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Marina Shoykhet

Simi Valley

Summary

Goal-focused Senior Accountant with record of accurate reporting and budget management. Offering over 20 years of experience handling all aspects of accounting and auditing, including payroll, budgets, reports, audits, journals, expenditures and payments.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Bookkeeper

Citrin Cooperman
03.2020 - Current
  • Prepared monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate representation of company''s financial position.
  • Tracked expenses and income for businesses while organizing and maintaining bank statements and credit card accounts.
  • Supported year-end closing procedures by preparing adjusting journal entries as needed.
  • Established QuickBooks accounting system to reflect accurate financial records.
  • Identified accounting errors when cross-referencing documents and database information.
  • Provided support during audits by supplying requested documentation promptly and accurately.
  • Communicated proactively with team members regarding any issues or concerns related to bookkeeping tasks.
  • Reduced financial discrepancies through transaction monitoring and management.
  • Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
  • Prepared year-end reports for W-2s and 1099s, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in tax filing.
  • Quarterly Payroll Tax returns
  • Annual Filling 571-L
  • City business license
  • Sales Tax

Staff Accountant

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
10.2014 - 03.2020
  • Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances
  • Performed Intercompany accounting
  • Investigated and resolved variances in digital and physical records to promote record integrity
  • Provided complex and analytical support to management
  • Performs financial and operational analyses
  • Manage Accounts Receivable/Payable
  • Reconcile Bank accounts and credit card statements
  • Use Cost allocation for companies with multiple locations
  • Bill clients for company services and reimbursable expenses
  • Assist Senior management with planning and budgeting
  • Create Budgets and run monthly comparison reports
  • Coordinate with CPA regarding adjusting general journal entries
  • Verified postings to ledgers to ensure proper entry and account balances
  • Analyzed figures, postings and documents to maintain accounting program accuracy
  • Reviewed account discrepancies and proposed courses of action to minimize losses

Sr. Accountant

Practice Management Associates
12.2009 - 10.2014
  • Analyzed budgets, financial reports and projections for accurate reporting of financial standing
  • Establish, customize and restructure accounting systems
  • Manage Accounts Receivable/Payable
  • Use Cost allocation for companies with multiple locations
  • Process payroll through Paychex and ADP
  • Assist CEO with planning and budgeting
  • Create Budgets and run monthly comparison reports
  • Provide Financial Statements to CEO
  • Export QuickBooks data into Excel for fast or additional analysis
  • Provide analytical support to management
  • Create and organize electronic filing systems
  • Prepare Financial Reports and send Accountant’s Copies to CPA's for review and adjustments
  • Accurately documented all cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses and line of credit transactions
  • Diminished outstanding debts by analyzing accounts for issues
  • Generated financial statements and facilitated account closing procedures each month

Senior Auditor

Kupol Audit Company
04.2007 - 03.2009
  • Identified management control weaknesses and provided value added suggestions for remediation
  • Established internal control systems by updating audit programs
  • Evaluate, analyze and make working climate conducive
  • Conduct financial and operational audits
  • Manage all fieldwork audits
  • Perform detailed investigation, conduct research, interviews, and collect data for analysis
  • Developed and implemented corrective actions to bring business areas in line with standards
  • Convene meetings of financial committees to discuss projects
  • Responsible for analyzing business processes, information and new systems
  • Assisted management in understanding various risks, errors in accounts, and implemented software that helped to increase work efficiency
  • Developed and enforced audit policies and administrative and technical functions
  • Facilitated financial and operational audits, working with internal and external managers to communicate recommendations or issues surrounding audits

Jr. Auditor

De Visu Audit Company
10.2005 - 03.2007
  • Assisting Audit manager on Internal Audit
  • Investigated handling of various transactions and accounts to bring out inefficiencies and fraudulent activities
  • Participated in special investigations and reviews including fraud and bankruptcy, employee and vendor misconduct
  • Article writing for Audit Magazine monthly publication
  • Interviewed business owners, explained audit scope and conducted exit interviews of audit findings
  • Ensured compliance with established internal procedures by examining reports, processes, and documentation
  • Conducted financial, compliance and operational audits
  • Determined effectiveness of current control structures
  • Evaluated design and operating effectiveness of audit areas, including efficiency, effectiveness, and mitigating controls

Senior Accountant

Novoe Vrema Import/Export Company
10.2003 - 10.2005
  • Carried out bank reconciliation activities and managed several client accounts independently
  • Assisting Account Manager IN payroll, Cash Distribution Activities
  • Performed special projects, processed financial transactions, and respond to data requests from other auditors, departments, and governmental agencies
  • Provided improved controls for internal operations
  • Account receivable and account payable
  • Reviewed accounting structures and procedures on regular basis to identify areas in need of improvement
  • Maintained and processed invoices, deposits and money logs

Staff Accountant

MIN (Bosch)
01.2001 - 10.2003
  • Accounts payable, accounts receivable, and invoicing
  • Generated budgets and forecasts on quarterly basis and presented management
  • Reported on variances in quarterly costing reports
  • Prepared annual company accounts and reports
  • Organized budget documentation and tracked expenses to maintain tight business controls
  • Supervised daily bookkeeping operations with attention to accounts receivable, accounts payable, banking reconciliation and disbursements

Education

Associate of Arts - Economics

Academy of Statistics, Accounting And Auditing
Kiev, Ukraine
2002

Bachelor of Arts - Accounting

Kyiv Exploration Industry College
Kiev, Ukraine
2000

Skills

  • Internal / External Audits
  • Accounts payable and receivable
  • Closing processes
  • Monthly Bank Reconciliations
  • Forecasting & Budgeting
  • Budgeting & Variance Analysis
  • Financial reporting
  • Audit coordination
  • Payroll Process
  • Monthly / Quarterly / Year End Reports
  • Monthly Journal Entries
  • Financial statement review
  • General ledger accounting
  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • PeopleSoft
  • Month-end reporting
  • Staff management
  • Financial auditing
  • Intercompany accounting
  • Bookkeeping
  • Microsoft Excel proficiency
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Payroll Processing
  • General Ledger
  • Accounts Payable / Invoice Coding
  • Accounts receivable management
  • Statement Reconciliation
  • Accounting software expertise
  • Sales Tax Filing
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • CSF Payroll
  • Casewear
  • CCH ProSystems
  • Yardi Breez

Timeline

Bookkeeper

Citrin Cooperman
03.2020 - Current

Staff Accountant

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
10.2014 - 03.2020

Sr. Accountant

Practice Management Associates
12.2009 - 10.2014

Senior Auditor

Kupol Audit Company
04.2007 - 03.2009

Jr. Auditor

De Visu Audit Company
10.2005 - 03.2007

Senior Accountant

Novoe Vrema Import/Export Company
10.2003 - 10.2005

Staff Accountant

MIN (Bosch)
01.2001 - 10.2003

Associate of Arts - Economics

Academy of Statistics, Accounting And Auditing

Bachelor of Arts - Accounting

Kyiv Exploration Industry College
Marina Shoykhet