Project Management
Resume:
MARIE-LINE CARRIERE
MIAMI, FL 33186
H: 305-***-****
C: 786-***-****
**********@*********.***
Bilingual, versatile, and upward-bound Accountant leveraging 15 years of accounting, bookkeeping, and management experience. Language skills include fluent French.
CAREER OBJECTIVE
A challenging position as Tax Accountant within a corporate structure and working under the supervision of a CPA for meeting the Florida CPA licensure requirements. Full Time or Part Time Employee. Emphasis on Professional Service Industry firms or companies using Intuit or Taxwise products as financial software platform.
PROFILE
Detail-minded. Highly organized. Open to constructive criticism. Discreet, trustworthy, self-motivated and
assertive. Working with others: a good team player. Enjoy helping others. Working with data: able to gather and classify information about data and people. Strong aptitude for numbers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BLISS & NYITRAY, INC, MIAMI, FL 2010 to 2011
Controller
Professional Services Industry: Structural Engineering
Report Structure: To Partner / Vice President
Delivered Results
• Introduced new procedures to control cash position, WIP generation and billing activities for effective business operations.
• Monitored and managed the company's line of credit through sweep system and remote transactions with zero-defect.
• Prepared quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements for a business with gross revenue of $3 million.
PBS&J, MIAMI, FL 2005 to 2010
Project Financial Analyst/Operations Coordinator II
Professional Services Industry: Architecture / Engineering
Report Structure: To National Business Sector Manager
Delivered Results
• Trained 10 groups of 20 Project Managers nationwide on project financial performance via WebEx.
• Benchmarked department over a 5-year trend on financial performance with 10 key metrics for the Architecture/Engineering industry.
• Assisted Project Managers in generating and interpreting monthly estimate of completion report for revenue generation.
• Assisted Project Managers in monitoring and correcting project performance through customized tools using Excel features and functions.
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PBS&J, MIAMI, FL
Delivered Results (Continued)
• Increased efficiency of accounting system by implementing measures, practices, and procedures to enhance data collection, archiving, posting, and analysis.
• Generated monthly, quarterly and annual performance for segment operating reports covering 6 Divisions with gross revenue of 26 million.
• Participated in nationwide annual budget generation on a division level as well as on a department level.
• Generated divisional forecast and projections and monitored budget performance with variance analysis.
CIVIL WORKS, MIAMI, FL 2003 to 2005
Accountant
Professional Services Industry: Civil Engineering
Report Structure: To President
Delivered Results
• Increased efficiency of accounting system by implementing measures, practices, and procedures to enhance data collection, archiving, posting, and analysis.
• Improved financial reporting quality.
C. T. HSU & ASSOCIATES, P.A., ORLANDO, FL 2000 to 2002
Accountant
Professional Services Industry: Architecture
Report Structure: To President
Delivered Results
• Managed monthly revenue generation of approximately $200,000 based on project-phase completion, accomplishing 20% growth under management.
• Focused on system and process changes designed to improve efficiency, accuracy and completeness of accounting.
HEWITT-WASHINGTON & ASSOCIATES, NEW ORLEANS, LA 1997 to 2000
A/E Fiscal Accountant
Professional Services Industry: Architecture
Report Structure: To Partner
Delivered Results
• Managed monthly revenue generation of approximately $200,000 based on project-phase completion, accomplishing 20% growth under management.
• Focused on system and process changes designed to improve efficiency, accuracy and completeness of accounting.
• Achieved 50% improvement in work efficiency, timeliness, and accuracy, and reduced data entry by migrating a manual accounting system to QuickBooks and then to CFMS
GHRAP, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI 1989 to 1996
Fiscal Administrator
Professional Services Industry: Not-For-Profit Organization
Report Structure: To President
Delivered Results
• Managed Accounting department activities in support of a 15-person organization generating $500,000 in revenue.
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EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION & CONTINUING EDUCATION
KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, MIAMI, FL Expected Graduation: June 2013
Master of Accounting and Financial Management, CPA Exam Candidate
DEVRY UNIVERSITY / KELLER SCHOOL OF GRADUATE MANAGEMENT, MIAMI, FL April 2012
Graduate Certificate in Accounting (Bachelor in Accounting)
FAST FORWARD ACADEMY ENROLLED AGENT TRAINING PROGRAM February 2012
Certified Enrolled Agent
IRS VITA/CTE Training Program (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance/Tax Counseling for the Elderly) January 2012
Certified VITA / TCE (Advanced Level)
INTUIT, INC. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor / Certified QuickBooks User 2010
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA 2008
Certified Associate in Project Management
A/E MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, EDMOND, OK 2003
Design Accountant Certification
UNIVERSAL ACCOUNTING CENTER, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 2002
Full Charge Business Accounting Certification
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY, TALLAHASSEE, FL / GOC UNIVERSITY 1988
M.S. in Architectural Studies / Bachelor in Architecture
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Microsoft Office 2007
QuickBooks Premier, Pro, Enterprise
Deltek / Vision - Oracles Project
TaxWise
1040,1065, 1020, 1020S
Macros, V-Lookup, Pivot Tables
Profit Planning and Monitoring
Fiscal Operations Analysis
Project Budget Setup, Estimate at Completion, Estimate To Complete
Overhead Cost Allocation and Analysis
Collection Letters and Calls, Daily Cash Report, Cash Controls
A/R, A/P, Billings, Bank Reconciliation, Transactions Coding, Adjusting Journal Entries, Year-End Closing
Payroll, Forms 941, 940, 1099, W2s, W3s, UCT
General Ledger Reconciliation, Financial Reporting and Disclosures
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND INTERESTS
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA)
THE ASSOCIATION FOR ACCOUNTANTS AND FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS IN BUSINESS (IMA)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED QUICKBOOKS ADVISORS (NACQA)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI)
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL BOOKKEEPERS (AIPB)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENROLLED AGENTS (NAEA)
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