Staff Accountant I

Accounting & Finance

Extremely motivated and results-driven accounting professional with a strong work ethic and over 10 years of experience. Team-oriented with a 'can-do' attitude, ability to work independently.  Handled a full range of general accounting duties from A/P, A/R, and provided regular analysis of accounting issues and transactions. Bank reconciliations, monthly/year-end inventory reconciliation. Posted monthly general entries, prepared month-end supporting schedules including amortization of all prepaid assets and depreciation of fixed assets.


Area Expertise / Competencies
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Account Reconciliation
• Accrual (GAAP) Accounting
• Fluency and proficiency in Spanish

• Strong Communication Skills
• Detail Orientated
• Self-Driven and Multi-Tasking
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills
• High Level of Customer Service Skills

Long Beach, CA   A division of Amber Resources   June 2010 - Present

A full service petroleum distributor in Southern California of unbranded fuel to the commercial market. Amber Resources is recognized by Shell Oil as its leading lubricant distributor in Southern California and as one of its most successful distributors nationwide.

Staff Accountant I
• Manage the daily collections, minimizes delinquencies, and recovers revenue by performing collection activities for six Special Handling Fuel Order Accounts (house accounts)
• Directly responsible for building and maintaining relationships with customers to enhance our company's collections efforts
• AR billing lead including training, support, and coverage
• Manage all aspects of our top four Special Handling Diesel Fuel Order Accounts (house accounts)
? Process Purchase Order Applications
? Upload all item pricing into system
? Verify account completeness and accuracy
? Process approximately 2000+ invoices monthly (100 - 150 per day)
• Manage approximately 245 + vehicle registrations for three of our seven companies consisting of seven yards
• Prepare and post general entries and month-end closing journal entries
• Manage and process all aspects of General Liability & Workers Comp Certificates for four of our seven companies
• Prepare account analyses and month-end reconciliations
• Posting of manual checks, reversal of improper cash applications, and canceling of invoices and re-invoicing as needed
• Analyze monthly variance for accounts each month and prepare reports. Solve problems and investigate discrepancies
• Performs intercompany billing on a monthly basis for three out of the seven companies consisting of seven yards
• Provide coverage for all accounting positions in the absence of any accounting staff member

- Long Beach, CA   January 2005 - July 2006
A telecommunications services specializing in long distance telephone services.

Customer Service Representatives - Accounting Department
• Account receivables
• Created analysis reports of delinquent account for collections
• Data entry and record keeping
• Assisted customers with general problems, billing issues, and technical problems
• Managed the opening and closing of all accounts
• Trained new Customer Service Representatives
• Entered checks, filing, commissions reports and Provide data-entry, filing, faxing, e-mail and other communications-based support as needed

Customer Service Representatives - Accounting Department

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