Staff Accountant Team Lead

Irina Macovei

Lake in the Hills, Illinois I 954-***-**** I **********@*****.***

Overview: Organized, punctual, responsible & motivated individual seeking a new opportunity to utilize my vast hosp ality experience and leadership skills. My attention to details, ability to reconcile vendor accounts and compile data that can easily be shared/ distributed, dissected and reconfigured is what creates my value and separates myself from other candidates & employees.

Experience

Staff Accountant I JW Marriott Water Street & Tampa Marriott Water Street 02/2020 • 09/2024 Weekly review reports to monitor direct bill payments and follow up on outstanding items Prepare and submit balance sheet reconciliations monthly Reviewing customer cases on adjustment and returns with corporate Training Directors and F&B / Ops Manager on all cash handling SOPs, including use of Revolution Cash Machine plus daily cash reconciliations Training new hires on all cash handling SOPs including use of Revolution Cash Machine Training new hires for account payable (AP)

Marriott side AP team lead

Preparing daily consolidated deposits of cash received by all cash handling employees Document, maintain, communicate and act upon all cash variances Change orders process

Audit associate banks on a monthly basis

Maintain cash machine balance, placing an order to the bank when machines ran low Large scale cash handling

Intermediate knowledge of Revolution Cash machine and online reporting Balance forward all recurring accounts at end of month Paying all the invoices before due date

Provide back up for accruals to management during month end for invoices Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Oracle, QuickBooks PowerPoint) Proficient knowledge of navigating all the Marriott systems Full understanding of group contracts and terms

Processing check refunds

New vendor full set up in the system

Vendor updates requests

Processing group billing for corporate business and personal events Submit adjustments after validating claims through research Managing multiple accounts for balance monitoring and clearing Researching charges and providing backup/receipts

Work closely with Event Managers to assist with any group billing concerns CollecVprocess payments for deposits and final invoices

• Time management to ensure all tasks are completed on time Inventory spot check audits for all outlets/departments

• Ability to organize tasks in order of importance to accomplish month end requirements Provide accruals to management during month end for large group concessions Account reconciliation to find and correct variances Guest Experience Expert I JW Marriott Tampa Water Street I Tampa, Florida

• Demonstrated flawless arrival/departure experience for the hotel guests 07 /2019 - 02/2020

Resolved daily guest requests/issues at the Front Desk, over the phone, and via email Assisted with new Guest Experience Experts trainings. Tax Preparer I Tax Pro, LLC I Miramar, Florida

Maintained positive relationship with clients Handled daily phone calls Prepared clients' tax returns (using QuickBooks, TaxAct) Restaurant Manager I St Barts Cafe I Fort Lauderdale, Florida Managed overall operations of the restaurant

Supervised a diverse team of 15+ employees

Create weekly schedule and daily inventory supply orders to drive efficiency Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Communication State University of Moldova

12/2018 - 07/2019

03/2011 -02/2020

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