Tiansang (Rachel) Sylverne
312-***-**** **********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE Bilingual professional is looking for an Accounting/Finance position to fully utilize my financial, analytical and language skills. OCCUPATION
Plastic Recovery Technologies, Bensenville, IL Sep 2014– present Accounting Manager
Oversee routine accounting activities; set up and standardize operational procedures; manage financial risk and prepare budget; prepare steel product manufacturing schedule; calculate manufacturing cost and pricing
• Manufacturing: Set up methods to trace cost associated with all transactions/processes to make sure that cost for finished product represents an all-in cost.
• Manufacturing: Prepare daily production schedule for stock items and built-to-order items. Create item codes and calculate cost and pricing for new items.
• Order maintenance: Follow up with sales’ inquiries on orders. Communicate with Crawfordsville steel product shop regarding production for orders.
• Order maintenance: Check on open orders, adjust invoices upon requests, initiate RMA and process credit memo for returns.
• Accounting: Maintain the books for home office bank accounts. Process daily and monthly reconciliation.
• Accounting: Maintain the books for the manufacturing shop in Crawfordsville IN.
• Accounting: Process employee business expense reimbursement reports, prepare and maintain gift log and tax exempt certificate for audit and compliance.
• Accounts receivable: Oversee all A/R related matters (sales invoicing, check and credit card payments). Process all SAP Ariba invoices.
• Accounts payable: Oversee all A/P matters (purchase invoice entry and payments process) and answer vendor A/P inquiries. Initiate and follow up with all debit memo requests with vendors.
• Risk management: Set up standard procedures for major functions/processes (for instance credit check procedure for new customers, A/R resolutions). Follow up and complete the credit check process.
• Risk management: Prepare monthly A/R report and communicate with sales and customer services for aging A/R solutions.
• Payroll: process payroll for IN ship through ADP.
• Budget and forecast: Prepare and maintain quarterly and annual expense and budget reports with solutions for improvements.
• Sales support: provide customized reports and analysis upon request for sales.
• Depreciation and prepayment: maintain the books of fixed assets and prepaid expenses.
• Logistics: freight invoice disputes over weight, class and density. New logistic carrier solution and negotiation.
• Logistics: initiate and follow up with all freight loss and damage claims. Northwestern Mutual, Skokie, IL May 2012 – Aug 2014 Associate Wealth Management Advisor
Assist in wealth management daily operation and sales on both investment and insurance sides
Waddell & Reed, Schaumburg, IL July 2009 – May 2012 Financial Advisor / Associate Advisor
Assist in investment management
EDUCATION
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Master of Science in Finance, December 2008. The courses of study included but not limited to:
Financial statement. Financial Time Series. Economics. Econometric
Financial Modeling. Equity Trading Strategies. Portfolio Management. Fixed Income.
Risk Management. Futures, Options, & Derivatives. Hedge Funds Chengdu Institute of Technology, Chengdu, Szechuan, China Bachelor of Art in Economics, July 2006.
SKILLS
Financial: Enterprise Operation System, Accounting, Financial Planning and econometrics
Software: Microsoft Office including Excel Pivot Table, SAP Ariba, QuickBooks and Enterprise System, ADP
Language: English, Chinese mandarin (native speaker)