MITZI CORTES

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Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

407-***-****

acxueo@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

12+ years of experience in Accounting in the following disciplines: Assistant Controller, Staff Accountant, AR Specialist and Manager, AP Specialist. Other disciplines include: Office Management, Project Coordination, and Customer Service

Education

CPA Requirements- I meet all requirements and preparing to take Financials part.

University of Phoenix – Maitland, FL

MBA – Accounting emphasis – Graduated 2013

University of Phoenix – Maitland, FL

B.A., Business Management – Accounting emphasis – Graduated 2010

Experience

ILG Vistana Signatures (Westing and Sheraton) – Orlando, FL (SAP) 09/2016 – Present

Senior- Accountant- Corporate Accounting

Mortgage, Sales and Marketing Div. (Contract)

Balance Sheet and General Ledger Accounts Reconciliations in SAP.

Apply principles of accounting to carry out accounting and financial reporting

Assure consistency in systems of accounting internal controls.

Accurate and timely recording of all financial activities

Report and analyze financial results of operations for the assigned business function.

Process Journal Entries and Accruals for month end.

Help with any other requests from the Finance Director as needed

Faro Technology – Lake Mary, FL (SAP) 07/2016 – 9/2016

Senior-Financial Accountant- Latin America (Contract)

Standard month end close and Audit work (SOX, GAAP and Internal Auditors)

Bank Reconciliations for Cash Accounts and General Ledger Accounts in SAP for Mexico and Brazil

Process AP for Latin America

General Ledger and Sub Ledger Analysis and make the necessary changes as needed

Process Journal Entries and Accruals for month end.

Help with any other requests from the Finance Director as needed

Petz Enterprises LLC – Orlando, FL 30,000,000yr (QB) 03/2015 – 04/2016

Assistant Controller (Tax Software Company)

Assist the controller in the direction of the accounting functions including Financial Statements, Balance Sheet and Trial Balance

Bank reconciliations for 4 different accounts, Disbursement, Deposit, Swift and Investment account in QuickBooks.

Present Various accounting reports and sales reports to management when necessary.

As part of Month End Reporting preparation of Depreciation of Tangible and Intangible assets reports.

Assist in monthly and yearly closing

Analysis of Trial Balance and Chart of Accounts for accuracy and appropriate usage of accounts on the General Ledger

A/R Reconciliation to ensure every customer payment has been applied correctly in QB

Support and assist the controller with Moss Addams auditing & EDD Auditing

Establish and maintain procedures and regulations base on Accounting principles (GAAP) and regulatory requirements.

Prepare Contracts and Approve orders in Sales Force for customers. Process Payroll (90+employees aprox.10,000,000yr) with ADP. KPI Bonuses and Awards for each employee ($3,300,000) as required.

Process New Hire and terminations on ADP including update of Personal Files (HR-ADP)

Process Standard and Customize Payroll Report for J/E in QB

Supervised 1 employee (Accountant I)

Matthews International Cremation – Apopka, FL (SAP) 01/2010 – 03/2015

Staff Accountant (Manufacturers)

Process weekly payroll (60+ employees)

Bank reconciliations and wire transfers for month end.

Credit card reconciliations (Visa, Amex) – 65k transactions monthly

Preparation of Depreciation of Tangible and Intangible assets reports.

Keeping control of all asset tags.

Preparation and execution of AR Credit Memos.

Preparation and posting of journal entries to the General Ledger for several divisions (cremation, caskets, bronze, marketing products, memorialization among others) SAP

Analysis of Trial Balance and Chart of Accounts for accuracy and appropriate usage of accounts in the General Ledger.

Assurance of verification of cash payments and reconciliation for the accuracy of the customer’s accounts.

A/R Research and resolution of discrepancies and billing issues on customer accounts.

A/P processing and daily invoicing of shipments to customers.

Providing support to Internal and External Auditors.

SOX Documentation and compliance for GAAP and IFRS

End of the month closing procedures and report processing for the Division Controller.

Monthly Sales Commissions for Managers and Sales Representatives.

Quality One Wireless – Orlando, FL (Navision) 03/2007 – 06/2009

Staff Accountant/Accounts Receivable Specialist (Wireless Distributor)

Process bi-weekly payroll, invoicing, and month end accruals for 7 different companies.

Reconciliation of Bank Accounts, Lockbox Accounts, and the Revolving Accounts at month end.

Reconciliations – Credit Card, Intercompany accounts (7 companies), Expense Reports

Verification of expense reports and preparation for approval.

Preparation of Depreciation of Tangible and Intangible assets reports.

Keeping control of all asset tags.

Enter purchase orders and credit memos into Accounts Payable Processing System.

Preparation and posting of journal entries.

Analysis of Trial Balance and Chart of Accounts for accuracy and appropriate usage of accounts.

Assurance of verification of cash payments and reconciliation for the accuracy of the customer’s accounts.

A/R Business to Business collection procedures (E-mail and follow-up calls)

A/R Research and resolution of discrepancies and billing issues on customer accounts.

Working weekly aging reports for the company executives to be aware of the collection projections on a week to week basis.

Previous work experience

Coca-Cola Bottlers Puerto Rico- Credit Specialist

Sucesores Pedro Cortes “Chocolates Cortes” Puerto Rico-Credit Supervisor

Sheraton Old San Juan, Starwood Hotels- Project Coordinator

Le Royal – Maitland, FL Development Group (QB)- Accountant/Office Manager

Skills

Microsoft Office Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Accounting Systems: Peachtree, QuickBooks, Gevity (Payroll), AS400, Navision, Dynamics, GP, SAP, Kronos (Payroll) ADP, Paylocity.

Sales Force(SFDC)

Bilingual- English/Spanish

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