Accountant

Objective

To obtain a challenging position where the application of my professional education and broad experience, computer skills and initiative can contribute to the achievement of the organization’s goals.

Summary

Accounts Payable / Receivable

Monthly Payroll

Account Reconciliation

Month-end Closings

Staff Supervision

Customer Service / Client Relations

QuickBooks Certified

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rosen, Sapperstein & Friedlander, LLC Columbia, MD Accounting Manager January 2018 – Current

Responsible for applying credit and write offs, handling customer credits, performing cash applications, customer data maintenance. Perform inter-company transfers.

Handle Record to Report (RTR) activities, which includes processing journal entries and intercompany transactions, handling fixed assets accounting, performing close process activities, bank accounting and reconciliations, Responsible for reconciling control and current accounts including Balance Sheet Reconciliations.

Consult and coordinate client visits on monthly/quarterly basis to offer bookkeeping services varying from Chart of accounts, Financial Statements, General Ledger Maintenance, Accounts Reconciliation and Bill.com.

Prepared Invoices for different vendors and matched AP and AR balances.

Record Deposits in QuickBooks when received from customers.

Recorded Closing entries and Journal entries on cash and accrual basis.

Generated Account Payables and Receivables aging report to demonstrate and lead collection process.

Prepared monthly financial statements and maintained general journal entries.

Hands on using bill.com. Processing the bills and sending it to client for Approval. Once approved from client’s end I make sure to pay them from bank account via bill.com. This is helpful as we can sync bill.com with QuickBooks which ultimately matches all AP balances

Supervise a small team of bookkeeping staff by verifying accuracy of work and organizing task flow.

Sullivan & Company, CPA’s Bethesda, MD Senior Accountant January 2015 – December 2017

Provided accounting support such as recording, monitoring, and reconciling GL activities.

Monitored daily cash activities including disbursement and receipt of funds.

Reconciled balance sheet accounts, researching issues resolving questionable items, and analyzing month to month variances to spot trends and capitalize on potential cost savings.

Prepared timely and accurate monthly financial reports including expense and staff analysis reports, to determine financial impact.

Manage payroll for multiple clients on weekly, biweekly, and monthly basis.

Work with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable team to resolve questions or discrepancies regarding allocation of expenses

Manage electronic deposits and manual tax payments to ensure company-maintained compliance.

Prepared payroll related quarterly reports comprising of Form 941, Form 940, Federal Unemployment and State Unemployment, W-2, W-3, Form 1099 and 1096.

Independently perform complex activities essential to accounting, such as processing payroll for department, reconcile payroll and the reconciliation of ledgers and accounts including investigating and resolving issues.

Implemented accounting standards, developed more efficient Excel spreadsheets to ensure accuracy.

Bert Smith & Co. Washington, DC Accountant March 2009 – October 2012

Oversee and manage payroll procedures for employees based on part time and full-time basis.

Oversee all manual payroll activities for corporate.

Process multi-state payroll for hourly and salaried employees.

Verified data entry of new hires, terminations and various status changes.

Updated and maintained W-4 information as requested by the employees.

Updated and maintained direct deposit information as requested by the employees.

Process 401K distributions, rollover and workers compensation report.

Perform various other payroll and bookkeeping functions as necessary.

Worked with ADP to resolve any tax situations that occurred such as late filings, employees that filed under incorrect state, etc as well as unemployment issues.

Manage/update data, assist with data corrections and cash corrections

Record standard journal entries, accruals and adjustments

Prepare weekly and monthly management reports.

Shah Associates CPA, P.A. Burtonsville, MD

Accounting Assistant March 2006 – Feb 2009

Prepared financial statements and maintained monthly general journal entries.

Prepared and maintained Bank Reconciliation.

Prepared monthly closing entries.

Directly responsible for all accounting and bookkeeping functions on a daily basis including monthly and yearly financial statements for general ledgers.

Prepared W-2s and W-3s for clients towards the end of the year.

Managed W-4 Forms, timesheets and attendances of employees of different companies.

Prepared bi-weekly, monthly, semi-monthly entry of payroll checks into MAS90 and QuickBooks.

Prepared payroll related quarterly reports comprising of Form 941, Form 940 and State Unemployment.

Timely resolution of all employee issues on paychecks, W-2s and payroll taxes.

Process multi-state payroll for hourly and salaried employees.

Prepared ADP on-line payroll.

Handling monthly and quarterly payroll taxes and sales tax.

Standard Chartered Bank Ahmedabad, India

Cost Accountant/Accountant July 2003 – December 2005

Forecasted and budgeted Income and Expenditure Statement and reconciled the summary of Balance Sheet, prepared monthly accrual, G/L, and bank reconciliation.

Developed monthly internal financial reporting package including unit/revenue/average sales price, income statements, cash flow, balance sheet and inventory levels.

Performed weekly and monthly closing entries.

Created chart of accounts.

Processed invoices, employee expense reports, and check requests.

Prepared accounting schedule for year end accruals.

Responsible for tracking, analysis and settlements of Bills Receivable and Bills Payable.

Worked through external auditors during company’s audit.

Responsible for the financial statements and recorded closing entries.

Customize and extract accounting reports for management review.

Overall review and compliance of accounting systems.

Responsible for accounts payable vouchers, Closing entries, Journal entries and Ageing reports.

Generalized and analyzed month-end financial reports for capital control measurements and to present financial data to finance controller.

Technical Skills

QuickBooks, Bill.com, Advance flow Accounting System, Engagement Software, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook.

Education

Masters in Accounting Degree awarded: May 2005

Gujarat University, India

Bachelors in Commerce, Major in Accounting Degree awarded: May 2003

Gujarat University, India.

References: Available upon request.

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