Controller

Pratibha Gidh

**** ***** ***** **., *****, MD ***16

Phone # 240-***-****, *************@*****.***

Career Summary:

•Accounting & Finance:

Manage Accounts Receivables; Accounts Payable; Billing / Invoices; Maintain back-up for invoices, cash receipts, billings, purchase orders; Resolve funding issues with clients and follow up on unpaid balances; Manage Remittances; Prepare and reconcile Journal entries, Petty cash and Sub-accounts; Cash management and Cash Planning; Prepare, review, & analyze Financial Statements, Monthly, Quarterly & Year End closing journal entries; Bank Reconciliation; Process Biweekly payroll using PayChex, ADP for 225+ people. Experienced in Paylocity, Reconcile payroll account and quarterly / annual payroll taxes, W2’s & 1099’s; Coordinate with Bankers for preparation & Renewal of Line of Credit; Compliance of Bank Covenants; Prepare Commission Schedules and commission calculation; Review Annual & Quarterly Tax Returns (Payroll & Sales), IFF fees, GSA reporting; Collaborate extensively with external auditors and manage periodic internal audits; handle 401k Audits, Workers Comp Audits, GSA Audits. Pricing & Costing for Proposals; Budgeting and forecasting; Certified QuickBooks User-Advisor.

•Government Contracting: More than 16 years of Government Contracting experience; Government Billing; Reconcile and reimburse travel expense reports for employees and contractors per GSA Guideline; Thorough understanding of GAAP & FARs. Salient Agencies contracting experience – Direct --IRS, NIH, DOL, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp., DOD (Astha contracts). As Sub --DOT, DOJ, Treasury Dept., DISA, DHS, CISA, NYC - MTA (SLED), PHEAA (SLED)

•Commercial Contracting: All contracts accounting related – Salient Clients include AutoZone, Citizens, US Steel, American Red Cross, CareFirst.

•Management, Supervisory & Leadership: More than 30 years of Accounting and Finance experience with 18 years in Supervisory capacity. Able to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly. Addressing Technical Accounting questions, hiring and training staff, delegating duties, Improving financial efficiency.

•HR Related: Recruit employees; E-Verify; Establish and maintain Personnel files reflecting salary increases, deductions, garnishments, benefits, payroll exemptions and W-2 withholdings while exercising a high level of confidentiality; Employee benefits calculations; Rate negotiations with vendors. Insurance (Health, Dental, Workers Compensation) renewals negotiations. Various State Laws for Payroll.

Skills:

Review & Analyses of Accounts; Adept at all accounting procedure and practices, GAAP; Preparation of final accounts (Balance sheet, Profit & Loss Accounts & Cash Flow); Auditing of accounts; Corporate Taxes; Government Contracting, FARs.

Project report preparation; Budgeting & Forecasting; Presentation of CMA data.

Adept at software like QuickBooks (Certified QuickBooks User-Advisor), Quicken, Microsoft Office, TurboTax, H&R Block, Payroll software applications: Preview by PayChex, ADP Payroll, Paylocity. Familiar with Unanet – ERP software.

Work Experience:

Sept 2011 – July 2024: Controller

Intact Technology, Inc. Reston, VA. Report to CFO, VP Operations, President and other department heads on company financials, Budgets & Forecasting, Cash management and Cash Planning; In-charge of Accounting Department: Supervise Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Functions; Manage General Ledger department, Manage monthly, quarterly and annual close cycle; manage & maintain the QuickBooks system; Setup & enforce Internal Control Systems; Conduct Quarterly Audits of Accounting Records; Compile, review and audit company’s financial statements; GAAP Analysis; Interpretation of FARs; GSA Schedules; GSA Billing; Review Annual and Quarterly Payroll & Sales Tax Returns; W2’s and 1099’s reconciliation; Devise Pricing strategy & Rate structure, Review Payroll before submitting it to ADP. Issuing 1099 Forms, AR Collections. Preparing specialized reports; Cash Flow analysis; Accounts and bank reconciliation; Finalize company accounts for Tax Return; Month-end and Year-end closing entries; Line of Credit Draw requests. Co-ordinate with Bankers for Line of Credit; Monthly and quarterly Bank reports, Bank Covenant Compliance Reports. Negotiate rates with vendors; Insurance (Health, Dental, Workers Compensation) renewals negotiations; maintain Employee benefits (Insurance & Fringes) records. 401k Audits, Workers Comp Audits. Work with Contracts department for GSA Audits. Supervise all accounting-related activities in an organization. Maintaining internal controls over financial reporting, presenting financial reports to an executive team and overseeing the preparation of budgets.

Aug. 2011 – May. 2015: Accounting Manager (Part-time contract)

The Event Planning Group LLC, Silver Spring MD. Report to Owner, CEO on company financials, Budgets & Forecasting; All accounting functions, invoicing, payments, bank reconciliation, Journal entries. Coordinate with Tax Accountant for annual data. Help for proposals and costing. Payroll processing.

Aug. 2004 – Jan. 2011: Accounting Manager

VICCS, Inc. Rockville, MD. Report to VP Operations and CEO on company financials, Budgets & Forecasting; In-charge of Accounting Department: Supervise Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Functions; Manage General Ledger department, including staff development and all related administrative duties; Manage monthly, quarterly and annual close cycle; manage & maintain the QuickBooks system; Setup & enforce Internal Control Systems; Conduct Quarterly Audits of Accounting Records; Compile, review and audit company’s financial statements; GAAP Analysis; Interpretation of FARs; GSA Schedules; GSA Billing; Review Annual and Quarterly Payroll & Sales Tax Returns; W2’s and 1099’s reconciliation; Devise Pricing strategy & Rate structure, Costing for proposals; Perform accounting functions such as Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, GL, and Preparing specialized reports; Cash Flow analysis; Accounts and bank reconciliation; Finalize company accounts for Tax Return; Year-end closing entries; Co-ordinate with Bankers for Line of Credit; Negotiate rates with vendors; Insurance (Health, Dental, Workers Compensation) renewals negotiations; maintain Employee benefits (Insurance, SEP-IRA & Fringes) records.

Aug. 1999 – May 2001: Financial Aid Accounting Assistant,

University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA. Audit of the Financial Records; Maintain accounting records; Responsible for coordinating the day-to-day operations of assigned projects, such as: Managing Federal Work-Study accounts; Perform reconciliation of all the accounts with signatory authority; Perform complex as well as routine accounting and book keeping duties.

Dec.1996 – Aug. 1997: Accounts Executive,

Asian Sky Shop, Zee Telefilms Limited, Mumbai, India. Maintain corporate registers (purchase, sales, bank, assets, debtors, & creditors); Prepare final accounts; Supervise staff for invoices, expense claims, and vouchers; Compute tax for company and payroll deductions of employees; Reconciliation of books of accounts; Internal audit of the corporate accounts.

Jan. 1989 – Oct. 1996: Accounts Officer,

M/s R.M. Ajgaonkar & Company, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, India. Bookkeeping, Accounting & Auditing of Corporations books of accounts; Project reports; Preparation of Indian IT returns for corporations, partnerships & individuals.

May 1986 – Dec. 1988: Accounting & Auditing Internship,

M/s S. V. Godbole & Company, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, India. Bookkeeping, Accounting & Auditing of Corporations, Schools books of accounts; Corporations, Partnership firms, & Individual’s Indian income tax audits and tax returns.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy (B.Com), University of Bombay, India, June 1986.

Bachelor’s Degree (B.B.A. 54 credits), Finance, Univ of Mississippi, MS, USA, May 2002.

Post Graduation Diploma in Financial Services Management (D.F.S.M.), Jamnalal Bajaj

Institute of Management Studies, University of Bombay, India, May 2000.

Diploma in Computerized Financial Accounting, Datapro Infoworld Ltd, (Microsoft

Certification) Bombay, India, September 1997.

Intermediate C.A. examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India

(Accreditation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India requiring three years of study, which is equivalent to the C.P.A. of the USA), February 1993.

References:

Available upon request.

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