Accounting Specialist| AI WORKFLOW AUTOMATION

I have hands-on experience using QuickBooks for a variety of essential accounting and bookkeeping tasks. My responsibilities include: Categorizing Expenses: Accurately categorizing expenses from bank and credit card transactions to ensure proper bookkeeping and reporting. Recording Invoices: Creating, sending, and managing customer invoices, as well as tracking payments and overdue balances. Project Tracking: Setting up and managing projects, assigning income and expenses to specific jobs, and monitoring profitability. Bank & Credit Card Reconciliation: Performing regular reconciliations to match QuickBooks records with bank and credit card statements, identifying discrepancies, and ensuring data accuracy. Financial Reporting: Generating detailed financial reports such as Profit & Loss statements, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flow statements to support financial analysis and decision-making. General Ledger Management: Recording journal entries and ensuring accounts are up-to-date and accurate. Maintaining Compliance: Ensuring all records are kept in accordance with accounting standards and organizational policies. This experience has helped me develop a strong understanding of small business accounting and improved my attention to detail, time management, and financial analysis skills

I perform monthly bank and credit card reconciliations for two U.S.-based clients using QuickBooks. My responsibilities include: Importing and Matching Transactions: Importing bank feeds and accurately matching transactions to existing entries in QuickBooks to ensure financial records reflect actual activity. Identifying and Resolving Discrepancies: Investigating and resolving mismatches, duplicates, or missing transactions to maintain accurate books. Managing Multiple Accounts: Reconciliating multiple bank and credit card accounts per client, including checking, savings, PayPal, and corporate cards. Ensuring Accuracy and Compliance: Verifying ending balances and statements to ensure compliance with accounting standards and client policies. Monthly Close Support: Contributing to month-end close by ensuring all bank-related entries are properly recorded and reconciled.

Proficient in cost accounting principles, with a focus on cost control, inventory valuation, and tracking project profitability. Experienced in managing cost allocations, monitoring inventory adjustments (PAS 2 guidelines), and utilizing QuickBooks Online to streamline financial data. I excel at analyzing cost-volume-profit (CVP) relationships and performing standard costing variance analysis to identify operational inefficiencies. Combining my strong technical background as a CPA reviewee with advanced Excel and Power Automate skills, I help businesses accurately track manufacturing or operational costs and optimize their gross margin

Experienced in managing full-cycle, bi-weekly US payroll operations with a strict focus on data integrity and compliance. Proficient in navigating the ADP TotalSource ecosystem and Gusto to handle employee onboarding, hours tracking, and final disbursement runs under tight daily cutoffs. Currently serving as a Payroll Reviewer, I specialize in final payroll audits, reconciling employee timesheets, verifying tax withholdings across various US jurisdictions, and creating streamlined Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to minimize system errors.

Recording Invoices: Creating, sending, and managing customer invoices, as well as tracking payments and overdue balances on Bill.com and QuickBooks

Proficient in managing end-to-end US sales tax compliance, preparation, and filing workflows for e-commerce and retail clients. Strong understanding of economic nexus thresholds (Wayfair ruling), source-based vs. destination-based tax rules, and state-specific filing frequencies. Experienced in pulling raw transaction data, performing detailed reconciliations against QuickBooks Online, and accurately calculating taxable sales, exemptions, and gross receipts. I leverage advanced Excel functions and automation to clean high-volume data, ensure accurate filing via state Department of Revenue (DOR) portals or tax engines, and manage timely remittance to avoid penalties