Ida BEGAY
4221 SKYWALKER AVENUE
Summary
Detail-oriented Accounting/Bank Reconciliation Clerk with 24 years of experience in financial management and auditing. Skilled in Excel and MS Office, with a strong focus on modernizing systems and meeting deadlines. Proven ability to manage multiple priorities while supporting team goals and enhancing operational efficiency.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
The SIegel Group
Las Vegas
07.2023 - 05.2026
- Prepared monthly account reconciliations for bank accounts, credit cards, and other balance sheet accounts.
- Managed general ledger entries and reconciliations for multiple accounts.
- Executed month-end close activities including accruals, amortization, and allocations to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Coordinated financial operations, month-end reporting, and reconciliations to ensure timely and accurate financial statements.
- Compiled and prepared journal entries to ensure accurate general ledger records.
- Reviewed intercompany accounts payable invoices for accuracy before payment posting and allocation in collaboration with AP lead.
- Managed accounts receivable activities such as invoicing customers, applying payments received, monitoring customer balances.Working closely with organizations and charities who helped low income Renters.
- Analyzed and addressed billing discrepancies to ensure accurate invoicing and customer satisfaction.
- Resolved financial discrepancies and reconciled accounts using detailed data to maintain accurate financial records.
- Collaborated with departments to resolve accounting discrepancies efficiently.
- Prepared audit schedules as requested by external auditors.
- Assisted in the preparation of quarterly Investors Money Movements.
- Managed chargeback disputes by filing necessary documentation to achieve 85% recovery.
- Filed Online and remitted Sales Use taxes for the company.Run Monthly Room Taxes.
- Assisted in special projects designed to align with and support overall team goals.
- Cross-trained employees, enabling completion of priority tasks during personnel absences.
- Posted financial data in Excel spreadsheets and managed inventory.
- Used Excel spreadsheets for all allocation using formulated functions.
Accounting/Bookkeeping Clerk
Whittlesea Bell
11.1999 - 03.2023
- Tracked financial progress by creating monthly and yearly balance sheets.
- Strengthened financial operations through bank reconciliations and comprehensive financial reporting, ensuring accurate fiscal oversight.
- Inspected account books and recorded transactions.
- Analyzed financial discrepancies and provided solutions for accurate financial records.
- Developed monthly, annual profit and loss balance sheets.
- Streamlined daily reporting information entry for efficient record keeping purposes.
- Input financial data and produced reports using MS Dynamic GP, MS Office Excel Spreadsheets, Miscellaneous Journal Entries and Sage Payroll/Fixed Asset Program.
- Effectively communicated with CFO about updated, detailed and accurate ledgers.
- Scanned Bank Recs, Books, Bank Statements, Merchant Statements as well as keep records organized and easily searched with program Docuware.
- Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers to setup new accounts.
- Effectively reconciled bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.
- Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
- Verified Account Receivable, Account Payable, Payroll and Accounting data to be balanced and accurately reconciled. Search for double payments and voids.
- Reconciled accounts, managed audits and updated financial records with remarkable accuracy.
- Streamlined bookkeeping procedures to increase efficiency and productivity.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Used accounting software to prepare weekly and monthly financial reports.
- Maintained accurate and complete documentation to facilitate accounting and filing functions.
- Presented audit findings to CFO after reviewing results and paperwork.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
- Checked general ledger entries to increase accuracy, prevent significant errors and identify adjustments.
- Maintained excellent financial standings by working closely with CFO to process business transactions.
- Maintained account accuracy by reviewing and reconciling checks monthly.
- Managed complex problem-solving for upper management in order to complete projects on time.
- Gathered, evaluated, and summarized account data into detailed financial reports that informed decision-making.
- Processed credit card payments and reconciled credit card statements for accuracy in accounting process.
- Reconciled company bank and credit card merchant accounts while investigating and resolving discrepancies, maintaining audit-ready accounts.
Office Assistant
B&B Associates
01.1996 - 01.1998
- Welcomed office visitors and alerted staff to arrivals of scheduled appointments.
- Fostered operational efficiency and compliance with company policies through effective coordination of office activities.
- Coordinated and scheduled client meetings to facilitate small business startup inquiries.
- Created and maintained detailed records of office activities to support efficient workflow.
- Promptly received and forwarded incoming communications, such as phone calls, emails and letters, to appropriate staff.
- Interacted with customers by phone, email, or in-person to provide information.
- Ordered and maintained office supplies to ensure resources were available for daily operations.
- Kept office supplies well organized and sufficiently stocked, placing orders promptly to replenish materials before depleted.
- Processed incoming and outgoing mail and packages according to established procedures.
Education
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
ITT Technical Institute - Henderson NV
Henderson06-2012
CERTIFICATE - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Century Business Schools
Las Vegas, NVCertificate - Computerized Business Administration
Educational Dynamics Institute
Las Vegas, NVSkills
- Financial statements
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Accounts receivable
- Bank reconciliation
- Charge reconciliation
- Variance reconciliation
- Account reconciliation
- GL reconciliation
- Month-end reporting
- Month-end closing
- Journal updates
- Monthly journal entries
- Ledger and journal entries
- Bookkeeping procedures
- Reconciliation processes
- Reconciliation strategies
- Financial assessment
- Documentation preparation
- Discrepancy research
- Recordkeeping accuracy
- Expense tracking
- Customer billing
- Tax filing
- Tax compliance
- Accounting software usage
- Database management
- Microsoft Excel expertise
- Excel proficiency
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Data entry skills
- Data entry accuracy
- Data inputting
- Calculation proficiency
- Intercompany transactions
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Collaboration skills
- Communication skills
- Receivable management
- Intercompany transactions
- Entry preparation
- Monthly journal entries
- Entry preparation
- Month-end closing
- Excel proficiency
KickBoxing, Exercise, Home Projects and spending time with grandkids.
I am the type of person who likes to stay busy and awkwardly a perfectionist.
Timeline
Staff Accountant
The SIegel Group
07.2023 - 05.2026
Accounting/Bookkeeping Clerk
Whittlesea Bell
11.1999 - 03.2023
Office Assistant
B&B Associates
01.1996 - 01.1998
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
ITT Technical Institute - Henderson NV
CERTIFICATE - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Century Business Schools
Certificate - Computerized Business Administration
Educational Dynamics Institute