Senior Accountant Financial Planning

Margaret Szeto

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Plano, Texas ***25

Cell 972-***-****

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

EXPERIENCE:

Supreme Lending Sep 2020 – Dec 2023

Senior Accountant

Daily cash activities including payment processing, wires, and bank reconciliations to ensure internal control policies are followed.

Coordinated with banks in accounts maintenance to facilitate automatic payments

Prepared related journal entries such as expense accruals, credit cards and T&E validations/reconciliations to ascertain all activities are captured

Prepared monthly financial statements and reports (variance analysis and sales) for upper management to assess the company’s financial position

Analyzed and maintained Fixed Assets to ensure proper recording of new purchases, disposals and depreciation expense.

Maintained documentation for expenses, purchases, treasury/wire transfers to facilitate internal and external audits

Helix Leisure USA Inc. Feb 2016 – Aug 2020

Senior Accountant

Carried out daily cash activities including payment processing, wires, and bank reconciliations to ensure internal control policies are followed; Assisted CFO in monitoring short term cash flow

Coordinated with banks in accounts maintenance to facilitate automatic payments

Responsible for accounts payable closing monthly

Prepared related journal entries such as expense accruals, credit cards and T&E validations/reconciliations to ascertain all activities are captured

Reviewed invoices/bills and obtain required authorizations before recording appropriate journal entries to document transactions

Prepared adjusting entries for fixed assets to ensure overall reasonableness

Maintained documentation for expenses, purchases, treasury/wire transfers to facilitate internal and external audits

Reviewed financial statements to ensure compliance with GAAP and proper cutoff

Assisted manager on special projects and play an important role in training new staffs and helping them up-to-speed

Acted as floater in the department to support key functions and alleviate under staffing situations due to sick leaves and/or personnel turnovers

Consolidated Restaurant Operation Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

Tax Accountant (Contractor)

•Prepared sales and use tax returns including payments submission. Assist in registrations setup/renewals with various states

•Prepared periodic reconciliations to ensure sale tax account balances are reasonable and consistent with returns filed or payments made

•Performed assigned research using CCH or other on-line tax software and research tools

•Prepared memorandum, matrixes and other correspondence summarizing research findings and propose applicable conclusions

•Assisted with tax audits by preparing relevant documentation and interfacing with external auditors

North American Title Co. Jun 2011 – Dec 2014

Staff Accountant

•Responsible for monthly and quarterly closing including generation of journal entries, adjustments, expense accruals and bank reconciliations

•Prepared timely and accurate preliminary financial reports for senior management

•Identified opportunities and implement solutions for process improvements

•Prepared hourly payroll records for submittal to corporate office to centralize payroll processing

•Reviewed general ledger accounts and analyze variances to identify unusual activities or fluctuations

•Assisted manager with periodical budget and seasonal forecast

Main Event Entertainment Dec 2009 - May 2011

Accountant/Field Analyst

•Carried out various aspects of banking activities including payment processing, reconciliations and account maintenance

•Performed daily cash management duties related to wires, ACH, stop payments and positive pay exception items

•Prepared and performed analysis to support revenue accounting team. Identify trends, share insights and drive improvement / efficiency to the month-end close process

•Demonstrated proficiency in financial statements analysis, reporting and interpretation of data

SKILLS:

Oracle, FAS, FRX, Net Suite, Epicor, Mas 200, Soft Pro Select, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite (Words, Excel, Power Point and Access)

EDUCATION:

Long Island University, New York

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

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