Efficiently prepare Federal and State individual, corporate, not for profit, and partnership tax returns Enhanced knowledge of the US / Canada Income Tax Treaty by preparing individual and corporate returns for citizens living abroadResearch tax issues to determine deductions and credits for clients to obtain maximum refundProvide Tax planning services to clients and upsold additional services to clients when appropriatePerform Audit, Review, Compilation, and Agreed-Upon Procedure services for various for-profit, non-profit and governmental entities with revenues ranging from $50,000 to $40,000,000. First level reviewer of staff work to ensure completeness and accuracyCompleted professional training in the areas of Governmental and Not For Profit accounting, as well as Compilations and Review auditing procedures

Tested information technology general controls, automated controls, and key reports for multiple public and private companies.Document reviewer for an ongoing forensic accounting investigation dealing with a foreign entity Developed standard procedures for documenting work papers that were implemented department wideConducted meetings with various clients to obtain an understanding of client processes and to gather needed audit documentationParticipated in the hiring of new associates and interns

Tested financial and IT internal controls to determine whether they were operating effectively for a $5.5 billion dollar entityCommunicated with members of the organization to obtain the documents necessary for audit testingPrepared work papers for audit reports to convey Internal Audit findings to managementDeveloped an in-depth understanding of company internal controls related to the Sarbanes Oxley ActReviewed contracts with Mexican suppliers to determine if they had proper FCPA languageUpdated the critical excel spreadsheet listing for various business units to ensure its accuracyDelivered a presentation to over 50 members of the organization detailing my internship experience

Accurately entered purchase orders, invoices and information from the service log into Microsoft Access & QuickBooks to record all costs on the jobProcessed and submitted final & deposit invoices to clients Performed closed job audits, Microsoft Access audit and a purchase order audit to ensure all information is accurately entered and codedResponsible for providing the pre-billing report to verify all account executives are submitting deposit invoices to accounting within the proper time periodMaintained monthly budgets for all departments within the organizationPerformed month end closings, including bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations and various other internal reportsVerified all employees hours in ADP Payroll, and submitted final payroll to the accounting managerMember of a team responsible for creating a process to ensure all graphics charges would be added to jobsAssisted the accounting manager in preparing the weekly accounts receivable/accounts payable forecast

Tutor Accounting students, answering questions; demonstrating problem solving