Hi, I’m
Rechel Perez
Tabon-Tabon Daraga
Summary
Dedicated and detail-oriented accountant/bookkeeper 10 years of experience. I have gained extensive experience in managing financial records, analyzing financial data, and preparing financial statements. I have worked on reconciling accounts, financial statements and ensuring compliance with accounting regulations. My attention to detail ad ability to work effectively in a team have helped me to consistently deliver accurate and timely results.
Overview
18
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Optic Tax Inc.
Senior Accountant/Bookkeeper
09.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Provided timely and accurate financial reporting to senior management, enabling informed decision-making based on reliable data.
- Reduced errors in financial statements through stringent review procedures and regular reconciliation of accounts.
- Analyzed financial statement discrepancies, identifying issues, and recommending corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
- Completed year-end closing processes with controllers and external auditors.
- Updated general ledger with latest entries.
- Handled month-end and year-end end finances by managing and reporting fixed assets and other data.
- Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Maintained accurate depreciation schedules for fixed assets, coordinating with asset managers for timely recording of acquisitions or disposals.
- 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.
- Assisted team members in transitioning to new system through extensive training and one-on-one support.
- Strengthened internal controls by reviewing processes, identifying gaps, and proposing improvements to safeguard against fraud or mismanagement of funds.
- Streamlined financial reporting with new accounting software and automated tasks.
- Ensured regulatory compliance with GAAP standards by staying current on updates and integrating changes into accounting practices as needed.
- Enhanced inter-departmental collaboration, coordinating closely with sales team to align financial strategies.
- Conducted monthly reconciliations for all bank accounts to ensure financial integrity.
- Led successful migration of financial records to new accounting platform, ensuring seamless transition.
- Decreased financial discrepancies, thoroughly investigating and resolving any variances in account balances.
- Streamlined accounts payable processes, reducing payment cycle times by automating invoice processing.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
Cleer Tax and Bookkeeping
Senior Accountant/Bookkeeper
03.2022 - 09.2024
Job overview
- Facilitating client's onboarding process through Zoom meetings to outline the inclusions and exclusions of clients' purchased bookkeeping services
- Seeking and obtaining financial records, loan agreements, SAFE documents, and other pertinent bookkeeping supporting materials
- Monthly and yearly bookkeeping and reconciliation using Xero and QBO
- Prepare lookback bookkeeping for tax return preparation as needed for tax filing
- Preparing monthly journal entry & adjustments
- Prepare Monthly and Yearly Financial statements from Xero, QBO and SYFT analytics
- Payroll Reconciliation and Crypto Account Reconciliation
- Fixed assets and Research & Development amortization
- 1099-NEC computation and filing
- Training of newly hire junior bookkeepers
- Other bookkeeper's Ad-Hoc tasks
Saltwater Solutions
Accountant/ Bookkeeper (part-time)
04.2021 - 12.2023
Job overview
- Handles, recording of transactions in MYOB, bank reconciliation, financial reports and other ad-hoc tasks
- Manage day-to-day finance functions such as invoicing, processing of bills, etc
- Work closely with the CEO and perform accounting support/tasks as required
International Business Machines, Global Process Services
Financial Analyst/Accountant
09.2015 - 06.2017
Job overview
- Part of the TGCS Record to Report Team, as an accountant
- Prepares and booked journal entries on a worldwide scale both for cash and balance sheets accounts using Oracle Accounting System
- Prepare bank reconciliation for 5 countries that are assigned to me
- Provide support for statutory team for audit purposes
- Handles booking of payroll accruals and all adjusting entries for 36 countries
- Also handles reconciliations of 100 balance sheet liability accounts in oracle and in Blackline Reconciliation Tool on a monthly basis
- Answer payroll related concerns from HR people around the world
- Also handles general accounting monthly closing and reconciliation
- Help the team lead, ensure that the team delivers all the deliverables within the SLA
- Handles other ad-hoc tasks from time to time
International Business Machines, Global Process Services
Financial Analyst/Dispute Resolution Owner
08.2014 - 09.2015
Job overview
- Part of the dispute team, who are providing in depth analysis and solution to every disputed account
- Responsible for issuing necessary billing adjustment to every invoice
- Ensure the delivery of a high quality, client focused service to external clients
- Responsible for issuing credits/returns to every client's customer
- Implement changes to accounting techniques ensuring compatibility with procedures and controls using new accounting developments as input
- Focused on business controls and process improvements associated with their desk assignments or the overall team goals
Southern Sentinel Allied Services, Inc.
Finance and Admin Officer
03.2007 - 02.2014
Job overview
- Support in formulating and implementing administration policies & procedures in accordance with the management guidelines
- Prepare administrative reports and other government needed reports
- Performing personnel administration and budget planning
- Handles timekeeping and preparation of monthly payroll
- Prepare and maintains payroll summary and reports, files and records
- Perform accounting related duties like check payments, cash voucher payments and recording transactions in the books
- Prepare and ensures timely reports to different stakeholders
- Submission/payment of all remittances/reports in all government agencies
- Prepares tax remittances and tax filing also handling AR/AP function
- Serves as one of the company representatives in labor related cases
- Ensures compliance reports are properly reported in all concern agencies
- Handling petty cash fund up to Php20, 000
Education
DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF LEGAZPI
Master from Business Administration, Financial Management
04-2012
DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF LEGAZPI
Bachelor from Management, Accounting
03-2006
Skills
- Bookkeeping & Account Reconciliation
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Financial Preparation and Reporting
- Use of different CRM tools
- Xero Accounting Software
- QuickBooks Online
- Critical Thinking
- MYOB Accounting Software
- Data Entry & Migration
- Software Troubleshooting & Problem Solving
- US Tax Preparation Exposure
- General ledger accounting
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Financial and operational reporting
- Accounting recordkeeping
- Financial consulting
- Small business operations
- Office management
- Financial reporting
- Accounting and bookkeeping
- Management accounting
- Financial statement analysis
- Verbal and written communication
- Scheduling and calendar management
- Quickbooks
- Financial analysis
- Data collection & research
- Business development assistance
- Client service
- Records management
- Financial statement review
- Invoice processing
- Tax return filing
- Research and data analysis
- Expenditure review
- Operations management
- Documentation and control
- Bank reconciliation
- Bank statement reconciliation
- MS office suite
- Excellent attention to detail
- Business management
- Bookkeeping software
- Invoice balancing
- Flexible team player
- Business planning
- Accounts receivable management
- Advanced computer skills
- Payroll management
- Statistical analysis
- Tax preparation
- Financial recordkeeping
- Superior time management
- Personnel management
- Generally accepted accounting principles
- Account reconciliation specialist
- Comparative analysis
- Expense reporting
- Spreadsheet tracking
- Administrative support
- General ledger entries
- Accounting
- Budget analysis
- Fixed asset accounting
- MS office expert
- GAAP accounting
- Consulting
Certification
- Certified Xero Advisor
- Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
- GUSTO Payroll Certified
- Intuit Trained Bookkeeper
Languages
English
Timeline
Senior Accountant/Bookkeeper
Optic Tax Inc.
09.2024 - Current
Senior Accountant/Bookkeeper
Cleer Tax and Bookkeeping
03.2022 - 09.2024
Accountant/ Bookkeeper (part-time)
Saltwater Solutions
04.2021 - 12.2023
Financial Analyst/Accountant
International Business Machines, Global Process Services
09.2015 - 06.2017
Financial Analyst/Dispute Resolution Owner
International Business Machines, Global Process Services
08.2014 - 09.2015
Finance and Admin Officer
Southern Sentinel Allied Services, Inc.
03.2007 - 02.2014
DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF LEGAZPI
Master from Business Administration, Financial Management
DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF LEGAZPI
Bachelor from Management, Accounting
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