EXPERIENCE
Accountant
April ****-Present
Scully & Scully, Inc.
Scully & Scully is a leading luxury home furnishings store located on Park
Avenue in New York City.
. Perform multiple accounting and financial functions of the business.
o Oversight of company cash transactions, including daily bank
deposits, cash sales, credit card transactions, and tracking
daily bank balances.
o Accounts Payable, including review and payment of invoices for
both inventory and monthly expenses. Payment of inventory
invoices often requires foreign currency translation. Frequent,
direct contact with suppliers by phone and email is required.
o Accounts Receivable, including generating monthly aging reports
and preparing customer invoices. Direct contact with delinquent
customers is sometimes required.
o Calculating and processing monthly and quarterly New York State
sales tax.
o Ad-hoc assignments.
Staff Accountant (Temporary Position)
December 2012-April 2013
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a global law firm specializing in
multiple areas of business law. The accounting department is located in
NewYork City.
. Worked closely with managers to perform general accounting functions
for all of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's offices located around the
world.
o Completed monthly bank reconciliations
o Prepared detailed account reconciliations
o Recorded journal entries as required.
Staff Accountant
September 2008-June 2012
Pearson Education
Pearson Education is a global publishing corporation based in the United
Kingdom. The US Controller's Group is located in Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey.
. Worked closely with senior accountants to perform general accounting
functions for the Pearson Education and Penguin Books, USA divisions
of the corporation.
o Prepared monthly bank reconciliations, detailed account
reconciliations, reports, and budgets.
o Assisted in month-end and year-end close.
o Prepared monthly and daily journal entries.
o Created and maintained detailed records of fixed assets.
o Reconciled intercompany balances with foreign subsidiaries.
o Assisted in record-retention management for multiple divisions
of the corporation.
Staff Auditor
November 2006-September 2008
Mahoney Cohen & Company, CPA, PC
Mahoney Cohen (now a division of CBIZ) is a mid-sized accounting firm
located in New York City
specializing in the apparel industry.
. Participated in audits of privately held companies.
o Worked independently and as part of small teams.
o Performed various auditing procedures, including: analytics &
inquiry, bank reconciliations, cut-off tests, walkthroughs, A/R
existence tests, prepaid assets tests, fixed asset tests,
accrual searches, LCM tests, and inventory observations.
o Worked in multiple client offices, warehouses, and retail
stores.
o Interacted directly with clients' controllers and accounting
staff.
Accounting Intern
Summer 2005
Daszkowski, Tompkins, & Weg, CPA, PC
. Prepared bank reconciliations and journal entries.
. Filed client records.
Volunteer
Spring 2004
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
. Provided tax services to foreign students who were unable to afford
professional assistance.
EDUCATION
State University of New York at Binghamton
Master of Science, Accounting, May 2006
GPA 3.88
Bachelor of Science, Accounting, May 2005
GPA 3.47
COMPUTER SKILLS
Advanced-level MS Excel skills, SAP 6.0, RedPrairie/Ecometry, Elite
Enterprise,
Prosystem Engagement, Prosystem Tax