XOCHITL (Sochy) ACOSTA BRENT

E-mail: adhzes@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

MS Office, 10 key by touch, Typing WPM 90, AS/400 experience, QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), familiar with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) Compliance, 25+ years’ experience in an accounting environment, 25 Years supervisory / management experience, Start-up and international business experience, PC literate, PowerSchool and Spanish speaker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

February 2015 – September 2016 Natera, Inc (Biotech)

June 2018 - Current Senior Collections Specialist (International)

-Responsible for coding incoming wires from both International and Domestic partners

-Liaison between Billing and Sales departments

-Prepare and submit weekly analysis report on payments collected and pending customer payments

-Identify and track non-payer accounts for monthly follow-up

-Track daily receivables activities and collections

-Collecting an average of $1.2M per month

-Oversee over 220 accounts per month

-Track accounts which should be flagged as “doubtful accounts” and make recommendations for reserve allowance

-Enforce company collection policies and escalate delinquent accounts as necessary

-Work with different time zones worldwide as necessary for A/R follow-up

-Recommend accounts to be moved to outside collections agency

-Recommend accounts to be moved to internal legal team

April 2012 – February 2015 Natera, Inc. (Biotech)

Accounts Receivable Specialist

-Responsible for daily invoicing of PGD and PGS (Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening)

-Trained new temps on processing Sales Orders for PGS (including translocation and batching cases)

-Worked closely with Genetic Counselors, Support and Lab teams

-Manually entered patient demographic information from LIMS to Great Plains. - Monthly mail-out of PGD/PGS Clinic statements to Patients and Clinics

Sept 1999 – February 2020 LuraTech, Inc., Redwood City, CA

Business Manager

-Provide administrative support to: CEO, CFO and President - Responsible for both Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

-Maintain and manage appropriate balances for 3 bank accounts on a daily basis. (Including initiating wire transfers to and from Berlin, Germany.)

-Collaborated with President to prepare yearly budget for U.S. office.

-Process monthly bank reconciliation.

-Record intercompany transactions and prepare consolidation entries include foreign currency transactions

-Prepare month-end Reports for CFO (P&L and Balance Sheet). QuickBooks file sent remotely to Germany each month end.

-Pay royalties via wire transfer from U.S. to Germany

-Coordinate annual Tax filings 1099, 1042 (S & T) and Sales and Use Tax Returns

-Coordinate appropriate tax payments throughout the year, such as annual State, Local and District Sales and Use - Calculate appropriate month-end Journal Entries and record and verify Inter-Company transactions with CFO. - Responsible for serial number distribution to customers, for LuraWave® (image compression software) and LuraDocument® (document compression software).

-Perform all Human Resource duties (Includes recruitment activities such as: writing job descriptions, posting open jobs, interviewing, new hire orientation, completion of documentation for both employment and tax purposes, tracked vacation and sick time accruals, terminations, etc.)

-Payroll processing through ADP and 401K reconciliation including transmission of data to 401k provider

June 2003 – September 2010 Stanford New Schools, Menlo Park, CA

Office and Food Service Manager/Data Specialist

OFFICE AND FOOD SERVICE MANAGER/DATA SPECIALIST:

-Manage all aspects of attendance records

-Central point of contact for the school

-Provide administrative support for the Principal and Vice-Principal and teachers

-Maintain school and student records

-Generate mailings such as Report Cards and others as needed

-Manage Free and Reduce lunch program and maintain corresponding database (MealTime and PowerSchool).

-Ensure compliance with food service safety including certifications.

-Manage school’s accounting and finance activities and act as the in-house bookkeeper. (Includes: coding expenses based on department and funding source, verifying expense reports, and verifying substitute invoicing on a weekly basis)

-Maintain and manage appropriate balances for school accounts (i.e. Petty cash and Student Activities)

-Review and process Purchase Orders, check requests and expense reports

-Prepare month-end Reports (Petty Cash ledger)

-Assist with tracking school treasury activities (i.e. dances, other sales, donations, etc.)

-Supervise Office Assistant, Food Service Workers and Building Manager - Assist in project planning and performance reviews for direct reports.

-Track PTO, sick and Professional Development days for all staff,

-Ensure all new hires have appropriate documentation in place (Employment eligibility I-9, fingerprints, TB test, and check for current certification)

-Conduct employee orientation and ensure correct process for exit of terminating employees

-Assist with government mandated reporting and tracking (F&R Lunch, Pre-IDs, collecting California Star data) - Administer elements of risk management and establishing school-wide policies - Maintain employee personnel files.

-Develop and provide staff with informative reports for student evaluation

-Provide database information that could impact our organization (i.e. attendance analysis)

-Work with teams to identify, develop and optimize our systems (Data Team and Technology Committee)

-Document and maintain instructions for PowerSchool exports as needed

-Act as main contact for report building and modification via PowerSchool

-Deliver reports with high sensitivity to confidentiality and accuracy

-Provide training to other staff as requested

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