Agnieszka Waszynska
Phone: 847-***-****
*********@********.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Accountant/Financial Analyst with over 9 years of experience in effectively maintaining accurate accounting information for large nonprofit organizations such as Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Deadline focused Accountant/Bookkeeper versed in: Payroll, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Expense Reimbursement, high volumes of data entry tasks.
Skilled learner and proficient at emerging technologies with over 7 years of exclusive accounting experience.
Outstanding team member and a proactive leader. Ardent at analytical and problem solving tasks.
MS Excel (Pivot Tables, Data Analysis), Icon, Northstar 500, Symitar, Sage, Outlook. Fluent in English, Polish and Russian.
CAREER HISTORY
Accountant – Great Lakes Credit Union, Bannockburn, Aug./Sept. 2016
Assisted in special project
Endowment Accountant – Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago Dec. 2012 to July 2015
Performed various monthly reconciliation and month-end closing of trade and investment financial activities.
Approved daily gifts and pledges. Processed credit cards and checks payments in Northstar 500.
Routinely managed General Ledger items with 100% auditor’s compliments.
Monitored and reconciled monthly loan for real estate properties.
Liquidated all stock contributions made to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago at various brokers, including Muriel Siebert, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab
Assisted VP of Accounting with yearly audits; gathering information and creating reconciliation documents in support of the accounting procedures and activities. Assisted in quarterly budget preparation.
Generated and maintained monthly statements for over 3000 investors.
Ad Hoc projects as requested by the Executive Management
Assisted Director of Endowment Accounting in UBIT calculation
Processed Journal Entry
Staff Accountant – Society of Divine Word – nonprofit, Techny July 2004 to Nov.2007
Contributed to the monthly reconciliation of bank statements, balance sheets
Managed the Accounts Payable department
Mentor. Successfully trained 3 new joiners in MS Excel and accounting principles.
Analyzed and researched benefits, resolved payroll issues to improve accounting operation procedures.
Coordinated regular reporting and analysis for Controller and treasurer
Analyst – Andersen Consulting/Accenture, Chicago July 1998 to Jul.2000
Processed and analyzed of gross pay adjustments by running macro in FS90.
Reconciled business travel expense report.
Analyzed and Resolved issues regarding travel expense reimbursement and employee’s disbursement.
EDUCATION
MBA Accounting (in progress), Keller Graduate School of Management, Lincolnshire/Schaumburg, IL.
Master of Science degree in Economics 1993, Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland. Accepted and accredited in USA.