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San Mateo, California, United States

San Mateo, Ca

Areas of focus included deferred commissions and internally developed capitalized software. Led and prepared monthly OpEx flux analyses and meetings with FP&A and Accounting teams. Assisted in monthly preparation of consolidated flux analysis for internal use and external auditors. Assisted the Accounting team to ensure SOX compliance. Managed 1 direct report on the GL team.

San Mateo, California

Main areas of focus were prepaid expenses, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations. I assisted with the month-end close process and PBC requests from our external auditors. I worked closely with our Accounts Payable and Procurement teams on a regular basis and other cross-functional teams such as FP&A, Legal, Tax, and Treasury. Other accounting functions I’ve had a role in included recording deferred rent, expense allocations, and working on various projects such as building a missed invoice accrual history, assisting in the creation of journal entry logs for internal control purposes, and simplifying our prepaid expense schedules.

Mountain View, Ca

Oversaw Accounts Payable in North America, took sole responsibility in processing payroll for all employees in the United States and Canada, maintained general ledger accounts and activities, performed intercompany transactions between Travelzoo's international entities and subsidiaries, and assisted in the overall general accounting of Travelzoo's North America operations.

Mountain View, Ca

Transitioned over to the Accounts Payable department. Processed vendor invoices and weekly check runs, along with electronic payments when necessary. Implemented Concur for the company to streamline the processing of employee expense reports. Trained employees on how to use Concur. Recorded prepaid expenses and accruals on a quarterly basis to assist with the quarter-end close process, along with preparing balance sheet reconciliations. Assisted in processing payroll for our U.S. and Canada subsidiaries and quickly learned the processes that came along with it with having no prior experience in payroll.

Mountain View, Ca

Worked in Accounts Receivable and prepared weekly and monthly invoicing for our customers. Recorded check deposits, bank transactions, and performed monthly bank reconciliations for our U.S. operations. Reviewed and processed manual employee expense reports.