Yissel A. Astudillo
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Detailed oriented professional with expertise in financial accounting, marketing management, finance reporting standards, budget analysis of statistical aspects of risk management, along with, vendor management and client relationships.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
LDV Hospitality, New York, NY.
Senior Accountant 05/18/2105-Present
Accounting manager (4 staff accountants) for growing Hospitality Group. Supervising A/Ps, sales entries, bank reconciliations, disputes, credit card reconciliation, and all the matters related to accuracy in the financial statements.
Responsible of the month-end diligences, balance sheet analysis, and financial statements for 11 restaurants.
Review payroll before submission. HR bridge between managers and corporate.
Weekly cost analysis. Actual vs Budget.
Monthly cost control (inventories).
Sales Tax; Quarterly, Monthly and prompt tax for New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, Florida and Puerto Rico.
Audit assistant (sales Tax, worker’s compensation and year-end audits).
VILARDI AND CO., New York, NY.
Staff Accountant 09/08/2014~05/22/2015
Financial management assistant of (2) two restaurants with total sales of $3 million.
Supervise accurate allocations of sales and bills in the appropriate general ledger account, as well as, petty cash and Amex expenses.
Correct and reconcile previous discrepancies in various accounts (accruals, prepaid, intercompany, and others).
Cash management including:
oManage six bank accounts for each entity relate to two operations, two sales tax, and two management fees.
oProcess journal entries for bank accounts transactions to reflect a precise daily cash flow in the books.
oPost credit card accounts between the bank and the credit card processor to ensure that all transactions have been received/processed.
oReconcile unearned revenue accounts against bank deposits and Third Party Processor Company.
oPrepare and process payments by wire or ACH - Audit checks before owner’s signature.
Investigate and resolve any unusual activity occurring in the general ledger accounts.
File Monthly and Quarterly Sales Taxes for New York State Department of Taxation & Finance.
Budget analysis weekly variance control and actual cash flow.
NATUREX INC, South Hackensack, NJ. (Temp) 12/2013 ~ 09/2014
Accounts Payable Analyst
•Responsible for all the day-to-day operations with CFO dealing with audit related budgets on a monthly/yearly basis.
•Report forecast for Mexico and Canada for company expenses and control monthly budgets.
•Review vendor invoices/contracts (due diligence) and validate that the respective PO has remaining capacity to cover the vendor invoice charges and any supporting documentation (time-sheets) have been received from the vendor.
•Accurately record/code, audit, and tracking for national and international companies (Mexico, Canada and USA) while maintain relationships with all vendor invoices.
•Analyze and research documents to coordinate accounting entries, including petty cash, credit card, personal expenses to meet equals result with Mexico Private accounting firm. Allocating an individual entry for tax deduction purpose.
•Responsible for preparing month-end closing entries relating to prepaid expenses, accruals, payroll (Mexico), credit cards to justify, personal expenses, and, employee advances.
•Account and Bank reconciliations. Adjusting and reclassification journal entries, when necessary.
•Communicate with vendors to resolve any issues, discrepancy, reconciliation, wire transfers and bank checks.
•Responsible for weekly, month-end closing and statistical reports for company and internal and worldwide companies.
BISTRO MILANO, New York, NY 06/2008 ~ 12/2013
Bookkeeper/Assistant Manager/Maître’D
•Directly managed and oversaw the day-to-day operations for Manager regarding forecast of Sales.
•Capabilities in managing account payables and receivables by company/vendor.
•Enter company/business journal entries on daily basis.
•Negotiate contracts with vendors (i.e. wines, linens, printers and private events).
•Excellent Customer Service Skills and ability to understand and respond to individual guests needs and requirements.
•Able to organize time effectively, forward plan and prioritize tasks to ensure workload is balanced and urgent situations are dealt with immediately.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Strong organizational and self-management.
Accurate and a detail orientated and follow through skill set.
Fast learner and self-learner on all aspects of business.
Advanced problem solving and decision making skills.
EDUCATION/COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES
Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, New Jersey
2014 Master of Business Administration
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Portoviejo, Ecuador
2006 BBA- Business Administration / Business Engineering Administration
Bi-lingual in Spanish (reading/writing/speaking)/English and conversational in Portuguese.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Windows 8, Vista, XP, 2010, 2007, 2000/98, Navision/Solomon) Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Publisher), QuickBooks, Corporate Internet/Intranet /Web Technology; Smart Phones, Mas 90, iWork (Mac), POS Software.