Project Manager Accounts Payable

Sonali Bhatt BS*-

Kean University

** ******** *****

Princeton, NJ 08540

HOME # 732-***-****

CELL# 732-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

. Accountant with 10 years of experience in various areas of finance and

accounting working with one of the growing government compliance company

. Experience in coordinating with multiple group in different departments

to support them with their accounting needs

. Grew up from junior accountant to staff accountant

. Exceptional analytical, interpersonal and communicational skills required

to effectively work in the organization

. Conscientious and dependable in completing systems tasks accurately and

independently

. Excellent professional skills and ability to work independently as a team

player

. Proven ability to meet and maintain time requirements

. Quick learner with an ability to grasp and master new concepts easily

. Outstanding presentation and leadership skills

Education:

Kean University, Union, NJ

BS*- Management Science, 06/2004

GPA: 3.5

Computer Skills:

Software: Microsoft Office 2000, Bloomberg, Advantage, SQL, Macola,

Accura,

Microsoft Dynamics, Editing Queries, Pivot Table and V Lookup

OS: Windows 2000, XP

Experience:

Staff Accountant

Alliance Life Science Consulting Group, Somerset, NJ August 2013 to

March2015

. Responsible for full cycle Accounts Payable duties such as receive vendor

invoices to ensure that information is properly recorded and coded for

general ledger posting

. Perform check run with supporting documentation to ensure vendors are

paid according to agreed terms

. Maintain prepaid Asset schedules and record associated monthly

amortization

. Prepare and process international employee expense reports

. Prepare and book entries related to payroll expense entry, payroll

accrual and AP accrual

. Review contracts related to sub contractors and process payment via wire

transfer

. Assist Controller in analysis of business operations and forecasting

process, including tracking and analysis of business operations and

forecasting process, including tracking and analysis of expenditure

trends, financial commitments and future cash flows

. Prepare journal entry related to inter-company accounts with Alliance

entity

. Reconcile discrepancies related to employee benefits plans and maintain

and reconcile other benefits reports such as Flexible Spending Account

and Health Saving Account

. Assist with preparation and coordination of the audit process

. Perform reconciliation of credit cards and posting to general ledger

. Facilitates fund and wire transfers including international wire

transfers and ACH payments

. Perform bank reconciliation on a monthly basis

. Assist in monthly, quarterly and year end closing

. Prepare and file 1099 forms

. Perform ad hoc assignments as designated by Controller

Staff Accountant

Dotcom Distribution, Inc. Edison, NJ March 2009 to August 2013

. Performing Accounts Payable duties such as receive vendor invoices &

employee expense reports to ensure that information is properly recorded

and coded for general ledger posting

. Perform check run with supporting documentation to ensure vendors are

paid according to agreed terms

. Facilitates fund and wire transfers

. Perform bank reconciliation on a daily basis

. Perform daily cash receipt and checks for bank deposits

. Assist in monthly, quarterly and year end closing

. Prepare journal entries and ensure timely closing of consolidated books

. Performing consolidated and transactional billing on a weekly basis

. Responsible for monthly maintenance and reconciliations of accounts such

as prepaid expenses, fixed assets, miscellaneous other income and credit

cards

. Performing Accounts Receivable duties like generate weekly aging reports

to determine payment schedules with customers. Contact delinquent

customers to secure payment

. Prepare and file 1099 forms

. Analyze warehouse inventory

Junior Accountant June 2005 to

March 2009

Systech International. Cranbury, NJ

. Performing Accounts Payable duties such as matching, batching, coding

invoices and check runs

. Handling questions relating to Accounts Payable and providing response to

all information regarding request from internal and external customers

. Performing company's accounting system regarding processing of sales

orders

. Performing different types of customer billing in a timely manner

according to accounting policies

. Responsible for the appropriate sales tax, VAT filing. Ensure that each

individual taxes are set up and processed properly and on time

. Responsible for maintaining the department's job files per accounting

policies

. Maintain monthly sales journal

. Perform job audit and report on all the jobs that were closed during a

given month

. Submit management a monthly report on the jobs closed during the month

. Interacting with Project Managers and customers regarding customer

disputes

. Working with Accounts Receivable department regarding customer disputes

Accounting Clerk

June 2004 to June 2005

The Louis Berger Group, Inc. Florham Park, NJ

. Prepare monthly invoices to clients

. Reconcile costs on specific projects for project managers to avoid

project overruns, to prepare information for modification requests, and

to determine cost to complete

. Reviewing Account Receivable Aging Report & Statement to ensure that all

invoices have been paid, and if not contact project manager and client

. Determine revenues for each projects & ensure all the financial aspects

of the contract are reviewed including billing, unbilled, costs recorded,

accruals for committed expense, & other manifestations of expense such as

overrun risk & bad debt expense

. Apply wire and cash received from clients to outstanding invoices

. Review contracts to determine proper compliance

. Researching/resolving billing disputes with customers

. Interacting with all levels of management as well as customers regarding

billing issues

. Ensuring proper interface to accounting system

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