Michael Szczesny ********@*****.***
Houston, Texas 77070
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a challenging and rewarding position in the Accounting field that will utilize my knowledge, skills, and years of experience to achieve positive results.
Summary-Attained a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (33 accounting hours). An accomplished accountant with problem-solving abilities, reconciliation experience, general ledger analysis skills, management experience, cash management, cash receipts and project work. Worked predominately in manufacturing/construction, oil/gas exploration, and health care industries. Experienced working in large, intermediate, and small sized companies. Attained references from past work experience. Demonstrated abilities to quickly learn and utilize accounting systems.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
04/15 to 04/16 Gajeske Inc. Senior Accountant-Permanent
● Reconciled bank accounts on a monthly and daily basis
● Processed cash receipts and deposits
● Provided documentation/support for audit requests and project work
● Reconciled and updated general ledger schedules
● Recorded and processed payables and expenses
10/14 to 12/14 Cameron/One Subsea Senior Accountant-Contract
● Reconciled intercompany accounts payables and accounts receivables between locations
● Identified and resolved accounting discrepancies, imbalances and problems
● Communicated and coordinated resolution of intercompany imbalances
01/14 to 06/14 Baker Hughes Senior Accountant-Audit Project
● Extracted employee drug test/background check data from systems into spreadsheets
● Presented employee test results data to management to determine corporate liability
2011 to 08/2013 Enterprise Products Senior Accountant-Contract
● Provided support for audit claims, invoices, expenses, stock items, POs, labor, JVs
● Processed and approved vendor invoices, redirected invoices to project managers
● Prepared journal entries, JVs, run AFE reports, general ledgers, invoice export reports
● Prepared invoice reqests, credit memos, project status ledgers, project detail ledger
● Utilized pivot tables to reconcile monthly intercompany contra general ledger accounts
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2007 to 2011 Senior Accountant-Contract
Ensco, Stoller USA, MDA Holdings, Personnix, Hisco
● Reconciled intercompany advances, receivables, and capital expenditures
● Set up and populated year end budget forcast schedules
● Reconciled accounts druing accounting system conversion
● Assisted with monthly close
● Recorded and coded payroll and labor expenses
● Implemented improved invoice record-keeping system
● Prepared financial statements and spreadsheets
● Reconciled multiple account bank statements
● Prepared and reconciled fixed asset and depreciation schedules for audit purposes
● Gathered and analyzed financial information to identify discrepancies
● Wrote or presented summary conclusions pertaining to accounting project work
● Undertaken accounting project work
02/04 to 08/07 KBR (Govt. Compliance Dept.) Staff Accountant Houston TX
● Reconciled general ledger accounts.
● Pulled transaction detail support for vouchers. Implemented accounting projects.
● Sarbanes Oxley: documented and tested in general ledger and reporting.
● Provided transaction data for account balances and reports.
● Analyzed accounting data and provided support for audit requests and requirements.
● Reconciled and amortized fixed assets/depr. of a KBR client account (project work)
● Identified accounting discrepancies and errors.
● Created multi-accounting system reconciliations and intercompany reconciliations.
● Analyzed data with lookups and pivot tables
● Utilized pivot tables to extract and reconcile data between two accounting systems
08/03 to 02/04 Contract Staff Accountant Houston, TX
05/01 to 02/03 Triten Corporation Staff Accountant Houston, TX
● Prepared financial statements, journal entries, schedules, spreadsheets, schedules,
● Performed account analysis, account reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations,
bank reconciliations, and cash management.
● Performed and completed audit related work and requirements
● Accomplished work projects: reconciliations and research projects
Software: Excel, Word, Access, SAP, MAS 90, Quickbooks, Accpac, Hyperion, JD Edwards, Timberline, Excalibur, Syteline, NBS Mainframe, AS400 Mainframe,
Empac, Oracle, Sage 100 ERP
EDUCATION University of Houston, Degree conferred 5/91 B.S. in Business and Commerce
(concentration in accounting)