Category: ACCOUNTANT

         ACCOUNTANT       Summary     Personable education professional driven to inspire students to achieve personal and academic success.       Highlights         Knowledgeable in QuickBooks, SQL, SAP,  and AS400   Highly proficient in Microsoft Office,  including Microsoft Word, PPT, Microsoft Excel II and Access III             Experience     November 2013   to   Current     Company Name    City  ,   State    Accountant        Sources items through the compilation of vendor information and bidding processes Selected preferred vendors based on competitive pricing, products' liabilities, payment terms, and ETA's Creates auditing processes for inventory management Selects bank statements randomly to ensure that disbursements where authorized and signed by two individuals Ensures three way matches of requisitions, purchase orders, and good receipts Performs data analysis on bank statements to ensure that all reconciled items are processed in a timely manner Audits the database demographic to better understand clientele of the company and to maximize customer satisfaction level Completes month-end journal entries and month-end reports.  Prepares bank reconciliations and ensures all reconciling items are resolved in a timely manner Organizes monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.         September 2010   to   May 2013     Company Name    City  ,   State    QA/Mobile Software Tester        Worked specifically with different accounting and business software including French ones Audited the testing process to enhance quality, cycle time effectiveness, and accuracy Identified correctness, completeness, security, and quality of various accounting packages Isolated and reported localization and functional bugs for certification programs Developed test plans, and organize and lead testing activities for new and existing releases Conducted regression, security, and smoke testing.         April 2006   to   January 2010     Company Name    City  ,   State    Procurement Specialist        Served as the lead buyer for sixteen plants across the United States and Canada Interacted in French with plants located in French Speaking regions Montreal, Quebec, Viau etc.  Selected preferred vendors based on competitive pricing, products' liabilities, payment terms, and ETA's Handled customer service management (CRM) inquiries from clients and vendors Performed monthly audits to ensure requisitions and purchase orders' accuracy Reviewed audit results with clients and team members to improve productivity and affectivity Provided day-to-day management of sourcing initiatives within cross-functional team Ensured three-way matches of requisitions, purchase orders, and good receipt Utilized strategic sourcing approach to create operation processes for clients and vendors Handled new clients implementations, integrations, and trainings from legacy AS400 systems to SAP Oversaw high-priority accounts which considered opting out of their contracts, worked with them on an individual basis to meet or exceed their expectations Prepared bid requirements, solicited responses, analyzed responses, prepared recommendations, and negotiated contracts to enhance efficiencies and reduce costs Administered back order reports for plants and expedited customer requests as needed.         August 2005   to   April 2006     Company Name    City  ,   State    Freight Planning Contact        Provided export documents for the DuPont International hazardous department Coordinated logistic arrangements, port-to-port, port to point, and point to point Managed clients' travel arrangements to South America, Europe, and Asia Conducted itinerary changes for clients from port to destination points Coordinated logistic arrangements, providing customer services and timely communications Responded to and resolved request or inquiries from internal and external teams.          Education     5 2015     La Salle University   City  ,   State      Fraud and Forensic Accounting       Fraud and Forensic Accounting       5 2011     University of Phoenix   City  ,   State      Accounting   MBA    Accounting       5 2005     Pennsylvania State University   City  ,   State      Business Economics	, International Business and French Structural Economics and International Relations   Bachelor of Science    Business Economics	, International Business and French Structural Economics and International Relations       5 2005     Paris Chamber of Commerce   City  ,     France                  12 2011     FMA Institute   City  ,   State         Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional (CNAP)            Languages    Fluent in French      Skills    Accounting, approach, AS400, auditing, bank reconciliations, competitive, contracts, CRM, clientele, clients, customer satisfaction, customer services, customer service, data analysis, database, financial statements, French, Fluent in French, functional, inventory management, Access III, Microsoft Excel II, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, pricing, processes, Speaking, quality, QuickBooks, reconciling, SAP, SQL, strategic, travel arrangements