EXPERIENCE
Accounting Supervisor
May 2023 - Present
Aspire Bakeries | Los Angeles, CA
Consultant - Senior Accountant
July 2022 – December 2022
Pelican Products, Inc. | Torrance, CA
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Managed and owned month-end closed related financial processes for 28 international subsidiaries, including posting journal entries to meet metrics and timelines
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Communicated with international counterparts regarding month-end sales and reporting to consolidate and share findings back to the CFO
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Streamlined existing accounting processes by implementing SOPs within procedures to ensure optimal performance
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Coordinated with Accounts Payable and Tax Departments, collaborated with staff as a proactive team member to ensure data accuracy, and completion
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Operated in a SME role, as a reliable support professional for reporting practices and completed ad hoc projects using project management skills to improve department efficiencies
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Served as a trusted advisor to company executives, presented to organizational leaders and advised them on monthly sales revenue, financial expenses and decision making, which led to the implementation of cost-effective solutions
Senior Accountant
May 2021 - June 2022
GE United Technologies, dba Grassdoor | Commerce, CA
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Initiated and facilitated various ad-hoc projects for executives, including closing over $2 million worth of accounts receivables for 65 vendors through invoicing, communication, and reconciliations
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Provided cross-functional support for several departments, including warehouse/inventory, legal, marketing, and direct-to-consumer
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Created end-to-end processes alongside the internal DTC team, coordinated with external vendors to create a collaborative space to analyze and create monthly transactional reconciliations
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Facilitated the completion of month-end tasks in Quickbooks, for accounts receivable, inventory, costs of sales, and expenses, presented financial reports to CFO and CEO, which led to increased company savings
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Successfully problem solved complex accounting and record keeping issues using advanced Excel skills, such as formulas and pivot table to analyze high volumes of data for financial reports and statements
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Advised leadership and contributed financial data and findings for strategic planning efforts based on organizational and budget goals
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Managed administrative needs, including, testing for new accounting systems, implemented changes, created detailed data reports with attention to detail, coded, and processed reports and met turnaround deadlines
Senior Financial Analyst
March 2019 - May 2021
WarnerMedia | Burbank, CA
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Managed over $2.6 billion in accounts receivable using Oracle and LMSI systems by successfully reconciling contracts for over 2500 licenses, using advanced financial acumen and skills, in nine international and three domestic territories
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Collaborated with other Financial Planning & Analysis Team, and other business units, using project management skills, which led to improved support for management on financial processes
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Created and facilitated dynamic training for offshore teams to complete and expand daily task knowledge, through the implementation of KPIs using project management skills to track performance
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Strategically spearheaded the paperless project for all business procedures, daily tasks, monthly reconciliations, and forecasting
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Planned and executed special events for the organization, which led to increased employee engagement
Senior Auditor
February 2016 - March 2019
Miller Kaplan | North Hollywood, CA
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Facilitated and led over 50 audits annually, prepared their financial statements and produced applicable tax forms to service labor unions, commercial corporations, employee benefit plans and nonprofit organizations to meet their auditing needs
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Streamlined inventory control reporting processes, performed year-end inventory observations, and developed reports for annual investors controls
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Researched and interpreted financial data to provide answers for financial record inquiries and questions from internal and external stakeholders
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Managed over 100+ journal entries, for cash and check payments, fixed assets, expenses and trial balances for audits and projects, including authentication of various fixed and variable expenses for multi-million-dollar corporations
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Facilitated hands-on training for five staff auditors, developed training modules and materials to ensure auditing skills were fully learned
Tax Staff Associate
January 2014 - April 2015
Singer Lewak, LLP | Woodland Hills, CA
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Facilitated high volume organizational bookkeeping needs, prepared over 75 tax returns annually for Corporations, LLCs, S-Corporations, Estates, Trusts, Non-Profits, and Individuals using ProSystems FX
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Managed all clients’ balance sheets, M-1 schedules, profit and loss statements and depreciation tables to provide pertinent tax flow information during high volume audit and tax seasons
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Served as a subject matter expert for year-end tax reporting and inquiries
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Facilitated assessment and tracking, using excel sheet generation for balance sheets while successfully managing
multiple tasks and workloads
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Managed and resolved business management audits, including verifying financial statements
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Developed and wrote professional communications via memos and financial reports with strong attention to deadlines and details
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Completed special projects as needed to assist with financial tax management
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, California State University, Northridge (December 2015)
Master’s in Business Administration , Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (December 2021)
SOFTWARES AND SKILLS
SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, BlackLine, Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Teams), LMSI, ProsystemsFX, Advanced Flow, GoFileRoom, Google Workplace
Account Reconciliations • Accounts Receivable • Attention to detail • Audit Planning • Collaboration • Customer Relationship Management • Data Collection and Analysis • Financial Reporting • General Ledger Accounting • Internal Controls Investigation • Inventory Management• Leadership and Development • Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Book Close • Process and Procedure Improvement • Project Management • Public Speaking and Presentation • Royalty Accounting • Storytelling • U.S. GAAP
LANGUAGES
Spoken Fluently: English, Hindi, Gujrati, Urdu
Conversational: Spanish