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Results Driven Accounting Professional

Location:
Miami, FL
Posted:
April 14, 2015

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Raymund R. de la Vega

**** ** *** ** #* Miami, FL 33137

201-***-****) ***************@***.***

A CCOUNTING/FINANCE

Dynamic and experienced accounting professional with successful record building and maintaining excellent

analytical and critical thinking skills. Personable team player with proven ability to effectively attain

organizational goals and objectives. Highly motivated, competitive self-starter committed to self-development

through Fiscal Advisory Committee and Internal Control Committees. Proficient in MS Office applications,

Timberline, and Yardi Accounting Softwares

Specific areas of expertise include:

•Organizational Skills •Written/Oral Communications • Financial Reporting

•Employee Relationship Management •Partner Relations/Referrals • Budget/Actual Variances

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

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Cornerstone Group; Hollywood, FL 2/12-2/15

Staff Accountant – Corporate Division

• Promoted from Accounts Payable Processor to Staff Accountant in May 2014 after streamlining

Accounts Payable processing and procedures within Construction and Development departments

(approximately two hundred vendors averaging over $500K monthly in subcontractor payments)

• Accounting Month End Closing for seven properties averaging monthly net incomes of $100K –

Ensured validity of tenant adjustments and timeliness of bank deposits and rent roll reconciliations;

closed property, and coordinated with off-site property management sites to resolve operational matters

that required head office attention and affected financial reporting.

• Financial Reporting – Prepared monthly financial information for Executive Management; print monthly

financial statements and submitted for manager review; quarterly preparation of annual year end

package and liaised with auditors.

• General Ledger Reconciliation – Analysis of monthly financial statements; Reconciliation of general

ledger accounts; ensured monthly reconciliation of control accounts to subsidiary ledgers; Monthly

reconciliation of bank statements and recorded bank charges; Recorded journal entries for miscellaneous

transactions; Prepared annual debt service schedule for new budget year; and additional duties as

assigned.

• Cash Management; monitored month end cash positions to ensure adequate funds availability;

Reviewed check preview report and approved vendor payable to be disbursed; Initiated requisitions for

monthly debt service, owner distribution, monthly management fees, and sales taxes; Determined excess

funds and processed check to development accounting; Timely property tax payments for the seven

properties resulting in a 4% cost savings of approximately $500K in totality based on tax assessments

and follow ups with servicer and lenders for respective properties.

Bloomingdales; Aventura, FL 6/10-1/12

Burberry Shop Manager/Sales Associate, Men’s Designer Collection

• Liaison between Vendor and Senior Management with product and customer feedback and specialization within

Burberry Men’s Collection.

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• Promoted from Michael Kors Specialist to Burberry Shop Manager after one year of maintaining TOP THREE in

Sales Producer with Men’s Department consistently for the past eight months and successfully increased sales

with Michael Kors and Elie Tahari by approximately 5% through product education and Front Pad presence.

• Trained and mentored new staff within Men’s Department.

Wolfsonian-FIU; Miami, FL 11/08-4/09

Associate Director of Business & Finance

• Assisted in establishing policies, guidelines, and made recommendations for all budgetary procedures

and expenditures.

• Managed and oversaw all budgetary functions pertaining to monthly variances, budget preparation and

submission, and training the business office staff with Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and cash

receipts procedures.

• Monitored and provided accounting support for specific accounts, grants, and contracts for accuracy and

funding within financial parameters.

• Served as liaison to the appropriate FIU departments pertaining with finance and Budget issues.

• Prepared monthly budget variance reports for all funding sources.

• Prepared and presented financial statements and Annual Budget to Senior Management along with

discussion of financial issues impacting organization.

Raymund R. de la Vega

5230 NE 2nd CT #3 Miami, FL 33137

201-***-****) ***************@***.***

Trend Group USA/Geometrix Holdings Inc; Miami, FL 9/07-10/08

Senior Accountant

• Maintained and oversaw Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, cash receipts, and assisted in cash

management.

• Maintained Daily Cash flow, Sales report, and Leads reporting for Senior Management.

• Prepared, reviewed, and coordinated year end audit schedules for review. Special projects including

vehicle and property lease analysis and liaison with insurance provider for policy coverage maintenance

for franchise locations.

• Assisted CFO in Consolidated Financial Statement preparation for Senior Management.

• Reviewed bank reconciliations and timely filing and payment of Sales and Use tax for all locations.

• Supervised and trained Accountants in absence of Accounting Supervisor(s) in the creation of journal

entry templates such as payroll and recurring entries.

Cornerstone Group; Coral Gables, FL 3/07-7/07

Senior Accountant

• Generated monthly Actual vs. Budget expense reporting and other financial reporting for Senior

Management and external agencies.

• Supervised and oversaw Project Administrators to ensure general ledger coding accuracy and

compliance with GAAP.

• Recorded cash receipts, journal entries, and miscellaneous transactions to Cash Management, General

Ledger and Job Cost modules.

Battery Park City Parks Conservancy; New York, NY 8/94-12/06

Senior Accountant/Accounting Manager

• Managed and maintained physical inventory, subsidiary ledgers, garnishment information, comparative

expense analyses, and contract status and bank reconciliations.

• Prepared fiscal year departmental budgets and surplus analyses for Senior Management review.

• Reviewed and/or prepared general ledger entries and adjustments to ensure compliance with established

accounting principles and procedures.

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Accomplishments

• Streamlined accounting processes by 80% through process and program re-designs mainly with financial

reporting, payroll, purchasing, and internal control procedures.

• Assumed active leadership in Department of Administration and Finance in the absence of a Director

from 1999 to 2003 within the areas of Finance, Purchasing and Human Resources, and Office

Management.

• Maintained a clean opinion on every fiscal year audit with minimal recommendations by External and

Internal Audit for eleven consecutive years.

• Consistently maintained expenses at or 5% under budget.

• Successfully automated tax filing to eliminate and/or mitigate delinquency in both tax filings and

payments.

• Streamlined purchasing and accounting processes and procedures through the conversion of the manual

Purchase Order

system with the Connected 4 accounting system software.

• Provided administrative and extensive support during Disaster and 9/11 operatives and post recovery in

lower Manhattan.

• Received service recognition awards (2001-2002) for 9/11 and post recovery efforts.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, BARUCH COLLEGE; New York, NY (1988)

Multilingual: English, Tagalog, and Spanish

Springfield Gardens High School Graduate



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