Los Angeles Accounting Manager

Summary: A Certified Public Accountant licensed by the California Board of Accountancy seeking challenging opportunities to utilize my financial accounting knowledge and experience.

Professional Experience:

Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles March 2022 – Present

Accounting Manager, Finance

Supervise the Finance Team of the organization, that includes 5 team members in the following accounting areas: AP, AR, General Accountant, and Payroll Specialist.

Responsible for managing month-end close, approving AP invoices and cash disbursements and reviewing staff’s general, accrual, and reclassing journal entries utilizing Abila MIP and Excel.

Preparing financial variance analysis to budget and prior month/prior year for all operating revenue and expenses at month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing.

Discuss with Management the monthly operating trend results of the organization and collaborate with program staff on the recognition of revenue and expenses for major fundraising campaigns, Cookie Sales and Fall Product.

Coach and mentor Finance Team members and assist them with questions that they may have as well as provide feedback on his or her performance.

Review Balance sheet accounts reconciliations monthly utilizing Floqast.

Continuously improve accounting procedures and processes and ensure financial statement accuracy and compliance with GAAP.

Provide guidance on establishing desktop procedures for each team member and cross-train for coverage of tasks.

Assisted with the preparation of the FY22-23 Budget and implemented budget software for FY23-24.

Prepare State of California sales & use tax returns for Organization’s Retail Locations.

Radnet Management, Inc. July 2019 – February 2022

Senior Accounting Analyst

Responsible for accruing monthly operating expenses for monthly cleaning services and laundry & linens approximately over $500K monthly operating expense each for all of the company’s 350+ nation-wide locations during the month-end close process.

Responsible for preparing financial variance analysis to budget and prior month for assigned operating expenses and markets at month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing.

Discuss with operations for the assigned markets the monthly operating trend results of the locations and follow-up with answers to questions and concerns that operations may have utilizing GoToMeeting to interface with markets that are out of the Los Angeles area.

Collaborate with other Finance Team members and assist them with questions that they may have as well as provide feedback on the operating expenses that impact my assigned markets.

Balance sheet accounts reconciliations on a monthly basis for the related accrued expenses liability accounts.

Prepare general, accrual, and reclassing journal entries utilizing GP and excel.

Radnet Management, Inc. July 2019 – February 2022

Senior Accounting Analyst

Assisted with budget preparation by providing repairs and maintenance trends for all the company’s locations and for the markets assigned.

Prepare sales & use tax returns for Texas and Maryland.

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles May 2016 – June 2019

Senior Accountant

Responsible for booking PPLA’s rental property activity into organization’s books on a monthly basis. Work closely with Property Management Company and Director of Facilities to facilitate that rental activity is captured accurately.

Responsible for Prepaid Expenses and Accrued Expenses for the not-for-profit healthcare organization utilizing Great Plains for month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing.

Bank and balance sheet accounts reconciliations on a monthly basis.

Maintained and Reported on Political Action Committee’s books, a C4, the lobbying arm of the C3.

Prepared Statement of Functional Expenses for Annual Audited Financial Statements.

Assisted with audit preparation by providing schedules for Operating Leases, Capitalized Leases, Operating Rent and Future Obligations.

Origin, LLC and Origin Display & Fixtures, LLC August 2015 – April 2016

Freelance Accountant

Responsible for all Accounts Receivable/Sales invoicing for the entity and subsidiary utilizing SAP and Maconomy for month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing.

Inventory tracking and analysis; Item costing and inventory-related vendor payables.

Processed Inventory utilizing SAP and prepared schedules for reconciliation and audit.

Prepared Daily Sales Report as well as reconciled bank accounts utilizing accounting software.

Assisted with audit preparation by providing schedules for Bank, Intercompany, Sales by Customer and Inventory.

Prepared annual information returns 1099s and Out-of-State Sales tax filings.

Education: Cornell University, B.S. in Business Management,

Concentration in Accounting

Skills: PC Proficient, Abila MIP, Concur, Paycom, Floqast, Questica, Microsoft Dynamics GP, SAP, QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel & Word and Spanish

Certification: Certified Public Accountant License issued by California Board of Accountancy (Inactive)

Member of Rotary Club of Northeast Los Angeles

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