Accountant/Bookkeeper

**** ****** ***** **., ******* GA *****

PHONE 407-***-**** • E-MAIL **********@*****.***

LUIS R. MENENDEZ

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Dedicated, highly motivated individual, independent but team oriented. With more than seven years of experience in the accounting field, growing into a strong analytical professional with excellent problem solving skills. Organized and exceptional at building productive business relations with others.

WORK EXPERIENCE

09/04 – 07/08 Disney Worldwide Shared Services Orlando, FL

Sr. Accounting Associate

 Responsible for several high dollar amount bank reconciliations, ensuring that all items clear within 60 days, notify business units of outstanding items to be reconciled. Capture metrics as requested for Cash & Banking Dept. scorecards, monitor account activity and bank fees, and submit process improvement recommendations. Support fellow Cast Members by providing assistance with day-to-day issues.

10/02 – 07/04 Internal Revenue Service Guaynabo, PR

CSR/Tax Compliance

 Involved in resolving and/or giving orientation about individual tax compliance, tax collections, refund issues, identity theft, innocent spouse claims and other general account changes (i.e., address change, dependent information, etc.) in a customer service call center environment.

02/01 – 09/02 Rivera-Rodriguez & Co. CPA’s San Juan, PR

Accounting Assistant/Auditor Assistant

 Assigned to the bookkeeping department where I administer several retail, services, and manufacturing accounts, managing the bookkeeping to financial, tax, and other ad-hoc reporting. Support auditor during the year except during tax season where I was in charge of fairly 50% of all individual and businesses tax customers of the firm.

EDUCATION

1999-2003 Universidad del Este of Puerto Rico Carolina, PR

Business Administration, major in Accounting

 127 credits towards a Bachelor Degree.

SKILLS

Computer literate, knowledge of operating systems like Windows and Mac OS X, proficient in MS Office Suite, and excellent aptitude towards technology. Experience in several accounting software such as SAP, QuickBooks, and Peachtree. Great learning abilities. Fully Bilingual.