Accounting

Viola Olga Vaganova

**** **** ****** *****, #***, Edina, MN 55435 / 612-***-**** / **********@*****.***

Bilingual Accountant experienced in Real Estate Services

Accounting professional with experience in real estate services, engineering and production,

and government data. Enterprising and hardworking, with the ability to adapt to new procedures

quickly. Bilingual Russian / English, with basic Spanish; United States citizen.

Strengths

• Real estate accounting, tax payments • Problem resolution • Inventory control

• General bookkeeping, A/P, A/R • Cash management • Vendor management

• Data audit and analysis • Supervising staff • Customer assistance

• Financial reporting • Account reconciliation • Trade show activities

Accounting Experience – Real Estate & Engineering

Real Estate Accountant, CBRE, Bloomington, MN, September 2011-present

Manage accounts for retail and office properties for the Minnesota office the world’s largest real

estate services firm. Complete accounting transactions and prepare client financial statement

packages. Create and post journal entries, accrue expenses for month-end statements. Process and

calculate owner’s distributions and funding requests. Assist in ensuring that budgets, lease abstracts,

real estate taxes and other transactions for the accounting period have been accurately processed.

Monitor cash balances. Complete bank reconciliations. Resolve issues and requests from managers,

vendors and customers.

Property Accountant, Northmarq Real Estate Services, Bloomington, MN, April 2007-July 2011

Managed accounts for 16 office, retail and industrial properties. Prepared all aspects of financial

month- and year-end statement packages, including property taxes. Monitored and maintained cash

balances, A/R, A/P. Prepared and analyzed budgets and tenant ledger reconciliations.

Accounting Clerk, Champ Engineering Inc., Burnsville, MN, September 2004-February 2007

Part-time position during school, for an automation engineering firm. Entered all data into Quick

Books Pro, managed vendors, reconciled bank accounts, audited invoices and controlled inventory.

Experience in Production / Import / Export

Buyer, GaiaStone Incorporated, Northfield, MN, August 2003-August 2005

Qualified vendors, monitored the production process and performed quality control for gemstone

boxes produced from stones quarried in the Ural Mountains. Arranged overseas shipments and

managed payments to vendors. Also served as Trade Show Manager and Accounting Clerk,

performing all trade show activities and general bookkeeping.

Government Data Experience

Manager – City Department of Statistics, Yekaterinburg, Russia, March 1995-July 2003

Managed and supported a group of 10 data entry workers in processing data collected from

individuals, businesses and government agencies. Audited data, generated month- and year-end

closing reports, wrote distributed supporting documents and inquires. Department was key in

supporting City officials in making decisions for government resources and programs.

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Additional Experience

Tax Preparer, Liberty Tax Service, Bloomington, MN, January-April 2012

Prepared individual and joint tax returns for the 2012 tax season. Required accuracy and speed, and

the ability to interpret information from a wide variety of customers. Received training on tax laws;

used paper forms and customized tax preparation software.

Account Reconciliation (CAT Specialist), W ells Fargo Bank, Minneapolis, MN, February-April 2007

Temporary position reconciling clients’ accounts and audit data.

Researcher, Urals Technical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 1992-February 1995

Worked on a research team developing new engineering materials for the forest products industry.

Education

Mini-MBA in Business Administration, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2013

Six-month intensive program completed in three months; courses and topics included:

• Organizational Development • Marketing • Entrepreneurship • Human Resources •

Accounting • Data and Business Analysis

Associate’s Degree in Accounting, Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount, MN, 2006

• President’s List for academic excellence • GPA 3.95

Master’s Degree in Engineering, Urals University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 1992

• GPA 3.94

Languages

Fluent in all aspects of English and Russian; basic ability in Spanish

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