Experience

Foundation for California Community Colleges

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Staff Accountant

  • Mar 2022 - Present



County of Riverside

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fiscal Analyst

  • May 2017 - Feb 2022

  Review incoming invoices to ensure they are in compliance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant and Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting System, (DRGR) standards and authorities to pay. Monitor Grant funding to ensure all funds are not exceeding budget amounts. Research and resolve a variety of difficult problems independently; exercise initiative in anticipating or identifying problems or errors and follow through to a resolution; forecast impact of potential actions/decisions. Compile, monitor and research data for reports and budget projections; assist in the preparation, and comparison of complex statistical and financial reports including reconciliation of various statements on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis. Check accuracy, legality compliance with procedures, rules regulations and submit for approval. Develop reports and recommendations for appropriate action based on the analysis of gathered data. Research methods necessary for specific grant proposals; recommend and monitor procedures for grant implementation. Compile, monitor and research data for reports and budget projections. Manage grants budget of over $5 million, review and approve invoices and journal entries, support audits with information on grants, represent finance with program staff in financial meetings, help train and develop new staff, draft form 11's with upper management, reconcile general ledger accounting monthly, produce quarterly budget reports, investigate and resolve variances in different funds. Show less

• Accounting Technician II

  • Feb 2015 - Apr 2017

  Contact and assist vendors on receiving warrants in a timely manner in regards to overdue invoices. Review work procedures and recommends changes to be more efficient. Assist employees in solving and responding to complex and difficult inquires as well as train and orient new staff members while reviewing and correcting their work. Maintain historical records and files for accounts payable transactions. Sort and file a variety of documents as well as receive and route correspondences to appropriate personnel. Provide support functions to managers and professional accounting staff in accomplishment of special projects and assists with a variety of support functions. Answer various complex questions that involve searching for and abstracting technical data to provide an explanation of laws, policies and procedures within the Economic Development Agency and other departments within the County of Riverside. Review and reconcile confidential, time sensitive material on timesheets, such as salaries paid, sick time paid, vacation time paid, bilingual pay and flex benefits pay. Verify that employees are allocating their time to the appropriate grants, projects and divisions within Workforce Development according to fund availability and time entrance. Show less

• Accounting Techinician I

  • Dec 2011 - Feb 2015

  Prepare and process a variety of invoices and billings; check accuracy, legality compliance with procedures, rules regulations and submit for approval. Analyzes procedural and/or technical problems; develops recommendations regarding resolution of other problems and/or resolves the problems; acts as a resource to staff. Compile invoices, packing slips purchase orders and requisitions based on numerical order for matching. Create regular and overnight voucher entries for special project invoices, regular and one time vendors and utilities using PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 by entering invoice information such as date, invoice number, delivery number as well as accounting string including account fund, department identification number, class location, project number, activity identification number and source code. Compile, monitor and research data for reports and budget projections; assists in the preparation, and compare, complex statistical and financial reports including reconciliation of various statements on a weekly/monthly basis, export data from PeopleSoft Dazel Reporting system to reconcile, review, and correctly as to general ledger reports for Countywide Coast Allocation Plan (COWCAP) for County of Riverside departments: Maintenance, Parking and Administration. Show less

• Senior Accounting Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2011

  Prepare and process a variety of invoices and billings; check accuracy, legality compliance with procedures, rules regulations and submit for approval. Analyzes procedural and/or technical problems; develops recommendations regarding resolution of other problems and/or resolves the problems; acts as a resource to staff. Compile invoices, packing slips purchase orders and requisitions based on numerical order for matching. Create regular and overnight voucher entries for special project invoices, regular and one time vendors and utilities using PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 by entering invoice information such as date, invoice number, delivery number as well as accounting string including account fund, department identification number, class location, project number, activity identification number and source code. Compile, monitor and research data for reports and budget projections; assists in the preparation, and compare, complex statistical and financial reports including reconciliation of various statements on a weekly/monthly basis, export data from PeopleSoft Dazel Reporting system. Show less

• Accounting Assistant II

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2010

  Prepared and processed a variety of invoices and billings; checked accuracy, legality compliance with procedures, rules regulations and submitted for approval. Compiled invoices, packing slips purchase orders and requisitions based on numerical order for matching. Created regular and overnight voucher entries for special project invoices, regular and one time vendors as well as utilities using PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 by entering invoice information such as date, invoice number, delivery number as well as accounting string including account fund, department identification number, class location, project number, activity identification number and source code. Crossed verified information entered on voucher to ensure it matched information on the purchase requisition order. Picked up warrants for an array of vendors, contractors, and consultants from the Auditor Controller’s Office after verifying the amount, vendor, and check number provided on sign out sheet daily. Verified receipt of materials or completion of services rendered with management and maintenance staff for signature approval. Researched and solved payment discrepancies such as wrong amounts miss-applied credits and incorrect accounts, while comparing account statements with information entered into a MS Excel and MS Access database Show less

• Office Assistant II

  • Mar 2007 - Jun 2008

  Responsible for the replication of vouchers and invoices while entering them into a Microsoft database. Determined and verified the status of aged purchase requisitions by matching them to the vouchers to close out in Tririga Facility Center system. Sort and file a variety of documents in numerical order and, compiled invoices to be sent to the Auditor Controller for approval and payment. Researched and solved payment discrepancies, reconciled aged purchase orders in PeopleSoft 8.8 for fiscal year end purposes. Verified accounting information on a processed requisition in Tririga and evaluate the payment completion to reconcile all open orders; review and duplicate reports for management. Responsible for providing an explanation of laws, policies and procedures of Facilities Management. Maintained and reviewed confidential information regarding employees status such as term, new hire and status change files Show less