Accounting Specialist Senior

Van Pham

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EXPERIENCE

Goshen Accounting Services

Senior Accounting Specialist

2024

●Performed bookkeeping tasks using QuickBooks Online, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in financial record-keeping for 4 different clients, with up to 400 different vendors per client.

●Approved transactions and employee reimbursements on Divvy.com for each client, maintaining control over expenses and budget adherence, ensuring all expenses are coded accurately with efficient supporting documents for future audits.

●Conducted vendor cleanups in QuickBooks Online, organizing and maintaining up-to-date vendor information for streamlined operations and assisted operation team in requesting and obtaining W-9 forms from new vendors, ensuring compliance with tax regulations and accurate reporting.

●Generated financial reports and summaries for management team and clients, offering insights into their financial status and assisting in strategic decision-making.

●Communicated with teammates and clients using Asana, coordinating tasks and projects efficiently in a fully remote work environment.

SJB Child Development Center

Accounting Specialist

2023

●Managed 300+ family accounts using NoHo and MIP to document each family’s information and contracts to keep clients up to date with the state’s newest policy regarding monthly tuition fees.

●Proficient in using MIP for AR processing, generating financial reports, tracking each family’s payment history, etc. to keep track of more than $200,000 in revenue per month precisely using multiple GL account codes.

●Provided support to low-income families through communication with parents and collaborating with directors from every center to ensure timely payments.

●Documented and audited students’ monthly attendance to ensure accurate billing of more than $20,000 per month to alternative payment programs that provide financial assistance to certain families (i.e. GoKids, Choices For Children, CalWORKS, etc.)

●Audited and reconciled monthly credit card expenses to ensure all purchases follow required procedures, including having appropriate receipts, approved POs, and that all expenses were distributed to correct GL account codes. Saved company more than $1000 of discounts and unapplied credits from vendors that have been overlooked by AP department.

City of San Jose

Senior Accounting Clerk

2022-2023

●Provided guidance and mentorship to junior interns to ensure proper utilization of FMS and adherence to company policies and procedures.

●Ensured timely and accurate processing of purchase orders by reviewing contracts and identifying appropriate VIS codes for each transaction.

●Managed 100+ utility accounts, ensuring timely and accurate processing of monthly payments through FMS.

●Documented and organized over 300 monthly invoices with a 98% accuracy rate using Softeligent, tracking the history of payments and generating reports on Salesforce to track more than $10,000 in payments per month.

●Analyzed 50+ police reports per month to identify and prioritize subrogation cases, delegating them to appropriate departments based on their strengths.

●Proposed new functions to be added into Softeligent after conducting weekly reviews because it was newly implemented.

Karuna Advisors

Staff Accountant

2020-2022

●Expert in using CCH to prepare and file tax returns for LLCs, trusts, and estates, and demonstrated proficiency in minimizing client tax liability through comprehensive tax planning.

●Consulted with clients to tax minimization opportunities and provided recommendations to optimize their tax filing.

●Used QuickBooks to manage clients' financials, with demonstrated proficiency in financial analysis and reporting.

●Collaborated with CPA's, analysts, and clients to ensure timely completion of tax returns and financial reports.

Juniper Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton

Accounting Clerk

2018-2020

●Managed the accurate processing of 500+ AP documents monthly using Excel and PeopleSoft.

●Analyzed daily revenue of up to $20,000 and managed server tips for payroll using advanced Excel skills.

●Proficient in using PeopleSoft for AP processing, and ADP for employee payroll management.

●Collaborated with the financial director to review and analyze monthly inventory and financial reports for a business with more than $5 million in annual revenue.

CERTIFICATIONS

QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Certification

EDUCATION

San José State University

August 2015 - June 2018

Bachelor of Science: Accounting

SKILLS

Skills: QuickBooks Online, MIP, NoHo, PeopleSoft, Softeligent, Salesforce, Microsoft Office Suite, FMS, CCH, ADP, RevQ

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

Team Captain, MVP, and Assistant Coach

Piedmont Hills High School

January 2012-June 2018

●Plan daily practices for groups of 50-60 students

●Innovate new forms of training to help students improve safely and efficiently

●Lead practices, conditioning, and train newcomers

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