Maricela Torres
San Diego
Summary
Detail-oriented bookkeeper skilled in QuickBooks, invoicing, and accounts payable. Improves financial accuracy and workflow efficiency across multiple locations. Recognized for strong teamwork collaboration, and problem-solving skills, ensuring compliance and resolving billing discrepancies to support smooth financial operations.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Managerial Bookkeeper
Farmer's Table
La mesa, CA
08.2025 - Current
- Manage full-cycle bookkeeping for 10 restaurant locations, ensuring accurate and timely financial records across all entities.
- Prepare and post journal entries, reconcile bank and credit card statements, and maintain general ledger integrity.
- Process accounts payable: write checks, generate invoices, and make online vendor payments.
- Generate detailed weekly and monthly financial reports, including Profit & Loss statements, Balance Sheets, and Aged Payables.
- Oversee and process bi-monthly payroll for all locations, including wages, cash tips, and withholdings, ensuring compliance with tax and labor regulations.
- Assist with onboarding and employee setup, managing new hire paperwork and payroll enrollment.
- Monitor cash flow, track expenses, and identify discrepancies or irregularities to maintain financial accuracy.
- Collaborate with management to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning initiatives.
- Ensure timely tax filings and coordinate with external accountants during audits or end-of-year reporting.
Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper
Buona Forchetta Headquarters
San Diego, CA
02.2024 - 07.2025
- Optimized office operations by managing document workflows, coordinating calendars, and organizing meetings while maintaining accurate and efficient filing systems.
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Assisted employees by answering questions, providing translation services (English/Spanish), and helping them complete employment forms, ensuring smooth onboarding and compliance.
- Supported payroll processing using automated systems to ensure timely and accurate payroll execution.
- Conducted payroll audits and reconciliations to verify data integrity and compliance with company policies.
- Audited I-9 Employment Authorization forms across multiple restaurant locations to ensure proper employment verification and compliance with federal regulations.
- Maintained confidential employee records, assisting HR with accurate filing and updates in compliance with privacy standards.
- Collaborated with the accounting department to process invoices, perform data entry, and organize financial records.
Accounting Clerk
IB CPA
San Diego, CA
08.2022 - 02.2024
- Supported daily operations at IB CPA firm serving ~100 client accounts by managing front desk and client intake responsibilities.
- Assisted with bookkeeping tasks alongside accountants, including organizing and preparing monthly client financial records for processing in QuickBooks.
- Reviewed and categorized financial documents such as bank statements, receipts, and payment records (cash, credit, and debit transactions).
- Maintained organized financial documentation and client files to support efficient month-end closing and reporting workflows.
- Collaborated with accounting staff to improve processing efficiency and ensure timely delivery of monthly bookkeeping services.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego08-2022
Associates Degree - Liberal Arts Math & Science
Southwestern College
Chula Vista07-2020
Skills
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- QuickBooks
- Invoicing
- Customer Service
- Spreadsheets
- Bookkeeping
- Journal Entries
- Time Management
- Data Entry
- Multitasking
Languages
English
Spanish
Timeline
Managerial Bookkeeper
Farmer's Table
08.2025 - Current
Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper
Buona Forchetta Headquarters
02.2024 - 07.2025
Accounting Clerk
IB CPA
08.2022 - 02.2024
Associates Degree - Liberal Arts Math & Science
Southwestern College
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
Point Loma Nazarene University