Jennifer Dabalos
Carson, California 90745
***************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Traffic Market Place, El Segundo, CA
Associate Accounts Payable Accountant
• Performed bank, merchant and general ledger account reconciliations and analysis.
• Reconciled and maintained balance sheet accounts such as prepaid expense, accounts receivable, accounts payable, petty cash, and payroll related payables.
• Created and posted adjusting journal entries required to correct balances of general ledger accounts.
• Prepared and documented support for monthly accrual journal entries.
• Ensured timely recording of financial transactions in the general ledger in accordance w/ GAAP.
• Reconciled and prepared fixed assets depreciation on a monthly basis.
• Processed reimbursements of employee travel expenses and wire transfers.
• Intercompany reconciliation.
• Full Accounts Payable cycle.
• Generated 1099 Misc and assisted in year-end audit.
• Performed other related duties as requested.
Leiner Health Products, Carson, CA
01/00-06/04
Accounts Payable Specialist
• Gathered, sorted and date stamped vendor invoices, packing slips, requisitions and important documents.
• Matched purchase orders to invoices. (3-way match)
• Verified and coded invoices to the appropriate general ledger account and project number.
• Submitted preliminary reports to the Corporate Controller for check run preparation and distribution.
• Ensured proper signature authority to minimize risk of fraudulent activity.
• Verified terms, discounts, due dates and billing amounts.
• Reviewed open receipt report weekly.
• Resolved account discrepancies by reconciling vendor statements.
• Processed reimbursements of employee travel expenses.
• Creation of Journal Entry for reclass and processed debit memos for adjustments and write offs.
• Interacted with Purchasing department, Receiving, Suppliers and various departments.
GKN Aerospace, Carson, CA
01/97-01/00
Accounts Payable Coordinator
• High Volume Payables – matching, coding, debit memo’s, check request
• Manual and System generated checks
• Reviewed and analyzed freight bills to eliminate risk of double payment
• Maintained vendor maintenance and completed vendor updates and additions.
• Generated 1099 Misc.
• Audited and Processed Employee Expense Reports ensuring policies and procedures are implemented.
• Assisted in month-end close.
EDUCATION
Santa Monica College
• Courses in Business and Accounting
SOFTWARES
JD Edwards, Great Plain, FAS, MS Excel, and MS Word.