General Ledger Manager

Posted on: 2013-02-22

 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL                                 BBA in Accounting and Finance (Double major)

Scholarships awarded by the AWSCPA and the FICPA

 150 credits - CPA License eligible

 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 Recipient of full Becker CPA Review scholarship awarded by the AWSCPA.

• SEC Financial Reporting compliance – Created several financial templates for 10K filing.
• Developed/implemented internal controls to improve accounting functions; reducing general and WC insurance costs
• Debugged and redesigned a third party accounting software for a company in Miami that was requiring day-to-day technical and accounting support and additional maintenance costs
• Significant experience working with Quick Books (Pro, Premier, Enterprise, Single and Multi user mode, different versions from 2005 and onwards.
• In past, I was an IT professional (Programmer). With my Accounting and Finance background, I can easily learn any new accounting software within a reasonable period of time.
• Daily operations – In the past have been involved in company’s day to day operations to become a reliable contact person to resolve many levels of issues and help the operations going smoothly.
• Supervisory skills.

Currently working as General Ledger Manager in Health Care industry                         Oct 2012 - Current

• Month end closing with extensive GL work related to payroll, payroll accruals, benefits such as health, dental, and vision insurance, PTO etc.
• Inter Company Transactions & reconciliation
• Significant number of bank reconciliation & Vendor invoice reconciliation
• Daily deposits & bank transfers
• Credit Card Expense allocation for many executives for several branches.
• Software in use – SAGE 300 and QuickBooks Pro 2010.
• Extensive use of Excel.

Various Staffing Agencies/Independent Contracts, Dade/Broward Counties                     Jan 2008– Aug 2012

Worked full time contract positions while I was a full time student at FAU

Senior Accountant – Intermedix (Healthcare Technology)

• Month end closing with extensive GL work
• Capitalization of Internally developed software and its amortization
• Accruals, Payroll - ADP, and PR Benefits
• Wells Fargo Commercial Credit Card Expense allocation & Reporting
• Inter Company Transactions, Fixed Assets, Depreciation, and liabilities Schedule

Controller – Meridian Pain & Diagnostics (Healthcare)

• Supervised overall accounting functions – AP, AR, Reconciliation, Payroll – ADP, JEs
• Identified and established policies and procedures, implementation of internal controls
• Process enhancement and organization of accounting department at 3 different locations
• Worked towards preparing documentation for the pending audit.

Internal Audit at Adrenalina (Public)

• Inventory Valuation – Inventory Price Test, Sales Price Test, Net Realizable Value, Gross Profit Analysis (Prepared work papers/schedules)
• Write memos for the tasks assigned and also write memos for other areas as assigned
• Financial Reporting – prepare financial statement templates and footnotes
• Automated the process to prepare consolidated Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flows) – Solely responsible
• Excel analysis using various advance functions
• Other – Vouching for AP, Price Test, Sales Price Test, Cash, Sales Receipts.

Revenue Reconciliations Accountant at Hilton Hotels (Hospitality)

• Bank reconciliations

Accountant at Inspirations for Youth & Families (Non Profit)

• Perform full cycle AP, AR, Payroll – ADP, reporting and write-offs functions (QuickBooks). Developed method to track lost sales in the accounting system

Accountant at Goodwin Biotechnology (Pharmaceutical)

• Developed relationship with vendors and re-negotiated the existing payment terms
• Full cycle A/P, A/R, Collections, Sales Tax, Fixed Assets Depreciation & leased equipment schedules, Balance Sheet accounts & Bank reconciliation, Journal Entries, GL maintenance, Petty Cash, Purchase Orders.
• Time Track – Maintain and process payroll hours (Paychex) and employee benefits such as vacation, PTO time and comp time.

Staff Accountant at Hebrew Home Mgmt. Inc.(Healthcare)

• Full cycle high volume AP (450/500 checks) using Keane software. Assisted in M/E closing. ADP – assisted in payroll for 1500 employees – Monitor & process PR hours, benefits and update ADP system for further processing by ADP.

Ranco Construction Corporation of SFL, Hollywood, Fl.                                                     Mar 2006 – Aug 2008

Staff Accountant (Construction)

• Developed a technique that resulted in reduced costs in worker’s comp insurance
• Processed weekly Payroll (Quickbooks), remitted Payroll Taxes and performed reconciliation, GL JEs, job costing (Construction Accounting), extensive Monthly, Quarterly and Annual reporting, AP / AR, month end closings. Assisted in Worker Comp. Audits, Project / job costing, Office Management.
• Preparation of financial statements (Balance sheet & Income statement) and Trial Balance report, adjusting entries, Pre-paid and Accruals, month end closing.
• Developed and implemented Internal Control in all areas of accounting functions and automation of several reports for internal reporting
• Analysis and reconciliation of Bank accounts, Balance Sheet, and Credit Card accounts.

South Florida Hindu Temple (Non Profit), SW Ranches, FL                                                 Dec 2004 – Feb 2006

Full Charge Bookkeeper

• AP, AR, Payroll, Ad hoc Reporting

Significant knowledge to prepare monthly forecasts & Budgets (Courses taken – Cases in Financial Management, Corporate Finance, and Advance Managerial Finance at FAU), Knowledge of GAAP & SOX (Sarbanes Oxley)

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE – Small to large size companies

Healthcare                                           Pharmaceutical                                   Construction                       Non-Profit                                                           

Healthcare Technology                          Hospitality                                         Wholesale                                  Retail                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

SAGE 300 (Accpac) People Soft, Net Suite (ERP), Click Time, Keane (A/P system), Peach Tree, QuickBooks Enterprise 2010, Celerant (Point of Sale system), Quick Books Pro 2008, 2006 - Construction, Quick Books Premier 2005, Quick Books Premier 2003 – Non Profit Edition, Lotus Notes, Crystal Reports,  MS Office (Excel: Pivot Tables), Windows 98, 2000 & NT, PL/SQL, Developer 2000, Designer 2000, Unix, Visual Basic, MS Access, Power Point, Outlook.

Tax Software – TPS (HR Block), Tax Wise, Tax Act.

ACCOUNTING SKILLS

AP, AR, Cash Management, Bank Reconciliation, Chart Of Accounts, Payroll (via ADP, Paychex, and Quickbooks), Accruals, Fixed Assets & Depreciation Schedules, Pre-Paid Assets, Deferred Liabilities, Month end closing, Software Capitalization, Expense Reporting, Inter-Company Transactions, Financial Statements, Debt payments, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation, Budget, Sales Tax etc.