Accounting Manager/Senior Accountant
Resume:
LALITHA VENKATESAN
San Jose, CA – 95135
EMAIL: *********@*****.***
408-***-**** (H) 408-***-**** (M)
Objective: Seeking a challenging and responsible position in ACCOUNTING/FINANCE where my business experience and knowledge will add value to the organization.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Financial Statements: P & L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Budget, Consolidation, Inventory, Cost and Ratio Analysis, Sales Analysis, Intercompany transactions and reconciliations, general account close and reconciliation in Quickbooks.
• Audit: Internal and external audits, all company tax returns (Worked with Singerlewak, Inc)
• Supervise General Accounting Staff.
• Payroll including Sales Commission and MBO reports.
• Bank Account / Intercompany Cash Management.
• A/R, A/P, Sales Order processing and Maintenance contract renewals for the products.
• Branch Account Maintenance including order processing in China, India and Australia.
• Resolve accounting and order processing issues with finance and other operational departments both in US and International (France, China, and India).
• Reports on revenue, products and financials as needed by the management.
• Worked completely on Merger and Acquisitions.
Atempo, Inc March 2005 to December 2011
US Controller June 2006 – December 2011
Financial Statements:
• Prepare month-end reports – P & L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow statements, Consolidation and support month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounting close for areas of functional responsibility both for Atempo Americas and Atempo, Inc
General Ledger:
Prepare journal entries, maintain and analyze ledger accounts, prepare intercompany transactions and reconcile, verify account classification, reconcile all general ledger accounts.
Audit and Tax returns:
• Provide support for internal and external audits.
• Responsible to work with the tax consultants on preparation of Income tax returns for Atempo Inc (parent company) and Atempo Americas (Subsidiary) which involves multiple states (Singerlewak, Inc). File property and sales tax returns.
Analysis:
• Fixed assets (FAS system).
• Revenue and Cost – analyze variance between budget and actual.
Cash Flow Management:
• Review daily check book to reflect collection and disbursement; monthly cash flow.
• Bank account maintenance and online wire transfers.
Budgeting:
• Involved in budgeting process, responsible for preparing and coordinating the budgeting data with other department Managers and prepare final budget spreadsheet.
Mergers and Acquisitions:
• Worked with the acquisition teams during the acquisition of Storactive and Lighthouse Companies by Atempo.
• Worked with the acquisition teams during the acquisition of Atempo by ASG in 2011.
Branch Account:
• Responsible for financials, budgeting, payroll and order processing for India and China.
• Worked with French Finance team on consolidation and accounting close.
Payroll:
• Prepare and process Payroll for the entire company.
• Prepare Sales commission and MBO reports and coordinate approvals from respective Managers to process in payroll.
• Coordinate with the payroll company (Accuchex) on payroll tax issues and timely tax filing. Payroll reports.
Others:
• Supervise General Accounting Staff - Accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing functions. Thorough with A/P, A/R, billing functions.
• Aware of Sales order processing and Maintenance contract renewals of products in SAGE and back up to process orders when needed.
• Internal and external customer support on ad hoc basis.
• Worked on other projects assigned by the VP of Finance and other Officers.
Senior Accountant. March 2005 – May 2006
Optun, Inc. (through Accountemps) October 2004 – February 2005
Accountant
• Prepare journal entries, maintain, analyze and reconcile ledger accounts.
• Prepare month-end-reports – P&L, Balance sheet and responsible for month end closing process.
• Prepare consolidation reports (US and Germany).
• Enter and maintain Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Purchase orders and general ledger entries in Quick books.
• Full charge bookkeeping using quick books software. Capable of doing excel spreadsheets using Pivot tables.
• Support CFO in tax filings.
• Back up for Office manager.
Distribution Dynamics, Inc. June 1994 – October 2001
Accounting Manager
Financial Statements:
• Prepare month-end reports – P & L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow statements and responsible for month-end and year-end closing process.
• Prepare month-end financial statements in accordance with company schedules and formats for branches.
General Ledger:
• Prepare journal entries, maintain and analyze ledger accounts, verify account classification, reconcile all general ledger accounts.
Analysis:
• Analyze inventory account – perpetual to general ledger balance every month and work on the variance, if any.
• Analyze cost of goods sold – analyze and fix average cost.
• Fixed assets, lease and amortization schedules.
• Ratio analysis, Revenue and expense – analyze variance between budget and actual.
Cash Flow Management:
• Review daily check book to reflect collection and disbursement.
• Review line of credit availability and Bank account maintenance.
Budgeting:
• Involved in budgeting process, responsible for preparing and coordinating the budgeting data with other department Managers.
Others:
• Supervise General Accounting Staff - Accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing functions.
• Well aware of A/P, A/R and billing functions in detail.
• Work with auditors during year end and special occasions.
• Worked on other projects assigned by the Controller.
• Backup for payroll processing in ADP.
• Worked fully on acquisitions.
EDUCATION:
BS University of Madras (India) [Major: Accounting] 1986
Certificate of Proficiency in Accounting – Mission College 1993
SKILLS:
Microsoft Excel (well proficient including Pivot table operation), Lotus 1-2-3, Access, Word, Quatro Pro, WordPerfect, Windows, 10 key by touch, Basic programming, International Business System software, Solomon, SAGE, Quick books, Bedford computerized accounting software.
Currently learning ORACLE Financial modules (R12).
REFERENCES:
Available upon request.
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