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Francisco Gutierrez

Francisco Gutierrez

Gila Bend,AZ

Summary

Detail-oriented Auditor with hands-on experience conducting audit planning activities and reviewing and compiling financial data. Experience in evaluating internal and operational control procedures and determining liabilities and compliance with accounting standards. Self-motivated professional comfortable taking initiative.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Audit Associate

REDW
02.2023 - Current
  • Examined and evaluated financial and information systems, processes to identify inefficiencies and weaknesses.
  • Analyzed financial documents for potential discrepancies and other issues.
  • Designed tests to verify accuracy of accounting records.
  • Prepared audit reports and communicated findings to management.
  • Performed reviews of internal control systems and identified areas for improvement.
  • Provided training and guidance to accounting staff on accounting and auditing best practices.
  • Review and verify financial records to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations
  • Identify and assess areas of risk and opportunities for improvement
  • Analyzed trends in financial data to investigate fluctuations.
  • Conduct interviews with management to gain a better understanding of the financial processes
  • Performed assessments of assets, liabilities and equity to verify accuracy in financial reports.
  • Worked in audit engagements for industries in non-profit, gaming, and commercial.
  • Met with clients to identify and assess business controls, risks, and workflow inefficiencies.
  • Analyzed accounting systems for efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Handled planning and budgeting for audit engagements.
  • Evaluated company's policies to determine how well standards adhered to best practices
  • Complied with federal, state and local requirements.

PAYROLL CLERK

San Lucy District
08.2020 - 02.2023
  • Prepare and transmit bi-weekly payroll
  • Performs New Hire Orientations
  • Administer unemployment claims
  • Administers Benefit programs such as medical, dental, vacation and sick time, and leave of absence
  • Responds to benefit inquiries on plan provisions, benefit enrollments, status changes and other general inquiries
  • Assists Human Resources department in ensuring supervisors and managers to practice fair, consistent and equal treatment of all employees
  • Assists management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues
  • Process new hire, employee change, and termination paperwork
  • Ensure accurate maintenance of records for sick, vacation, and other leaves of absences
  • Run and update various reports relating to employee data and payroll
  • Audit files periodically to ensure employee information is up to date
  • Perform related duties as assigned
  • Monitor staff's work time daily, make necessary corrections to maintain accurate payroll time
  • Ensure salaries, work time, and deductions is accurately placed in the system to develop payroll checks
  • Develop and implement strategies in order to facilitate company goals
  • Maintain strong relationship with supervisor, human resource manager and other management positions
  • Enforce and follow company policy and procedure guidelines
  • Ability to maintain accurate confidential personnel files.
  • Ability to have strong organization and analytical skills
  • Ability to perform well with no/minimum supervision
  • Ability to adapt to company new strategies or implementations rapidly
  • Performed other duties as assigned.

HUMAN RESOURCE SUPERVISOR

JCPenney
07.2019 - 08.2020
  • Create schedules, develop relationship and supervise over 200 employees
  • Conduct frequent performance appraisals
  • Conducted recruiting programs
  • Conduct Orientation for new employees including training and development
  • Conduct state/federal regulation paperwork such as tax withholding, I-9, W9, and employment verification
  • Analyze company's behavior and implement training as needed
  • Introduced company benefits such as health, life, and dental insurance, tuition benefits, discounts, stock purchase, 401 k and donations
  • Close Payroll Weekly
  • Monitor time sheets and look for corrections to be implemented
  • Record and File personnel information
  • Overlook staff's accumulated Paid time off and Sick time off
  • Approve/deny submitted time off requests
  • Maintain logs for call offs and time corrections
  • Enforce Company Policy
  • Maintain Regular office work such as emailing, taking and making phone calls, record data, work with calendar, filing, and maintain high level of confidentiality
  • Ability to solve problems/situations in a timely manner
  • Ability to adapt to new company procedures/implantations.

Education

Master of Science - Accounting

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
02.2024

Bachelor's Degree - Accounting

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
04.2023

Associates Degree - Business

Maricopa Community Colleges - Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale, AZ
07.2017

Skills

  • Auditing
  • QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Excel proficiency
  • Financial statement analysis
  • Critical thinking abilities
  • Data analytics proficiency
  • Internal Controls Testing
  • GAAP guidelines knowledge
  • Audit processes
  • Testing Procedures
  • Adaptive Learning
  • Documentation skills
  • Compliance understanding
  • Accounting Principles

References

References available upon request

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Audit Associate

REDW
02.2023 - Current

PAYROLL CLERK

San Lucy District
08.2020 - 02.2023

HUMAN RESOURCE SUPERVISOR

JCPenney
07.2019 - 08.2020

Master of Science - Accounting

Grand Canyon University

Bachelor's Degree - Accounting

Grand Canyon University

Associates Degree - Business

Maricopa Community Colleges - Estrella Mountain Community College
Francisco Gutierrez