Jess Gieser
Huntington Beach, California
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Overview
Seasoned accounting professional with experience in accrual accounting, financial statements, monthly close, audits.Technically savvy with expert Excel and macro design capabilities. Highly focused on process improvement and tool integration.
Education
California State University, Fullerton December 2016
Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, Accounting Concentration
Professional Experience
Oxford Road, Remote Jan 2026 - Mar 2026
Temporary Staff Accountant
●Reconcile various clients' accounts to ensure accurate merger.
Genesis Motors of America, Irvine, CA. Sep 2025 - Oct 2025
Temporary Business Operations Analyst
●Review and consolidate budgeted amounts across multiple programs and cost centers
●Create spreadsheets to automatically process and integrate information
Pacifica Hotels, Aliso Viejo, CA. Nov 2024 - March 2025
Temporary Staff Accountant
●Review and reconcile various balance sheet accounts, including accrued payroll, benefits, and utilities
●Create spreadsheets to analyze intercompany transactions
Canterbury Consulting, Newport Beach, CA Aug 2022 - Feb 2024
Staff Accountant
●Analyze and issue quarterly billing ($24M/yr), additionally accruing future revenues and expenses
●Collaborate with IT in development of in-house billing software
●Process monthly American Express statement using Certify
●Streamline ledger schedules, including fixed assets, depreciation, and prepaid items, using complex formulae
●Produce monthly and annual financial statements
H&S Energy Products, LLC, Orange, CA May 2021 - Aug 2022
Staff Accountant / Internal Audit Manager
●Import and reconcile fuel vendor EFTs, invoices, freight rules, and credit card receipts for over 200 gas stations
●Manage internal audit team which reconciles deposits and money orders, investigates potential theft
G&M Oil Company, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA Dec 2017 - Apr 2021
Staff Accountant
●Generate and utilize templates to reduce workload of AP systems, $62M/yr
●Create systems of spreadsheets and macros to consolidate and analyze data for discrepancies
Proficiencies
Microsoft Office Suite: Word (Advanced), PowerPoint, Excel (Power Query, VBA, Complex Formulas: IFS, XLOOKUP, nested functions, custom-defined formulae via Visual Basic), Outlook, Access
Accounting Software: PDI, Netsuite, Great Plains, Quickbooks, Certify, SAP
Programming: Python, Visual Basic, AutoHotKey, Bi360
Typing: 70 words per minute text; 160 keys per minute numerical
Accrual Accounting, General Ledger, Journal Entries, GAAP