Yelena Bobakov
Seattle,WA
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Controller
PNW Equipment, Inc.
Kent
06.2016 - 07.2024
- Effectively oversaw the financial operations if the organization’s departments, resulting in $15 million turnover
- Managed payroll if the organization’s employees, ensuring accurate calculation and prompt payment of benefits
- Reconciled banking transactions across the organization’s accounts and commercial loans, mainly used as overseas investing capital
- Directed and supervised special projects, resulting in strong working capital position
- Managed and prepared various financial reports for the organization’s branches, including financial forecasts, analysis, budgets and balance sheets
- Collaborated with company’s executives to devise effective financial strategies, leading in significant reduction in operational cost
- Cooperated with the marketing and project departments to develop and finance market expansion strategies leading to remarkable increase in total revenue
- Coordinated and prepared tax returns, minimizing tax liabilities and maximizing tax savings by implementing tax planning strategies
- Analyzed financial performance and provided recommendations for improvement, resulting in profit increase
- Issued timely and accurate financial statements to lenders
- Coordinated and prepared annual reports for creditors and regularly agencies
- Drafted and filed quarterly tax reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Managed daily operational activities, including customs clearance procedures for overseas shipping process
- Created and maintained Excel spreadsheets to track inventory
- Processed retirement and depreciation for all fixed assets.
Accounting Specialist
McKinley Irvin PLLC
Seattle
08.2015 - 05.2016
- Prepare payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements
- Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents
- Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information
- Document financial transactions by entering account information
- Enter Journal Entries into system
- Track expenses and process financial reports
- Process account receivable transaction by posting payments to client accounts
- Summarize current financial status by collecting information to prepare budget
- Prepare asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account info.
Accounts Payable Specialist
ABC Legal Services, Inc
Seattle
05.2014 - 08.2015
- Reviewed and Issued invoices and check requests, entered and uploaded invoices into system
- Entered Journal Entries into the system
- Sorted, coded and matched invoices and set up for payment
- Prepared and performed check runs
- Prepared and processed electronic transfers and payments
- Tracked expenses and processed expense reports
- Reconciled accounts payable transactions
- Prepared analysis of accounts and monitored accounts to ensure payments are up to date
- Researched and resolved invoice discrepancies and issues
- Maintained vendor files, corresponded with vendors and responded to inquiries
- Produced monthly reports and assisted with month end closing
- Secured financial information by completing database backups
- Provided supporting documentation for audits
- Imported checks into GP
- Prepared and imported Excel check batches and data into GP using Integration Management.
Accounting Assistant
YWCA
Seattle
06.2013 - 04.2014
- Processed check requests and cut checks using Accpac accounting software
- Classified, recorded, and summarized financial data to compile and keep financial records
- Voided, reissued, or sent stale checks to WA State Unclaimed Properties after due diligence inquiries
- Assisted with entering government grant and funder contract invoices into Accpac
- Prepared deposits, scanned and recorded all project documents as directed
- Spear-headed stale check processing project, significantly reducing three year backlog of stale checks within a few months, audit daily inputs to ensure accurate data entry
- Month end reporting including bank statement reconciliations.
Bookkeeper
Salon Maksim
Bellevue
03.2009 - 10.2012
- Performed administrative support tasks by corresponding with vendors and customers
- Coded documents according to company s procedures, maintained inventory records, matched orders with invoices and issued payments using QuickBooks software
- Processed payroll for employees, processed credit card payments daily
- Audited daily inputs to ensure accurate data entry, Accounts Receivable & Account Payable
- Discovered and corrected discrepancies found in records
- Managed compliance and filing of state requirements.
Teller
Washington Mutual Bank
Bothell
04.2008 - 10.2008
- Recognized for exceeding goals in selling new business products and promoting beneficial offers through marketing calls, client relationship development and retention
- Decreased issues for management by providing compliant resolution
- Provided detailed information on accounts resulting in customer satisfaction score increases.
Insurance Agent
Popova Insurance Services Inc.
Bellevue
07.2005 - 04.2008
- Maintained financial profitability with keen focus on customers needs and accident solutions
- Collaborated with clients to asses individual financial situation and to develop financial strategies
- Recognized for outstanding professional acumen with companies award for production and built a solid record of achievement and advancement through increasingly responsible financial insuring positions.
Assistant Manager
Whitehall Jewelry Inc.
Seattle
11.2000 - 07.2005
- Hired as sales representative and promoted rapidly to assistant manager after earning recognition as top sales producer to help manage a strong team with combined total annual sales of $2 million
- Improved productivity that resulted in territory sales increase by 120%
- Developed and implemented strategies to meet or exceed all quotas.
Timeline
Controller
PNW Equipment, Inc.
06.2016 - 07.2024
Accounting Specialist
McKinley Irvin PLLC
08.2015 - 05.2016
Accounts Payable Specialist
ABC Legal Services, Inc
05.2014 - 08.2015
Accounting Assistant
YWCA
06.2013 - 04.2014
Bookkeeper
Salon Maksim
03.2009 - 10.2012
Teller
Washington Mutual Bank
04.2008 - 10.2008
Insurance Agent
Popova Insurance Services Inc.
07.2005 - 04.2008
Assistant Manager
Whitehall Jewelry Inc.
11.2000 - 07.2005
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