Trade Accountant Resume

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Bruce Wayne
103 Peace Lane
Mountain View, CA 94034
650-325-1618

SUMMARY

Accountant with 4 years of experience in CPA practices and a reputated hospitality chain has enhanced and refined business degree since graduation. Acknowledged by management, peers, and clients for willingness to consider every option, striking appropriate solutions and using education as a tool for excellent performance as well as client retention. Strong attention towards details, an unswerving commitment towards service excellence and intense personal interest to help clients and business for flourishing underscores professional performance till date.

Professional strengths include:

  • Financial Reporting
  • Management Accounting
  • Trusts and Trustees
  • FBT/IAS/BAS Preparation
  • Clientele Relationship Management
  • Environmental Accounting
  • General Record Maintenance
  • Fringe Tax Benefits
  • Superannuation Investing
  • Accounts Payable/Receivable
  • Process Simplification
  • E-Business
  • Payroll
  • Taxation Compliance
  • Financial Counseling/Advice
  • Large Business Advisor
  • Computerized Accounting
  • Stock Market Analysis

Technology Summary:
Solution Six, MYOB, ACCPAC, Quicken, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Arrow, Bank Link, Cash Manager, Cash Flow Manager, Quattro Pro, Tax Point.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ATS SOLUTIONS, Seattle, WA
Assistant Accountant, 2003 - Present
Strategically advised business clients who needed their internal financial controls to be optimized and also presented and prepared a full gamut of budgets, financial reports, taxation returns and reconciliations from general ledgers and month-end closures, through cash flow statements and profit - loss reports, bank reconciliations, and FBT/IAS/BAS and annual taxation returns.

Aligned with the practiced focus on service and delivery excellence, through mastering the art of customer connection. Offered education on accounts computerization, provided knowledgeable advice about internal processes and risks which are associated with flawed procedures, produced financial documentation and reports which reflected a high degree of transparency and precision.

Appreciated universally throughout tenure by management, staff and clients for ability to complete assigned projects accurately and on time.

Key contributions:

  • Demonstrated great team spirit through sharing independent research, insights and knowledge with colleagues who needed assistance with spreadsheet automation, methodology, calculations and more.
  • Encouraged clients for adopting computerized accounting systems in favor of flawed manual processing which exposed them to the risk of financial penalty because of compromised recording of data. Introduced clients to the accuracy and efficiency of computerized programs and shared expertise in the configuration, installation and maintenance of softwares. Financial data for the clients who has shown a distinct elevation in quality and consistency after training.
  • Aided clients on taxation office penalties concerning late lodgment of FBT/IAS/BAS and incorrect employee deductions. Volume of penalties paid reduced drastically with clients.

CROWN GROUP OF HAOTELS, Melbourne Head Office
Assistant Accountant, 2001 - 2002
Produced budgets, maintained the general ledger and prepared balance sheets, profit-loss sheets and cash flow statements for 20 hotels Australia-wide.

Undertook a broad range of responsibilities, surpassing expectations for the work generally produced by short-term contract employees.

Conducted quarter-end transactions, reconciled credit card statements, bank statements and daily sales. Controlled the asset register, lodged and calculated monthly BAS/IAS/FBT statements and produced non-recurring and recurring monthly journal entries.

Key contributions:

  • Recognizition as a quick trouble-shooter and problem solver; first point of contact for staff dealing with accounts payable and accounts receivable issues, and identifying errors.
  • Designed and developed new spreadsheets and formulas reducing time intensive reconciliation work for credit cards and from one working day to just three hours.
  • Exploited the advanced features and functionalities of ACCPAC software, to win agreement with the financial controller for exploring new opportunities for greater internal effectiveness and efficiencies.
  • Appreciated for on time completion of end of month financials and BAS/IAS/FBT lodgments against high volume workload and pressure.

AUGUSTA SELECTIONS, Seattle, WA
Bookkeeper, 2001 – 2002
Managed account related bookwork including all bank reconciliations, projected budgets and cash flow statements. Produced monthly BAS statements which complied with taxation legislations.

Given financial counsel to business owners, citing the financial and market advantage of expanding product distribution in general retail outlets. Owners embraced idea and entered in negotiations with Johnny Lyon and a product manufacturer in Spain. Assigned by the owner for costing project and evaluating prices and discounts for forecasting potential profit outcomes.

TONY TRITON LTD, Chartered Accountants, Seattle
Junior Accountant, 1999 – 2001
Worked in close collaboration with clients, providing taxation and accounting advice, preparing annual income tax returns and training in AMT compliance issues.

Progressively entrusted for preparing complex financial statements as well as interim/annual reports for retail, manufacturing, investment businesses and services; prepared audits for superannuation funds, debtors, wages and stock. Researched changes in tax issues and accounting standards; worked in close collaboration with decision makers from tax office, banking and statutory bodies on behalf of clients.

Key contributions:

  • Saved client from extra expenses in ATO audit, by discovering and resolving earlier unidentified errors in AMT data while preparing annual financial statement.
  • Located incorrect data entries on client’s previous year’s taxation returns which mistakenly claimed a non-deductible four wheeler loan repayment. Prepared modified tax return for the earlier years, overpowering any future issues with the ATO.
  • Praised by clients for the research on AMT legislation; identifying opportunities for clients for claiming immediate 100% tax deduction for AMT-related expenditures on new software and plant ordered between 1/7/2000 and 30/6/2001.
  • Received appreciation from few clients citing timeliness, accuracy and professionalism in completion of tax returns.
  • Urgentlu identified problems about software installation which had eluded officer manager and staff causing system to become inoperable. Immediately reversed problems updating the system getting appreciations from the office manager for money and time saved.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

CPA Program

Washington Stata University (1999)
Master of Business Admnistration (Accounting)

Washington Stata University (1997)
Bachelors in Commerce

ACHIEVEMENTS

Associate Member, CPA USA

Associate Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants, USA

Associate Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia


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