Jalpa Patel

** ********** *****,

Parsippany, NJ-07054

973-***-**** (Home)

201-***-**** (Cell)

ac8pxg@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Strategic and analytical finance professional with 8 years of success in financial reporting and analysis. Accomplished and results-oriented professional who consistently meets deadlines and increases company revenue. Thrives in high-pressure environments. Excellent financial reporting, budget forecasting and team building skills.

Highlights:

Budgeting

Accurate Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Account Reconciliation

Financial reporting expert

Superior Research Skills

Vendor Management

Procurement of Material

Experience:

Wyndham Worldwide Inc., (02/10 – Present)

Position: Finance/Procurement Analyst

Obtained valuable hand-on business and finance experience in the hospitability industry.

Participated in fiscal accounting and preparation of annual budgets/quarterly forecasts/latest estimates and analyze actual budget variances.

Generate and review P&L during quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks.

Provide monthly analyses of balance sheet accounts, including aging of the accrual.

Analyze sales and profits on monthly & yearly basis.

Ensure monthly payments are processed with correct effective dates and accruals post at month-end.

Facilitated month-end close processes, invoicing, journal entries and account reconciliations.

Monthly budget is prepared as per the requirement of project.

Perform querying data mining information from SQL databases to be used in analytics.

Procurement of all kind of equipment for installation of sites.

Purchase related all responsibility – New vendor development, Price negotiation with vendor, PO releasing and equipment delivery & payment etc.

Preparing Quotes/Estimates for the customers.

Liaison with suppliers and follow-up for timely receipt of equipment.

Mphasis Infrastructure Services Inc., (07/07 – 02/10)

Position: Accounts Assistant

Handled all activities in accounts payable & receivable.

Process accounts payable checks and bi-weekly payroll.

Prepare monthly account reconciliation analysis.

Manage electronic funds transfer.

Post and maintain accounting documents in the database.

Ensure invoice payments.

Facilitated month-end close processes, invoicing, journal entries and account reconciliations.

Reconciled balance sheets.

Reviewed monthly financial statements.

Maintained accounting files.

Reconciled General ledger and sub ledger accounts. Performed month-end journal entries using QuickBooks.

Analyze and investigate cash over/short and complete accrual entries to make appropriate adjustment.

Effectively and efficiently trained co-workers for various job functions.

Sanford Levine & Sons Packaging Corp. (05/07 – 07/07)

Position: Accounting Analyst

Analyze, initiate and implement best practices & procedures in the accounting department.

Establish accounting controls to generate various financial reports.

Aided monthly and quarterly close process.

Outlined monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.

Designed invoices and aided monthly reconciliations.

Reviewed and audited vendor invoices plus prepared check requests.

Monitor reports for the accounts receivable to keep the accounts as current as possible.

Created good relationship with customers, vendors and internal personnel to facilitate payment of invoices and receipt of cash in a timelier manner.

Education:

Diploma in Computerized Accounting

Dover Business College, Dover, NJ 2006-2007

BS in Accounting

M.S. University of Baroda, India 2000-2004

Skills:

Strong analytical and MS excel skills (Macros, V-Lookups and Pivot Tables).

Having excellent computer skills such as Microsoft office.

Accounting software such as QuickBooks and Peachtree.

Advanced SQL & Oracle.

Salesforce.

References:

Available upon request.

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