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Kent, WA, US

• Provide supervision and coaching to two direct reports who are responsible for general accounting duties and bi-weekly payroll. Ensure team members are on track to learn and grow professionally.
• Ensure accounting duties performed by team members are prepared timely and accurately. Provide the necessary and required level of review and approval of team members' work.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for other PB subsidiary companies for intercompany billings. Ensure month-end intercompany entries are booked accurately, and intercompany accounts are reconciled prior to.
• Reconcile various balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis, verifying completion.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly reports for the parent company using OneStream. Reporting includes maintaining the transformation rule of accounts, monthly uploads and reconciliations of QAD.
• Process monthly/quarterly brokerage and royalty payments.

Kent, WA, US

• Key role with the periodic close process from preparing and approving journal entries preparation to account analysis, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Facilitated the implementation of OneStream, our parent company's new financial reporting system.
• Maintained transformation rule, account mapping, and periodic imports of the GL into OneStream.
• Maintained fixed asset accounting, including the adding of new projects, Depreciation Expenses (Budget and Actual), and Dispositions: Ensured all balances were reconciled to the general ledger each month.
• Processed monthly/quarterly brokerage and royalty accrual and payments.
• Performed bi-weekly payroll journal entry and reconciliation to ADP.

Kent, WA, US

• Prepared daily cash reports for the CFO, accounting director, and accounting manager.
• Initiated $1M+ bank payments and ensured no fraudulent transactions in the accounts.
• Maintained weekly check register summary spreadsheet to reconcile check runs and mailed payable checks.
• Performed monthly bank reconciliation with zero unreconciled items.
• Processed monthly journal entries and maintain a journal entry log with all supporting documentation.
• Reconciled balance sheet accounts such as cash, receivables, payables, payroll, medical, industrial insurance, taxes, and loans.

Kent, WA, US

• Processed bi-weekly payroll for 500+ employees, including data entry & validation, generation of payments, and coordination of reporting.
• Facilitated the implementation of the new HRIS system (ADP) and worked with an operational team on several payroll projects, such as setting up cost centers and payroll frequency change.
• Developed payroll analytics that show overall trends for the Accounting Director to make an informed judgment in approving the current process payroll.
• Reconciled court or government-ordered employee withholding and worked with outside reporting agencies on jurisdictional requirements in transmitting data as needed.
• Maintained payroll operations while in compliance with the company's policies and procedures.
• Researched and resolved payroll-related discrepancies timely and accurately.

Menlo Park, CA, US

• Client: Oberto Sausage Company now known as Oberto Snacks Inc.
• Vouchered 500+ vendor invoices in QAD per week as approved by the appropriate personnel.
• Matched 200+ approved invoices against the check voucher twice per week with due diligence.
• Maintained vendor payments archive including approved invoices, purchase orders, receiving documents and copies of payment documents.
• Expedited the clearing of trade deductions from the A/R aging by attaching the backup as soon as the deduction was posted in the MEI/AFS site.
• Transmitted 100+ customer invoices daily through mail or EDI.

Select Coursework: Intermediate Accounting I/II/III; Current Issues in Accounting; Professional Research for Accountants; Federal Taxes and Management Decisions; External Auditing; Accounting Capstone; Becker CPA Exam-Prep Courses

• Assigned Client: Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra and Suarez Law Firm
• Processed monthly payroll for 30+ employees including generation and distribution of payments.
• Documented daily cash deposits and withdrawals, while consistently achieving 100% drawer accuracy.
• Managed several funds, including petty cash, transportation, and cash advances.
• Generated account statements, including retainer & special bill accounts, using QuickBooks for 100+ clients.
• Produced summaries outlining monthly client charges, updating the out-of-pocket expenses ranging from copying costs to overtime fees.

Master'S Degree, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting