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Diane B-Mag
Senior Bookkeeper | Accountant
Taguig
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Summary
Goal-focused Accountant|Bookkeeper with record of accurate reporting and budget management. Offering 18 years of experience handling finances for 4 locations. Processed budgets, reports, audits, journals, expenditures and payments. Proven track record of performing work ethically while maintaining integrity of all financial data.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Freelance Bookkeeper
Open Employer
01.2024 - Current
- Provide end-to-end bookkeeping services to small businesses, startups, and individual clients, primarily US-based, including e-commerce companies. Handle project-based and ongoing work with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with US accounting standards.
- Manage full-cycle bookkeeping for multiple clients across different industries, including e-commerce
- Clean up and backwork of books, correcting historical data for accuracy and compliance
- Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, and third-party payment processors (e.g., PayPal, Stripe, Afterpay)
- Perform weekly/monthly bookkeeping: categorize transactions, manage general ledger, and ensure accounts are up to date.
- Prepare financial reports and month-end statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
Senior Accountant
Health Solutions
Mississauga, Canada
12.2022 - 04.2024
- Verify, record, and process transactions accurately, ensuring alignment with the correct chart of accounts.
- Reconcile 10 bank statements to maintain financial accuracy.
- Prepare comprehensive financial reports for review by the Senior Accountant, including journal entries, balance sheets, statements, and summaries
- Manage filing of GST tax to ensure regulatory compliance
- Collaboration with AR, AP and Senior Accountant to ensures accurate recording of financial transactions and timely resolution of any discrepancies
- Uphold adherence to accounting procedures and standards to guarantee compliance.
- Reviewed more than 200 transactions weekly, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Collaborated with CFO to comply with governing bodies and limit regulatory risks.
Senior Bookkeeper
Accounting Firm
Australia, Melbourne
07.2021 - 10.2022
- Reviewed all bank statements for precision (bank recon) and maintain integrity of financial documentation for 15-20 clients. (Mixed industries - Retail, Ecommerce, Law Firms, IT, Real Estate, Insurance, Clinic & Salon, Bridal Shops)
- Reviewed all transactions that were encoded by the bookkeepers on a weekly basis with over 100 transactions for each clients.
- Facilitated accurate expense tracking by coding invoices to appropriate general ledger accounts and allocating costs across multiple projects. Ensure that GAAP Standard/IFRS for each client has been followed.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by staying updated on relevant tax laws, filing deadlines, and reporting requirements.
- Establish and supervise streamlined accounting policies, procedures, and systems to ensure precision and compliance with relevant regulations that reduce time spent when we onboard new bookkeepers by 4 days.
- Enhance internal controls to protect company assets and financial record integrity, while also collaborating cross‑functionally to gather financial data and aid strategic decision‑making
- Prepare financial reports using Microsoft Excel and advanced accounting software skills, such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
- Perform comprehensive assessments of bookkeeping operations to guarantee accuracy and adherence to accounting standards, and take appropriate remedial action when needed
- Assist with budget planning and spending control by offering insightful advice that will help maximize financial resources.
Senior Bookkeeper/Account Manager
Accounting Firm
California, United States
03.2018 - 05.2021
- Optimized month-end closing procedures by streamlining workflow processes, reducing time taken from 10 days to 5 days without compromising accuracy or detail level achieved.
- Cleaning up/Back work & Set up Chart of Accounts before transferring to the bookkeeper for the current month.
- Enhanced financial transparency by creating user-friendly dashboards that displayed key performance indicators for easy tracking and decision-making support.
- Conducted technical and analytical reviews of tax returns to check for accuracy and qualified deductions.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures. Contributed to hiring, training and development of accounting teams.
- Established strong relationships with vendors to negotiate favorable payment terms that improved working capital management.
- Managed quarterly and annual tax filings for company, ensuring timely submissions and compliance with regulations.
- Ensured regulatory compliance with GAAP standards by staying current on updates and integrating changes into accounting practices as needed.
- Maintained accurate depreciation schedules for fixed assets, coordinating with asset managers for timely recording of acquisitions or disposals.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Reviewed budgets and communicated discrepancies to senior management.
- Managed bookkeepers and their works.
- File 1099
Accounting Supervisor
Aesthetic Clinic
Pasig, Philippines
11.2007 - 02.2018
- Supported company growth through accurate financial forecasting, enabling informed strategic decision-making from executive leadership.
- Reduced month-end closing time with efficient organization and prioritization of tasks.
- Disciplined and motivated accounting team to maximize performance.
- Contributed to cost reduction efforts by identifying inefficiencies within accounting department's operations.
- Set up and improved accounting systems and processes to meet business needs and maximize operational success.
- Checked payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
- Prepared internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
- Optimized cash flow management by reviewing receivables aging reports and implementing effective collection strategies.
Skills
- Management accounting
- Bookkeeping and Reconciliation
- Journal Entries
- QuickBooks expert
- Xero Certified
- General accounting
- Attention to Detail
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeContract WorkLocation Preference
RemoteImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsFlexible work hours4-day work weekStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingWork from home optionPersonal development programsSoftware
Quickbooks Online
Quickbooks Desktop
Netsuite
Asana
Slack
Stripe
Google Suite
Clio
Hubdoc
Karbon
Asana
Interests
Reading
Travelling
Cooking
Certification
- Quickbooks Pro Advisor
- Xero
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 3 in the development of Onboarding Process for Newly Hired.
- Supervised team of 15 staff members.
- Documented and resolved Team's measurable action which led to KPI.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop Time tracking spreadsheets.
- Increased profits by 6% without reducing customer satisfaction rates.
- Promoted to Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant and assisted with training and supervision of the bookkeepers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management - Major Accounting
Timeline
Freelance Bookkeeper - Open Employer
01.2024 - Current
Senior Accountant - Health Solutions
12.2022 - 04.2024
Senior Bookkeeper - Accounting Firm
07.2021 - 10.2022
Senior Bookkeeper/Account Manager - Accounting Firm
03.2018 - 05.2021
Accounting Supervisor - Aesthetic Clinic
11.2007 - 02.2018
Manila - Bachelor of Science, Management - Major Accounting