Service Accounting

CONNIE Y.S. CHOU

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PROFILE

Recent Master of Science, Accounting graduate with strong analytical, communication and leadership skills.

Proficient with US GAAP, IFRS, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and U.S Individual income tax regulations.

Completed required 150 credit hours to become CPA eligible; expect to sit for the CPA Exam, October, 2014.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Accounting, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois May 2014

Treasurer, Taiwanese Student Association GPA: 3.0/4.0

Bachelor of Business Administration, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan June

2009

Major: Accounting GPA: 3.6/4.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BDO TAIWAN, AUDITOR July 2009 to June 2010

BDO Taiwan consists of 15 CPA’s, 170 professionals and three branch offices throughout Taiwan.

Audited client’s financial reports to ensure compliance with US GAAP and performed substantive procedures for ten

different clients in the manufacturing and service industries throughout China and Taiwan.

Developed strong client relationships by utilizing effective communication with a German client “Karcher” who has

a branch in Taiwan and assisted in restating their financial reports from a US GAAP TO IFRS format.

Promoted within six months to assume the leadership in the audit of 5 clients.

Prepared Corporate Income Tax Return Reports of 5 independent companies.

REPRESENTATIVE, PITTCOM CONFERENCE & EXPO 2014, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois March

2014

Represented/promoted ExtraGene, Incorporated, a Taiwanese company specializing in the manufacturing of pipette tips

and laboratory equipment

REPRESENTATIVE, NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois May

2013

Represented/promoted Eztable, a Taiwanese online reservation service

SHENG LIN YUAN EDUCATION INSTITUTE, Taipei, Taiwan July 2010 to

July 2012

ADMINISTRATOR / MATH TEACHER

Taught 7th and 8th grade math class, scheduled exams and conducted parent/student conferences

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES & ORGANIZATIONS

Member, Taiwanese Junior Chamber of Commerce of Chicago, non-profit organization under IRC 501(c)(3) and

affiliated with Taiwanese Junior Chamber of Commerce of North America, 2012 to present

Event Organizer and Leader of Public Relations Team, 2014 Chicago Star Singing Competition, UIC Taiwanese

Student Association, April 2014

Co-Host, Lake Forest School District 67, Authentic Chinese New Years Party, February 2013

Volunteer, Service Team for Foreign Taxpayers, Taipei National Tax Administration, Ministry of Finance, May 2009 to

June 2009; assisted sixty aliens from all over the world to file their Individual Income Tax in Taiwan

TECHNICAL & LANGUAGE SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, PowerPoint: Native in Mandarin Chinese/Taiwanese and fluent in English

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