Senior Accountant

Lata Bijlani, Senior Accountant

**** ****** ****, *******, ** 94521

Home 925-***-****/ Cell 925-***-****

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Objective: Seeking a long term opportunity where my professional experience, education, and abilities would be advantageous to the growth of my employer and myself.

Highlights of Qualification

• Five years experience in accounting, three years in auditing.

• Analytical Review, Investigation, Time Management.

• Detail-oriented, self motivated and the ability to take initiative.

• Strength in analyzing situations, recognizing and resolving problems.

• Ability to achieve immediate and long term goals and meet operational deadlines.

Professional Experience

May 2008- Westaff Company, Walnut Creek, CA

Present Senior Accountant

Accounting Software: PeopleSoft

• Assist the Accounting Manager in conducting and coordinating company’s month end and year end closings. Uploading accurate and complete journal entries for monthly close. Responsible for reconciling the prepaid expense accounts and accruals on a monthly basis, which includes preparing the monthly amortization schedules and journal entries.

• Perform all daily bank activities including Positive pay and follow up as required with banks and all other departments. Also bank reconciliations on a day to day basis. Prepare, maintain and update account analysis and reconciliations on a current basis including schedules to support internal and external audit requirements.

• Reconciling Fixed assets as per Asset Management in PeopleSoft to the General Ledger on a monthly basis and resolving any discrepancies found as a result of the reconciliation.

• Completing SEC requests and providing the SEC Group with all kinds of support related to my accounts

• Provide explanations, documentation support for external, internal or credit related to auditors during their required reviews and audits.

• Perform other tasks as needed.

Aug 2007 - PMI Mortgage Insurance Company, Walnut Creek, CA

May 2008 Senior Accountant (9 months contract)

Accounting Software: PeopleSoft

• Full accounting and General Ledger close for assigned international and domestic locations including preparation of standalone financial statements on a monthly and quarterly basis.

• Assisted with the month end close process relating to reinsurance transactions. Produced monthly support schedules and related journals as part of the close process.

• Prepared Inter company reconciliations, Generated Financial statements and reconciled General Ledger for revenue recognition and deferrals.

• Assisted in Quarterly and Annual regulatory filings by preparing various reports and schedules. Running queries and summarized information in templates as provided. Providing Fixed Asset rollforwards, Capital Lease and Operating Lease schedules, Currency translated Cash flow statements to the SEC department.

• Assisted the external reporting group with the quarterly yield analyses and provided variance explanations in excess of $100k.

• Reviewed financial reports for accuracy including variance to plan analysis. Prepared, maintained and updated account analysis and reconciliations on a current basis including schedules to support internal and external audit requirements.

• Prepared fixed asset schedules, DAC Schedules, Premiums earning pattern and amortization schedules

• Coordinated and assisted with any necessary statutory filings and Prepared Schedule F for the statutory statements, as well as reinsurance audit schedules for the financial statements.

• Assisted manager in preparing monthly close call packages.

Jun 2005 - Sherry’s Group of Restaurants, New York

Feb 2007 Accountant

Accounting Software: Quick Books

• Posted all the data in the General Ledger Account

• Bank and petty cash reconciliations as well as payroll processing.

• Month-end closings

• Prepared Income and Balance sheet statements.

• Finalized month-end entries

Apr 2000 - Best Western President Hotel, New York

Jan 2005 Accountant

Accounting Software: Solomon

• Generated schedules of departmental expenses. Assisted with month-end and yearend closing. Prepared monthly bank reconciliation statement

• Assisted with Balance Sheet Account Analysis. Reviewed journal entries and passed adjusting entries for accruals and prepaid .Reconciled General ledger accounts.

• Conducted Hotel inventory/cash audit. .

• Prepared reports for distribution to Controller and various management levels

• Conducting audit on cash with Front desk managers

Jan 1999 - Beswal and Company, Chartered Accountant, New Marine Lines Mumbai

Feb 2000 Staff Accountant

• Concurrent audit of Bank of India

• Internal Audit of Reliance General Insurance co.

• Stock audits and statutory audits of Trusts and Societies.

• Tax Planning and Preparation of Income tax returns for Individuals and Corporate entities.

Nov 1995 - Mukesh Bhatt Chartered Accountants Mumbai, Completed Article ship

Dec 1998 Article/Audit Clerk

• Done audit up to finalization of companies and bank audits.

• Preparation of Trading, Income statements, and Balance Sheet of Companies.

• Preparation of Income tax statements, Tax deductions and related estimated taxes dealings.

• Preparation of Sales tax statements.

Education/Certification

• CPA from Delaware, USA in Sept 2006

• CA Intermediate in Nov 1998 from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

• Bachelors of Commerce from South Indian Education Society , Mumbai University

• Completed 4 credit hour courses in upper division accounting in Individual and Corporate Income Taxes at Raritan Community Centre.

Skills and Competencies

• Broad accounting knowledge of GAAP and FASB. Knowledge of SFAS 52

• Solid month end close and analytical skills.

• Keen on details

• Ability to perform a variety of duties, adaptable to change tasks and focus without loss of efficiency.

• Proficient with navigation of ERP general ledger and reporting software, programs such as Microsoft Excel, Word.

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