JOSE SANTIAGO
ROCKWALL
Summary
Accomplished Senior Accountant with a proven track record at Associa, enhancing financial accuracy through expert reconciliation and financial reporting. Excelled in leading teams, demonstrating exceptional training abilities and a commitment to streamlining processes. Skilled in general ledger accounting and variance analysis, significantly improving financial statement reliability.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accountant III
Associa
12.2023 - 06.2024
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations for Marriott properties.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Preparation of the financial report packages to clients.
- Accruals, deferred revenue, prepaid expenses.
- Analyzed financial statement discrepancies, identifying issues, and recommending corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
- Monthly meetings with Residential Leaders to review financials.
Lead Accountant
Associa
02.2019 - 12.2023
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Journal entry approval for audit entries.
- Preparation of transition-in financials into C3. Set up of balance sheet and income statement.
- Journal entries
- Assisted supervisor with financial escalations.
Senior Accountant
Associa
03.2015 - 02.2019
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations for Mexico properties, then USA.
- Enter approved invoices into C3 for payment.
- Processed transfer of funds between bank accounts.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
- Accrual of expenses based of property accounting method.
- Prepaid expenses, and maintenance of schedules.
- Deferred revenue, and revenue recognition.
- Year-end close process.
- Posting of audit entries.
Staff Accountant II
Connection
07.2007 - 01.2015
- Reconciled and maintained assigned balance sheet account.
- Monthly journal entries.
- Accrual of expenses, deferred revenue, amortization of prepaid expenses.
- Reconciliation of intercompany transactions with parent company.
- Assisted with month-end closing procedures, such as variance analysis.
- Assisted providing documentation to internal and external auditors.
- Codification of corporate credit card expenses.
Accounts Payable Coordinator
DHL Aviation
02.2001 - 10.2006
- Managed vendor relationships, ensuring prompt responses to inquiries and resolving disputes.
- Coordinated with other departments as needed for approval or clarification on invoiced items, promoting effective cross-functional collaboration throughout the organization.
- Processed check disbursements and reconciled related ledger.
- Assisted with month-end closing tasks, ensuring timely completion of financial statements.
Education
BBA - Accounting And Business Management
University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon
Bayamon, PRSkills
- General ledger accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Bilingual-Spanish
- Bank Reconciliation
- Financial statement review
- Intercompany Transactions
- Variance Analysis
- Accounts Payable
Timeline
Senior Accountant III
Associa
12.2023 - 06.2024
Lead Accountant
Associa
02.2019 - 12.2023
Senior Accountant
Associa
03.2015 - 02.2019
Staff Accountant II
Connection
07.2007 - 01.2015
Accounts Payable Coordinator
DHL Aviation
02.2001 - 10.2006
BBA - Accounting And Business Management
University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon
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