Basem G Nazeir

**** ******* *** **** ***, Huntington Beach, CA 92647

714-***-**** Email: acxipb@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of qualifications

Significant experience and extensive accomplishments in accounting, financial & taxation fields, Proficiency in coordinating simultaneous responsibilities, Excellence in communication, interpersonal area including interfacing effectively with co-workers, management, vendors and clients from diverse backgrounds. Precision, thoroughness, attention to details and accruing in all work performed and history of achievement, reliability and a strong work ethic.

Core Competencies

Prepares tax provision schedules, recommends tax strategies and tax planning. Files a wide variety of corporate and personal tax returns.

Accurately prepares and assesses a wide variety of financial reports and accounting records.

Utilize strong analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve any financial discrepancies.

Adeptly manages complex company payrolls and performs wide-scale operational and HR duties.

Conducts research, Analysis, project planning and client services management.

Trains & develops for wide variety of staff and mangers.

Possesses excellent knowledge with the regulations, tax laws and Work in different kind of industries such as hotels, manufacturing, communications, hospitals, banks, restaurants, clinic and health providers, pharmacies, real estate, etc.

Summary of Professional Experience

Shenouda & Associates, LLP Huntington Beach, CA 06/2013- Present Senior Accountant/ Assistant Controller

Head/ supervisor for 15 accounting team members (3 seniors, 4 seniors assistant, 4 staff accountants and 4 general ledger accountants), and manages all accounting and finance reporting responsibilities for 95 Companies with 1250 employees, which operate around the clock and generate $95 million in annual revenue.

Handles tax planning, tax estimate and filing of all corporate tax (S, C, LLC, fiduciary and exempt corporations). Also handles capital gain, selling the fixed assets and all kind of exchange (1031, 1033).

Handles wide variety of personal tax returns with all required schedules (A, B, C, D, E) and forms (4797,8962, etc.)

Supervises the accounting staff in preparing payroll, handling AP/AR, sales and use tax, property tax, bookkeeping, coding and preparing financial statements and ensure all reporting systems are set up properly to reflect current employee base, in line with contracts; implements policies and procedures to improve accounting process.

Represents clients in IRS, EDD, BOE, FTB, Workers Compensation and other governmental audits. And corresponds verbally and in writing.

Handles, reviews and analyzes monthly, quarterly & yearly financial Statements.

Supervises the process for all yearly tax forms such as 1099, W2 &W3 and all payroll quarterly report.

Prepares journal entries and executes fiscal period year-end close; reconciles general ledger and inventory.

Ensures that all entries are entered properly to the system and supervises in preparing all auditing materials.

Shenouda & Associates, LLP Huntington Beach, CA 06/2012- 06/2013 Accountant

Files quarterly and annual payroll tax returns for both federal and state.

Files and pays sales, state and city tax. Also file the annual property tax and all kind of business & city license.

Registers new Federal ID, EDD No., Sellers Permits, Statement of information, business license for new businesses.

Prepares Financial Statements on a monthly/ quarterly basis in different filled (Real state, Investment, etc.)

Prepares month-end closing journal entries, general ledger analysis and maintaining records.

Records account payable invoices and supplies payments to vendors on a weekly basis.

Maintains accurate customers billing, apply payments, and runs the aging report.

Records and deposits checks as well as reconciles records of bank transactions.

Establishes payroll procedures and Processes payroll, electronic deposits for employees.

Office duties (Assembling, Scanning, Answer the phone, Filling and Order supplies)

National Bank of Egypt 07/2007 – 03/2012

Accounting Manager (Operation Sector, Despite and fraud Department)

Managed & developed all accounting and financial reporting responsibilities for acquiring & Issuing chargeback for MasterCard and Visa Card institutions from point of sale & ATM machines with all kind of credit card, Debit card.

Maintained outstanding relationships with multiple CEO’s/CFO’s.

Developed the skills to resolve chargeback, reversal, re-presentment for many dispute reason codes.

Analyzed cardholder and merchant account transactions to determine if the disputed transactions are complied with the master and visa institution regulations and applies appropriate credit or debit adjustments to accounts based on the final result of arbitration and compliance.

Achieved 98 % of chargeback settlements of doing business and reply for all incoming chargeback and classify all reason code and made dispute for all right transaction.

National Bank of Egypt 07/2002 – 07/2007

Senior Accountant (Operation Sector, Accounting Department)

Acted as head/ supervisor for accounting team and Managed all accounting reporting responsibilities for our sector and 120 bank branches.

Handed for monthly and year-end financial statements report for120 bank branches.

Reviewed all Preparing settlement reconciliation between all bank branches and the head quarter office.

Taught all branches for doing daily reconciliation, accounting entries, review general ledger and all ending balances.

Evaluated internal control procedures, reviewed all general ledger activity.

Reviewed all work related with A/R & A/P for more than 600 accounts.

National Bank of Egypt 07/1998 – 07/2002

Accountant (Operation Sector, Accounting Department)

Prepared settlement reconciliation between visa and master report and bank system report for all transaction from ATM machines.

Prepared journals between main branch and other branches. And record all journals on the bank system.

Analyzed all credit adjustment for transactions happened on ATM machine.

Developed an accounting system for accounts receivable& hotel reservation.

Prepared a cash flow statements, income statements, trail balance, and balance sheet.

Analyzed expenses, revenue, banking reconciliation and prepare monthly, quarterly and annually reported for managers and helped identify and resolve and problems that occurred.

Education

Certified Public Accountant, State of California (In progress), date expected 03/2018

DEVRY UNIVERSITY, KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, CA, USA.

Master Accounting Financial Management (MAFM), July 2015

Member of National Society of leadership and Success

THE ARAB ACADEMY FOR BANKING & FINANCIAL SCIENCES, Cairo, Egypt

Master of business administration (M.B.A), August 2008

Equivalent as a master degree accredited universities in the United States by G.S.A

AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY, Cairo, Egypt

Bachelor Degree in Accounting - May 1998

Equivalent as a bachelor degree accredited universities in the United States by G.S.A

Skills

MS Office Word, power point & Excel

Lacerte tax software.

Quick Books Pro & premier

HR Block software.

Excellent communication and professional

Sage DAC Easy

Proficient in English in both oral and writing.

AME & All ADP Software

References

Available upon request

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