Experience

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  Hsbc

  Sept 1991 - Dec 1996

  Banking assistant

  Five years of experience working for an international bank regarded as one of the largest banks worldwide. Responsibilities included: customer service; wire transfers –worldwide; currency exchanges; payment/settlement systems using CHIPS; currency transfer sweep accounts; cash management; customer account management; opening/closing accounts; letters of credit, plus managed foreign currency accounts. Provided world-class customer service dealing with thousands of people from all over the world in my banking positionCollaborated with various internal cross-functional teams. Trained new hires on processes, procedures, systems operations for bank. Worked with the technical team that was conducting a large systems upgrade. Assisted with upgrade and application process to improve end-user effectiveness and raise productivity level. Show less

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  Various companies

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2017

  Staff accountant (contractor)

  Managed 2 accounting books, 5 bank accounts, 2 paypal accounts for $ 1M+ revenue company.Financial statements, Bank reconciliation, Journalization, General Ledger, Break-even Analysis, Budgeting, Sales commission calculation / payment, Input to Tax Accountant.AP/AR tasks for 15 payable and 250 receivable accounts; plus customer/vendor issue resolution.Payroll processing for company; plus transitioned payroll platform from ADP Force to Run.Sales - provided custom quotes and closed 5% of company sales. Process Improvement: Sales website enhancement to improve proforma invoicing and RMA. GL Accounting - Bank reconciliations, Chart of accounts setup, Month-end close, Square payments processing, Reconciling and processing batch payments of credit card accounts, Payroll accruals.AP (50-150 vendors, 40-600 invoices / week, 100-200 checks / week) - 3 way matching, vendor issue resolution, check / credit card processing, wire transfers, ACH, credit / debit memos, expense reimbursement, sales tax payments. AR (8-1200 customers) - collections, cash applications, ACH, aging reports, bank deposits, credit cards processing, customer issue resolution.Process Improvements: (i) Implemented new debit memo entry in accounting system, (ii) Improved operational efficiency three-fold by introducing shipment-invoice matching. Show less