ARSHAD HUSSAIN

**** ********* *****, *******, ** 94519

925-***-****; E-mail: ad0xf1@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications:

Highly recognized and goal-achieving Finance/Accounting Professional; strong analytical, quantitative and organizational skills; a team leader with a proven track record in anticipating potential problems and driving for results; ability to successfully adapt in a fast-paced environment. Achieve excellence individually and as a team, successfully executing system implementations, enhancing and simplifying processes.

Core Competencies:

Accounting Expertise

System Implementation

Aging Analysis

Customer Service Satisfaction

Strong Analytical / Research Skills

Accounting / Finance Computer Skills

GAAP & GAAS Expertise

GL Expertise

Cash Flow Projections & Worksheets

Analysis of Financial Statements

Professional Experience:

Various Short-term Consulting Assignments 01/2019 - Present

Wells Fargo Bank: Merchant Services Corporate 03/22 to 10/23

Worked on analyzing, research, payments of all third party related activities of Wells Fargo Accounts and Visa, Mastercard and other credit card related accounts. Also worked on reconciliation of corporate accounts related to these activities.

Schneider Wallace LLC, Emeryville (May to Sept 2020)

Reconciliation of various accounts, both Balance Sheet and P& L, including credit cards, Cash flow analysis, preparing customized reports on cases and helping in analysis of accounts.

Wells Fargo Bank: San Francisco, CA (Sept. 19 to March 2020)

Wholesale Controllers, Compliance division- worked on analysis and conversion of accounts from old mainframe system to Oracle. Month-end close and research, reporting on variances.

Ross Stores, Dublin, CA (July to Sept. 2019)

Worked on inventory control management- Analysis and report preparation from various systems and reconciling with reporting software, PeopleSoft.

Fred Finch, Oakland, CA (May to June 2019)

Worked on daily operational accounting using FE - A/P, A/R, Payroll, Recons. Helped in preparation of annual Audit. .

Roofstock, Oakland, CA (March 2019)

Worked on daily operational accounting using NetSuite - A/P, A/R, Payroll Prepared for monthly close for employee on sick leave.

Tegan Lighting, San Rafael, CA (Feb 2019)

Worked on daily, monthly accounting operations, using NetSuite - A/P, A/R, Payroll. Monthly Financial preparation and reporting.

Uber – Protiviti, San Francisco, CA (Jan 2019)

Worked on month end and consolidations of certain eastern Europe and Far East Entities financials as well as provided support for audit team.

Ramsell Corp. Oakland, CA

Accounting Consultant (Great Plains) May 2018 - Nov. 30, 2018

Managed accounting operations (GAAP) for 5 entities, for a Healthcare Management Firm including:

Responsible for close of books for monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.

Involved in Annual Audit + Tax Audit, preparing support schedules and coordination between various departments.

Administered monthly and quarterly related SOX Controls (404,409,802), helped design processes to streamline the approach to compliance, strengthen internal controls, and lower long-term compliance costs. Controls were meant to enhance internal control environments, identify process efficiencies, and reduce long-term compliance costs.

Support monthly closings of the leasing entities and preparation of various financial reports and analysis. Support front and back offices for proper booking of transactions. Develop accounting and reporting processes to account for new and changes to existing leases.

Managed day-to-day operations with a staff.

Kept all Managers informed of their departments financial condition, as well as reporting to the owner and the Board.

Extensive analysis and reporting for ad hoc projects.

Vallejo Unified School District, Vallejo, CA

Senior Accountant, Consultant Aug. 2017 - Feb. 2018

Using GAAP, prepared financial statements. Also did analysis and reporting for all the budgets in the school district, relating to grants.

Extensive analysis and streamlining of budget’s, using Escape.

Reporting to both internal and external entities on their respective budgets.

Laborers Funds Administrative Office of Northern California, Inc., Fairfield, CA

Senior Accountant, Consultant Feb. 2017 - May 2017

Using GAAP, compiled and prepared Financial Statements of Pension Funds

Extensive use of Excel and Great Plains, to close books for several months and prepare Financials for reporting to internal and external entities.

Administered monthly SOX Controls, Designed and implemented controls that were meant to enhance internal control environments, identify process efficiencies, and reduce long-term compliance costs.

MacFarLane Partners, San Francisco, CA

Senior Accountant, Consultant Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2016

A REIT with assets in Bay Area and Los Angeles

Using GAAP, compiled and prepared financial statements, did analysis and reconciliation of Draws to Investor banks.

Extensive research of data to customize reports presented as supporting schedules.

Veritas Investments, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Senior Accountant, Consultant 8/16 - 9/16

A private equity firm working on managing and maintain retail and commercial real estate

Using GAAP, Managed portfolios of properties by updating their accounting information, performing bank reconciliations and doing adjusting entries to properly maintain and report their financial statements and cash flow requirements.

Performed balance sheet account reconciliations for cash and fixed asset accounts as well as Accounts payable and note payable accounts

Helped in compiling ad-hoc reports so that information was properly and timely communicated to internal and external users.

Prepared audit schedules for portfolio audits.

Ensure proper accounting for over 100 leases events annually (New stores, renewals, amendments and terminations), including the accounting of all restructuring lease related activities such as acceleration of deferred rent liabilities, landlord allowance reimbursements, termination costs and subleasing activities.

ODC Dance (Start-up Company), San Francisco, CA

Controller, Consultant 4/16 - 5/16

ODC is non-profit world class dance company, a presenting theater and a dance school, serving the Mission district in San Francisco, for over 44 years.

Responsibilities included managerial – supervising Accounting and HR and Staff, Reporting – Preparing reports for Finance Committee, review of this info with the CFO and Board – variance analysis and Audit – reports and schedules for the annual audit.

Extensive reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, as well as analysis and reporting of variances. Set up and administered monthly and quarterly related SOX Controls

CERNX (Start-up Company), Emeryville, CA

Chief Financial Officer 8/15 – 3/16

Helped and managed accounting operations. Produced reports based on Google applications, monitoring activities relating to a logistics support company.

Set up payroll in QuickBooks, managed transition to Paychex.

Manage activities related to the daily, month-end of GL & P&L accounts

Record, maintain and reconcile accounts and schedules.

Extensive analysis of Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts as well as variance analysis and reporting.

Set up and administered monthly and quarterly related SOX Controls

Littler Mendelson, PC, San Francisco, CA

Consultant 4/15 – 7/15

Prepared and recorded all activities related to certain balance sheet and income statement accounts

Did monthly, quarterly and annual adjustment's for the accounts.

Reconciled these accounts, did analysis and variance reporting

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Commerce: University of Karachi, major/emphasis in Accounting.

Master of Business Administration: Preston University, Karachi, major/emphasis in Accounting.

CPA Candidate 2023

Attended Lean Six Sigma Workout training

Computer Skills: SAP, BW, MS Office Suite, QuickBooks, Great Plains, Oracle 11i, PeopleSoft, Lawson, Aderant, NetSuite

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