ALIONA KUSHNIRUK
Summary
As a highly motivated professional with over 10+ years of experience in accounting field, I am striving to use my knowledge in a field I enjoy working in. I am a very organized and detail-oriented person. I am confident in performing a wide variety of complex accounting duties and strive to be a productive team member.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accounting Officer
Dept. of Housing and Community Dev.
08.2020 - 06.2025
- Reviewed and audited payment receipts for various state and federal funds.
- Facilitated remittance of payment receipts to State Controller's Office.
- Reconciled multiple state and federal funds to maintain financial integrity.
- Performed various fiscal tasks for year-end closing process.
- Analyzed State Controller's legacy documents for accuracy.
- Worked with GL and Budget Unit to make corrections in AR module to move funds, and correct coding.
- Audited monthly report of receipts posted at State Controller's office for accuracy.
- Managed Uncleared Collections Account.
- Responded to inquiries from various control agencies (State Controller’s, State Treasurer, and Dept. of Finance).
- Resolved inquires received from internal units (Contracts and Business Services, Financial Management, Codes and Standards, and Legal Office.
- Analyzed errors that affect month end closing and posted correction journal entries to General Ledger module.
- Processed refund requests from various units within the department.
- Provided training sessions to new hires on various processes within the Accounts Receivable unit.
Accounting Officer
Dept. of Housing and Community Dev.
07.2019 - 08.2020
- Reviewed and posted various loan, grants, abatements and reimbursement payments.
- Approved and reconciled daily/monthly deposits done by team members.
- Prepared posting tags for various project payments based on account types.
- Identified, analyzed and recommended correction actions on posting errors in financial information system of the state.
- Managed payroll disbursement (sorting and distributing checks received from State Treasurer's Office).
- Audited source documents for interagency agreements with multiple state departments.
- Ran daily and month-end FI$Cal queries to ensure accuracy of all transactions.
- Reviewed reports for abnormal balances, invalid entries, and took corrective actions as required.
- Reviewed and approved Accounts Receivable unit’s staff work and assisted the team in solving more complex and difficult issues.
- Attended meetings with IT unit regarding development of the accounting database to improve efficiency of AR collection process.
- Updated procedures manual of the AR unit when necessary.
Accountant I
Dept. of Housing and Community Dev.
10.2018 - 07.2019
- Made daily deposits of funds received by the department.
- Managed accounts receivable process, including invoicing, payment tracking, and collection of payments due.
- Audited source documents and recorded in financial system all project invoices from Financial Management office.
- Audited aging reports for accuracy and discrepancies.
- Processed refunds of overpayments to clients.
- Processed weekly buybacks of dishonored checks with B of A.
- Made wire deposits for various vendor's contracts ( cities, counties, private organizations).
- Processed quarterly invoices for Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
- Maintained various spreadsheet logs to keep detailed and accurate data up-to-date (invoices, travel approvals, check disbursements).
- Ran and audited monthly collection reports.
Accountant & Payroll Specialist
GFC Trans, Inc
12.2014 - 10.2018
- Analyzed and audited source documents (Bill of Lading, Purchase Orders and Rate Confirmations) required for billing purposes.
- Generated and sent invoices to vendors.
- Performed weekly review of the invoicing and collection of accounts receivable of the company.
- Contacted vendors on overdue invoices.
- Audited travel documents (mileage maps, gas receipts, vendor’s fees) and submitted travel claims for payment.
- Maintained payroll data in company's accounting database.
- Processed employees’ salary advances and paybacks.
- Reviewed and submitted timesheets for 25+ employees for payroll processing.
- Entered financial data into the company accounting database to be verified and reconciled by the administrator.
- Assisted with entering financial data in QuickBooks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Sacramento State University
Sacramento, CA05-2016
Associate of Science - Business Administration
American River College
Sacramento, CA12-2013
Skills
Ability to work independently
Punctuality
Strong time management
Positive attitude
Analytical thinking
Excellent attention to details
Effective communication
Goal oriented
Languages
Russian
Native or Bilingual
Ukrainian
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Accounting Officer
Dept. of Housing and Community Dev.
08.2020 - 06.2025
Accounting Officer
Dept. of Housing and Community Dev.
07.2019 - 08.2020
Accountant I
Dept. of Housing and Community Dev.
10.2018 - 07.2019
Accountant & Payroll Specialist
GFC Trans, Inc
12.2014 - 10.2018
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Sacramento State University
Associate of Science - Business Administration
American River College