Security Clearance Staff Accountant

JANET LE

Simi Valley, CA ***** 818-***-**** (cell) ***********@*****.***

Security Clearance: Secret

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Strong communication skills with ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds.

Able to coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines under pressure.

Ability to adapt quickly to challenges and changing environments.

Energetic, positive, and self-motivated.

Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Highly motivated, innovative, accurate, and efficient.

Equally effective working in self-managed projects or as a team member.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Excel (including pivot tables, V and H Look ups).

SAP, Yardi, ERP Connected, JD Edwards One (Oracle), Solomon, SharePoint, Symphony, Freedom Tracker, AS400, ABS, Iportal, LHIS, ADP and Cost Point.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PQL (Premium Quality Lighting), Simi Valley, CA March 2024 – May 2024

Senior Staff Accountant

Responsible for Accounts Payable functions by paying vendors by ACHs and Wires and posted all payments in Connected (Accounting software).

Initiated ACH payments and both international and domestic wire payments, and check payments when necessary.

Responsible for daily bank reconciliations for several bank accounts.

Generated and paid sales rep commissions on a bi-weekly basis.

Assisted with month-end and year-end close.

Responsible for G/L account analysis for several balance sheets accounts.

Recorded/booked all entries that posted in Bank activities daily.

Managed daily cash reconciliation, credit cards and cleared checks in OS checks daily log.

UCLA Health, Westwood, CA September 2023 – January 2024

Senior Public Administration Analyst

Proactively monitored and controlled all financial activity using online systems and databases and identified potential problems and resolved issues.

Provided monthly detailed analyses and reporting of account activity, expense projections and variances, including ad hoc financial reports for leadership.

Provided recommendations on budget allocations and strategies for resource allocations, including long range planning for faculty, staff, and student salaries and benefits.

Provided financial planning, analysis, reconciliation, problem resolution, and detailed reporting of center funds.

Managed all contracts and grant awards from inception to closeout, working in conjunction with the Office of Contract and Grant Management (OCGA), Extramural Fund Management (EFM), Purchasing, Cao, Pls, Faculty, and funding agencies.

Worked on UC Path Payroll and Personnel transactions that directly impact extramural funding sources.

SAIC, Oxnard, CA July 2018 – September 2023

Senior Financial Analyst (Integrated services for the U.S. Government Point Mugu Nawc location)

Consolidated and analyzed weekly and monthly labor, travel, material and ODC reports across Navy Point Mugu (Contract Management).

Compiled and analyzed data utilizing Excel, Macro, and other tools.

Supported program monthly reviews and sent Monthly Analysis reports to each Product Lead for each product and Sub-Products.

Supported ALL members in Naval Base for Purchase Orders and managed the SharePoint site.

Helped process improvement/streamlining and elimination of non-value-added activities.

Ensured adequate funding availability by maintaining accurate records of expenditures, directing preparation of expenditure projections, and submitting timely requests for additional funding to the product leads.

Leaded the overall financial planning for AEA IPT Process Improvement using Contract Management tool on SharePoint site.

Provided guidance and training to All Product Leads on monthly financial variance and annual budget inputs utilizing the Contract Management financial system tool.

Produced monthly budget and forecast financial variance analysis to All Product Leads.

Provided financial support and recommendations to Product Leads to ensure their expenditure remains within the established target.

American Homes 4 Rent, Agoura Hills, CA May 2015 – July 2018

Senior Accountant (Beacon staff agency 05/2015-09/2015, converted to Employee as Accountant II)

Reconciled 55 [Yardi] complex bank accounts to the exact penny.

Prepared Wire and Book Transfer Requests.

Processed daily banking activities to the ledger and reconciled daily cash activities.

Prepared daily/monthly journal entries and reconciliations for Upload to Yardi.

Performed Misapplied, Hap, Move-out and Bad debt schedules monthly.

Assisted with month-end close activities for the corporate accounting department including bank reconciliations and general ledger.

Reviewed the tenant ledgers for any adjusting entries daily basic.

Used pivot tables, vlook-up functions extensively during analysis and reconciliation of accounts.

Created various data reports and spreadsheets for upper-level management using advanced Excel.

Tutor Perini, Sylmar, CA June 2014 - November 2014

Senior Accountant (Ledgent staff agency)

Reconciled complex cash bank accounts spanning several years (due to conversion).

Performed accounting schedules for quarterly filing (cash flow, PP & E, insurance, eliminations).

Managed the daily tasks in accounting including large daily cash reports.

Reviewed and entered vendor invoices into JD Edwards accounting software.

Reconciled all balance sheet accounts monthly.

Reconciled complex Processed vendor payments and created cost blocks.

Bank of America, Simi Valley, CA August 2010 – June 2014

Senior Operations Project Analyst (Home Loans & Insurance Loan Modification Team)

Conducted Month End Close making sure that all transactions throughout the mailing files are recorded in the LMA system and transferring the data to an excel template.

Assisted in the development and enhancement of Execution Plan spreadsheets for account data analysis.

Analyzed and troubleshoot problems related financial data collection on the accounts [AS400].

Audited accounts to qualify for modification [with tools: LAMP, iPortal, AS400, LHIS, and SQL].

Reconciled and analyzed multiple loans of different programs accounts.

Used pivot tables, vlook-up functions extensively during analysis and reconciliation of accounts.

Created various data reports and spreadsheets using Advance Excel for upper-level management.

Health Net, Woodland Hills, CA May 2005 – August 2010

Staff Accountant (Corporate Treasury Accounting)

Reconciled 42 (SAP) complex cash, unclaimed property, and investment accounts.

Prepared month -end close spreadsheet as back up for journal entry posting.

Ensured compliance with unclaimed property laws and regulations for responsible accounts.

Prepared Paid/voided/stopped stale dated checks spreadsheet for month- end close.

Prepared escheatment reports for unclaimed property filings.

Reconciled [AS400, Symphony, ABS] five source systems for outstanding claim checks.

Prepared [Freedom Tracker] escheatment reports for unclaimed property filings.

L-3 Communication/SY Coleman, Sherman Oaks, CA March 1999- December 2004

Junior Accountant (company was acquired by L-3 and relocated to Virginia)

Prepared journal entries for prepaid and accrual accounts and adjusted general ledger entries for month end close (COST POINT).

Assisted in monthly closing of books and preparation of Financial Statements and periodic comparative analysis thereof [actual vs budget and vs forecast].

Responsible for full accounts payable cycle, which includes insuring property authorization, coding, and data entry into the general ledger system.

Managed purchase orders and interfaced regularly with the vendors.

Calculated salary and hourly payroll using ADP payroll system.

EDUCATION

California State University, Northridge, California

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance and Real Estate.

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