Sales Accounting
Resume:
Tauseef Salman Farooqi
Saylorsburg, PA 18353
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Objective: Looking for a challenging place to work in to utilize my work
experience and education and grow with the company.
WORK Experience
Senior Accountant, The Telx Group, Inc. New York City
Jan 2009
- Nov 2014
. Perform the balance sheet account reconciliation & analysis on a monthly
basis and prepare adjusting entries for the month end close
. Analyze all the key asset and liability accounts during month end close
. Perform a diligent expense analysis for operating and cost of goods sold
accounts to make sure all the expenses are booked and accrued for. Also
to clear any discrepancies. And make sure expenses are booked in the
right account
. File and pay various taxes on monthly basis including Sales, Franchise,
LLC tax, Real Estate, Personal Business Property tax, Payroll Expense
tax, Solid waste tax. Also file and pay various business related fees
. Coordinate all tax related city and state audits, except business income
tax, as they are performed to make sure the process goes smooth
. Streamed line various monthly process specially where MS Excel was
involved
. A key team player for the monthly close, make all the key monthly entries
for the close
Senior Accountant/Acting Controller, Comprehensive Community Development
Corp. Bronx, NY Aug 2004-Sept 2008
. Every morning perform cash reconciliation to determine net cash available
on hand
. Supervise Staff Accountant and Accounts Payable
. Maintain complex Excel spreadsheets on daily basis which in turn are used
for the management reporting at the end of each month
. Reconcile G/L accounts to keep track of payments from Federal and State
Government
. Accrue Payroll expenses for each month, and make month end GL entries for
Depreciation, Prepaid expenses, & accrued expenses
. Allocate revenue and expenses to other subsidiaries and make GL entries
. Run P& L to analyze for reasonableness and that entails to close the
month
. Prepare monthly Financial Statements
. Prepare Cash Projection for each month based on historical data, work on
special projects and ad-hoc requests
. Pay online federal and state payroll taxes by-weekly
. File quarterly federal and state taxes payroll taxes
. Perform Bank Reconciliation on monthly basis for various accounts
. Make G/L entries after bank reconciliation and G/L account reconciliation
Accounting/Bookkeeping, Louis Jacobs & Son, Inc. Brooklyn, NY
June 2003-July2004
. Performed billing process on daily basis to customers, anticipated cash
updates on daily basis
. Maintained Excel spreadsheets on daily basis for cash flow, cash
receipts, cash reconciliation, vacations, labor hours
. Ran A/P checks twice a month, prepared and made deposits
. Performed A/R and A/P reconciliation on monthly basis, plus calculated
and paid sales commission monthly
. Streamlined the process as needed
. Maintained the data base of customers and vendors in the system
. Calculated and file quarterly sales tax
Accounting Manager, Amir Traders, Inc. Lafayette, Louisiana
Dec 2000-Mar 2003
. Reviewed journal entries, maintained a cash flow spreadsheet on daily
basis, reviewed A/P and A/R on weekly basis
. Reviewed payroll register on weekly basis, calculated and paid
unemployment and income tax withholdings quarterly
. Analyzed credit accounts, ran financial reports and reviewed reports in
detail and performed analysis on monthly basis
. Supervised business operation, assigned special projects as needed, setup
meetings, reviewed paper work
. Laidout the sales techniques to generate high revenue. Dealt with all the
vendors, Worked on deals with different vendors
Financial Analyst, Merrill Lynch Inc., & Co. New York City, NY
Apr 2000-Dec 2000
. Produced monthly P&L reports off the system database after legal close,
Performed diligent monthly P&L expense analysis
. Prepared monthly packages for the Investment banking management team,
assisted in the preparation of yearly budget
. Often worked on multiple projects for the higher management
Financial Accountant, American International Group. New York City, NY
Jun 1999-Mar 2000
. Maintained books for Global Investment Group and subsidiaries.
Responsible of preparing daily, monthly and quarterly journal entries
. Performed expense, variance analysis, allocated monthly expenses to
subsidiaries, performed cash reconciliation and analysis
. Assisted in the preparation of yearly budget for all departments, also
assisted in preparing the management package quarterly
Financial Analyst, J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. New York City, NY
Jul 1997-May 1999
. Generated financial reports by using several applications. Performed
headcount, expenses and revenue analysis
. . Performed P&L, expense, actual to budget variance analysis, prepared
forecast based on analysis of previous reports and discussed with
business managers. Coordinated the flow of expenses for several business
units
. . Streamlined the reports by automation to reduce error and processing
time, created macros in Excel and Access. Designed queries in MS Access
EDUCATION
. BA, Accounting & Information Systems,
. Queens College of the City University of New York, February 1997
SKILLS
. MS Excel, MS word, Access, Windows, Accounting software used includes
Solomon, American Fundware, Aztec, Platinum, and in-house software.
Familiar with QuickBooks SAP and Peachtree.
References available upon request.
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