MARIA ELENA SANCHEZ
EDUCATION
**** – **** Texas State Technical College Harlingen, Texas
Certificates of Completion – Computerized Accounting and Data Entry
**** – 2016 University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Brownsville, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/2016 – 3/2017 Smith Family Medicine Raymondville, Texas
Bookkeeper
Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processing and reconciliation, prepare & post journal entries, bank reconciliation, quarterly and yearly payroll tax report preparations and processing
11/2006 – 7/2009 Troy Enterprises, Incorporated Brownsville, Texas
Accounting Clerk (Bookkeeper)
Accounts Payable processing, prepare & post journal entries, bank reconciliations, answer telephone, quarterly sales tax preparations, month end closing procedures, reconciling earnest & down payments received, processed all construction payments & draws for residential & commercial projects, & received mortgage payments
5/2001 – 10/2006 Pederson Construction Company, Incorporated Los Fresnos, Texas
Bookkeeper
Responsible for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Weekly payroll processing for about 75 employees, prepared monthly project draws, bid proposals, posted journal entries, closed accounting month, answered telephone, Quarterly payroll reports, weekly tax deposits, transferred money, reconciled bank statements, processed new hires, compiled information for financial statements & tax returns, prepared Work in Progress Reports, completed Worker’s Compensation injury reports and monthly Worker’s Compensation data reports
5/2000 – 5/2001 Four Points Hotel by Sheraton Brownsville, Texas
Accounting Department
Hawthorn Suites – balanced & entered all nigh audit information, balanced & posted all payments, coded & entered all payables for weekly check run, prepared & closed month, assisted customers with credit card bills, processed new account credit applications, prepared all tax reports, state & city hotel occupancy reports, state sales tax and telecommunications reports
Four Points by Sheraton – posted credit card & payments on accounts, reviewed night audit information, posted advance deposits for events, processed new account credit applications, assisted customers with credit card bills, prepared all monthly & quarterly sales tax, state & city hotel occupancy reports, telecommunications reports, and mixed beverage reports, and entered journal entries
7/1998 – 8/1999 Prime Equipment Company San Benito, Texas
Office Manager
Balanced, closed, & printed daily business reports, prepared bank deposits, mailed closed invoices for charge accounts, daily collection calls, filed all paperwork, processed all new hires, prepared & processed credit applications, & answered the telephone
8/1996 – 6/1998 Neff/Buckner Rental Service, Incorporated Harlingen, Texas
Bookkeeper
Balanced daily paperwork, prepared bank deposits, mailed closed invoices for charge accounts, daily collection calls, filed all paperwork, prepared, balanced, & submitted monthly business reports, processed credit applications, prepared & submitted biweekly payroll, & answered the telephone
1996 International Shipbreaking Limited Brownsville, Texas
Office Manager
Processed weekly payroll for 200+ employees, invoiced rail car & truck shipments, ordered rail cars, completed bill of ladings, processed Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable, processed all new hires, & answered the telephone
8/1993 – 8/1995 Long, Chilton, Payte, & Hardin, LLP Harlingen, Texas
Bookkeeper
Prepared, coded, & posted monthly, quarterly, & yearly journal entries for clients, prepared payroll tax deposits for weekly, monthly, & quarterly tax depositors, prepared sales tax reports for monthly & quarterly clients, prepared quarterly reports (941, TEC), and year end reports (W2s, 1099s)
SKILLS and EQUIPMENT
10 key touch adding machine, 120 plus keystrokes a minute
Windows 98, Microsoft Office, GEAC Hotel Software, 40 plus words per minute typing
Familiar with Peachtree, Quick Books, and Timberline Accounting Software
REFERENCES
Eddie Barroso, Jr. Sally A. Lawley
Guillermo C. Vega Emilia Garcia
Linda Prather Cathy Pool