Accounting Skills (5 years experience)

oGeneral Ledger & Bank Reconciliation               

oJournal Entries, Reclassification 

oBalance Bank Deposit Cash and Payment Application

oAccounts Receivable: Full Cycle 

oAccounts Payable: Full Cycle 

o1099, W2 and Sales Tax Preparation

oPurchase Order System 

oBillable/Non-Billable Time Entry: verify, processing, balancing

oCredit Card Sales, Foreign Currency

Administrator Skills (10 years experience)

§ Microsoft Office Specialists Certification 

oCalendar Management including scheduling and confirming appointments 

o40 WPM

oGeneral Form Correspondence 

*Excellent Phone Etiquette 

§ Software: QuickBooks Pro, Microsoft Business Solutions Solomon Accounting, Great Plains Dynamics, Sage Software MIP and MAS90, Peachtree Accounting, Microsoft Office XP, Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint 

International Rescue Committee - www.theirc.org, 5348 University Ave Suite 205 San Diego (619) 641-7510

Tutor Mentor : 3/2008 –Current, Families Connect Home Visiting Program. Refugees gain the skills and knowledge to achieve long-term stability by family tutors/mentors working to promote self-sufficiency, access to health care and community resources as well as teaching them survival English in their homes.

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Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Advocate 11/2007 –03/2009, Volunteers work as an interdisciplinary team with emergency room staff, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners and police officers. They respond to survivors in the hospital or at the police station, 24 hours a day. and provide crisis intervention to survivors and non-offending family members about sexual assault, evidence collection and date rape drugs. In addition, advocates provide information about social, health and legal resources.

3/2009 – Current 

• Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator, the Peer/Mentor is responsible for
  providing services to SBCS' clients and community members, keeping with agency goals, objectives, mission and style and provided within a team framework and working with the team in
  developing a strategic plan to address those goals and objectives.
• Assist in development of all programmatic levels of WIA Program including youth and
  community organizing, and the development of services that coincide with the goals
  and objectives of WIA Program.
• Facilitate job readiness classes' resumes such as resume development, job
  search/interview tips, effective communication skills, etc.
• Assist clients with employment searches and application assistance.
• Assist clients with educational goals such as college vocational school search, financial aid/scholarship, and applications, enrollment.
• Work with WIA clients to provide emergency assistance as needed such as housing
  assistance (TLP information, apartment hunting/roommate search, utilities) and provide
  referrals for healthcare, counseling, legal issues, substance abuse, pregnancy
  prevention, etc.
• Assist in the exploring of community resources such business, agencies, and other
  resources.
• Maintain program documentation as required by SBCS and its funding sources.
  
  

Impact Components,San Diego, Ca

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Junior Staff Accountant 

5/2008 – 02/2009

§ Daily invoice entry including confirmation of parts received in the company’s inventory and check run: over 500 invoices per week.

§ Payable collection of Returned Merchandise Authorizations refunds in the amount of 30k.

§ Database analysis using Microsoft Access to research terms to compare the companies accounts payable to accounts receivable. 

Helen Woodward Animal Center, Rancho Santa Fe, Ca (Temporary Position)

Staff Accountant 

11/2007 – 2/2008

§ General Ledger analysis and reclassification of Payable and Receivable transactions while cross-referencing paper documentation with system data for proper account clean up as per January year-end closing.

§ Formulating Excel spreadsheets to track proper allocation of incoming cash submitted from departments and to ensure proper software entry to tie the accounting amounts to corresponding financials per month end. 

§ Invoicing and balancing cash for daily deposits.

§ Assisting in Payroll and General Monthly Journal data entry.

Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA (Temporary Position)

Accounts Receivable Specialist

4/2007 - 10/2007 

§ Weekly invoicing: over 500 invoices during peak time of business 

§ Daily cash application of accounts receivable, miscellaneous and royalty deposits. 

§ Continued forensic account examination and clean up.

o    Analysis of payment applications including discount verification, substantiating credit owed against claims denied and collectable debt verses data error associated with each customers past due balance.

o    Account payment correction and allocation journal entries using assigned inter-company suspense and cash account distributions.

o    Procurement of data into excel to formulate graphs and percentages for cash reporting purposes and to track progress in weekly meetings. 

§ Designed templates used to track the purpose and actions behind each journal entry in regard to audit research.

§ Filing system restructuring and organization, collections calls and customer correspondence notices including proper credit card payment documentation for identity verification.

Excellent Educational Development, Santa Monica, Ca (Temporary Position)

Accounting Associate 

1/2007 - 4/2007 

§ Daily invoice entry, coding, cost allocation and check run: over 100 invoices per week

§ Bank Reconciliation & 1099 distributions. 

§ Weekly cash position reports involving outstanding checks in our accounting system reconciled against the select charter school’s checking account data downloaded for accurate display of financial stance. 

§ Calendar management

o    Established financial calendars to assess the flow of payables and to avoid penalties due to late payments.

Altman Specialty Plants, Vista, CA

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Accounts Receivable Lead

2005 –2006

§ Advanced to a lead position within four months of permanent status.   

o    Initiated daily posting and organized closing the month end Accounts Receivable module.

o    Managed a high volume of invoicing, credit and debit memo entering.

o    Trained fellow co-workers and restructured the department using my own understanding of accounting and operational tools. 

o    Conceptualized new methods of equating disputes and tracking aged receivables with Microsoft excel. 

§ Solomon Accounting software for document maintenance, memo creation and payment application. 

§ Compiling credit application information for submission to the company. Document scanning, correlation and filing. 

Otrando, Porcaro, Pascarella and Gill, Ltd., Warwick, RI

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Executive Assistant 

2003 - 2005 

§ Microsoft Office XP for formatting letters, memos, financial statements. 

§ Coordinated client Intake, scheduling, and meeting preparation.

§ ProSystem fx Tax Version 2003 for electronic filing, extensions, and miscellaneous line item changes 

§ Visual Practice Management CPA Software: Visual Administration for billable/non billable time entry. 

§ Micro Solution’s 1099 Etc. for processing W2's and 1099's. 

SR Management dba Antonio's Pizza by the Slice, Providence, RI

Bookkeeper/Executive Assistant

2003 - 2005 

§ Developed, maintained and recorded business transactions, balancing ledgers and preparing reports in QuickBooks Pro 2003 simultaneously for four companies and two personal accounts. 

§ Administered a Microsoft Outlook financial calendar tracking account information and dues dates of payables and receivables.

§ Designed Microsoft Office XP for outgoing correspondences such as letters for collection, bid specifications, and Excel for compiling amounts owed from purchase orders, charge slips, sales tickets etc, and for preparing invoices using formulated spreadsheets. 

Town of Johnston (reference letter), Johnston, RI

Purchasing Clerk 

2002 - 2003 

§ Phoenix General Accounting System for purchase order processing. 

§ Coordinated switchboard and mail. 

o    Temporarily managedthe department's responsibilities: approving requisitions, account application, creating accounting periods, and discrepancies.

§ University of California – San Diego, CA Extension Program Accounting Program: CPA 

   Degree: Certificate – in progress

§ Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, Major: Theatre/Theatrical Design, Communications 

               Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Completion Date: 08/2003 

Materials Management, Inventory Control, Production Planning, Methods & Standards, TQM (Ttl Quality), Six Sigma, Industrial Technology, Process Control, Purchasing, Materials Handling, Equipment Planning, Sales Analysis, Direct Sales, New Account Sales, Territory Development, Account Maintenance, Customer Relations, Forecasting, Pricing, Sales Promotion, Market Research & Analysis, Strategic Alliances, New Product, Business Development, Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning, Equity-Debt Mgmt., Treasury, Banking Relations, Stockholder Relations, Cash Management, Insurance, Pension & Fundament, Credit & Collections, Taxes, Cost Control, Accounting, Budgets, Reports, Analysis, Forecasting, Planning, Audits, EDP Systems, Systems Analysis, Design, & Development, Mgt. Information Systems, Project Management, Info. Systems Upgrade, Computer Operations, Accounting Systems, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Computer/Telecommunications, Facilities/Leases, Systems and Procedures, Training, Supervision, Security, Real Estate Site Selection, Purchasing & Distrib., Project Management, Program Planning, Public Relations, Community Affairs, Financial Community Relations, Research & Appraisal, Training, Compensation, Benefits, Wage & Rate Analysis, Employee Mentoring, Employee Coaching, Recruiting, Evaluation, Selection, Orientation, Organization Planning & Development, HR Allocation, Planning & Forecasting, Recreation, Safety, EEO Compliance, Leases, Compliance, Taxes, Shareholder Relations, Sales Assistance