Veronica Y. Carmona

832-***-**** adyq9l@r.postjobfree.com

Degreed Accountant, eligible to sit for the CPA, with a background of improving the fiscal standing of organizations, while maintaining financial transparency. Generate concise reports, manage budgets and reduce expenses, and perform intercompany transactions and consolidations, leading to structured internal control. Minimize risk by overseeing variances, authorizing expenditures, tracking financial performance, and regulating assets. Liaison and point-of-contact known for supporting internal and external auditors and developing relationships with sales tax auditors, vendors, bank representatives, and employees.

Areas of Skill & Expertise

• Month & Year-End Closings

• Financial Analysis of Balance Sheet and Income Statement

• Journal Entries

• Accounts Payable & Receivable

• Forecasting & Cash Flows

• Records Management

• Process Improvement

• GAAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Perennial Environmental Services, LLC

Accounting Manager (temporary position 09/2022 to 11/2022)

Managed three accounting staff members including one person in AR and AP, and an Accountant. Responsible for bi-weekly payroll of approximately 65 employees in Paycom. Managed month-end closings by compiling financial information and posting journal entries (accounting done on Excel). Reviewed and approved weekly check runs for AP and reviewed incoming payments with AR. Ran several reports for management regarding project costing. Variance analysis done on payroll, project costs reports, and financial statements.

VC Bookkeeping

Owner (09/2018 to 09/2022)

Using QuickBooks Online to deliver bookkeeping functions for small business accounts, including posting journal entries, accounts receivables, accounts payable, payroll and sales tax entries and taxes, while also performing bank reconciliations. Producing accurate and timely financial data, consisting of balance sheets, income statements, to help maximize profit and growth. Effectively communicated data to business owners. Managed and trained two bookkeepers to become in-house bookkeepers for clients when closing business.

Universal Pegasus International, Houston, TX

Corporate Accountant II (temporary position 03/2019 to 07/2019)

Manage month and quarter-end closings by compiling and analyzing financial information and posting journal entries. Prepared various schedules and account reconciliations. Reviewed years of monthly data and financial statements in preparation for a system change from JD Edwards to Dynamics 365. Responsible for 140 reconciliations including fixed assets and intercompany.

Prevented conversion data errors by reviewing monthly data prior to system transition.

Improved month-end processes by automating schedules for the account reconciliations.

Met the three-day close schedule by prioritizing duties and managing time.

Reservoir Group, Houston, TX

Senior Accountant (temporary position 04/2018 to 06/2018)

Manage month-end closings by compiling financial information and posting journal entries. Digitized various schedules and account reconciliations. Reviewed three years of monthly data and financial statements in preparation for SAP system update.

Prevented conversion data errors by reviewing monthly data and financial statements prior to system update.

Improved month-end processes by digitizing and automating schedules and account reconciliations.

Streamlined the month-end process to meet the ten-day close schedule.

Tokio Marine HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc, Houston, TX

Senior Accountant (5/2015 to 12/2017)

Utilized PeopleSoft to manage month, quarter, and year-end closings by compiling and analyzing financial information, posting journal entries, and preparing metrics and queries. Minimize error by isolating, researching, and resolving reconciliation items, organizing monthly account reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, and preparing and reviewing monthly bank reconciliations. Maintain transparent financial records and ensure operations remain in budget. Input foreign transaction entries, track accruals, and oversee allocations. Deploy, operate, upgrade, and dispose of assets in a cost-effective manner via asset management. Encourage exchange of financial information by communicating with various departments and divisions.

Summarize company’s financial position for management by compiling and reporting on assets, liabilities, and equity, including difference in totals.

Eliminate overspending and maintain the budget by analyzing and approving accounts payable (AP), employee expense reports, and corporate card transactions.

Produce accurate and concise insight into the company’s financial situation by completing intercompany transactions and consolidations and generating financial reports.

Trinidad Drilling LP, Houston, TX

Staff Accountant (8/2006 to 3/2009)

Used MS Dynamics Navision to produce month-end closings by performing related accounting procedures, including updating journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and completing bank reconciliations. Served as point-of-contact for sales tax auditors, new accountants (US division), vendors, and employees. Liaised with internal and external auditors, preparing work papers.

Intermediate Accountant (4/2009 to 3/2012)

Staff Accountant responsibilities plus: Oversaw the purchase card program for the entire company. Slashed overspending by budgeting for and regulating capital expenditures and authorizations for expenditures (AFEs), including noting variances from budgeted and forecasted amounts and ensuring correct costs were posted to AFEs.

Senior Accountant (4/2012 to 3/2015)

Intermediate Accountant responsibilities plus: Supported controller through preliminary financial statement analysis and communicating findings. Managed risk by overseeing allowances for doubtful accounts (AFDA), variance, and horizontal analysis and conducting monthly analytics assuring costs were recorded to correct cost object. Generated ad hoc reports for the operations department and management, while managing special projects.

EDUCATION & DISTINCTIONS

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX 5/2006

Technical Proficiencies: PeopleSoft, MS Dynamics Nav, MS Dynamics 365, SAP, JD Edwards, Backline, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, HR&P, Paycom, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

Languages: English (fluent) & Spanish (fluent)

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