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Irvine, California, United States

Irvine, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Garden Grove, California, United States

• Managing all aspects of the business operations such as management, marketing, accounting, and finances.• Income tax preparation for individuals and businesses.• Acting accountant and bookkeeper for small businesses. Established processes and procedures for recordkeeping and business analysis purposes.• Reporting Agent for payroll clients. Includes monthly payroll services plus quarterly and annual payroll tax returns preparation.• Strategically implemented a process that allows remote workers to perform accounting duties effectively and efficiently.

Huntington Beach, Ca

• Income tax returns preparation for small businesses and high-net-worth individuals.• Performed a thorough information analysis and prepared workpapers for tax returns preparation.• Assisted business clients with account reconciliations and year-end adjusting entries to match tax returns.• Completed tax research and formal client letters to communicate findings and recommendations.• Researched and completed multistate registration for businesses and individuals.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Managed clients’ accounting and bookkeeping using QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online (QBO), and Xero• Transferred and converted new client’s QBO into our firm’s QBO account• Bank and credit card reconciliations• Sales & Use Tax Filing• Managed payroll for clients including quarter and year-end filing requirements• Performed multiple year-end payroll returns for S-Corps including the calculation of reasonable officer compensation• Ensured clients were in compliance with their 1099’s filing requirements• Reviewed and prepared client financial statements• Prepared adjusting journal entries and reconciled differences between books and tax return• Prepared tax returns for businesses, tax-exempt organizations, Estates & Trusts, and Individuals using Lacerte• Developed and automatized a fee schedule for quoting the firm services• Created step-by-step accounting procedures for the accounts that I managed

Paramount, Ca

• Primarily used QuickBooks Enterprise version to fulfill most of the daily tasks• Managed all incoming bills with the 3-way matching approach for Bills, Item Receipts, and• Purchase Orders• Handled the A/R cycle which included invoicing, receiving payments, recording deposits, and submit remote deposits to the bank on a daily basis• Reconciled A/R with vendor's records to address differences• Maintained A/R filing system and provided custom reports as needed• Issued credit memos, debit memos, refunds, and communicated discrepancies as needed with internal and external users• Worked closely with Accounts Payable for accounts reconciliation

Long Beach, Ca

• Assisted partners and managers with tax preparation of their clients• Prepared individual tax returns for individuals with income ranging from $150,000 to $2,000,000• Prepared S-Corp returns for industries such as wholesale of consumer products, real estate, private transportation services, and medical services.• Assisted with the preparation of Trust, Corporate, and LLCs tax returns• Performed staff accountant duties such as journal entries, trial balances, and depreciation schedules.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Managed the accounting records of Walter’s Services• Handled the preparation and filing of Federal and State income tax for individuals, partnerships and S-Corporations. Specialized in Individuals tax credit qualifications such as the CTC and EITC. • Annually, filed over 200 individual returns, 10 partnership returns, and 7 s-corp. returns• About 90% of the individual returns belong to clients with income less than $100,00 and the remaining 10% to client with income less than $150,000• The Partnerships and S-Corp returns filed were small family-owned businesses in the manufacturing and retailing of the fashion industry with income between $250,000 to $2,000,000.• Provided bookkeeping to small family-owned retail customers, and assisted them with their QuickBooks configuration as needed • Helped clients with new business registrations at the city and state level

Master Of Science - Ms, Accountancy, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Association of Latino Professionals For America

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration, Accountancy, 3.720

Activities and Societies: Beta Alpha Psi & Accounting Society

Associate'S Degree, As-T In Business Administration

Associate in Science in Business Administration

Associate'S Degree, General Studies

Associate in Science in Business Administration