Education
Pace University, Pleasantville, NY Bachelors of Business Administration, Public Accounting - May 2018
GPA: 3.24
Noteworthy Accomplishments and Activities
Dean’s List - Fall 2015, Fall 2016
Chairman’s Academic Scholarship - Awarded 4 consecutive years (Fall 2012 – Spring 2016)
Accounting Society 2013-2018 - Club Senator for 2014-2015 school year
Student Government Association 2014-2015 - Prepare and present monthly expenditure report to executive board, collaborate with other SGA Sponsored clubs at monthly meetings on upcoming events
Accounting Information Systems Team Research Project - Worked with classmates to develop an accounting system for a simulated business operation using QuickBooks to generate all financial information, statements and reports
Work Experience
PIM Brands, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ February 2019-July 2023
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Responsible for entering payments (check and wire transfers) received from customers
Identify and research deductions on all payments received to determine validity
Offset deductions once they have been authorized
File disputes with customers for any deductions deemed incorrect
Organize data for monthly audit
Wolters Kluwer Corporation Legal Services, New York, NY June 2018-November 2018
Accounts Receivable Clerk (Temporary Contract)
Research and process complex invoices, returns, and credits using Oracle ERP
Maintain payment records and analyze collections, update and summarize daily report on receivables
Audit customer accounts, resolve unapplied payments and credits including international wire transfers
Update customer ledger for revised/cancelled invoices, make adjusting entries necessary to balance
Communicate with customers to obtain remittance information for payments received with no detail
Prepare and issue refunds to third party vendors for payments received from customers not in system
Assist collections, shippers, customers, and sales in requests for invoices or shipping verification
Morel Eyewear Inc, Wyckoff, NJ June 2016-May 2018
Accounting Clerk
Responsible for daily accounting operations, general ledger data entry, and analysis in the Accounts Payable and Receivable departments using Macola Software for an international eyewear company
Prepared monthly bank reconciliations between bank statements and all general ledger cash accounts
Matched vendor invoices with cash payments to be printed and mailed
Provided sales representatives with updated monthly sales activity report for each vendor
Compared expense reports with receipts to verify and confirm all agents travel expenses
Monitored company credit card charges and compared to monthly credit report for office expenses
Created monthly reports of all state sales taxes for multiple business regions throughout the US
Technical & Personal Skills
Intuit QuickBooks, Oracle ERP, JD Edwards, Microsoft Office, Macola Accounting Software, Crystal Report, Strong team communications and interpersonal skills
Organized, Detail-oriented, Looking forward to future opportunities to expand upon accounting education and 2+ years of professional office work experience