Diana Andrea Charles
347-***-**** / 718-***-**** 9413 Avenue A Brooklyn, NY 11236 ********@*****.***
Summary of Qualifications:
Twenty-six years Financial and Administrative experience with US Government-funded foreign aid program and Public Services Organizations
Strong analytical and excellent time Management Skills in program budgeting and financial management
Experience in human resource development, ability to work independently and as a team member in the private, public and non-profit sectors
Goal-oriented able to make effective use of Organizational Guidelines and related Policies
Professional Experience: 6/2011 - 11/2011
AdministrativeAssistant /Bookkeeper, Precise Measure LLC
As an Assistant Accountant/Bookkeeper with Precise I have develop the management and the maintenance of all Financial Reporting, Revenue and Payment transactions, processing organization’s budget, Petty Cash Transactions, entering transaction into QuickBooks, the maintenance of Cash Registered and all other financial and related issues.
Bookkeeper, Fulton West Corp Brooklyn New York 1/2011 - 4/2011
Process Invoices, Journal entries, payments and other financial transaction into QuickBooks. Managed daily, weekly and monthly Reconciliation. Prepared Income and Expenditure Analysis. Performance Analysis and Reconciliations. Payroll Preparation and Analysis, process Account Receivables and Accounts payables. Manage Cash flow and Develop office policies
Cashier, BJ’s Wholesales store, Gateway Mall Brooklyn New York 10/2010-31/2010
Cashier related duties with regard to BJ’s Wholesales Store, including Customer Services.
Accountant and Administrative Asst. Howard Delafield International, LLP, Washington DC 4/2009 – 7/2010
Managed administrative, finance and logistical support to the HDI teams of six professionals; directed the financial management of a condom revolving fund; oversees the audit of community based health mobilizers route of call outlets and condom sales data, to provide monthly data to project’s monitoring and evaluation unit; oversees local bank account, reviewed travel expense reports and provided human resource management assistance to team administrator.
Finance and Administrative Coordinator, Howard Delafield International, LLP, Washington DC 8/2005 – 1/2009
Worked as part of a project team managed by Family Health International providing financial, administrative
and subcontract management support to the HDI team; collaborated with the overall project team and outside vendors; reviewed monthly finance reports submitted by local advertising agency vendors; served as the primary financial liaison between HDI’s USA office and Guyana-based subcontractors; responsible for overseeing the financial management of the project’s condom revolving fund in association with sales staff.
Finance/Administrative Officer, Guyana Volunteer Consultancy Inc. 8/2001 – 7/2005
Maintained A/P and A/R internal control systems; submitted quarterly and year-end financial statements, and analyzed IDB accounts; conducted program voucher verification and redemption using modules; provided periodic reports to IDB Account Specialist; reconciled daily bank statements and cash deposits and produced year-end accounts and schedules for the auditors/donors
Education:
Bachelor Social Science – Major: Accountancy (2002) (US Equivalent: Bachelor Degree in Accounting from a Regionally Accredited Educational institution}
Computer Skills: MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Peachtree, Accpack, and QuickBooks.