Staff Accountant

• May 2022 - Present

Staff Accountant

• Jan 2021 - May 2022

• Responsible for month-end closing including journal entries, analytics, accruals, bank and credit card reconciliation, reconcile deferred revenue GL accounts, balance sheet and G/L. • Manage day to-day finance transactional activities like A/P, A/R, collections, and cash application. • Review employee expenses to ensure compliance with the company’s expense policies. • Contribute to the development and review of annual operating budgets and performance projections. • Accounting and reconciliation of accrued compensation, accrued vacation, accrued bonus, fixed assets, prepaid maintenance, and prepaid insurance. • Support auditors during their fieldwork with quarterly schedules, sales reports and their queries. • Assist with payroll administration duties, including payroll general entry. • Prepare inter-company reconciliations and calculate unrealized foreign exchange gain/loss. • Accrue legal fees, settlements, and other professional service fees to ensure expenses are recorded properly in the month and in their corresponding General Ledger accounts. • Assist in preparing State and local sales and use tax returns. Show less

Accountant

• Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

• Handled monthly closing, financial reporting, quarterly tax reporting, budgeting and forecasting. • Recorded accounts payable and receivable, disbursements, expense vouchers and receipts using AccountEdge software. • Generated aging reports and weekly commission reports, clear payments, review account status, researched and resolved payment discrepancies for our largest customer – Amazon. • Audited Deduction Ledger and adjusted the necessary journal entries. • Created a discounts tracker report to accurately compare discounts vs. sales lift on a monthly basis. Used the results to assist in making informed decisions regarding future contract negotiations. • Collected, analyzed and reported financial data to operations and sales management leaders on a weekly basis. • Researched and resolved customer account discrepancies and inquiries via phone, mail and e-mail. • Researched customer payment history process for past due accounts. • Resolved invalid or unauthorized deductions by following pending deductions procedures. Resolved collections by examining customer payment plans, payment history, credit line; coordinating contact with collections department. Show less

Accountant/Audit and Tax related Compliance

• Feb 2015 - Mar 2018

• Reconciled and evaluated quarterly and monthly P&L accounts and balance sheets such as accounts payable & accounts receivable, accrued and prepaid expenses, deferred revenue in accordance with GAAP. • Conducted monthly verification of books of accounts as well as financials and provided advisories thereof. • Analyzed financial reports & advised on disclosure of financial statements. • Prepared tax returns, assisting small and medium-sized firms with payment compliance. • Assisted in preparation of comprehensive transfer pricing (‘TP’) study planning and compliance reports. • Assisted in direct tax related litigations which included: - - Preparing and filing submissions before the Indian Revenue Authorities (‘IRA’). - Undertaking legal research to support the matter under dispute. - Representing client before the Indian Revenue Authorities. - Briefing expert advocates/counsels to represent client tax matters before the higher appellate authority. • Conducted secretarial audit of listed companies, prepared due diligence report per Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and prepared secretarial audit reports required by law. • Performed audit engagements including planning, executing, directing and completing financial audits. • Trained 3 interns in essential support tasks. • Onboarded 18% of new clients, leading to 25% income increase. • Received appreciation e-mails from Clients and Business leaders. Show less