Adrian Cardenas
Oceanside
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
Triton Management Services dba Aladdin Bail Bonds
08.2022 - Current
- Perform monthly journal entries and financial reports for Two Jinn and its subsidiaries for the Ohio, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Utah, Texas, South Carolina and California accounts. Review general ledger and prepare account reconciliations to be reviewed.
- Prepare bank reconciliations and manually enter petty cash checks.
- Post and record journal entry adjustments for various types of expenses.
- Post monthly accruals and other month end journal entries
- Assist with preparation of weekly management reports and analysis schedules
- Prepare bank reconciliations
- Post and record payroll related journal entries and adjustments including commissions, 401k and vacation accruals
- Research account variances and reconcile general ledger accounts
- Prepare & Document bi-monthly financial reports for manager review to send to our insurance surety based off accurate reporting of expenses, deposits and reimbursements entered each first half and second half of the month.
- Enter Deposits and Transfers in company books on our accounting system - Great Plains to reflect actual bank account activity.
- Coordinate with other depts/offices to update and verify invoices are correct, transactions are paid to the correct defendant and ensure accounts are active.
- Issue Summary Judgment checks when a defendant’s bond premiums are forfeited to court houses in California, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Texas, South Carolina and/or Ohio to avoid shutdown.
Bookkeeper
Starkey Brothers Inc Tax/Accounting Services
05.2022 - 08.2022
- As a bookkeeper at Starkey Brothers Tax office, I am responsible for contacting clients both verbally and through email in a professional manner to obtain the necessary information required to complete a thorough and accurate report of their financial statements. I review and discuss any discrepancies in the bookkeeping reports before preparing them for review where I invoice and bill the clients through email.There are numerous bank reconciliations of over forty accounts with multiple clients being small business owners and having many transactions as well as two that are hand entry. My knowledge obtained from my courses on Quickbooks has helped me immensely navigate Quickbooks Online.
Associate Business Ops Coordinator
OptumRx
12.2018 - 03.2022
- I started at OptumRx with my responsibilities being to process prescription renewals, denials, and acceptance letters through a machine. I would then print their USPS receipt and put them together on a USPS truck in the morning. I used to work overnight from 10PM-6:30AM, therefore I would handle all the overnight work. Would communicate with the morning and night team about how our machines had been running and if there were any issues. We would check carefully for any missing/misplaced letters, as there was important and confidential information of our patients. At times when the machine would have jams, I would have to fix it to get it up and running. Diagnosing the machine was also a responsibility of everyone on the team. I am currently still in the same department but I work 9:00am to 5pm now. Our process has transferred into utilizing Excel spreadsheets and now manually folding and inserting Appeals and Grievances letters. I am responsible for turning in the letters that we complete everyday to a courier from UPS towards the later part of my shift after everyone has left. For 3 hours during my shift I am responsible for a process known as “Emergency Requests.” These are urgent letters that need to go out to either the Physician, Member and/or Facility. This process requires me to go into the warehouse, type, and print out the 2 Day express shipping labels used by UPS, using the designated address provided to me by the Account Coordinators from within OptumRx. Throughout my time here at OptumRx we have taken on more responsibilities within the office. We are working with 5 times as many account coordinators, all having to work with different mailing processes.
Cashier/Cook
Taco Bell
09.2015 - 01.2018
- As a cashier at Taco Bell I would be assigned various duties such as providing polite, friendly, and enjoyable customer service. I would earn feedback from customers saying my customer service was on point that I would always be nice and respectful and get all "5 out of 5"s on the survey. Aside from the customers I also worked in the kitchen, keeping myself very busy all day long
Education
Bachelor’s of Science - Accounting
Western Governors University
05.2025
Associates - Accounting and Business Administration
Mira Costa College
05.2021
High School - undefined
El Camino High School
Oceanside, California03.2016
Skills
- Critical thinking, self motivated, organized and reliable
- Microsoft Word: Advanced
- Microsoft Excel: Advanced
- Microsoft Great Plains
Languages
English: Native
Spanish: Fluent
Accounting Experience
I have taken an online Quickbooks/Payroll class and completed the Individual Income Tax class that makes me eligible to prepare taxes now for a fee. My classes since 2018 have been suited to prepare me for my future in Accounting. I have experience now with more than just the basic functions in Excel. I have taken classes in accounting that have helped me obtain knowledge on reconciling income statements, balancing trial balances and familiarizing with rules of GAAP.
Timeline
Staff Accountant
Triton Management Services dba Aladdin Bail Bonds
08.2022 - Current
Bookkeeper
Starkey Brothers Inc Tax/Accounting Services
05.2022 - 08.2022
Associate Business Ops Coordinator
OptumRx
12.2018 - 03.2022
Cashier/Cook
Taco Bell
09.2015 - 01.2018
Bachelor’s of Science - Accounting
Western Governors University
Associates - Accounting and Business Administration
Mira Costa College
High School - undefined
El Camino High School