Staff Accountant Cpa Candidate

KIEM H. HO

WORK HISTORY

Staff Accountant

Jun 2024-present Accountemps Alexandria, VA

• Overhaul half year Sales journal entries for 20 restaurants. Expedite GL migration from QBs to Restaurant365 with setting up chart of accounts (NMS Holding, West Springfield, VA).

Self Interest

Apr 2023-Apr 2024 Europe and Asia Overseas Traveling

Bookkeeper/Controller

Apr 2018-Apr 2023 Wulf’s Fish Wholesale, LLC Boston, MA

• Administered $30 million revenue across two divisions based on up-to-date and accurate financial reporting. Sustained and prioritized a healthy AR via aging report and a time basis collection.

• Devised the proper acumen to process AP with high degree of accuracy by spotting errors and trends to suggest ways to improve efficiency.

• Clarified discrepancies to the team for slow-paying customers and issues.

• Developed document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls with enforcing segregation of duties.

Full-time Student

Sep 2011-Oct 2017 UMass Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science in Management, Accounting Concentration. CPA testing exams.

Staff Accountant

Sep 2008-Sep 2009 United South End Settlements Boston, MA

This job is accumulating all of staff accountants need to be for a non-profit organization.

• Captured payroll costs 50% in savings with conversion while keeping the same benefits.

• Interpreted contract billings of 20 plus for the Fed, State, and city agencies based on budget narratives.

• Refined high standard of accuracy for Accounts Payable to jibe with budget projections.

• Prepared journal entries and reconciled investment fund’s analysis.

Accounting Assistant

Dec 2004-Aug 2008 AccountPros Boston, MA

This is a staffing agency: most jobs are in either non-profit or the private sector.

• Enhanced and improved payroll process efficiency with variance analysis (Vinfen, Cambridge, MA); high volume in voucher AP system (Lesley University).

• Enhanced billing for Fed, State based on narratives (YouthBuild Boston, Boston, MA).

• Oversaw corporate action transactions such as share buyback, spin-offs, & stock splits (State St Bank, Quincy, MA).

Bookkeeper

Dec 2002-Nov 2004 Aspinwall Plumbing & Heating Quincy, MA

• Restructured and rebuilt the Balance Sheet including AP, AR from scratch.

• Progress Billing using Completion method.

Boston, MA 02116

617-***-****

*******@*****.***

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science

in Accounting

Summa Cum Laude

Sep 2011-Dec 2016

Dean list, GPA: 3.8

UMass Boston

CORE COMPETENCIES & AREA OF EXPERTISE

Detail-oriented Bookkeeper well versed in payroll, AP and AR functions. Excelled in corporate bookkeeping services delivery and learned new technologies to improve efficiency such as Excel, QuickBooks, Bill.com, ADP, Great Plains. Impressive accounting skills leading to desirable outcomes. CPA passed sections: FAR, BEC, REG.

QuickBooks

Spreadsheets

General Ledger Accounting

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