RITA MCDONNELL-SHEA
**-** ***** ******, ********, NY 11358 * Home: 718-***-**** * Mobile: 917-***-****
Email: ************@***.***
Objective
To obtain a position in the bookkeeping/tax preparation field where I can fully utilize the skills I have developed and honed over several years.
Experience
Senior Bookkeeper/Tax Preparer/Payroll Specialist
1999 - 2016 Miller & Company, LLP, Whitestone, NY
Prepare tax returns for individuals, corporations and partnerships
Prepare year-end books for corporations and partnerships
Process all aspects of payroll as well as payroll tax returns; act as advisor to other staff when questions arise pertaining to payroll; communicate with Federal, state and local tax agencies to resolve payroll issues
Prepare NY sales tax returns and NYC RPIE filings
Prepare monthly filings for bankruptcy court for several clients
Process write-ups, bank reconciliations
Bookkeeper/Tax Preparer/Payroll Coordinator
1991 - 1999 LaPollo, Miller & Cavaluzzi, Whitestone, NY
Prepare personal tax returns
Prepare write-ups, bank reconciliations
Process payroll and payroll tax returns
Prepare NY sales tax returns and NYC RPIE filings
Bookkeeper/Payroll Coordinator
1988 - 1990 LaPollo & Presti, Whitestone, NY
Prepare write-ups, bank reconciliations
Prepare weekly, quarterly and year-end payrolls
File, answer phones and perform general office duties
Bookkeeper
1986 - 1988 Nicholas Petras, Esq., Bayside, NY
Prepare write-ups, bank reconciliations
Accounts receivable/accounts payable
Schedule repairs for ten apartment buildings
Answer phones
Education
Queens Community College, Bayside, NY
1984 – 1986
Major: Accounting
Skills
Proficient in the following software: Quickbooks, UltraTax, Proseries, Lacerte, Drake, Excel, Word, Lotus, Corel Word, Microcoft Word, 1099-ETC, CFS Sales Tax, T-Value
References
References are available on request.