Melissa Ruiz
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Accountant
New Star Family Center
Hawthorne, CA
2024.05 - Current
- Identifies opportunities to improve internal controls over financial reporting processes.
- Reviewes accounts payable invoices for accuracy prior to payment processing.
- Prepares monthly account reconciliations for bank accounts, credit cards, and other balance sheet accounts.
- Coordinates with internal departments to ensure timely submission of documents related to grant accounting activities.
- Supports efficient accounting operations with high-quality administrative support.
AP/AR Clerk
Icelandic Glacial
2023.01 - 2024.04
- Maintained and reconciled accounts both payable and receiveable ledger accounts
- Prepared reports such as income statements, trail balances, and remittances.
- Provided admin support in areas of filling, date entry, invoice verification
- Follow up with vendors, and constant communication with vendors regarding AP/ AP support.
- Entered deposits, and post deposits
AR Billing Specialist
Wayfinder Family Services
2022.04 - 2022.11
- Contract Work at Wayfinder Family Services under supervision of the Director of Contracts and Compliance to help create deposits, post deposits, file and organize
- Worked with Excel, Word, Pivot tables, and Accounting applications such as Financial Edge. Used case management software- Famcare.
Education
Master of Science (M.S.) in Accounting Candidate -
California State University, Dominguez Hills
08.2025
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Accounting -
California State University, Dominguez Hills
2023-08
AS-T in Accounting -
West Los Angeles College
2020-01
Skills
- Exposure to Excel
- VLOOKUP
- Pivot tables
- Netsuite
- Word
- Typing
- Bookkeeping
- Accounting Basic Principles
- Course on QuickBooks desktop
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
- Invoice Processing
- Professionalism
- Data Entry Accuracy
- Adaptability
- Organizational Skills
- Time Management
Certification
VITA/TCE Certification, 2023
Timeline
Staff Accountant
New Star Family Center
2024.05 - Current
AP/AR Clerk
Icelandic Glacial
2023.01 - 2024.04
AR Billing Specialist
Wayfinder Family Services
2022.04 - 2022.11
Master of Science (M.S.) in Accounting Candidate -
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Accounting -
California State University, Dominguez Hills
AS-T in Accounting -
West Los Angeles College