Paul Kleefeld
Tilton NH, 03276
**********@*****.***
Professional Experience:
Accounting and Tax Services, Kleefeld Consulting June 2001- Dec 2009
• Prepare tax returns for individual and corporate clients
• Assist clients with purchase and installation of computerized accounting software.
• Prepare general ledger, financial statements and bookkeeping services.
Senior Accountant, Stanley Temp Nov 2007-June 2009
• Handled all activity for Miami distribution facility.
• Heavy reconciliation work with SAP especially during month end closing.
• Prepared and posted Journal Entries to SAP on daily basis.
• Prepared SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance reports.
• Preparation of year end tax package.
• General ledger preparation and month and year end reporting.
Staff/Senior Financial Analyst, Citigroup May2005-Nov2007
• Provide business analysis support for Citigroup Payroll-Control.
• Use peoplesoft to write and run complex queries to identify issues and out of balances.
• Forecasting to ensure daily work was assigned to proper personal.
• Develop, test and implement internal and external controls on all files.
• Ability to multitask and work on several projects at one time (mergers, acquisitions, reconciliations.)
• Prepare work request for system changes.
• Review data after fixes have been applied.
• Rotation for on call payroll issues-resolve production problems.
• Assist on the balancing and sign off on all pay cycles, including generation of funding letters, deduction bills, etc.
Senior Accountant, Mahoney Sabol & Co. LLP Oct 2001- May 2005
• Audited and reviewed financial statements for partnerships and corporations.
• Specialized in construction. Other industries included manufacturing, not-for-profit, professional service providers, real estate, auto dealers and biotech.
• Prepared financial statements in accordance to GAAP.
• Prepared tax returns for individual, corporate and not-for-profit clients.
• Assisted in preparation of 10K's.
• Researched issues that arose during special projects for tax partner.
Staff Accountant, Kircaldie Randall & McNabb LLC. Dec 2000-Sept 2001
• Audited, reviewed and compiled financial statements for clients in many different industries, manufacturing, retail, professional service providers, ect.
• Performed accounting and bookkeeping services.
• Prepared tax returns for individual and corporate clients.
• Prepared payroll and issued proper forms for select clients.
EDUCATION:
University of Phoenix Online, Phoenix AZ.
• Masters of Business Administration; May 2011.
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT.
• Bachelor of Science in Accounting; Minor Economics; May 2000
COMPUTER SKILLS;
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Accountants Trial Balance(ATB), QuickBooks, Peachtree, Mas90, Depreciation Solutions, E-Forms, Peoplesoft, TSO, Remedy, BPCS, Hyperion, SAP, JD. Edwards and Oracle.
Tax Software: Lacerte, Utlta Tax, One-Write Plus, Turbo Tax.