Staff Accountant

ALEXANDER MEISENZAHL

*** ***** *** ***** • Rochester, NY 14612 • 585-***-**** • ****.****@*****.*** EDUCATION

Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management Syracuse, NY Bachelor of Science, Accounting (CPA track) and Entrepreneurship Aug. 2015 – May 2019

• Relevant completed courses: Financial Accounting (I, II), Advanced Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Cost Analysis and Control, Principles of Taxation, Auditing Theory, Advanced Financial Accounting, Business Analytics, Microeconomics, and Corporate Finance

• Dean’s List (Fall 2018)

EXPERIENCE

Flaherty Salmin CPA’s Rochester, NY

Staff Accountant July 2019 - Present

• Assist in developing plans and conducting audits to analyze, document, test, and validate the client’s systems and controls for affordable housing clients.

• Record financial activities and prepared year-end financial statements, trial balances and footnotes for our clients using MS Excel

• Review the client’s year-end packages to identify any critical accounting issues and communicate them to the management to produce accurate financial audit reports

The Arc of Monroe Rochester, NY

Finance/Accounting Intern May 2018 – August 2018

• Revisited past bank reconciliations for each person we supported to find, and correct errors made within the year, using Microsoft Excel

• Compiled information from personal ledgers and bank statements to create bank reconciliations for each person for November 2017 through the present

• Prepared financial reports such as balance sheets and income statements, invoices, and other documents Owl Management Group LLC Rochester, NY

Assistant Property Manager Oct 2017 – Present

• Oversee the buying process of prospect properties that have the potential to be rented out

• Manage and account for the allocation of monies for investment properties

• During the first year, we have purchased two properties which have quickly been filled Century Liquor & Wines Pittsford, NY

Helping Hands Nov. 2015 – Dec. 2018

• Proactively approached customers to ask if they needed assistance loading purchases in their cars, offer to give or take shopping carts, and bring them back to the store

• Provided knowledge-based customer service about products available in the store MAJ Contracting Penfield, NY

Assistant Contractor May 2016 – Aug. 2017

• Responsible for ensuring that projects were completed accurately and on time

• Accountable for accurate measurements and cuts of materials necessary for project needs

• Provided maintenance activities on equipment and tools VOLUNTEER AND LEADERSHIP

Alpha Tau Omega Food Drive Syracuse, NY

• Organized a food drive that collected non-perishable items which were all donated to the Food Bank of CNY Nov. 2018 Habitat for Humanity Syracuse, NY

• Participated in a community service effort to build or improve places that others can call home Oct. 2018 – April 2019 Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity - America's Leadership Development Fraternity Syracuse, NY Vice President Nov. 2017 – Nov. 2018

• Conducted internal reviews of the chapter and lead the disciplinary system of the chapter

• Prepared the Annual Report, which led to receiving the Excellence Award from the National Committee Fall Clean Up Rochester, NY

• Performed yard maintenance task for elderly homeowners in the area Sept. 2014

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