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TERESA A. DESMIDT, B.S. Accounting P.O. Box 1551, Rocklin, CA (916) 402-5880 tadesmidt@yahoo.

.com STAFF ACCOUNTANT SUMMARY A seasoned accounting professional with over 15 years of full cycle accounting e xperience using GAAP in the areas of Financial Statement Preparation, General Le dger and Cash Account Reconciliations, Journal Entries, Accounts Payable (full c ycle), Accounts Receivable, Billing, and Payroll. AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS Soft skills include: Organized, Responsible, Deliberative, Analytical Hard skills include: MS Access-2010, MS Power Point-2010, MS Excel 2007-Advanced Level (including: V Lookups, Macros and Pivot Tables), MS Excel 2003-Intermedia te Level, MS Word 2003- Intermediate Level, Windows XP and Vista, Yardi, SBT, Ex ecudata, Quickbooks, 10-key by touch, Typing 50 wpm Additional Accounting Expertise includes: Working with Foreign Currencies (prepa ring foreign currency wires of which the majority of the wires were equivalent t o over $1,000,000 per wire per vendor, as well as, reconciling the foreign curre ncy trade payable account), Sales Tax Reports, 1099s and researching old Accounts P ayable and Accounts Receivable Accounts. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS Saved $40,000 per month by taking advantage of the 2% discount not previously bein g taken by company; saved about half a million annually. Reduced advertising cost by 50% per month without reducing foot traffic of potenti al sales. Eliminated receivership of company within 4 months by bringing the company from a negative cash flow to a positive cash flow through timely billing; this saved th e company management fees per receivership. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Riverside Staffing Sacramento, California August 2011 Contractor Worked on a temporary assignment cleaning up workers compensation calculations f or the months of January through June for Grant Accounting. Job entailed fixing the formulas and correcting links, assigning correct percentage of the cost of e ach employee for each applicable grant, as well as, subtracting deductible benef its and the proper overtime from the gross wages to calculate the workers compen sation expense for each grant, location and type of position. Once I calculated the correct workers compensation expenses, I had to subtract what was incorrectl y booked to the general ledger and prepare a journal entry to correct it. Kelly Services Rancho Cordova, California March 2009-April 2011 Contractor Temporary assignments: CTB, Wells Fargo Bank, Ericksen Construction, U.S. Bank Duties vary H & R Block Roseville, California December 2008-January 2009 Tax Preparer Student for Tax Preparation Sacramento, California Est. September 2008-November 2008 Pacific Capital Management Roseville, California March 2006-June 2007 Accountant III Preparing financial statements for 14 companies Preparing general ledger month end entries for 14 companies Preparing payroll for approximately 90 people and split costs between numerous com panies Processing billing and accounts payable (full cycle) for 14 companies Preparing workers compensation calculations for all companies Monthly distributions to investors for all companies Handling all worker compensation claims Handling all the medical insurance for employees, paid the insurance premiums and divided the costs among all the different companies Handling all HR duties and reconciling payroll cash account

TERESA A. DeSMIDT, B.S. Accounting P.O. Box 1551, Rocklin, CA (916) 402-5880 tadesmidt@yahoo.com Norman Scheel Structural Engineer Fair Oaks, California January 2004-March 2006 Bookkeeper Preparing financial statements Processing billing, accounts receivable and full cycle accounts payable for gross revenue of $1.5 million annually Preparing payroll for approximately 20 people Reconciling bank accounts James Marta & Company Sacramento, California January 2003-July 2003 Accountant Preparing financial statements for private workers compensation insurance fund for a group of selfinsured cities Processing full cycle accounts payable (full cycle), accounts receivable and billi ng for fund accounting Robert Half International Monterey, California January 2002-January 2003 Contractor Preparing financial statements Preparing general ledger entries Reconciling general ledger and checking accounts Preparing payroll, including quarterly and year end reports Preparing sales tax reports Accounts payable (full cycle), solely managed up to $2,000,000 a month in invoices Researching old accounts payable and accounts receivable Accounts receivable, including month end aging report Preparing foreign currency and wire transfers Reconciling foreign wire/trade payable account EDUCATION San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, California Bachelor of Science Degrees in Accounting & Marketing with a Minor in Economics Additional coursework in International Business Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, California Associate of Science Degree in General Business Additional coursework in Real Estate TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS Passed all parts of the CPA exam and only need six months of work experience und er a currently licensed CPA to become licensed as a CPA. I am looking to use my CPA license in a corporate environment instead of public accounting. Currently working toward the Microsoft Office Specialist-Master Certification by taking online courses through Robert Half International Skillport site also kno wn as Skill Soft. Expected completion: March 2012 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS California Society of CPAs (CALCPA) - member since April 2011 Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) COMMUNITY OUTREACH Placer SPCA Pet Mobile and special events including: adoptions, fund raising, vo lunteer recruitment and data entry.

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