Azra Avdagic

· Monthly accounting close process including the preparation and review of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations

· General ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable processing

· Responsible for accurate and timely accounting of the company’s business transactions in the company’s ERP system

· Preparation of financial statements and other financial reports

• Performing various GL month-end close activities, including preparing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations such as Cash, Investments, Prepaids, Fixed Assets, Expense Accruals and various other areas for Global, US, and foreign subsidiaries using NetSuite

• Performing daily, weekly, monthly and annual accounting and finance processes, entries and reconciliations as well as ad-hoc financial analyses and projects using NetSuite

• Communicating reconciling items, asking thoroughly researched questions to senior accountants, being the subject matter expert on Concur: answering questions from employees regarding status of approval for expenses or what expenses were reimbursed for a manager’s employees, maintaining the Concur purchase order process, maintaining Concur employee account creation, and processing (reconciling) employee credit card transactions in Concur and uploading to NetSuite monthly and preparing accruals for unbilled activity

• Managing client billings; maintaining client records and contracts, invoicing clients per contract terms, assisting clients with inquires, monitoring client accounts for delinquent payments or other irregularities

• Communicating with executive staff and project leads; verifying client contract terms, responding to inquiries, maintaining open communications regarding upcoming dates and requirements, maintaining and receiving reports from leads

• Processing employee expenses in accordance with company policy while ensuring proper documentation requirements are met

• Preparation of tax returns for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates, and trusts

• Payroll processing and payroll tax reporting

• Consulting clients on accounting matters including QuickBooks and bookkeeping

• Assisting the preparation of tax provision and state apportionment work papers

• Allocating sales, payroll, and fixed asset data in accordance with underlying documentation

• Utilizing and becoming proficient with Oracle Financials to pull accurate information for ad hoc reporting

• Assisted with basic preparation of client returns

• Collated and prepared copies of completed returns

• Presented and answered questions about returns to clients