WINSTON ANDERSON

*** **** *** ******, ******

BRONX, NY 10469

212-***-**** adnsk6@r.postjobfree.com

ACCOUNTANT

TRADE & COMMERCE

Professional Accountant with experience in Taxation and Accounting for Small and Medium size business in New York City.

32 years experience with self employment practices and has refined and enhanced business degree since graduation. Acknowledged by clients, peers, and management for willingness to consider all options, strike appropriate solutions, and use education as a tool for optimum performance and client retention. Strong attention to detail, an unswerving commitment to service excellence, and an intense personal interest in helping business and clients to flourish underscores professional performance to date.

Professional Strengths include:

Management Accounting

Fringe Benefits Tax

Taxation Compliance

Financial Reporting

General Ledger Maintenance

Payroll

Corporation Taxation

Accounts Receivable/Payable

Small Business Advisor

Superannuation Investing

Financial Advice/Counseling

E-Business

Stock Market Analysis

Client Relationship Management

Process Simplification

Computerized Accounting

Technology summary: QUICKBOOKS, Solution Six, Quicken, ACCPAC, Arrow, MS Word, Bank Link, Cash Flow Manager, Cash Manager, Tax Point, Quattro Pro, Outlook, Excel

EXPERIENCE NARRATIVE

OCTOBER 1988 TO PRESENT

ANDERSON GLOBAL BUISINESS SERVICES

PRESIDENT

Provided sound strategic advice to business clients needing to optimize internal financial controls, and also prepared and presented a full gamut of financial reports, reconciliations, budgets, and taxation returns from general ledgers and month-end closures, through cash flow statements, profit and loss reports, bank reconciliations, and annual taxation returns.

Aligned with the practice's focus on service delivery excellence, by mastering the art of "customer connection"; offered education on accounts computerization, knowledgeable advice on internal processes and risks associated with flawed procedures, and produced financial reports and documentation that reflected a high degree of precision and transparency.

Client management, and staffing for capacity to complete assigned projects accurately, and on time.

Key contributions/highlights:

Demonstrated team spirit by sharing insights, independent research, and knowledge with colleagues in need of assistance with calculations, methodology, spreadsheet automation and more.

Encouraged clients to adopt computerized accounting systems in favor of flawed manual processing that exposed them to the risk of financial penalty due to compromised recording of data. Introduced clients to the efficiency and accuracy of computerized programs and shared expertise in the installation, configuration and maintenance of software. Financial data for those clients has shown a distinct elevation in quality and consistency after training.

Educated clients on taxation office penalties surrounding late lodgment of federal, state and city tax obligations. Sales tax Preparation and electronic filings. Minimize penalties paid. Clients grateful for the advice.

BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES INCORPORATED

APRIL 2006 TO APRIL 2008

Assistant Accountant

Maintained the general ledger, Intercompany transactions, Daily Bank Reconciliation.

Assumed a broad range of responsibilities, surpassing expectations for the type of work usually produced by shortterm contract employees.

Conducted month-end closings.

Quickly recognized as a problem solver and trouble-shooter; first point of contact for staff struggling with accounts receivable and accounts payable issues, and in identifying errors.

Developed and implemented new spreadsheets and formulas that reduced time intensive reconciliation work for sales and credit cards from one-day to just a few hours.

Exploited the advanced features of ACCPAC software, winning agreement with the financial controller to explore opportunities for greater internal efficiencies and effectiveness.

Commended for the on-time completion of end-of-month financials and BAS/IAS and FBT lodgments against high volume workloads and pressure.

TRS FURS INCORPORATED

APRIL 2008 TO PRESENT

Bookkeeper

Managed financial bookwork including all bank reconciliations, cash flow statements, and projected budgets.

Produced quarterly BAS statements that complied with taxation legislation.

Provided financial counsel to business owner, citing the financial and market advantages of expanding product distribution into general retail outlets.

GREEN CHARGE ENERGY CORPORATION

MARCH 2012 TP MARCH 2014

Financial Consultant

Worked in close collaboration with clients, providing accounting and taxation advice, preparing annual income tax r Progressively entrusted to prepare complex financial statements, and interim/annual reports, for this Con Edison client, Researched changes in accounting standards and tax issues and worked in close collaboration with decision makers from banking, tax office, and statutory bodies on behalf of clients.

Gained reputation for willingness to "go the extra mile" working through busy periods and rostered days off.

Key contributions/highlights:

Saved client from potentially costly audit, by uncovering and resolving previously unidentified error in data when preparing year-end financial statement.

Located errors in recording transaction and adjust for same.

CLIENT bestow appreciation by citing professionalism, timeliness, and accuracy in completing projects assigned.

PREVIOUSLY WORKED at Allied Chemical Corporation, Pandick Press, Greys Inn Sugar Factory.

EDUCATION

Majored in Accounting Linton's Commercial High School, RSA IN ACCOUNTING

Graduated Fairleigh Dickenson University 1983

Bachelor Science in Accounting and Taxation

Committed to ongoing professional development via workshops, formal short courses, at New York University

Real Estate Course and Construction Costing

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