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Sandra Velazquez

Eastvale,CA

Summary

Seeking a Project Accounting position where my extensive experience will be further developed and utilized

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager / Project Accountant

CM Corp Facilities Services
03.2024 - Current
  • Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies
  • Conducted regular performance reviews, identifying areas for improvement and developing action.
  • Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines.
  • Managed budgets effectively, consistently delivering projects on-time and within financial constraints.
  • Developed strong relationships with vendors, resulting in better pricing and improved service quality.
  • Project Accountant
  • Enhanced communication between accounting and project management teams with regular financial updates and collaborative meetings.
  • Monitored project costs, developed job cost forecasts, managed cash flow and approved invoices for payment.
  • Eliminated discrepancies by carefully reviewing budgets to prevent overspending and adhere to financial objectives.
  • Increased efficiency of month-end closing procedures through streamlining tasks such as account reconciliations, journal entry preparations, and report generation.

Project Accountant

JG Construction
12.2016 - 07.2023
  • Duties include monitoring monthly construction and budget projections, understanding and applying contract regulations
  • Responsible for managing and developing $5 million in monthly active project billings and invoices
  • Performed monthly subcontractor invoice payment disbursements, ensuring proper accounting allocations while further increasing standards for appropriate cash disbursements to ensure timely job and project completion with respect to accounts payables
  • Developed job cost reports in coordination with subcontractors' invoices and project engineers for accurate billing, presented for monthly reporting to project director
  • Assisted project director with financial budget preparations for all upcoming projects and jobs
  • Collaborated in internal team meetings to discuss progress on active projects as they mature to accurately issue final payments
  • Designed and implemented a contract audit process resulting in 25% decrease in project contingency pulls
  • Created various processes and reports that increased speed and accuracy of financial reporting
  • Notary Public, Notarized all billings to clients, including conditional lien releases
  • Monitored project costs, developed job cost forecasts, managed cash flow and approved invoices for payment.
  • Set up and managed project accounting systems.
  • Read, escalated and reported invoices for projects of varying size and complexity.
  • Eliminated discrepancies by carefully reviewing budgets to prevent overspending and adhere to financial objectives.
  • Authorized and reviewed funds transfers into and out of project accounts.
  • Reported and assessed project profitability to leadership.
  • Investigated expenses not billed to customers and vetted employee reasoning.
  • Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
  • Collaborated with accounting manager to comply with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks.
  • Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.

Accounting Assistant

Cal-Am Properties
01.2010 - 08.2016
  • Performed accounts payable functions for construction expenses
  • Managed vendor accounts, generating weekly on demand checks
  • Managed financial departments with responsibility for Budgets, Forecasting, Payroll, Accounts Payable and Receivable
  • Full cycle Accounts payable
  • Created lien releases for special projects
  • Created budgets and forecasts for the management group
  • Ensured compliance with accounting deadlines
  • Prepared company accounts and tax returns for audit
  • Liaised with bankers, insurers and solicitors regarding financial transactions
  • Distributed employee payrolls and time cards

Burrtec Waste Industries
02.2013 - 12.2016
  • Performed accounts payable functions different land fields
  • Processed 1200 monthly invoices
  • Managed vendor accounts, generating weekly on demand checks
  • Full cycle Accounts payable
  • Reconciled dump bills from many land fields
  • In charge of 6 different divisions
  • Ensured compliance with accounting deadlines
  • Checked all monthly statements to ensure accounts stay current

Education

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United Education Institute

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1996

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Troy High School
Fullerton, Ca
1993

Skills

  • Detail-oriented, efficient and organized professional with extensive experience in accounting systems Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make well thought out decisions Excellent written and verbal communication skills Highly trustworthy, discreet and ethical Resourceful in the completion of projects, effective at multi-tasking
  • COMPUTER SKILLS:
  • Timberline, Sage, Super system, Project Mates, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook Express, Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP Professional, LCF5, LCF4, Voyager, Pays can, Navision
  • Lien Waivers
  • Project Leadership
  • Project Close Outs
  • Closing Procedures
  • Budget Analysis
  • Schedule Management
  • Accounting Procedures Validation
  • Compliance Software
  • Client Representation
  • Project Accounts
  • Accounting Management Assessment
  • Oracle Financials
  • Project Setup Sheets
  • Job Cost Tracking
  • Financial Projections
  • Contract Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Project Maintenance
  • Contractor Management

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Operations Manager / Project Accountant

CM Corp Facilities Services
03.2024 - Current

Project Accountant

JG Construction
12.2016 - 07.2023

Burrtec Waste Industries
02.2013 - 12.2016

Accounting Assistant

Cal-Am Properties
01.2010 - 08.2016

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United Education Institute

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Troy High School

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