Jazmine Soto
Lyndhurst ,NJ
Summary
Detail-driven accounting professional experienced in examining and analyzing accounting records, financial statements and financial reports to assess accuracy and compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and standards. Highly organized and dependable Staff Accountant with background in bookkeeping and financial analysis.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
Pearl Media Holdings, LLC
08.2022 - Current
- Maintained general ledger accuracy through regular account reconciliations, journal entry adjustments, and transaction reviews.
- Monitored accounts receivable, accounts payable and other account balances to track transactions, avoid discrepancies and maintain accuracy.
- Update and manage daily cash reports to management
- Prepare and distribute weekly and monthly financial reports, ensuring accuracy
- Interpret all contracts for ASC 606 Revenue Recognition and revenue shares and Provide daily revenue reports to management.
- Analyze, monitor and compute gross profit margins for all jobs cost.
- Process and record all payroll (regular, commissions and hourly/interns) and assure proper posting of payroll journal entry
- Provide all job costing: monitor spending for all departments to ensure proper purchase approvals
- Supporting the CFO & Controller with internal and external audit with gathering supporting
- Helped with preparation of year-end
- Assist CFO and Controller with the month-end closing process
- Track prepayments and post amortization entry as needed.
- Identify, record, and timely capitalization of fixed assets and reconciliation
- Rent analysis and reconciliations.
- Bank account and credit card reconciliations
- Manage travel and expense (T&E) accounting, ensuring accurate recording and compliance with company policies
- Prepare and analyze monthly account reconciliations for various BS and PL expense accounts: Manage the maintenance of balance sheet accounts, including prepaids and accrued expenses.
- Manage intercompany transactions, ensuring accurate recording and reconciliation of due to/due from accounts.
- Assist in the preparation and maintenance of annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
- Review the bookkeeper's work for accuracy and completeness. Provide support to the bookkeeper, assisting with complex transactions and reconciliations.
Staff Accountant
Genled Brands
12.2020 - 03.2022
- Managed bookkeeping and accounting systems and completed data entry with accuracy and efficiently
- reconciled monthly statements and transactions to keep records accurate and current
- assisted with month-end & year-end
- prepared AP Listing report for weekly AP meeting, which include bank account information, weekly collections, budgets, proposed payments, which include multiple currencies. (euros, HKD, USD, AUD,AED,Pesos)
- intercompany reconciliations
- performed various Accounts Receivable functions, such as collections, invoicing, update cash flow reports, 3 way matching
- Bank and Credit card reconciliations
- 1099s
Junior Accountant
Jerhel Plastics
11.2016 - 12.2020
- Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information. Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
- Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing P/L, B/S, & other reports
- Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
- Maintains financial security by following internal controls
- Intercompany transactions and reconciliations
- Prepares payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements.
- Managed all bookkeeping, Accounts payable & Accounts receivable
Accounts Payable Supervisor/Accountant
Reverse Mortgage Funding
02.2014 - 05.2016
- Efficiently managed daily loan activity from servicer to general ledger.
- Manually and automatically entered journal entries.
- Verified wires, ACH, and cash flows in bank statements.
- Verified warehouses for daily funding
- Created spreadsheet templates, reconciliation procedures, and type them for the company's handbook.
- Reconciled daily and end of month activities.
- Verified if the sub-ledger matches the general ledger
- Developed SOX compliant AP process across company
- Transitioned from manual to systemic process
- Worked to implement formalize PO process
- Transitioned former centralized T&E expense report process to employee user group
- Assumed full responsibility in organizing invoices and check requests, as well as in preparing payments for weekly check runs
- Compiled vendor files by reconciling payments, monitoring accounts, and reviewing statements ·
- Set strategic direction in the completion of 1099s or W-9s as well as the year-end closing
Education
Graduate Certificate - Accounting
DeVry University
Villa Park, IL11.2018
MBA - Entrepreneurship/Leadership
Felician University
Lodi, NJ05.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Caldwell University
Caldwell, NJ06.2010
Skills
- Bank Reconciliation
- Monthly Account / Bank Reconciliation
- Accounts Receivable
- Monthly Journal Entries
- Payroll Processing
- Audit Support
- Journal entry preparation
- Accounts Payable / Invoice Coding
- Internal Controls
- Revenue Recognition
- Expense Tracking
- Microsoft Excel proficiency
Timeline
Staff Accountant
Pearl Media Holdings, LLC
08.2022 - Current
Staff Accountant
Genled Brands
12.2020 - 03.2022
Junior Accountant
Jerhel Plastics
11.2016 - 12.2020
Accounts Payable Supervisor/Accountant
Reverse Mortgage Funding
02.2014 - 05.2016
Graduate Certificate - Accounting
DeVry University
MBA - Entrepreneurship/Leadership
Felician University
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Caldwell University
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