Asministrative Manager at FEL-AIR HEATING & AC (2013-10 – Present)
An AC, Heating, Electrical & Solar Company
- Assumed responsibility and data management of the following departments (Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Administration, and Purchasing)
- Directly assisted CEO in operational management, sales and financial control
- Organized and maintained budget, cash flow, asset disposition and expense reports
- Maintained account balances, records and a variety of fiscal reports
- Bank reconciliations, billing and collection of accounts
Senior Financial Analyst at WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES (2008-01 – 2010-04)
Willdan Financial Services specializes in providing revenue generation, enhancement, and administration services to public agencies. (Additional tenure: 2011-07 to 2013-10)
- Facilitated complex analysis and reports as a result of sound financial recordkeeping and thorough statistical documentation
- Worked with public agencies towards the formation and administration of land secured financing for special tax districts
- Understood, interpreted & applied local economic and policy research associated with State Codes, California legislation, local government ordinances, and initiatives
- Prepared a variety of financial, accounting, budgetary, and statistical statements, and analyses for multiple financial and administrative reports and presentations
- Researched, compiled and interpreted fiscal data and makes appropriate financial recommendations
- Coordinated and participated in local government studies and special projects
- Maintained accurate financial and operational databases for district organization, administration and development
- Project coordination, documentation collection and external review for agency reports
- Constructed cash flow models to determine employee and investment development feasibility in connection with public services costs and public funding mechanisms
- Prepared fiscal impact analyses to determine development generated impacts on public services
- Utilized various applications to generate intricate databases and spreadsheets for analysis and operational administration
- Attended multiple municipal/board meetings and participates in ongoing presentations
- Generated and processed budgetary employee plan creation through diligent monitoring of agency performance including financial analysis and review, compliance and collateral, delinquencies, and credit problems. Prepared all status reports on a timely basis.
Accounting Technician at ELSINORE VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT (2010-04 – 2011-07)
As a special district, EVMWD's powers include provision of public water service, water supply development and planning, wastewater treatment and disposal, and recycling
- Performed a variety of responsible technical accounting duties in support of assigned accounting system, function, or program area including the areas of miscellaneous billing and month-end closing.
- Performed difficult and moderately complex analysis, scheduling, and reconciliatory accounting functions to include account coding and costing verifications.
- Prepared, maintained, and/or verified a variety of accounting, financial, and statistical records, ledgers, logs, and files; gathers, assembles, tabulates, enters, checks, verifies, balances, adjusts, records, and files financial data; reviews information to ensure accurate reporting; resolves discrepancies; establishes and maintains various files and records.
- Prepared a variety of financial, accounting, budgetary, and statistical statements, analyses, documents, studies, and reports and graphs; develops spreadsheet analysis of various items as necessary.
- Generated a variety of financial reports required for management reporting by utilizing both manual and computerized spreadsheet applications; assists other accounting staff and departmental management
- Preparation of staff reports and presentations to District management and the Board of Directors.
- Edited, reviewed, and prepared billing for the District's miscellaneous billings; bills miscellaneous agreements, leases, waste disposal, fines, work orders, and related items; coordinated follow-up of payments related to the miscellaneous billing system.
- Performed month-end closing activities; prepares monthly journal vouchers, accruals, reports, and reconciliations.
- Assumed responsibility for maintaining District work orders; enters data; logs and tracks inspection work orders, operations and maintenance work orders, and work orders for capital outlays and District projects; closes and capitalizes work orders.
- Assumed responsibility for maintaining the District's fixed asset database; enters fixed assets; reconciles fixed asset and accumulated depreciation accounts; prepares reports.
- Processed miscellaneous cash receipts; researches applicable general ledger accounts; prepares deposit and cash receipt forms.
- Set-up general ledger accounts; enters data; maintains code for the State Controller's report and financial statements.
- Prepared the State Controller's report.
- Processed property tax billings for District owned properties; researches for exemption and initiates payment.
- Assisted in the preparation of the District budget; compiles and enters data; edits narrative; assembles reports.
- Assumed responsibility for coordinating and working on a variety of special projects relating to the Finance Department as assigned.
- Utilized various computer programs and applications; enters and maintains data; generates reports from a database or in-house system; creates spreadsheets and generates reports using spreadsheet software; creates documents using word processing software.
- Performed a variety of general office support tasks in support of department operations; assists and backs-up other staff; assists in departmental correspondence, filing, and telecommunications.
- Read, understood, and ensured compliance with the District's Safety Manual; attended safety meetings, as required; reports all accidents, violations, or infractions to supervisor.
- Payroll Backup
Bookkeeper at ARCHSTONE SMITH (2007-02 – 2008-01)
An S&P 500 Real Estate Investment Trust
- Monitored and processed the property accounting and administration through budgetary, variance, and revenue reports ensuring the properties profitability.
- Researched, resolved and developed operational, employee investment and insurance programs
- Maintained all financial reports and formulated recommendations
- Operated financial computer systems and furnished senior company executives with budgetary / financial studies and cash flow reports that were consistently praised for their accuracy, user-friendliness and timeliness.
- Handled the processing, distribution, accuracy verification and maintenance of invoices, interfacing extensively with a nationwide network of vendors and suppliers.
