Senior Accountant, Attention in detail,Quick learner

DHAVALKUMAR PATEL

Richmond, VA (Open for relocation or 100% Travel)

E-mail: **********@*****.***

Cell – +1-404-***-****

Work Status – Green Card

Summary

Responsible Accountant proficient in financial accounting and reporting

functions. Passionate and motivated, with a drive for excellence. Over 3+ years of

experience in the Managerial & Accounting Field.

Core Competencies –

-Account management - Project Management

-Cash Management - Business Analysis

-US GAAP

Performed month end activities including closing of books, passing recurring journal

entries, invoicing, A/R & A/P.

Responsible for general ledger, balance sheet, and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts periodically.

Manage working capital, ranging from client billings to vendor payment schedules.

Train new employees on financial process, including time tracking & development of spreadsheet.

Undertaken small project with subsidiary manufacturing company. Leading accounting process & supervising workflow.

Provided additional analysis and financial support for standard ad hoc reporting, aging reports as directed by senior management.

Manage special projects and contribute to team work.

Established work procedures and schedules and keep track of the daily work

Completed forms in accordance with company procedures.

Demonstrated proficiency in the use of PC applications and office automation as well as strong interpersonal skills with internal and external customers.

Technical Skills -

Accounting Package – Tally ERP 9, QuickBooks, Oracle E-Business Suites (AP & GL Reports), Cardinal Accounting System

Business Intelligence – Tableau 8.0.13 & 7.0.17

RDBMS- SQL query, SQL Development

MS Office package, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Access, Advance Excel Skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot table, Macro, Drill up/down, Advanced charts)

O/S Environment – Windows 7/8.1/10

Work Experience-

Virginia State Police – Richmond, VA Oct.’17 - Present

Grant Accountant-Contractor

Responsibilities:

Administering & accounting several federal grants DMV, DOJ-OJP/COPS, NARIP/SCV grants and prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports (SF425) to Grant manager & submit to GMS. Maintaining desktop procedure.

Financial reports for capital projects under Funds Abbott Laboratories & Perdue Pharma settlement also Seized assets program to follow up with Forfeiture assets procedures with Seized Asset Coordinator.

Processing employee’s payroll, Overtime, FICA as well as maintain deposits/coding, Purchase Order/Coding, Invoices, Card & Sworn Visa Card statement, travel reimbursement vouchers SP-66,SP-299 related to grants.

Preparing ATV, ATA using Cardinal Accounting system as well as Oracle E-business suite.

Researching discrepancies & fixing them, Monthly reconciliation and reporting to Grant Manager/Program Managers also submit quarterly reports (SEFA) to DOJ-OJP,DOJ-COPS grants.

Closely work with Grant Manager, Budget analyst, Program manager & Accounts Payable/Receivables, Seized Assets Coordinator.

Interpret and communicate financial reports to senior accountant.

Ability to comprehend and apply state CIPPS (Commonwealth of Virginia’s Integrated Payroll/Personnel System) & CAPP (Commonwealth Accounting Policies and Procedures) manual compliance regulations inclusion in the statewide CAFR.

CarMax INC. – Richmond, VA July 2017

Temporary Accounts Associate (1 Week)

Responsibilities:

Understanding SOX Compliance (Internal Control).

Used Corporate Ignition (Automation tool), PeopleSoft (Run query) for reconciliation of several ledgers & findings variances and causes for month.

DIAMOND INN & SUITES - Richmond, VA March 2015 – Sept.’17

Manager

Responsibilities:

Managing customer’s reservations over reservation portal (Expedia INC & Booking.com) as well as telephonic.

Daily invoice preparation & reconciliation about guest arrival & departure.

Managing inventory and price, observing competitor strategy.

Maintaining customer database and taking back up for necessary files.

Created database of customer which include customers address, creating customer ID etc.,

Capable to supervise that all duties of staff are perform as per assignment or not.

Compiled all necessary documentation and reconciled all transaction for the day with 100% accuracies.

Keeping accounts accurately & prepare monthly expenditure.

Updating monthly and weekly business to business partners.

Deevick Nigeria Ltd (A Pharmaceutical trading company) – Lagos, Nigeria Aug 2011 – Oct 2014

Accountant/Project Co-Ordinator Role

Responsibilities:

Ethical, detail-oriented, project-oriented, well-organized, self-starter, multi-tasking, and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Ready and willingness to accept new responsibilities.

Manage vendor payments.

Prepare, examine, or analyses accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.

Prepare daily rolling monthly sales invoices, shipping documents also review weekly report and analyses overall reports.

Making presentation of financial reports in meeting and findings about key changes also mention valuable causing factors for change in revenues.

Scheduling monthly meetings to discuss about progress reports as wells as develop competitive sales strategy

Planning logistics for transporting merchandise across to several locations within Nigeria.

Assisting project managers to monitor project finances, coordinate and distribute monthly invoices, and follow up on accounts payable when needed. (For newly established Manufacturing unit)

Responsible for other two subsidiary business units (manufacturing & trading) regarding financial activities.

Other Managerial Duties:

Assistance to manager for preparing shipping documents

Prepare FORM M for initiating importation of goods.

Follow-up activities with Clearing agents at port.

Prepare stock summary weekly and auditing.

Performed calculations for each consignment (Goods Valuation & Duties payable)

Clearing NAFDAC import permit for goods.

Follow up documentation for product registration with medical regulatory board.

Multi Metal - Gujarat, India May 2008 – Jul 2009

Junior Accountant

Responsibilities:

Prepared daily/weekly/monthly reports using excel and other tools.

Prepared monthly working statements for business unit owners.

Prepare monthly journal entries.

Processed full A/P and A/R cycle.

Prepared weekly cash balance reports and financial statement.

Performed Bank reconciliations.

Maintained cash ledger.

Prepared excise ledger.

Analyzed all finance reports.

Education-

GRADE AVERAGE – 3.93 (BACHELOR DEGREE AND MASTER DEGREE, MAJOR AREA OF STUDY: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Graduate certificate in Project Management (Northern Virginia Community college) Apr ‘18

H & R BLOCK Income Tax course Nov ‘17

Master’s in Business Administration (Finance and Marketing) May ‘11

Osmania University – Andhra Pradesh – India

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) Jun ‘08

S.P. University – Gujarat – India

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