Chimene L. VanderWall
Austin, TX
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Reliable, ambitious, detail oriented, FULL CHARGE bookkeeper with 30+ years’ experience in construction, manufacturing, and some restaurant bookkeeping. Successfully multi-task by meeting all required business tax and bookkeeping deadlines. Work and communicating well with all levels of business.
SKILLS
*Payroll, W-2 Employees / 1099 vendors (includes EOY filings)
*Payroll Tax Filing, TX State Sales Tax Filing, TX Worker Comp Audits /AIA filing
*Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable / Invoicing / Collections / Vendor Audits
*Bank Deposits / Bank & Credit Card Recon / Month End Close-of-Books
*Human Resource Management / Office Supervisor/Manager
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
*Quickbooks Desktop and Online
*Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
*Yearli Tax Software Preparation
*Quickbooks, ADP and Paychex Payroll Systems
*Practice CS Time & Billing Software
*Go File Room & Dropbox Software
WORK EXPERIENCE
FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER
Feb 2023 - Current
Quickbook accounting for 10 companies, home builder, real estate business and employers personal bookkeeping. All aspects of accounting, Acc Pay/Rec, Payroll, Bank/Cr Card Reconciliations. Includes all gov’t payroll filings throughout the year, providing Financial Reports and assisting with loan doc’s, insurance doc’s etc. All bookkeeping to produce final numbers for CPA to prepare tax returns.
MANAGING SUPERVISOR / AP SPECIALIST
Robert Half – Austin TX
April 2021 – Nov 2022
Account Payable Specialist – receive, approve, process all incoming invoices, up to 120 daily
Vendor Account Auditor – maintain up to 300+ vendor balances
Enter/process PO’s from vendors and intercompany
ACH Payment – set up/verify vendor docs for outgoing payments, provide remittances and post/pay on vendor portals
Weekly Aging Report Preparation for approval of all payments
BC Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Concur Software
Managing Supervisor at Texas Rent Relief Program. Reviewed app’s for rental/utility assistance, responsible for approving up to 100 applicants a day. Weekly mtg to advise of any improvements or changes to current system in place. Trained new employees on software (via Zoom) and shadowed them until they were confident on their own.
BOOKKEEPER
Carpenter & Langford, PLLC
July 2019 – Dec 2020
Conducted several bookkeeping tasks for 25 – 30 clients of C&L on a monthly basis, tasks included bank / credit card reconciliation, process payrolls and payroll taxes, AP and AR, quarterly/end-of-the year book closings, filing 941 quarterly reports, prepare W-2’s/1099’s, file monthly sales tax and TWC reports and general data entry per month into Quickbooks or QB Online.
FULL CHARGE BOOKEEPER
Self Employed with several clients
July 2004 - June 2019
Worked independently for several diverse clients in a full charge bookkeeping capacity. All accounting functions, AP/AR, Invoicing, Deposits, Collections, Checking/Saving/Cr Card Reconciliations, Payrolls and 1099 vendor weekly payments. Produce financials as needed, prepare books for end-of-the-year tax closings.
Filing 940 / 941 IRS reports, TX Workers Comp and TX Sales Tax reporting experience. Proactively shopped insurance policies to reduce overhead for health, auto, buildings, Gen Liab and Workers Comp. Set up new customer/job accounts to utilize job costing, run credit checks, handle contract preparation, experience filing lien/lien releases. Provide customer service on a daily basis to resolve or assist with all bookkeeping needs. HR experience hiring new employees, paperwork required and confidentiality. Handle general office responsibilities at the same time.