Charlene Rago
US SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Career Objectives
Looking for a career growth in any facets of accounting to
enact the learnings that I have by contributing to the
company’s goal. Experienced, detail-oriented accountant;
who is always dedicated to work, seeks to finish a task in its
best quality and takes responsibility as quickly as possible.
Contact Details
Address: Mawi,Duero, Bohol 6309
Birtday: July 12, 1994
Phone:-
E-mail:-LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlene-rago
Work Experience
Bookkeeper
Support Shepherd (client FourCo Holdings LLC)
December 18, 2023 - July 31, 2024 (7 months)
In my role, I prepare month-end financial statements for SME
clients by categorizing bank transactions, reconciling accounts,
and posting accruals and prepayments. Once the reconciliations
and entries are complete, I generate comprehensive financial
reports, including the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss
statement, which I deliver promptly to clients. I maintain open
lines of communication to address any comments or inquiries
regarding their financials.
Additionally, I manage payroll processing for my clients through
Quickbooks Online Payroll, ensuring timely and accurate
calculations, tax deductions, and compliance with relevant
regulations. Through these efforts, I strive to provide reliable
financial insights that support my clients' business decisionmaking.
US SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
88Staff (client - Bridged Financial Solutions)
April 2023 - June 2023 (3 months)
My role is to prepare month-end financials to my SME clients.
During period-end, I categorized the bank transactions
accordingly synced to the QuickBooks Online. Then I reconcile
their banks and credit card accounts. I post the accruals and
prepayments entry for the months. I also create a loan
amortization schedule for the loans of my client based on the
loan document to properly amortize the monthly payments of
my client's loans. I check the balances for each GL accounts to
assure that transactions and entries are properly booked.
Finally, I generate month-end financials like the Balance Sheet
and Profit and Loss and provide these to clients through email.
If client has a comment on the financials, I respond them right
away in the email and resolve their comments.
US SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Staffvirtual (client - Triple Enterprises, a division of
Paperchase Accountancy)
June 2022 - April 2023 (11 months)
My role is to prepare period-end preliminary financials to my
restaurant and hospitality clients. During period-end, I
reconcile international banks and e- commerce financial
accounts. I check the accuracy of the journal entries and bank
transactions posted by our AP, AR and Payroll team. Any
miscategorization and wrong bookings are immediately raised
to the AP, AR and Payroll for correction. After preparing the
preliminary financials, I do financial analysis on the account
balances for client's better viewpoint on the preliminary
financials. Any clarifications and concerns with the client are
immediately attended through emails.
US ACCOUNTANT
Indinero Philippines (an offshore US accounting firm)
August 2019 - June 2022 (2 years and 11 months)
My role is to prepare month-end and year-end close to generate
financial statements and do subsidiary consolidation if need
be for my SME clients. During month-end, I reconcile
international banks, credit cards, payment processor and ecommerce financial accounts. In addition, I reconcile payroll
and equity accounts for cash and accrual clients.
Classification of legal and taxes expenses were also part of
my tasks. During year-ends, preparing 1099 vendors is part of
my task for the tax team to file this to IRS. For clients with
payment processors, I also check their 1099k filing if it tied up
with our monthly revenue relating to each payment processor
account. Any clarifications and concerns with the client are
immediately attended through Google sheet To-Dos or emails.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SPECIALIST
Pharmaplus Generic & Branded Drug Distributor & Medical
Supplies dba Bewise Trading Corporation
January 2019 - August 2019 (8 months)
I was to provide weekly Accounts Receivable Report for the
sales agents’ collection, which also includes the
monitoring of their monthly incentives. Daily, I evaluate
credit standing of each customer availing credit and mark
my approval in accordance with the company standards. I
was tasked to reconciliation of the past data errors of the
customer that hangs unpaid in the system. Together with
my partner, we provide monthly statement of accounts for
each customers and letters of demand and notice of
overdue with the outmost transparency of details.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Well-versed in Accounting Systems like Microsoft Dynamics Navision,
QuickBooks Online, Indinero and Quickbooks Desktop.
Proficiency in different tools enumerated in the following:
Email and Communication tools like Slack, Zendesk, Karbon, Zoho Mail, Team, MS
Outlook, Gmail, Front and Keeper
Time Tracking Apps like Tsheets, Jibble, Bamboohr, Sprout, Toogle and Ashima.
Documentation Software like MS Excel, MS Word, MS Presentation, Google
Sheets, Google Docs, Monday.com, Hubdoc, Notion and Salesforce CheetahBMS.
Security and Connection Tools like VPN, 1Password and Lastpass.
Payroll Accounts like Justworks, Trinet, Gusto, ADP, CPS, Deel, Paylocity, Payroll
Dyanmics, Vimly and QuickBooks Online Payroll.
E-Commerce Accounts like Shopify, Chargebee, Toast, and Ctuit.
Equity Management Accounts like Carta and CapShare.
Bank and Credit Card Accounts like SVB, BoA, WellsFargo, Brex, Chase, Citizen's
Bank, First Republic and Capital One.
Payment Processor Accounts like Paypal, Stripe, Payoneer, PingPong and
Bill.com
Good communication skills whether in English, Tagalog, or Cebuano.
Can work under pressure and deadlines with different people in different
background and temperaments.
Detail-oriented, efficient and capable in analytical problem solving with the ability
to make well thought decisions.
Highly trustworthy, discreet and ethical.
Team player in completing projects and effective at multi-tasking.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
COLLEGE
BIT - International College Jagna
Pondol, Poblacion, Jagna, Bohol 6308
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy- (3rd to 4th year)
UNIVERSITY OF CEBU - BANILAD
Gov.M.Cuenco Ave, Cebu City, Cebu 6000
Bachelor of Science in Management Accounting
2016 (2nd year, 2nd semester- (1st year, 2nd semester to 2nd year, 1st
semester)
HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY
J.A. Clarin St, Tagbilaran City, Bohol 6300
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
2011 (1st year, 1st semester)
HIGHSCHOOL
COLEGIO DE LA MEDALLAMILAROSA
Poblacion, Jagna,-
Academic Awardee
Bohol
REFERENCES
Nova Grace Guira, CPA
Client Controller,
Staffvirtual (client - Triple Enterprises, a
division of Paperchase Accountancy)
General Santos City-
Lani Bee Cericos, CPA
US Accountant
Indinero Philippines
Ubay, Bohol-
Mrs.JaquelineAmpo, CPA
Accountant, Philippine Mining Service Corp.
(PMSC) Jagna, Bohol-
