MITUL PATEL

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QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Highly organized and detail focused bookkeeper with track record of accurately and efficiently supporting overall accounting activities and operations.

• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting and auditing principles, accounts payable/receivable, payroll, general ledger posting, invoicing, taxation issues, and regulatory compliance guidelines.

• Expertise in developing and delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual Profit and Loss statements and Balance Sheets for management with strict deadlines.

• Proficient with all forms of payments, small & large cash transactions, wire transfers, checks, and credit & debit cards.

• Managing aging reports for clients and follow up with them for payments, resulting in 97% collections rate.

• Keen ability to analyze cost control, provide timely and frequent financial information that support corporate goals and objectives.

• Proven ability to identify and implement improvements to streamline process and increase efficiency and productivity.

• Excellent technology skills; proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint), SAP, Sage, Quickbooks, Encompass, BankTEL, AMB (Accounting for Mortgage Brokers), CoNetrix, Fiserv, Precision, Move- It, worked with many credit card merchant services accounts, and Adobe Suites

• Coordinating meetings with current & future vendors & management.

• Beside in-house softwares for bookkeeping and payroll, I have worked with ADP and Sure Payroll as well.

• Bilingual, English, Hindi, & Gujarati.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GVA Properties Austin, TX

Accountant March 2023 – August 2023

• Handled all aspects of accounting for portfolio of nine multi-family properties, including utility payments & journal entries for all the properties.

• Update general ledger as per requests from property managers or regional managers via emails or as per the signed lease agreements and/or amended lease agreements.

• Month-end closing after analyzing reports for each property.

• Daily bank reconciliations for all the properties in the portfolio.

• General entries for mortgage payments, prepaids, accruals, taxes, local permits, and all other expenses for all the properties in the portfolio

• Clean up entries/errors on the general ledger by previous property accountant(s) and/or property managers.

• Worked with ResMan Property Management Software, Horizon Bank portal, and various mortgage companies portals.

Austin Capital Bank Austin, TX

Accountant July 2018 – January 2023

• Worked closely with controller and Accounting team in monthly closing process including preparing various journal entries and account reconciliations to assure the accuracy of reported numbers for financial statements.

• Managed Vendor Reviews for new and existing vendors on annual bases – reviewed all critical & significant vendor’s financial statements comparing them to previous year’s numbers to provide comparative analysis for financial standing of the vendor, SOC reports, contracts & SOW’s, and BCPs.

• Worked with AP manager to ensure all payments were timely and process ACH payments, direct deposits, and payments via checks. Recognize all company credit card payments daily and create journal entry to record them. Accrue all the expenses to recognize the expenses daily.

• Mortgage Accounting – daily GL & loan level uploads in AMB (Accounting for Mortgage Brokers) from data dump from Encompass for loans funded & sold on previous day. At the end of each day upload the data in core accounting system, Precision.

• Assisted in creating templates in excel for data dump and creating uploads from one system to core. Created process for formatting/converting files to core accounting system, Precision.

• Accept first payments on the loans and create necessary journal entries to record the payments.

• Process loan payoffs for loans sold in secondary market to investor banks – match wired funds with Purchase Advice, enter data in Encompass, and process payments to Texas Capital Bank and transfer gain on sale to mortgage operating account.

• Provide accounting and vendor review documents to auditors on request during internal and external audits.

• Lead two projects – to covert call center from 14 cubicles to 33 cubicles and purchasing/installing furniture in all the offices, including negotiations and logistics.

• Assisted with facilities management and coordinated communication to/via property management company

• Coordinated purchasing of office supplies as needed & IT equipment, including requisitions, approval, creating PO, negotiating and placing order.

Jankiji Incorporated Houston, TX (corporation established in 2014, been doing business since 2008) Project Manager – Accounts January 2008 – March 2018

• Added three properties in the portfolio in first two years which resulted in 38% increase in income

• Streamlined communication and invoicing process to improve coordination with all the parties involved in the project, resulted in savings of 30% - 35% per project.

• Worked with purchasing/procurement team to implement better bidding, negotiations, payment process to increase returns on investment through cost control and achieve optimal logistical management. Sai Om Incorporated Rockdale, TX (corporation established in 1999 operated as Best Western International till 2014 and as Americas Best Value Inn)

General Manager January 1999 – August 2016

• Increased gross room sales by 50% within first two years taking the position.

• Added 45 new accounts within one year and enhanced accounts receivable/payable, and credit checking & reporting procedure thru credit references to achieve optimal results in cash flow to operating cost ratio.

• Compile data system to use sales & expenditure reports and used them to analyze for revenue management, sales forecasting, and to create budget reports for next 12-18 months.

• Streamlined all accounting procedures for daily shift, night audit, banking on daily basis, and payroll which enhanced day-to-day operations, manage & research chargebacks, and internal control reports.

• Process payroll in-house using quickbooks for first twelve years, than with ADP for two years, and four years with Sure Payroll

• Comply with tax code as per filing and paying hotel occupancy tax to State of Texas monthly and to the City quarterly.

• Work with CPA firm to manage and maintain general ledger, deposits, small & large bank transfers, credit card merchant accounts, third party payments of room sales, and daily banking. Gopal Krupa Incorporated Ozona, TX (operated several brands of hotels: Days Inn, Comfort Inn – Ozona & Junction, TX) Assistant General Manager June 1993 – January 1999

• Assisted to bring all aspects of hotel operations to date with current technologies as per current market trend.

• Implement and trained all employees in utilizing new technologies to increase occupancy and maximizing room rates to achieve highest possible room sales revenue.

• Assisted in implementing new payroll procedures by utilizing quickbooks and created employee profit sharing in sales to empower all employees.

EDUCATION

• Angelo State University San Angelo, Texas ; Bachelor in Accounting June 1993 – June 1997

• University of Texas Austin, Texas; Associate Degree in Certified Paralegal Course June 2003 – January 2004

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