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San Francisco, California, Us

- Fixed Assets capitalization and reconciliations- Prepaid expense amortization and reconciliations-Month-end close- US and International Cash Management

San Francisco, California, Us

-Accounts Receivable: Billing, receivable processing via Zuora billing software. -Accounts Payable: payable processing via bill.com-Accounts reconciliation -Month-end Close-Financial Statements reporting-Employees benefit allocation -W9 collection and 1099 processing

Seattle, Wa, Us

-Accounts Payable: Processing bills, expenses, and payables to ensure prompt payments-Accounts Receivable: Billing, receivable processing and communicating with clients-Reconciliation: Reconciliation of Vendor Accounts, Bank Accounts, and Credit Cards to confirm that monthly Trial Balances match monthly Balance Statements-Banking: Fund management to variety of bank accounts through company’s online banking portal-Month-end, Quarter-end and Year-end closing: Closing the books for each period-Financial Statement reports and presentation: Preparing Financial Statement reports for each closing period and presentation of the reports to the executive team to inform them of the financial status of the company for each period.-Revenue Recognition: Determining and accruing revenue for each project through communicating with producers and project managers. -Payroll and payroll tax payments processing and recording Payroll Journal Entries bio-monthly.-Payroll Job costing: Monthly calculation of employees’ time spent on projects based on employees’ wages, payroll taxes and benefits and allocating the cost to projects to evaluate the profitability of each project.-Time tracking: Tracking employees time via time tracker tools to ensure employees’ eligibility for benefits and their proper time allocation to their assigned projects. -Staff Time Report: Preparing and presenting staff time report to the executive team to inform them of employee’s utilization rate to help decide on how to maximize the efficiency of the employees. -Employee Benefits processing: Setting up, making changes and removing and tracking employees’ benefits and tracing deductions for payroll.

Seattle, Wa, Us

-Employees reimbursement and expense report processing. -Hiring and Termination process: Collecting and processing employees’ documents at the time of hire and termination including Employee Handbook, NDA, Confidentiality Agreement, Payroll documents, employee benefits documents and other required credentials. -Prepaid Expense amortization schedule: Posting the scheduled Journal Entry at the end of each closing period for the expense incurred over that period. (Mainly for prepaid commercial and other insurances)-Annual Corporate Filing: Submitting the annual corporate filing report, renewal of annual business license and other annual filings.-Annual 1099 filing: Preparation of documents and processing 1099s for vendors, freelancers, and subcontractors. -Commercial insurance and employee benefits renewal: Evaluating and reviewing the renewal policies with the executive team for company’s Commercial Insurance, employees’ Health Insurance and Simple IRA plan and processing the renewals. -Sub-contractors’ documentation: Collecting and filing subcontractors documents such NDA, confidentiality agreements and W9. -Forecasting: Working with the company’s financial consultant to prepare required information and to use forecasting tools to provide and present quarterly and annual forecast reports to the executive team. -Pre and Post Live Action Shoots accounting process: Supporting the live action shoot crew on each project by providing the petty cash and location checks and closing the project by reviewing the project’s wrapbook, processing the project’s payments and collecting project’s credit card transactions receipts and reconciling the budget vs actuals. -Tracking, processing, accruing and job costing Director’s Fees and Commissions for each project.-Communication with CPA: Frequent communication with the company’s CPA firm to provide information for the projects they are assigned to and to seek their support on my tasks, if needed.

• Accounts Payable: Entering bills, expenses, and payables to ensure prompt and responsive payments• Reconciliation: Reconciliation of Vendor Accounts, Bank Accounts, and Credit Cards• Accounts Receivable: Billing, receivable processing and communicating with clients

Accounting ManagerManage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting department including:• Month end and year process• Accounts payable/receivable• General ledger• Payroll utilities• Budgeting• Cash forecasting• Check runs• Monitor and analyze accounting data and produce financial reports or statements• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies and principles• Provide recommendations• Improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions• Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy• Meet financial accounting objectives• Establish and maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions• Direct the activities and productivity of a department or entire organizationOffice Manager:• Provide training and guidance• Hire, terminate, and train staff.• Create schedules.• Work with the Executive Director to sustain and grow programs and service• Manage administrative functions to ensure smooth and efficient operations of the organization• Ensure performance goals are met and set.• Attend and preside over meetings.• Participate in strategic planning.• Represent the organization to the public, d business partners• Plan and implement the annual calendar of activities including fundraising initiatives, special events and the official administrative acts.• Help create budgets and track expenditures.• Create presentations for meetings.• Collaborating on strategy• Managing Personnel• Conducting in-depth reviews of financial circumstances, current provision and future aims.• Designing financial strategies

Laguna Hills, California, Us

• Accounts Payable: Entering bills, expenses, and payables to ensure prompt and responsive payments• Account Receivable: Billing, invoicing, and collecting funds from customers and financing companies. • Daily input of vendor invoices.• Reconciliation: Reconciliation of Vendor Accounts, Bank Accounts, and Credit Cards to assure monthly Trial Balances match monthly Statements balances.•Payroll: Preparing Payroll and recording Payroll Journal Entries semi-weekly.• Executive Assisting: Conserving executive’s time by routing the correspondence, analyzing information and initializing telecommunications.

Irvine, California, Us

• Accounts Payable: Entering bills, expenses, and payables to ensure prompt and responsive payments• Bank Reconciliation: To assure monthly Trial Balances match monthly Bank Statement balances• Entering Journal Entry for bank transactions and Cash Accounts• Recording monthly depreciation for Assets and Prepaid Accounts• Consolidating all company’s account transactions to provide a quick, convenient information for analysis

Accounting Experience• Prepared Month-End Income Statements and Balance Sheets• Accounts Receivable: received and processed payments from customers• Accounts Payable: Managed and timely processed invoices daily and responsibly controlled the AccountsPayable for short-term assignments (two- four weeks)Management Experience• Quality Control Manager: Responsible for all levels of quality assurance/control while serving in a fastpace environment of an herbal supplement company• Inventory Control: Verified number of products in the warehouse against the Inventory Account andordered new supply for low inventory items.• Warehouse: operated receiving, shipping and packaging in accordance with the work process, andmaintained the equipment and work area

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting

Business Administration And Management, General