Accounting Financial

Tom (Shengda) Lin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shengda-lin/ 217-***-**** adgp4i@r.postjobfree.com PROFILE SUMMARY

Highly-motivated, deadline-committed, detail-oriented graduate with H1B visa. Computer skills include Python, Tableau, Caseware, Lacerte, Quickbook and Excel (Pivotable, Vlookup & Conditional Formatting). An active AICPA candidate who have passed all four CPA exams.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Master of Science in Accountancy, Gies College of Business, May 2019 GPA: 4.0/4.0 Shanghai University Shanghai, China

Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, June 2018 GPA: 3.76/4.0 EXPERIENCE

Chen & Fan Accountancy Corporation San Jose, US

Staff Auditor, Assurance Department September 2019-Now

• Formed and updated the team’s knowledge of clients’ business processes by inquiring 8+ public enterprises domestically and overseas about internal control of AR Sales, inventory purchase and payroll cycles

• Reaped understanding of bank reconciliations by sampling on bank book differences to test cash existence

• Learnt multiple accounting softwares such as Oracle and Quickbook from access to different clients’ accounting systems during audit processes

• Achieved further understanding of structure of financial statements through preparation of 5+ audit reports

• Reinforced bookkeeping skills by recording monthly journal entries and preparing compilation reports

• Prepared 20+ tax returns for individuals, C corporations and S corporations with adjustment for AGI, itemized deductions, Schedule E and Schedule C

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PwC Shanghai, China

Intern, Financial Department January 2017-April 2017

• Served as a connection between staff and financial service shared center by scanning 500 reimbursements daily and dealing with missing files

• Acquired applications of internal control by performing payment processes and connecting with 5 banks directly including registering bank balance, submitting urgent bank credit vouchers and printing bank slips

• Improved understanding of prepaid rent related adjusting process Gmac-saic Automotive Finance Co., Ltd Shanghai, China Intern, Financial Department December 2016-January 2017

• Gained exposure to voucher process by organizing over 1000 accounting vouchers and certified invoices

• Grasped the basic requirements on reimbursements by managing primary verification and ensuring every expense accounts met specific standards of the firm

ACTIVITIES/COURSES

Leader of team, UIUC ACCY575 PwC Insurer Case May 2019

• Honed data cleaning, integration, processing and visualization skills by comprehensively utilizing Python, Excel and Tableau to identify root causes of abnormally high loss ratio from over 43000 data

• Provided feasible suggestions in dimensions of demographics, location, vehicle and branch as well as related prioritization to target insurer through quantified estimation and importance analysis Leader of team, The 4th China Master of Professional Accounting Students Case Competition April 2017

• Increased knowledge of financial articulation by consulting PWC managers for suggestions on financial problems

• Accumulated leadership experience by assigning the formatting work to the teammate with the best Microsoft skills, inspecting working progress of each member and making adjustments

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