and survive high-pressure fast-pace environment comfortably.

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, Richardson, TX May 2013

Master of Science, Accounting (GPA: 3.95/4.00)

CPA candidate, passed FAR, AUD and REG. Scholar with high distinction. Recipient of Dean’s Excellence Scholarship 2011 and

2012, equivalent to 50% tuition and a one-time prize of $1,000, granted to top 10% out of 2,000 students.

Northwest University, Xi’an, China July 2011

Bachelor of Art, English (GPA: 3.53/4.00)

Exchange student at University of New Mexico (GPA: 4.11/4.00) Aug. 2009 – May 2010

Multiple scholarship recipient in 2007, 2008. 3rd place winner in English Speech Competition 2008.

ACEDEMIC PROJECTS

Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2012

• Organized team to analyze the financial position, short- and long-term outlooks and financial operations of the City of Garland

based on its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, composed a 3-page summary report to present our findings, and proposed

to establish food processing business in Garland.

• Evaluated the performance of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. through the analysis of fundraising ratios, program ratios,

compensation policy and governance practice, and produced a 3-page summary report to present the evaluation.

Financial Statement Analysis May 2012 – Aug. 2012

• Assessed five IT companies (HP/Dell/Apple/Google/Microsoft) performance by excel modeling and proposed investment

strategies:

o Analyzed their common size income statements, ROA, ROCE and net-income-to-revenue ratio.

o Evaluated corporate risks by looking at different ratios, bankruptcy probability, and earnings manipulation probability.

o Forecasted performance under four growth scenarios and compared forecasted ratios with actual ratios.

o Provided different recommendations for short- and long-term investments by applying dividend based valuation model

for stock pricing trend.

Auditing Jan. 2012 – May 2012

• Initiated the project of auditing inventory account of Sketcher’s USA, Inc. with three teammates:

o Researched industry and company background and assessed risks to come out with audit plan.

o Designed audit procedures and analyzed financial statements.

o Compiled a 14-paper audit report with an unqualified opinion on the inventory account.

o Presented findings as a team to professor and class.

Corporate Tax Jan. 2012 – May 2012

• Created a 5-page paper to analyze the rationale of tax return for the Buckley Corporation and prepared comprehensive corporate

tax return by H&R Block on Form 1120-W, Form 1120, Schedule A/C/D/E/G/J/K/L/M, Schedule M-2, Form 4626/4562.

Individual Tax Aug. 2011 – Dec. 2011

• Produced a 2-page tax research paper to help a start-up identify tax related issues, search relevant Internal Revenue Code on

Checkpoint, and provide reasonable solution to fix issues.

• Worked with two teammates to prepare individual tax return with H&R Block on Form 1040, Schedule A/B/C/D/SE/M, and

Form 4562/6252/8824/2106/8829.

ACTIVITIES

Golden Key International Honor Society Sept. 2012 - Present

Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) Jan. 2012 – Mar. 2012

• Prepared real life income tax returns with TaxWise for low-income new immigrant Mexican families at North Dallas Shared

Ministries.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Native Mandarin speaker, fluent in English and Cantonese. Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, H&R Block, TaxWise and

SAP GUI. Basic Visual FoxPro. Basic VITA/TCE. Other interests include travelling and table tennis.

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