Accounting Specialist/Temporary assignment/Contractor Resume Bethesda, MD - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Experienced Accounting Professional with 15 years of experience as an Accounting Specialist and 20 years of experience as a Tax Preparer.
Demonstrated competence in all phases of Accounting, Financial Reporting, Financial Statement preparation, Auditing, Bookkeeping, Tax Preparation, and Regulatory Compliance.
Results - driven and reliable, established track record of producing top quality output as an individual, and as part of a team.
Superior ability to build and maintain strong business relationships and to interface, successfully, with professionals in all business disciplines, at all organizational levels.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with proven leadership skills. Adaptable to change, responds to challenges with confidence, determination, and focus.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

TECHNOLOGY/COMPUTER SKILLS:

Microsoft Office (Word & Excel); Tax Preparation Software, Microsoft AX 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Accounting Specialist/Temporary assignment/Contractor

Responsibilities:

Vendor maintenance in Microsoft AX2012 which includes obtaining W9s from vendors and setting up Confidential payment for vendors as well, in an effort to go paperless for all payments.
Opening of the daily mail, stamping and scanning invoices and uploading to the system for processing by the accounting clerks.
Assisting with the running of checks which happens on a weekly basis, mostly by matching invoices with checks and mailing the payments.
Filing and organizing the check copies and supporting documents.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Accounting Specialist

Responsibilities:

Payment and processing of all the company invoices, assuring that all the invoices are signed off and paid in a timely manner.
Ensure effective, accurate, and professional accounting management; perform a variety of functions including posting all incoming payments from cable companies carrying the cable channel C-SPAN, and reconcile payments to what was billed.
Maintain General Ledger, ensure transactions are recorded accurately and timely; efficiently work month-end closing schedules meeting all reporting deadlines.
Provide comprehensive support; perform journal entries and account maintenance duties, research changes in monthly payments, analyze subscriber numbers, note carriage trends in reports for the channel.
Accurately maintain account information; track and account for all incoming fixed assets; enter information into database, and enter purchase price in General ledger.
Consolidated disclosures for corporate submission; process disposal, donation and sale of inactive fixed assets; post to Disposals Ledger.
Provide audit management and support; complete yearly audit of fixed assets to curtail theft; track findings in Fixed Assets Database.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Income Tax Preparer

Responsibilities:

Use comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of tax laws to uncover potential deductions and credits for clients; prepare tax forms for individuals by assessing clients’ financial situation, analyzing federal, state, and local codes to determine tax liabilities, and helping clients recover maximum benefits permitted under law.
Resolve customer complaints; interview clients and review financial records thoroughly to provide accurate and well-researched completed tax forms; ensure clients do not pay unnecessary income taxes.
Resolve difficult problems and prepare client invoices; consult tax law handbooks for especially difficult returns and calculate and invoice clients for form preparation fees.
Use electronic filing software to prepare tax forms; recommend additional products and services to clients.

Confidential , Washington, DC

Accounting Assistant

Responsibilities:

Achieved accounting operational objectives; mai ntain full charge of oversee timely monthly close and maintenance of accounting ledgers and journal entries, including monthly review of account reconciliations of all accounts used for recording daily cash activities.
Ensure accuracy and helped to maintain strong financial operations; performed daily booking of entries and interest payments, processed returned checks.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Accounting Assistant

Responsibilities:

Managed timely completion of accounting transactions; p erformed entry and processing of weekly accounts payable payments to vendors.
Ensured thorough and accurate recordkeeping; recorded billings for services being utilized by clients, and posted accounts receivable and accounts payable to the General Ledger.