Senior Accountant - Powerspec Inc
(2023-06 - 2025-12)
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
- Handled month-end and year-end end finances by managing and reporting fixed assets and other data.
- Assisted in internal and external audits by preparing necessary documentation and responding to auditor inquiries.
- Updated general ledger with latest entries.
- Completed year-end closing processes with controllers and external auditors.
- Analyzed financial statement discrepancies, identifying issues, and recommending corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
- Reduced errors in financial statements through stringent review procedures and regular reconciliation of accounts.
- Established strong relationships with vendors to negotiate favorable payment terms that improved working capital management.
- Assisted team members in transitioning to new system through extensive training and one-on-one support.
- Strengthened internal controls by reviewing processes, identifying gaps, and proposing improvements to safeguard against fraud or mismanagement of funds.
- Contributed to policy development, recommending changes to improve financial procedures and controls.
- Prepared detailed financial statements for quarterly board meetings, providing clear insights into financial health.
- Conducted monthly reconciliations for all bank accounts to ensure financial integrity.
- Decreased financial discrepancies, thoroughly investigating and resolving any variances in account balances.
- Optimized cash flow management, carefully scheduling outgoing payments to coincide with receivable cycles.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
Senior Accountant - Edisen Corp
(2022-01 - 2023-05)
- Worked closely with and reported to the Corporate Controller.
- Assisted in upgrade and conversion of financial department software systems to reduce errors and improve efficiency.
- Prepared corporate tax schedules quarterly and annually.
- Assisted in annual audit.
- Assisted in the merging and acquisition of current company entities.
- Cross trained & assisted with the cash disbursement responsibilities.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Assisted with internal controls including risk assessments and reviews.
- Reviewed budgets/forecasts and communicated discrepancies to the Controller.
- Prepared month-end/year-end journal entries and reconciliations Supervised accounting staff.
- Created and processed invoice for US entities as well as international vendors for the European entities.
- Prepared and filed of 1099's, Sales & Use Taxes.
- Maintained a fixed asset schedule, Prepaid Expenses, Accrued Expenses, and Deferred Revenue.
- Prepared and analyzed data monthly for departmental expenses for numerous individual facilities and entities across the globe.
- Actively participated in business development by attending industry events, engaging in face-to-face visits to current and potential clients.
- Communicate with the IRS to resolve corporation discrepancies and maintain tax compliance for various tax types and company divisions.
- Communicate with clients to resolve billing discrepancies.
- Monitored and maintained corporate credit cards to ensure the transactions were in fact business expenses and kept copies of all receipts for reference.
- Responsible for calculating employee reimbursements, company bonuses, and commissions.
- Reconciled bank statements, company credit cards, and the sub ledger to the general ledger.
- Supported budget administration with detailed expense analysis and report reviews.
- Monitored and tracked all company expenses to ensure company stayed on track with its financial goals.
- Documented and tracked overhead and capital expenses for budgetary purposes.
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
Senior Accountant - Eat Clean Bro
(2022-01 - 2023-01)
- Established tables of accounts and assigned entries to proper accounts.
- Directed activities of personnel engaged in filing and transmitting financial records.
- Prepared periodic reports to compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
- Reviewed accounts for discrepancies to properly reconcile differences.
- Responsible for AIR, A/P, PPE, and deferred revenue Inspected account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
- Responsible for communicating with vendors and customers to generate and properly process invoices and purchase orders.
- Developed, implemented, modified and documented recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
- Examined inventory to verify journal and ledger entries. Inspected cash on hand, noted receivable and payable, negotiable securities and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate.
- Audited payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums and workers' compensation coverage.
- Created and prepared adjusting journal entries.
- Supervised auditing of establishments and determined scope of investigation required.
- Developed, maintained, and analyzed budgets, preparing periodic reports that compared budgeted costs to actual costs.
- Computed taxes owed and prepared tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
Senior Accountant - Sigman Real Estate
(2021-12 - 2022-03)
- Managed accounts receivable and accounts payable, assisting with transactional-level tasks.
- Reconciled financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
- Owned balance sheet accounts, researching and clearing outstanding transactions.
- Prepared accounting information, producing financial statements in accordance with accounting principles.
- Researched and reviewed payments received to input into financial systems.
- Developed and implemented record-keeping and accounting systems using current computer technology.
- Monitored key account reconciliations and balances to identify risks to financial statements.
- Designed and implemented controls to track financial records and safeguard assets.
- Posted journal entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Maintained reliable cash flow projection and reporting mechanism to meet operating needs.
- Inspected account books and accounting systems for use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
- Analyzed business operations and trends to project future revenues and expenses.
- Prepared detailed reports on audit findings.
- Engaged in filing, recording, and transmitting financial records.
- Conferred with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.
Forensic Accounting - Smolin Lupin
(2020-09 - 2021-10)
- Used background checks to conduct financial investigations into all parties involved.
- Monitored financial reporting to meet tax deadlines.
- Worked with companies, as we'll as, attorneys to detect fraud.
- Generated cash activity statement, balance sheets, and investment reports for management review.
- Gathered electronic data, paper documentation and all relevant statements to provide legal professionals and authorities with materials at hearings, trials, and arbitrations.
- Collected accounting records and assess transactions to find misreported and unethical actions.
- Helped keep systems reliable and protect date and protect data integrity with improved system controls.
- Increased accuracy through frequent account review and reconciliation.
- Prepared detailed reports on audit findings.
- Trace infractions such as kickbacks, misappropriation, and embezzlement.
Senior Accountant - Schlesinger Associates
(2017-01 - 2020-07)
- Prepared monthly expense variance analyses between actual, budget and forecast amounts.
- Set up new budget variance reports for reporting upper management.
- Prepared weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting schedules for Finance review.
- Performed bank reconciliations.
- Communicated with the IRS to resolve corporation discrepancies and maintain tax compliance for various tax types and company divisions.
- Assisted with external and internal audit process.
- Conducted individual audits to determine unreported income, personal use of company cash and other assets.
- Performed month-end/year-end close and financial statement preparation.
- Analyzed monthly journal entries as well as the Cash Flow, Balance Sheet, income Statement, and Trial Balance financial statements.
- Maintained the firm's American Express (AmEx) Account, which included 100 plus members and applied all monthly charges to the accurate general ledger account.
- Managed and ensured accuracy of revenue, receivable, and expense accrual accounts.
- Prepared sales/use tax returns for city and state.
- Prepared and analyzed data monthly for departmental expenses for 15 individual facilities across the US and Europe.
Accountant/ Tax Preparer - Central Jersey Tax Services
(2014-01 - 2017-01)
- Prepared corporate and personal tax returns.
- Collected data and prepared weekly/monthly/annual statements.
- Calculated and submitted monthly payroll reports.
- Calculated and submitted quarterly reports.
- Ensured expense plans were achieved.
- Calculated Sales/Use Tax.
- Conducted internal audits, worker's comp audits.
- Explained federal and state tax laws to individuals and companies.
- Reviewed income statements and documentation of expenditures to determine forms needed to prepare tax returns.
- Used all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and credits to keep clients' taxes to minimum.
- Computed taxes owed and overpaid.
- Provided future tax planning to clients.
Accountant/Tax Preparer - Tedeschi Accounting
(2014-01 - 2017-02)
- Created spreadsheets of companies' expense reports using Excel.
- Generated and sent out invoices/statements.
- Communicated with the IRS to resolve client discrepancies.
- Set up new and existing accounts for companies using QuickBooks.
- Furnished taxpayers with sufficient information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.
- Reviewed income statements and documentation of expenditures to determine forms needed to prepare tax returns.
- Used all appropriate adjustments, deductions and credits to keep clients' taxes to minimum.
- Obtained additional information on taxable income and deductible expenses and allowances.
- Prepared and assisted in preparing simple to complex tax returns for individuals and small businesses.
- Checked data input and verified totals on forms prepared by others to detect errors in arithmetic, data entry and procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks while remaining adaptable and flexible.
Accountant - Shear Innovations
(2008-01 - 2014-12)
- Monitored employee work to assess performance and identify knowledge gaps.
- Supervised teams and provided clear objectives and consistent, performance-oriented policies.
- Cross-trained staffing secondary roles to expand operational diversity.
- Met financial targets by establishing budgets and controlling expenses.
- Organized training for new team members and routine retraining for established employees.
- Managed legal requirements for business operations.
- Contributed to effective decision making with detailed reports on daily operations.
- Kept all paperwork current and compliant with internal standards and legal requirements.
- Calculated and prepared weekly payroll.
- Calculated and paid all payroll, state and federal taxes.
