MILENA PETKOVA
Macomb,MI
Summary
Finance professional with comprehensive background in managing accounting operations and financial reporting. Proven ability to streamline financial processes and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Known for fostering team collaboration and delivering reliable results, adapting seamlessly to evolving business needs. Key skills include general ledger management, financial statement preparation, and regulatory compliance.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Staff Accountant
Kuka Systems North America
01.2022 - Current
- Perform monthly balance sheet account analysis and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with GAAP.
- Analyze and forecast operating expenses, identifying variances and supporting management with financial insights
- Ensure proper GL coding of expense reports for bank and credit card reconciliation
- Prepare weekly cash flow forecasts and monitor cash positions to support effective treasury and liquidity management
- Process, reconcile, and monitor bank transactions and payments across multiple financial institutions.
- Perform maintenance and tracking of lease schedules
- Post, analyze, and reconcile depreciation as well as enter new assets into Bloomberg
- Perform Month-End closing processes
- Prepare, analyze, and review monthly financial statements, including balance sheet and income statement results
- Support quarterly financial audits by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation for auditors
- Identify process improvements and strengthen internal controls and accounting procedures to improve accuracy and efficiency.
- AR
- Treasury
Accounts Payable
Kuka Systems North America
11.2016 - 01.2022
- Managed full cycle accounts payable for different entities, including receiving, processing, and verifying invoices
- Analyzed transactions and discrepancies
- Coded invoices, matched purchase orders, analyzed, and processed credits
- Reconciled vendor statements
- Analyzed and resolved billing issues with vendors
- Assisted new vendors in enrolling for ACH payments through Wells Fargo Bank
Purchasing Assistant
Kuka Systems North America
12.2015 - 11.2016
- Updated vendor profiles, including payment terms, payment method, contact information, etc.
- Followed up with vendors for delivery of product(s) and services
- Prepared minority reports for Chrysler, Ford, and GM.
Clerical Assistant
Carl Zeiss Vision- Great Lakes
Troy, MI
02.2003 - 10.2015
- Managed all warranty claims, customer inquiries, and requests following CZV policy
- Monitored defective products and if required, withdrew a specific batch of those products
- Analyzed and posted credits to customer accounts
- Processed returns in an accurate and timely manner
Sales Manager
Taurus LLC
Sofia, Bulgaria
05.2000 - 09.2002
- Scheduled work hours, provided training to staff members
- Achieved sales goals through organizing marketing events while consistently monitoring sales
- Utilized product mix, adjusted selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, and monitored the costs, resulting in a complete sales action plan
- Completed monthly physical audits
Administrative Assistant
Prestige LLC
Sofia, Bulgaria
08.1994 - 05.2000
- Processed and expedited purchases
- Coordinated and arranged major marketing events and presentations
- Planned and monitored the wholesale of the company
Education
Master of Science - Finance
Walsh College
01-2023
Certificate - Accounts Payable
Institute of Finance & Management
01-2020
Master's - Marketing and Management
University of Business and Economics
Sofia, Bulgaria09-2000
Skills
- Accounting
- Accounts Reconciliation
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Payments
- Month-End and Year-End Close Processes
- Problem analysis and problem solving
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Teamwork
- Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Bilingual in Bulgarian and English
- Bank reconciliation
- Accounts receivable
- Financial statement review
- Accounts payable
- General ledger accounting
Timeline
Sr. Staff Accountant
Kuka Systems North America
01.2022 - Current
Accounts Payable
Kuka Systems North America
11.2016 - 01.2022
Purchasing Assistant
Kuka Systems North America
12.2015 - 11.2016
Clerical Assistant
Carl Zeiss Vision- Great Lakes
02.2003 - 10.2015
Sales Manager
Taurus LLC
05.2000 - 09.2002
Administrative Assistant
Prestige LLC
08.1994 - 05.2000
Master's - Marketing and Management
University of Business and Economics
Certificate - Accounts Payable
Institute of Finance & Management
Master of Science - Finance
Walsh College