Sylvia Daun Email & Phone Number

Contract work at:Discovery Foods, Hayward, CA November 2010 - PresentSenior Staff Accountant* Maintain company fixed assets and capital project records* Calculate broker commission payments* Responsible for journal entries and account reconciliations* Prepare and file various government surveys* Prepare and file 571L Property Tax Return and Sales and Use Tax ReturnKaiser Permanente Information Technology, Pleasanton, CAJan. 2010 - Sept. 2010 and Nov. 2008 - May 2009Senior Accountant* Communicated with regional counterpart to balance inter-regional account and process inter-regional journal entries* Responsible for sales tax reconciliation and following up with sales tax department on outstanding issues* Responsible for FAS13 lease levelization calculations and related journal entries* Reconcilied contractor time billing accruals to payments and researched any discrepancies. Uncovered $209k of duplicate payments to a vendor.* Responsible for other balance sheet account reconciliations and journal entries, such as prepaid maintenance* Gathered information for monthly common work papers binder* Assisted in the system conversion from a main frame system to One Link/PeopleSoft* Re-wrote procedures for changes due to conversion to One Link* Provided support to other accountants during monthly close

Contract work:Audatex, a Solera Company, San Ramon, CASenior Financial Analyst* Analyzed and wrote explanations on variances to forecast for various departments* Produced and sent department managers their monthly reports* Answered managers' questions regarding account activity* Prepared monthly forecast for various departments* Assisted in the preparation and distribution of annual budget spreadsheets and reports* Anaylzed telecom accounts to update monthly accrual entry* Responsible for journal entries

Contract work:Ross Stores, Inc., Pleasanton, CASenior Accountant* Analyzed and wrote explanations on variances to budget and forecast for G&A departments* Responsible for journal entries and account reconciliations* Prepared budget for several asset and liability accounts* Assisted in reconciling fixed asset system balances to general ledger

* Prepared and issued weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reports* Responsible for journal entries, balancing inter-company activiity, account reconciliations and bank reconciliations* Prepared audit and supporting schedules as required by outside auditors* Prepared home office budget and consolidated and issued budget for company* Responsible for 571L Property Tax Statements and other government reporting

* Responsible for monthly close cycle* Responsible for journal entries and account reconciliations* Prepared and filed sales tax return and 571L Property Statements

* Supervised six clerical staff in the following areas: Fixed asset maintenance, intercompany charges, sales reporting, property taxes, and percentage rent* Reconcilied accounts and prepared journal entries* Approved payments for property taxes, business licenses and percentage rent*Filed various business licenses

* Prepared operating reports for senior management and parent company including: Weekly comparison of sales, operating profit and pre-tax earnings estimates to budget, income statement graphics package and quarterly reporting schedules* Reconciled accounts and prepared journal entries* Analyzed litigation fees by case