ALEX A. PAREDES
Plainfield,NJ
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
United Legwear & Apparel
Edison, NJ
02.2024 - Current
- Analyzed balance sheets for mistakes and inaccuracies.
- Reconciled bank statements and resolved discrepancies promptly.
- Prepared monthly account reconciliations for bank accounts, credit cards, and other balance sheet accounts.
- Assisted in the preparation of tax returns and ensured compliance with tax regulations.
- Ensured compliance with generally accepted accounting principles while preparing financial statements.
- Filed and remitted taxes for company and clients.
- Assessed accuracy, completeness, and integrity of corporate financial records.
- Reconciled intercompany accounts on a monthly basis.
- Performed month-end close activities such as accruals, amortization, allocations.
Jr.Accountant
Wakefern
Edison, New Jersey
06.2022 - 02.2024
- Use of accounting software to process invoices
- Coding and filing of invoices depending on week or specific account
- Billing of invoices to various Shoprite, PriceRite, and Fresh Grocer Stores
- Acquiring proper back-up for member billing or in house processing
- Maintaining a weekly tie out of billed invoices
- Reaching out to Vendors when discrepancies on invoices occur
- Monthly maintenance of various accounts
- Use of Excel formulas to calculate tax
- Use of pivot tables to calculate, and differentiate totals
Financial and Data Analyst Aid Intern
Mary's Meals USA
Bridgewater, New Jersey
05.2021 - 06.2022
- Understanding of Financial Programs to process daily donations
- Reporting of daily donation totals
- Monthly adjusting of expenses and revenue expectations
- Maintenance of donor records by updating addresses, marital status and frequency of donations
Education
B.S. - Mathematical Financing
Stillman School of Business- Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey05.2022
Skills
- Understanding of GAAP
- Account Reconciliation
- Accrual & Deferral Accounting
- Journal Entry
- Sub Ledgers
- Weekly Tieout
- Month-End Tie-out
- ERP Systems (Oracle)
- ERP Systems (Great Plains 2018)
- Distribution and allocation experience
- Time Management
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of MS Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables)
- MS Word
- PowerPoint
- Month-end documentation
- GL reconciliation
- Tax filing
- Account reconciliation
- Balance sheets
- Accounting
- Bank reconciliation
Languages
Fluent, Advanced, Intermediate, Novice, Novice
Timeline
Staff Accountant
United Legwear & Apparel
02.2024 - Current
Jr.Accountant
Wakefern
06.2022 - 02.2024
Financial and Data Analyst Aid Intern
Mary's Meals USA
05.2021 - 06.2022
B.S. - Mathematical Financing
Stillman School of Business- Seton Hall University