Experience

Gil & Schonig CPAs, LLP

• United States
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrative Assistant and Firm Administrator

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Administrative Assistant and Firm Administrator for a small CPA firm serving about 350 individual clients and about 120 corporate clients: • Responsible for keeping the office running smoothly so that the CPAs can file taxes for their clients in a timely fashion. • Collate and mail out tax returns to ensure that the clients receive a copy of their tax return with instructions on signing/returning efile forms for filing and for paper filing (if necessary). • Running 2 to 3 payrolls 2X a month in ADP so that all the employees get paid. • Fill out and file Powers of Attorney (both Federal and New York) to enable the CPAs to speak to the IRS and NYS to resolve client issues. • Billing clients using Sage50 and now Firm 360, depositing checks and processing payments when they arrive. • Accounts receivable collections to follow up with clients about past due invoices. • Scheduling CPAs out to clients for monthly accounting work, audits, reviews and compilations. • Monthly bank reconciliations for the 2 partners to balance the books. • Cutting and mailing checks weekly for a non-profit whose treasurer who is one of the CPAs. • Onboarding of new employees and coordinating necessary training to get them up to speed. • Supply ordering and stocking kitchen and file room so that nothing runs out. Show less



The NPD Group

• United States
• Market Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Associate - Temporary

  • Feb 2015 - Sep 2015

  Categorizing and editing data of all toys sold in the US from major retailers. Categorizing and editing data of all toys sold in the US from major retailers.

• Administrative Assistant to the Director of the EuroToys division (toys sold in Europe)

  • Feb 2002 - Jun 2014

  Administrative Assistant to the Director of the EuroToys Division - tracking the retail sale of toys sold in Europe for one of the nation’s largest syndicated research firms:• Responsible for database management - data checking for accuracy, resulting in data that was meaningful to the client.• Communicated with Client Development teams to address their needs for client satisfaction.• Acted as liaison between teams to manage issues impacting all sides in order to address client needs.• Assisted with major clients directly such as Mattel and Lego to address concerns.• Assisted with defining each of the 100+ categories to maintain adherence by all toy companies to a set standard.• Helped transition from old proprietary system to new proprietary system for ease of understanding data entries.• Attended International Toy Fair tradeshow in NYC annually to view new toys and collect catalogs for the upcoming year to be used by the editing staff. Show less

• Data Associate, US Toys

  • Dec 1995 - Feb 2002

  • Was responsible for accurate dictionary entries for the US POS toy market for monthly client reports.• Made quality control checks of dictionary entries for both the US point-of-sale and consumer-reported purchases of toys to ensure the correctness of data.



Western Publishing

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations

• Merchandiser

  • Mar 1993 - Dec 1995

  Part-time local retail merchandiser for the nation’s largest children’s book publisher. • Responsibilities included writing orders and packing out to plan-o-gram, setting displays and interfacing with store management to increase sales. • Accounts included Toys “R” Us, Caldor, Kmart, Woolworth and Playworld. Part-time local retail merchandiser for the nation’s largest children’s book publisher. • Responsibilities included writing orders and packing out to plan-o-gram, setting displays and interfacing with store management to increase sales. • Accounts included Toys “R” Us, Caldor, Kmart, Woolworth and Playworld.



Financial Trading Seminars

• United States
• Market Research

• Office Manager

  • Feb 1989 - Nov 1991

  • Responsible for all day-to-day functions, inventory and cost control, marketing, seminar coordination, client contact, mailings, database maintenance and manuscript editing to keep the office running smoothly. • Freelance editing of financial books from 1/93 through the present as needed to produce error-free trading manuals and study guides. • Responsible for all day-to-day functions, inventory and cost control, marketing, seminar coordination, client contact, mailings, database maintenance and manuscript editing to keep the office running smoothly. • Freelance editing of financial books from 1/93 through the present as needed to produce error-free trading manuals and study guides.