Section Head - The Office of the Chief Financial Officer-USDA

KERLLOS E AMIIR

KERLOS AMIR (CPA - IN PROGRESS)

MS in Accounting 14 years Management 8 years Accounting (Private Federal Non-Profit) Integrity-Accounting-Finance-Audits-Analysis-Reconciliation-Reporting 5832 Sargassum Ln (201) 443 - 6218

Milton, FL 32583 **********@*****.***

EDUCATION

2018 Master’s Degree in Accounting (New Jersey City University - School of Business)

2017 Got certified as a GRCP (Governance, Risk Assessment, and Compliance Professional)

2008 Study of YPDA, Computerized Accounting Diploma, YAT Education Center.

2008 Study of the Principles of Banking Operation and Customer Service {Rank: The 2nd { PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Jul 22-Present: Supervisory Accountant (Treasury Services Branch-OCFO-USDA)

Leading a team of 10 (Senior accountants, accountants, financial analysts & financial assistants), reviewing and approving their accounting entries, postings, clearings, financial reports, reconciliations between Treasury & SAP, lockbox processing, month-end closing & stats, GL balances of Cash, A/R, A/P, Expense, Revenue, Prepaids, Refunds, Purchase/Sales Orders, Suspense, different Funds, Liability, Tax, Interest and Budgetary accounts.

Ensuring compliance with GAAP, FASB, USSG, IFRS & other financial and governmental standards & policies.

Serving as the subject matter expert in accounting & financial management, ensuring accuracy & timeliness, and representing the collections processing section in meetings with other agencies & in the interim and year-end audits.

Coordinating with IT & management to enhance the financial systems & to champion process automation initiatives.

Collaborating with management on ad hoc projects to provide analysis and recommendations.

Resolving conflict, evaluating performance and appraisals, and issuing awards & disciplinary measures.

Unprecedented accomplishment of a 2-year-in-a-row fiscal year-end closing 2023 & 2024 with No Pending/Suspense items, No GL variances & a total of $91.7M & 94.1M treasury collections processed respectively.

Implementing a new project that automatically feeds Treasury’s data (CIR) into our ERP system/SAP FMMI.

Presenting at the FSD Summit & the annual Financial Training Forum (FTF).

Signing up multiple agencies & users to OLBP, Credit Gateway & other modern/electronic means of payments.

Interviewing & hiring accountants, analysts, and technicians for my section & other sections.

6 awards (cash, spot, and time awards) between 2023 & 2024!

Being part of the FIET Project leading team responsible for testing the new financial system (FIET).

Fostering proactiveness: speeding up the processing time of stakeholders’ requests from 2 days to semi-instant. Apr 19-Jul 22: Senior Accountant/Head of Reporting & Reconciliation (Treasury Service Branch-OCFO-USDA)

Performing accounting & financial analysis to ensure the accuracy of accounting transactions and reports.

Reconciling balances in accounting & financial books, balance sheet, trial balance & ledger Vs Treasury.

Reviewing other accountants’ financial reports, entries, and reconciliations for accuracy & reliability.

Providing guidance, training & delegating tasks to lower-graded employees.

Liaison with agency officials & stakeholders to make the financial data more meaningful & useful.

Interpreting legislation and/or guidance by the Office of Management and Budget, Treasury & USSGL.

Coordinating accounting projects and initiatives with other staff members or with other sections.

Participating in month-end and year-end closing & serving as the POC for all audits in the IPAC Control Section.

Restructuring the Financial Reporting Department: new processes, quantitative, qualitative, and predictive analytics.

Analyzing & resolving a big variance for one of the main agencies we deal with.

Creating new techniques, queries, macros, and formulas to facilitate the reconciliations & month-end tasks.

3 awards in less than a year!

Jul 23-Present: Online Private Tutor - Part Time (Cornerstone Global Tutoring)

Financial Accounting Algebra I, II, College Math & Geometry G6-12 KERLLOS E AMIIR

Jun 10-Apr 19: Management Team - Shift Manager/Senior (ADF Pizza1)

Coordinating the entire restaurant’s operations during the hours of my shifts.

Delivering superior customer experience, ensuring absolute customer satisfaction & responding to any complaints.

Active listening to teams’ complaints & getting involved in disciplinary measures or serious cases.

Problem-solving and decision-making while organizing and supervising shifts.

Appraising personnel’s performance and providing feedback to keep them productive.

Estimating consumption, forecasting requirements, maintaining inventory & cost controlling.

Weekly closing for labor, timesheets, inventory, cost, short/over, forecast & overall productivity.

Changing many inappropriate practices & improving the quality of almost every single product.

Training and promoting efficient managers who are now managing other stores. Jan 10-May 10: Customer Advisor - Corporate Activity (SOC-GEN/Société Générale Bank)

Managing corporate accounts by overseeing their opening, closing, and ongoing maintenance & inquiries.

Check depositing into accounts and local & international transfers of large corporations.

Following up on corporate CDs, TDs, Payroll transfers, staff insurance deals, & reconciling loans.

Ordering check galleries and issuing certified checks & responsible for the “Bank Received Stamp”.

Handling daily bank deposits, withdrawals, cashing checks, currency exchange, and other cash operations.

Cross-selling debit cards, credit cards, CDs, TDs, cashier’s/ traveler’s checks, series bonds, etc.

Training and supervising the new hires.

Implementing a new process for sorting out the accounts of the bank’s clients.

Creating an automated process for the dates on which our clients usually ask for transfers and bank statements.

Arranging for monthly visits to our clients, convincing them to use our payroll cards for their employees.

Creating an Excel sheet for currency exchange that helped all counter officers/tellers.

Coming up with a query using Microsoft Access for the hourly and daily cash count. Dec 08-Dec 09: Senior Accountant (SSP Companies)

Overseeing full cycle accounting: identify transactions, record journal entries, post journal transactions, calculate unadjusted trial balance, analyze worksheets, fix any errors, create financial statements & do month-end closing.

Analyzing financial statements for discrepancies and alerting the financial manager if necessary.

Preparing the sales & expenses reports, plus taking care of the invoices, sales tax, bank balances, and generic report.

Handling accounting and financial activity related to cost, A/R, A/P, payroll, audits, and tax accounting.

Preparing credit reports and issuing large $$$ checks to vendors/suppliers & other intercompany accounting tasks.

Monthly ledger reconciliations, stocktaking, cost reviewing, payroll report, closing entries, and posting.

Recommending new ways to reduce costs and enhance revenue, plus performing inventory obsolescence tasks.

Coordinating semi-annual audits and assisting in annual audits & tax.

Reorganizing the accounting department, & establishing a new system for filing, sorting, and classifying documents

Creating Excel sheets with conditional formatting & color alarms for poor, average, and good performance

Analyzing financial data on assets, liabilities, and equity to prepare reports, including balance sheets and income statements, and to summarize the company's current and projected financial position. Skills & Highlights

SAP

SQL

FIET

RITA

FASB

GAAP

Audits

Hiring

Banking

Treasury

Planning

Tutoring

VLookups

Teamwork

IFRS

Integrity

Reporting

Leadership

Scheduling

Delegation

QuickBooks

CIR & ECP

ACRWS

Pivot Tables

Presentation

FMMI

Fast learner

Prioritizing

Communication

Team Building

Reconciliation

Full Cycle Acc

General Ledger

Next Generation

Problem-Solving

Decision-Making

IPAC & INTR

Service Now

Ad-hoc analysis

Excel (Advanced)

Customer-Service

Team Development

Asset Management

Critical Thinking

Conflict Resolving

Research & Analysis

Interpersonal Skills

Accounting & Finance

Performance Appraisal

Quantitative Analysis

Emotional Intelligence

Budgeting & Forecasting

Word, Access & Outlook

Tax, Cost & Cash Flows

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