HELEN NGUYEN
Bothell,WA
Summary
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with five years of experience in financial reporting, financial analysis, and process improvement. Specialist in performing month-end and annual close activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis for complex entities. Proven expertise in streamlining business processes and enhancing internal controls to ensure strict compliance with GAAP standards.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Accountant
Northwest Administrators, Inc.
Seattle, WA
04.2025 - Current
- Monthly & Annual Closes: Manage the end-to-end close process for multiple trust funds, including bank reconciliations and variance analysis.
- Process Innovation: Spearheaded a high-impact vendor testing project across 35 clients to eliminate manual redundancies, increasing data integrity by 25% and optimizing transaction flow.
- Audit Support: Partner with internal teams and external auditors to ensure audit readiness; provide high-level documentation and reporting to support year-end preparation and board reviews.
- Quality Control: Redesigned investment reconciliation work papers to strictly align with GAAP, facilitating accurate reporting and analysis for diverse client stakeholders.
Staff Accountant
Northwest Administrators, Inc.
Seattle, WA
02.2022 - 03.2025
- Leadership & Review: Mentored and trained Accounts Payable staff and performed technical reviews of staff work to ensure zero-error-rate accuracy.
- Standardization & Efficiency: Revamped financial statement checklists for 35 clients, reducing month-end review time by 15% and refining reporting efficiency.
- Internal Controls: Partnered with management to assess financial documents, improving cross-referencing transparency and enhancing internal controls.
Accounts Payable/Administrative Assistant
Northwest Administrators, Inc.
Seattle, WA
02.2021 - 01.2022
- Operations & SOPs: Managed high-volume GL-coding and daily deposit/transfers processing for multibillion-dollar trust accounts with 99% accuracy; created comprehensive SOPs and guidelines for AP processes.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration - Accounting & MIS
University of Washington
Bothell, WA06.2022
Skills
- Financial & Accounting: GAAP, ERISA Compliance, Taft-Hartley Trust Accounting, Internal Controls, Audit Support, Financial Statement Preparation
- Software & System: QuickBooks (Advanced), CCH ProSystem fx, Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
- Programming: SQL, Java, JavaScript
Certification
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Washington | Issued 01/2025
Timeline
Staff Accountant
Northwest Administrators, Inc.
04.2025 - Current
Staff Accountant
Northwest Administrators, Inc.
02.2022 - 03.2025
Accounts Payable/Administrative Assistant
Northwest Administrators, Inc.
02.2021 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration - Accounting & MIS
University of Washington
CONTACT
- Address: Bothell, WA 98012
- Phone: (425)409-8084
- Email: helenht95@gmail.com
- Linkedin: Helen Nguyen