Seeking the Accounting Specialist role for the Office of the University Controller at Rutgers University.

  CPA candidate and versatile accounting professional with valuable, hands-on experience excelling in a non-profit setting, including working with director-level personnel and controllers to complete projects.

  Experience managing contracts and grants to ensure compliance.

  Assisted with preparing for annual budgets and audits to achieve performance outcomes.

  Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Excel pivot tables and VLOOKUP; QuickBooks; Oracle; Abila MIP; Lotus Notes; and Sage software.

  Fluent in English, Russian and Ukrainian.

> Contract Accounting > Grant Management > Compliance Management

> General Ledger > Project Management > Report Generation

> Budget Preparation > Auditing > Journal Entries

> Account Reconciliations > Trial Balances > Invoice Preparation

Accountant, Community Hope May 2015-Present

  Communicate effectively with financial decision makers for this leading non-profit organization.

  Collaborate with the Senior Accountant to complete month-end close, including financial statements.

  Work closely with the Director of Finance and the Controller to prepare for the annual audit, and communicate with auditors to ensure required audit schedules are completed by the required deadline.

  Prepare invoices; journal entries; trial balances; account reconciliations (cash, liabilities and fixed assets); and quarterly Return on Expenditure reports.

  Track and organize expenses to prepare for the annual budget and do so to actual variance analysis.

  Process accounts receivable and run the account receivable aging report on a monthly basis.

Temporary Accountant, Maverick Funding Corp. Feb. 2015-May 2015

  Tracked and recorded mortgage loan sales and reconciled the company bank account.

  Analyzed the daily cash report as well as daily payment reconciliations.

Accountant, Prudential Financial June 2014-Jan. 2015

  Prepared the annual budget for multiple corporate departments across this global company, including working closely with internal controllers and tax experts.

  Reported expense accruals and inter-company billing between U.S. entities and international offices.

  Ensured cash transactions were recorded in an accurate and timely manner in the General Ledger system, including preparing vouchers for numerous monetary transactions and also processing wire transfers.

Accountant, UNITEX Cargo Services Inc. June 2011-May 2014

  Recorded fixed assets and ensured the proper recording of accounts payable, accruals and other liabilities.

  Prepared invoices and processed customer orders while managing monthly bank reconciliations and analyzing accounts receivable.

Accounting Intern, Alla Popov, CPA, Accounting, Income Tax Dec. 2010-June 2011

  While completing Accounting Degree, acquired valuable, hands-on experience at this CPA firm.

  Communicated effectively with clients to complete federal and state tax returns.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Accounting, Mathematics minor; earned 2011 (3.4 GPA)

Baruch College of the City University of New York (CUNY) New York, NY

Completed Information Reporting and Withholding Tax Rules for Payment Processing Training

Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program