MUHAMMAD N. FAROOQ
Richmond,CA
Summary
Motivated accounting professional seeking to obtain an accounting position with an organization, which will benefit from my relevant work experience, problem-solving skills, knowledge of relevant computer accounting software, and my Bachelor's degree in Accounting from California State University Results-oriented accounting professional with several years of experience in accounting, financial analysis, and audit-related settings. Quick and eager learner with acute attention to detail and a consistent track record of identifying process improvements to drive quality, accuracy, and efficiency.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant
The San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, CA
05.2021 - 01.2024
- Handled weekly accounts payable and grant checks.
- Processed A/P invoices ensuring accuracy.
- Detected appropriate vendors for 1099 classification.
- Processed weekly expense reports in Concur
- Generated journal entries upon request in Financial Edge NXT.
- Researched staff inquiries to deliver prompt and helpful answers.
- Monitored daily banking activities, lockbox operations, and brokerage transactions.
- Collaborated with Philanthropy and Gift Planning teams to log gift entries in Salesforce and Financial EdgeNXT.
- Reconciled gift entries in Salesforce and Financial Edge NXT on a monthly basis
- Conducted weekly cash account rebalancing to ensure prompt investment of incoming funds.
- Oversaw and addressed banking issues.
- Partnered with grants department to analyze budgets.
- Preparing monthly journal entries.
- Recorded quarterly interest received from borrowers.
- Recording and researching cash receipts.
- Evaluate yearly fiscal data for completion of U.S. Census Bureau forms.
- Filing Personal Property Tax
- Assist in improving and preparing accounting procedures.
- Calculated monthly depreciation for fixed assets.
- Logged all acquisitions and disposals of fixed assets within the system.
- Reconciling multiple GL accounts including fixed assets on quarterly basis
- Reconciling monthly bank statements
- Calculated, reconciled, and accrued quarterly interest.
- Compiled detailed monthly outstanding checks report.
- Handled monthly donation and project fee calculations and allocations.
- Training new team members
- Reconciling Trusteed and non trusteed CRTs
- Calculating CRTs and adjusting present value
- EDD vendor reporting
- Semi-Monthly Payroll Journal Entry
Staff Accountant
Bay Area Legal Aid
Oakland, CA
08.2019 - 03.2021
- Processed invoices and employee reimbursements for payments with proper coding.
- Processing transactions and performing accounting duties such as account maintenance, recording entries, and reconciling books of accounts
- Assisted with payroll processing.
- Accounts receivable: making deposits, payment processing, monitored A/R aging.
Staff Accountant
YMCA
San Francisco, CA
03.2019 - 08.2019
- Prepared Journal entries by maintaining records and files; reconciling accounts.
- Analyzed invoices and expense reports to identify prepaid expenses.
- Ensured accounting system accuracy by reconciling payments.
- Ensured proper reconciliation of various accounts.
- Monitor corporate credit card expenditures; ensure compliance with Company policy.
- Confirming that receipts are acceptable documents according to company policy.
- Signing cardholder statement signifying it has been verified.
Education
B.S - Business Administration-Accounting
Cal State East Bay University
06.2018
Skills
- Communicative
- Detail Oriented
- Team Player
- Problem Solver
- Organized
- Active listening
- Creative
- Resourceful
Accounitng Information Systems
- Daxko Accounting, Oracle Netsuite, MIP, Blackbaud Financial EdgeNXT,
Salesforce, and Concur
Timeline
Staff Accountant
The San Francisco Foundation
05.2021 - 01.2024
Staff Accountant
Bay Area Legal Aid
08.2019 - 03.2021
Staff Accountant
YMCA
03.2019 - 08.2019
B.S - Business Administration-Accounting
Cal State East Bay University
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