Mulu Girma

Experienced Senior Accountant successful at cultivating effective working relationships at all levels while driving improvements to budget administration, expense tracking and forecasting of future financial needs. Proven track record of performing work ethically while maintaining integrity of all financial data. Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations. Responsible for all license renewals. Assisted management in preparation of budget schedule.

General Ledger Accounts:

- Maintained accurate accounts including prepaid, fixed assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses.

- Payroll salary and benefits accounts reconciliation and journal entries,

- Prepare month end labor allocations and process journal entries.

- Operated computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.

- Bank account reconciliation and liability account reconciliations.

- Reviewed accountants book entries to ensure accuracy of the GL.

Maintained fixed asset module, calculate and record monthly depreciation expense.

Accounts Payable /Receivable:

- Processed and paid invoices in a timely manner.

- Reviewed payables for appropriate coding, approved invoices and processed AP checks.

- Prepared monthly billing invoices, reviewed accounts receivable aging report, resolved accounts receivable issues by calling and sending statements to customers for past due invoices.

Payroll:

- Supervised 2 payroll staff member, reconcile and approve time cards

- Reconcile payroll register, labor distribution and time sheet

- Send/upload payroll files to ADP portal and download payroll files from ADP portal.

- Run/upload payroll reports from Paycom portal, reconcile and prepare journal entries.

Tax Preparation:

- Conducted detailed technical and analytical review of federal/state S corporate tax returns and quarterly estimates prepared by associates.

- Performed tax methods applicable to business revenues and like-kind exchanges.

- Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual Payroll & Sales and Use Tax returns.

Audits:

_ Prepared pension (401k) audit spreadsheet and submitted to pension auditor.

- Prepared workers comp audit schedules and run general ledger reports, expense report, reconciled the GL account and submitted the necessary information to the auditor.

- Prepare year end audit schedules.

- Submitted letters, records and schedules for a company accreditations and medical and medicare audits.

Cash Management:

- Run daily bank activity report, accounts payable cash register and prepare daily cash activity report.

- Handle petty cash management.

- Prepared monthly ICAT & IWA for the company.

- Set up wire templates and send wire transfers.

- Transmitted accounts payable checks, submit positive pay for payroll manual checks.