Roobina Gorjian, CPA

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San Diego, CA 92130

Home: 858-***-****

Cellular: 619-***-****

Email: ad47ab@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Fairfield Residential Companies, San Diego, CA

Senior Project Accountant/Team Leader, April 2007- March 2024

Supervise, review, and verify the work of the 3 (more, in the absence of the other team leaders) accounting staff.

Assist in production of financial statements of 35-40 residential properties and new constructions.

Review, approve and post journal entries and bank reconciliations.

Review audit schedules required for the annual audit.

Confirm that all major variances have been investigated, adjusted or explained.

Review and approve monthly loan payments.

Maintain Preferred and guarantee returns for the investors.

Review supporting schedules for content and accuracy.

Review Qtrly Cash Balance Analysis, Cash Distribution, and Related Party Schedules.

Review Job Cost Allocation and FAS reports.

Review Sales & Use Tax forms.

Make any follow-up points/comments and inform team members.

Assist the senior manager with special projects.

Contact regional mangers and asset managers on a regular basis.

Assist the senior manager with the audit points and resolving accounting problems.

Attend weekly team leaders, managers, assistant controller, and controller meeting.

The Corky McMillin Companies, San Diego, CA

Senior Project Accountant, September 2004- April 2007

Maintain general ledger for commercial, homebuilding and land development projects.

Approve bank reconciliations.

Prepare, post and review monthly journal entries.

Reconcile loan statements, buyer deposit and customer order extras WIP accounts.

Calculate cost of sales and warranty reserves.

Review and post escrow statements for commercial, home and land sales and land acquisitions.

Prepare depreciation and amortization schedules for fixed assets and deferred costs and record monthly activity.

Maintain Preferred and guarantee returns for project owners.

Review and analyze trial balance and reconcile major accounts. Perform analytical procedure.

Prepare financial statement on income tax basis and GAAP method of accounting.

Assist with annual audit.

Caporicci & Larson, CPAs, San Diego, CA

Senior Auditor, August 2001- August 2004

Planned, developed and implemented audit programs for the audit of financial statements and single audits (internal controls and regulatory compliance). Supervised and trained 3-4 audit staff, documented results, and ensured that conclusions, findings and recommendations were properly supported. Investigated discrepancies, presented solutions to problems encountered and discussed audit findings with audit clients. Prepared audit reports.

Conducted audits and single audits of governmental organizations with the budgets over 30 million dollars.

Conducted audits of various non-profit organizations in San Diego and Northern California.

Conducted audits and prepared financial statements of various health care centers in Northern California.

Conducted audits of profit-sharing plans in San Diego and Northern California.

Pannell Kerr Forster, Inc., CPAs, San Diego, CA

Audit Staff - Contractor, 2000-2001

Performed audits, reviews, and compilation of financial statements as a member of the audit team.

Audited hotels, mortgage companies, debt services companies, and an agricultural biotech company.

Performed SEC audits of financial securities companies.

Audited various 401(k) plans.

R. Navaro & Associates, Inc., CPAs, San Diego, CA

Audit Staff, 1999-2000

Performed audits and compliance testing of financial statements as a member of the audit team.

Was issued a US Security Clearance in order to audit US Government agencies.

Audited the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington D.C.

Audited the US Department of Labor in Washington D.C.

Audited various non-profit organizations and pension plans in San Diego.

Slabaugh, Haflinger & Co., CPAs, San Diego, CA

Audit Staff, 1998-1999

Performed audits, reviews, and compilation of financial statements, as a member of the audit team.

Audited various non-profit organizations.

Audited various 401(k) and Profit-Sharing plans.

Price Center Business Department

University of California, San Diego, CA

Business Department Accountant, 1993-1999

Sole responsibility for ledger review, reconciliation, and preparation of monthly financial reports.

Analyzed and interpreted budgetary spending and transfers for all the sub-units of the Center.

Developed and implemented internal accounting controls, reviewed payroll, and audited cash recaps.

Performed cost accounting and audit of job cost reports.

Processed invoices and check requests for vendors, approved purchase orders and resolved payment problems

Hired, trained, and supervised a team of student employees.

Performed fiscal closing.

EDUCATION

Certified Public Accountant License, CA, August 2002

Post-Bachelor degree in Accounting (Professional Certificate), San Diego State University, CA 1993

Associates Degree in Computerized Accounting, Utah Technical College, Salt Lake City, UT 1987

Master of Science, Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 1983

Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 1980

COMPUTER SKILLS

Yardi Accounting package, Timberline, Sage, Outlook Soft (Financial reports designer), Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Peachtree First Accounting, Quicken QuickBooks Pro, GoSystem (Trial balance system for audits), Flowchart-5 (Used for audit planning), CCH ProSystem fx Audit (Formerly AuditVision, Trial balance system for reviews, compilations and audits), Gerke & Associates BizBench (Business benchmarking for financial performance comparisons

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