Experience

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  Richard J. Jakes and Associates

  • Staff Accountant

    • Feb 2011 - Dec 2013

    Prepared and reviewed individual, corporate, and trust tax returns. Prepared clients’ monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements. Prepared and reviewed payroll tax deposits, quarterly payroll tax returns and monthly sales tax returns.Supervised bookkeeper, prepared workpapers for B/S accounts, reviewed bank reconciliations, prepared client billings and maintained contact with clients.

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  Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams, Ltd.

  • Chicago, IL

  • Staff Accountant

    • Dec 2006 - Apr 2009
    • Chicago, IL

    Audited employee benefit plans and prepared Form 5500.Prepared and reviewed individual, corporate, and trust tax returns.Performed compilations and reviews for privately owned companies including architects, doctors and food wholesalers.Reviewed family holdings trust activity quarterly, verified approval for disbursements, confirmed market value of investments.Reviewed multiple calculations for City of Chicago workers pension funds.Reviewed collections of funds from Medicaid etc. for nursing homes.Prepared quarterly tax estimates for individuals with multiple partnership interests.;

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  Plante Moran (Wetmore Associates)

  • Palatine

  • In-Charge

    • Jan 1997 - Dec 2006
    • Palatine

    Audited employee benefit plans including 401k, pension, health and welfare and ESOP’s to determine that plans are managed and funded according to federal guidelines. Clients include privately owned companies and SEC clients.Prepared and reviewed individual, corporate, and trust tax returns.Executed financial, operational, compliance audits including reviews of inventory, fixed assets, cash receipts, etc.Prepared clients’ monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.Performed client projects as needed, including audit work for airport authority, Peachtree software implementation, setting up master trust fund plans and quarterly reconciling investment activity from accounting to fund manager’s activity report.