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Work History
Education
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Paulina R. Piotrowski

Rocklin,CA

Summary

CPA Candidate. A driven accounting assistant with proven strengths in financial analysis and reporting. Detail-oriented and committed to continuous improvement, lifelong learning and excellent work.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Accountant

Robert Half (ClearCaptions, LLC Contract)
Remote
12.2024 - Current
  • Reconciled bank statements to general ledgers on a monthly basis.
  • I analyzed the general ledger prepaid expenses accounts for accuracy and completeness on a regular basis.
  • Analyzed files and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
  • Processed and maintained capital asset records using the accounting system, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
  • Maintain and reconcile capital asset accounts, including CIP and fixed assets roll forward.
  • Preparing journal entries for depreciation and accumulated depreciation.
  • Updated and maintained the fixed assets register to ensure accurate reporting and depreciation tracking.
  • Filed sales and use tax returns in compliance with regulatory deadlines.
  • Managed employee phone and internet reimbursement process, ensuring accurate tracking, timely approvals, and compliance with company policies.

Staff Accountant II

Apercen Partners LLC
Folsom, CA
11.2022 - Current
  • Provide accounting services to ultra high net worth individuals , and family clients.
  • Prepare monthly account reconciliations for bank accounts, credit cards, and other balance sheet accounts.
  • Compile and prepared journal entries to ensure accurate general ledger records.
  • Manage payables process per guidelines set by client team Manager
  • Review monthly brokerage account journal entries.
  • Prepare quarterly and/or annual tax return deliverables.
  • Assist with tracking of client assets and monitoring of private investment capital calls and distributions.
  • Perform forensic financial analysis to resolve complex complex client financial needs, and identify discrepancies within client accounts
  • Reconcile intercompany accounts on a monthly basis.
  • Manage 1099 process
  • Manage, and perform cost analysis on various projects and initiatives.
  • Analyze existing accounting processes to recommend improvements in efficiency or effectiveness.
  • Developed policies and procedures related to accounting functions.
  • Initiated participation in special projects.

Accounting Assistant

Huguenin Kahn, LLP
Roseville, CA
01.2020 - 10.2022
  • Reconciled and reviewed firm's accounting databases, including Bill4Time and Quick Books records to calculate and determine accurate monthly firm's revenues based on all active matters
  • Tracked, maintained and evaluated expenses in the billing spreadsheet details of each client for accuracy and adherence to firm policies.
  • Handled communication between attorneys and accounting process regarding approval status, tender dates and submissions to new AI shares
  • Reviewed general ledger entries for accuracy and completeness.
  • Developed tracking reports systems to keep management informed of due and past due vendor invoices, including cases with SIR's
  • Reconciled firm's bank and credit card accounts

Bookkeeper

Outsourced CFO Solutions, Inc.
Roseville, CA
12.2017 - 10.2019
  • Maintained accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely monthly and quarterly financial statements for the firm clients in compliance with U.S GAAP
  • Resolved balance errors using accounting software tools, audit trails, excel spreadsheets
  • Reviewed financial information in QuickBooks to mitigate annual audit risks.
  • Maintained full compliance when executing and track bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations,
  • Maintained and helped firm clients keep finances in order by managing accounting ledgers and recording journal entries
  • Collaborated with supervisors to develop solutions regarding more time efficient workflow
  • Prepared general ledger, journal entries to include, but not limited to depreciation, amortization, payroll, adjusting correcting, year-end closing
  • Prepared sales tax, pre-payments and quarterly payments, 1099's
  • Collaborated with management to produce accurate and timely financial paperwork and reports for AP and AR, budget administration and year-end closing requirements, including book to tax reconciliations

Bookkeeper

Sky I.T. Group
New York, NY
05.2007 - 11.2009
  • Maintained full compliance when executing and tracking bank reconciliations, A/P, invoicing, billing and collections.
  • Prepared accurate financial reports each month by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information.
  • Supervised time and expense reporting and adherence with company policy
  • Managed company SW's (Software and Maintenance) contract renewal
  • Reviewed transactions, issued checks and updated ledgers and budgets.
  • Helped with an array of HR responsibilities which included in-processing of new employees, company benefit program, company policies, employee relation matters and general office backup

Education

Master's Degree in Professional Accounting - Specialization in Forensic Accounting

Colorado State University - Global
Aurora, CO
07.2022

Certificate in Accounting - Accounting

New York University
New York, NY

Master's Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering -

Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)
Warsaw, Poland

Skills

  • JDE Oracle
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP
  • QuickBooks Online - Certified Pro Adviser
  • Quick Books Desktop
  • Bill4Time - Legal Billing
  • Visio
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, PIVOT TABLE)
  • Power Point
  • Financial Calculation and Analysis
  • Time Management
  • Proactive and Self-Motivated

Affiliations

  • Member, Alumni Association
  • Delta Mu Delta
  • Sigma Beta Delta

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Accountant

Robert Half (ClearCaptions, LLC Contract)
12.2024 - Current

Staff Accountant II

Apercen Partners LLC
11.2022 - Current

Accounting Assistant

Huguenin Kahn, LLP
01.2020 - 10.2022

Bookkeeper

Outsourced CFO Solutions, Inc.
12.2017 - 10.2019

Bookkeeper

Sky I.T. Group
05.2007 - 11.2009

Master's Degree in Professional Accounting - Specialization in Forensic Accounting

Colorado State University - Global

Certificate in Accounting - Accounting

New York University

Master's Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering -

Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

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