Jairo Meza
Accounting Specialist
Miami
Summary
Experienced accounting clerk with over five years in maintaining accurate GAAP-compliant records. Skilled in payroll management, record maintenance, and account reconciliation. Strong analytical abilities skills and significant ability to work in in both team and independent settings.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Accounting Specialist
Next Level Dental Consulting
03.2022 - Current
- Oversees all accounting operations in accordance with GAAP standards.
- Managing accounts payable and receivable, performing bank reconciliations, recording daily journal entries, and handling purchasing activities.
- Preparing annual budgets, add new vendors, and submit invoices for approval to the company owner.
- Creating and sending out invoices, receiving payments via e-checks and credit cards, and processing payments through ACH.
- Follow up on outstanding invoices and collection situations as needed.
Payroll Officer
Pullmantur Cruises Lines
01.2020 - 08.2020
- Responsible for managing payroll for over 600 crew members.
- Set up contracts for crew members on board.
- Monitored and processed all payroll-related activities, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
- Calculated salaries, bonuses, commissions, and deductions.
- Generated payroll reports, analyzed data, maintained accounting records, and oversaw the monthly salary payouts.
Assistant Financial Controller
Pullmantur Cruises Lines
06.2018 - 12.2019
- Supervised all onboard guest financial procedures, including account opening, routing, closure, and account verifications.
- Managing the application process for prepaid onboard credits, monitoring credit card authorizations, and processing final invoices.
- Daily revenue center balancing, managing the closing daily procedures and closing of each cruise.
- Performing weekly and monthly audits of the Guest Relations Officers.
Guest Relations Officer
Pullmantur Cruises Lines
02.2017 - 05.2018
- Welcoming guests and assisting with the check-in and check-out process, cabin changes, upgrades, room services, and additional daily services.
- Responsible for registering guests' credit cards for the cruise and closing accounts at the end of the cruise.
- Prepare health declarations and pre-arrival reports for ship clearance.
- Follow up with consecutive cruise guests.
Bar Waiter
Celebrity Cruises
11.2013 - 03.2016
- Provide Customer services in bars and lounges, including drinks, wine cellar services, and beverage package sales.
Customer Services Representative
Startek
10.2012 - 09.2013
- Provided customer service for incoming calls and assisted with inquiries about products, services.
- Troubleshoot basic issues of customers' phones lines and internet, process bill payments.
- Handle device replacement requests, and manage service upgrades.
Bar Utility
Grimaldi Lines
07.2011 - 08.2012
- Providing assistance to the passengers, including drink service, wine cellar services, and
- In charge of the cruise bar requisition.
Compensation Assistant
Banco Promerica Honduras
02.2007 - 03.2011
- Monitoring the transmission of checks from national and international banks at agencies in northwest Honduras Promerica Bank.
- Balancing checking accounts in both domestic and foreign currencies.
- Submissions of the received checks to the Central Bank of Honduras.
- Conducting audits of open accounts and balancing.
Compensation Assistant
HSBC Bank Honduras
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Managing cash and check deposits, withdrawals, and facilitating currency exchange.
- Responsible for managing remittances, processing loan payments, and overseeing general service transactions.
- Closely monitored the receipt of checks from both national and international banks received in the northwest HSBC bank agencies.
Education
Associate Degree - Business Administration
Springfield Technical Community College
09.2022 - 06.2024
Skills
Billing and Invoicing
Customer Services
Data Analyzing
Payroll Audit
Problem Solving
Team Player
Statement preparation
Ledger updating
Recordkeeping skills
Timeline
Associate Degree - Business Administration
Springfield Technical Community College
09.2022 - 06.2024
Accounting Specialist
Next Level Dental Consulting
03.2022 - Current
Payroll Officer
Pullmantur Cruises Lines
01.2020 - 08.2020
Assistant Financial Controller
Pullmantur Cruises Lines
06.2018 - 12.2019
Guest Relations Officer
Pullmantur Cruises Lines
02.2017 - 05.2018
Bar Waiter
Celebrity Cruises
11.2013 - 03.2016
Customer Services Representative
Startek
10.2012 - 09.2013
Bar Utility
Grimaldi Lines
07.2011 - 08.2012
Compensation Assistant
Banco Promerica Honduras
02.2007 - 03.2011
Compensation Assistant
HSBC Bank Honduras
01.2005 - 01.2007
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