Salve Arguelles

R E S U M Ẽ SALVE BALUNO ARGUELLES, CPA Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, Southern Mindanao, Philippines OBJECTIVE To serve through my work experiences, expertise and integrity. PERSONAL DATA Age Date of Birth Place of Birth 40 years old September 10, 1978 Isulan, Sultan Kudarat Status Height Weight Single 5 feet and 3 inches 60 kilos EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Accountancy College of Business Administration and Accountancy Mindanao State University – General Santos City June 1995 – April 2000 ELIGIBILITY Certified Public Accountant | November 19, 2001 | Lic. No- | 76.29 % WORK EXPERIENCES July 22, 2014 to May 11, 2017 Data Entry Assistant – Xero NBK Services Plainland, Queensland, Australia > oDesk/ UpWork NBK Services is a bookkeeping firm in Queensland, Australia. Duties and Responsibilities: Client: Charcoal Chicken, Toowoomba, Queensland. It is a large café. It sells in its main store and in a truck van. * Weekly: • Rename PDF files in the GDrive into Amount_Number_Name_Month format and place them into the respective Supplier’s folder. • Enter some of the Supplier’s Invoices into Xero. * Monthly: • Reconcile the Supplier’s Invoices entered into Xero with the Statement of Account of the Supplier on a monthly basis. * Quarterly: • Enter the Quarterly Sales from PDF file of Main Store and Truck Van into Xero. Softwares: Xero; MS Excel; PDF September 28, 2015 to November 04, 2016 ( 946 Hours ) Urban Alarm ( SaiComm LLC ) Landline:- Primary Bookkeeper > oDesk/ UpWork 5614 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 306 Washington, DC 20015, USA Page 1 of 8 Urban Alarm services include security system design and installation, door access systems for offices, campuses and multi-unit commercial / residential properties, and video monitoring applications. Duties and Responsibilities: * Vendor Accounts Reconciliation for 2014 and 2015 – Includes fixing of errors committed by Previous Bookkeeper/ Accountant from a US CPA Firm * Accounts Reconciliation – Reconciliation of Loans Payable, Credit Card Accounts * Credit Card Reconciliation of Five Credit Card Accounts: FIA, BOA and 3 AMEX * Entering Bills/ Credit Memo, Entering Credit Card Charges/ Credits, Pay Bills, Write Checks Softwares: QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions: Accountant 14.0 (Desktop); GDrive; GSheet August 05, 2015 to February 04, 2016 ( 123:30 Hours ) Circuit Atlantic, Inc. Accountant > oDesk/ UpWork 269 Sheffield St., Mountainside, New Jersey, USA Circuit Atlantic is an e-commerce company. The main office is located in Nigeria and the procurement office is in New Jersey, USA. Their service is for Nigerians to shop online from web stores in the US, and then these items will be delivered to them, and they will pay in Nigerian Naira. Web: www.circuitatlantic.com Duties and Responsibilities: * Xero Set-Up * Make Coded Bank Statements of four different Bank of America accounts for year 2011 and 2012, and uploaded them to Xero. * Prepare monthly financial statements. Softwares: Xero; MS Excel; GSheet March 16, 2015 to February 04, 2016 ( 79:50 Hours ) Rich Coast Accounting and Financial Services Virtual Bookkeeper and Quickbooks Specialist > oDesk/ UpWork Rio-Oro Santa Ana, San Jose, Costa Rica Rich Coast Accounting and Financial Services is located in Costa Rica and owned by a US CPA and CGMA. It specializes in US and Costa Rica financial business services. Duties and Responsibilities: * I have 2 Clients which are both located in United States of America. One is a medical school located in Texas and the other one is a veterinary clinic located in California. * Enter all of the bank and credit card transactions into QuickBooks Online Accountant and reconcile the balances of books with bank and credit card statements. Softwares: QuickBooks Online Accountant; MS Excel December 26, 2014 to February 11, 2015 ( 136:40 Hours ) Circuit Atlantic, Inc. Accountant > oDesk/ UpWork 269 Sheffield St., Mountainside, New Jersey, USA Circuit Atlantic is an e-commerce company. The main office is located in Nigeria and the procurement office is in New Jersey, USA. Their service is for Nigerians to shop online from web stores in the US, and then these items will be delivered to them, and they will pay in Nigerian Naira. Web: www.circuitatlantic.com Page 2 of 8 Duties and Responsibilities: * Converted four different Bank of America PDF bank statement accounts which are dated July 2010 to June 2014 into MS Excel and GSheet. Totaling 216 PDF bank statements converted into MS Excel. Softwares: PDF; MS Excel; GSheet November 14, 2014 to January 22, 2015 ( 101:20 Hours ) B. Miller (Keller Williams ) Xero Bookkeeping / Accounting > oDesk/ UpWork 2813 S Hulen St #150, Fort Worth, TX, USA B. Miller is a real estate agent of Keller Williams and a programmer. Duties and Responsibilities: Do full-charge bookkeeping in Xero. Enter bills / pay bills. Prepares custom sales invoice / pay invoice. Enters bank transactions into Xero – Spend Money and Receive Money. Three checking/ debit card accounts and one credit card account. * Reconciles bank and credit card accounts in Xero. * Prepares monthly Financial Statements. * Organizes PDF files in the GDrive. * * * * Softwares: Xero; MS Excel September 25, 2014 to November 7, 2014 ( 176:20 Hours ) Data Entry Access 1 Security Systems U 5/6 Chalkley Place, Bayswater, Western Australia, Australia > oDesk/ UpWork Access 1 Security Systems is a specialist in electronic security consulting, supply & installation firms. It provides services throughout Australia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar. Duties and Responsibilities: I was hired from “As Needed” for 4 hours a day to “Full – Time” for assisting in Client’s transferring of books from MYOB to Saasu because the Client was happy with my performance. Access 1 transferred their books from MYOB desktop accounting software to Saasu online accounting software. They started transferring on August 2014 but the books in Saasu should start on July 1, 2014. They have plenty of outstanding Purchase and Sales Invoices as of July 1, 2014 to be entered to Saasu from MYOB, and also for current Purchase and Sales Invoices that are to be entered to both MYOB and Saasu. MYOB books to be ended on October 30, 2014. There are already 3 of them doing Data Entry and I am added to assist them, and I even did overtime for the speedy finished of the job. * * * * * * * * * * Enter new purchase invoices to MYOB and then to Saasu. Add inventory items to MYOB and Saasu. Enter sales invoices that are in Saasu but not in MYOB or in MYOB but not in Saasu. Pay Open Bills in MYOB that are already paid in Saasu. Pay Open Invoice in MYOB that are already paid in Saasu. Enter plenty of Open Bills in MYOB as of June 30, 2014 into Saasu. Enter Credit Card transactions to MYOB and Saasu. Reconcile bank and credit card accounts in Saasu. Checks and reconcile purchase and sales invoices balances of Saasu with MYOB as of current date. Checks and reconcile BAS report of Saasu with MYOB. Page 3 of 8 Softwares: MYOB, Saasu, TeamViewer; MS Excel February 29, 2013 to August 31, 2013 Accountant > Full-Time Office Job Sea Breeze Hotel, Kapwar E Sou St., Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia Pacific Foods and Services, Inc. Landline: (691) – 320 - 2065 Pacific Foods and Services, Inc. is a group of companies which includes Sea Breeze Hotel, Red Snapper Restaurant, Royal Rent-a-Car, Ellen’s Market and other companies. Duties and Responsibilities: * Bookkeeper / Accountant of Sea Breeze Hotel, Red Snapper Restaurant, Royal Rent-a-Car and Ellen’s Market. * Checks QuickBooks POS Cash Counts on AM and PM Shift counted by Accounting Staff if coincide. Checks if all Charge Invoices are attached in the Cash Count and if duly signed. * Records all the financial transactions of these companies in QuickBooks Accounting Software. * Prepares government reports and remittances such as Social Security Tax, Withholding Tax, Sales Tax and Business Gross Receipts Tax. * Prepares monthly Income Statement. Softwares: QuickBooks Point of Sale Inventory Management System ; QuickBooks Enterprise 2012 June to July 2012 Accountant Scandix Software Copenhagen, Denmark > Freelance Scandix Software is an e-commerce company that resells various softwares. http://www.scandixsoftware.com/ Duties and Responsibilities: * Prepares books from February 2011 to June 2012. * Prepares Quarterly Value Added Tax Return from February 2011 to June 2012. * Prepares monthly, semi-annually and yearly Financial Statements such as Income Statement and Balance Sheet from February 2011 to June 2012. * Utilized Magento for Sales Invoicing * Bank Accounts: Nordea, PayPal, E-Wire Softwares: e-conomic online accounting software; MS Excel February 21, 2008 to March 10, 2011 Accounting Assistant > Full-Time Office Job MacroAsia Catering Services, Inc. Landline: (632) – 828 – 2011 Gate 1, NAIA Compound, Pasay City MacroAsia Catering Services, Inc. is the first fully functional In-flight Catering facility located inside the premises of Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines. It caters to the majority of foreign airlines. It is one of the members of Lucio Tan Group of Companies. It is an ISO 9001:2008 and HACCP certified. Duties and Responsibilities: Month End: * Prepares Bank Reconciliation Statements of UnionBank of the Philippines Peso and Dollar bank accounts. Peso bank account is an account for check disbursements to Suppliers and with numerous transactions. Dollar bank account is an account for dollar collections and source of Payroll funding. Page 4 of 8 * Prepares amortization of Prepaid Current Assets and depreciation of Fixed Assets. Enters the adjusting entries in the General Journal. * Prepares schedules of Advances to Officers and Accrued Expense – Others. * Prepares adjusting entries on the following reports received, and enters the entries into the General Journal: • Technical Warehouse Inventory Report from Maintenance and Engineering Department. A report that indicates the Inventory Out of the following: o Spare parts for repairs and maintenance of Vehicles, Equipment and Building. o Cleaning supplies for cleaning and maintenance of all departments. o Diesel and LPG for vehicles of Operations Department, and kitchen equipments of Production Department. • Government Remittances Report from Human Resources Department. A report that indicates the SSS, PHIC and HDMF remittances of All Departments per Cost Code. • Meals on Special Functions Report from the Cost Controller. A report that indicates the Food Items that were used on Special Functions of All Departments to be Debited against Cost of Sales – Meals and Trays. * Prepares Departmental Expense Report Analysis of All Eight Departments namely (1) Office of the General Manager, (2) Finance and Administration, (3) Sales and Account Management, (4) Human Resources, (5) Quality and Technical Services, (6) Purchasing, (7) Production and (8) Operations. A report that indicates Budget Versus Actual of direct labor costs, employee benefits, and general and administrative expenses. Indicates analyses on major variances. * Prepares LPG and Gasoline Consumption Report. A report that indicates comparison of Current Versus Previous Year’s data of the following: • Kilograms of Fuel Used • Meals Sold • Fuel Cost Per Meal • Kilograms of Fuel per Meal Report has Charts. Data are from Technical Warehouse Inventory Report. * Prepares VAT Relief and Schedules. * Checks the Official Receipts Versus Records prepared by the Accounting Assistant – Accounts Receivable. Daily Tasks: * Checks Accounts Payable Vouchers in numerous volumes on food related purchases, prepared by the Accounting Assistant – Accounts Payable. * Handles Administration’s Petty Cash Fund of P75, 000.00. * Checks Petty Cash Funds Replenishments of the following departments and amounts: • Purchasing – P30, 000.00 • Operations – P10, 000.00 • Maintenance and Engineering – P15, 000.00 Special/ Other Tasks: * Prepares schedules and reconciliations of accounts and discrepancies, of Bureau of Internal Revenue Assessment on Withholding Tax – Compensation and Expanded. * Assists in the preparation of Annual Budget. * Internal Quality Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 | 16 June 2010 to 10 March 2011 | Audited Human Resources, Organization Development, and Production Department. Softwares: Sage Platinum; MS Excel October 16, 2006 to December 15, 2007 Junior Auditor > Full-Time Office Job Tardecilla Verdolaga and Co., CPAs Landline: (632) – 636 – 5812 / 15 Strata 100, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tardecilla, Verdolaga and Co, CPAs provides external, internal audit and outsourcing services, to some of Page 5 of 8 the Philippine’s large and medium Client’s Corporations. Corporations in various industries but not limited to the following: food manufacturing, music recording, tolling, car rental, telecommunication, distribution, real estate, restaurant and etcetera. Duties and Responsibilities: External Audit: * Audits balance sheet and income statement accounts. * Checks account schedules. * Gathers sufficient competent evidential matter. * Conducts surprise cash counts on Petty Cash Fund and Collections during Interim Audit. * Conducts detailed interim audit particularly on collections and deposit. * Checks Bank Reconciliation Statements. Confirms bank loans and time deposits. * Compares Accounts Receivable account with Accounts Receivable Aging. Confirms Customer’s balances. * Observes year-end inventory count. * Checks amortization of prepayments. * Checks additions and depreciation of fixed assets. * Compares Accounts Payable account with Accounts Payable Aging. Confirms Supplier’s balances. * Checks accrual of accounts on fixed expenses. * Checks loan amortization schedule. * Analyzes expenses. * Validates accounts. * Verifies documents that support entries and schedules. * Prepares audited Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings and Cash Flows. * Prepares external audit report. Internal Audit: * Conducts internal audit on Petty Cash Fund, Collections and Deposits on some branches of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. in Greater Manila Area. * Checks whether reimbursements on Petty Cash Fund, Collections and Deposits are done according to Company’s policies and procedures. * Conducts surprise cash counts on Petty Cash Funds, Current and Yesterday’s Collections on branches. * Prepares internal audit report on audit findings, level of risk, and suggests recommendations. Softwares: MS Excel; MS Word November 23, 2004 to April 07, 2005 Accounting Assistant > Full-Time Office Job Staffbuilders Asia for Carrier Shared Services ( Asia Pacific Operations ) Landline: (632) – 813 – 2527 Concepcion Industries Building, Malugay St., Makati City Carrier Shared Services is a pioneering accounting shared service center in the Philippines of various Carrier Entities in Asia Pacific Operations. Duties and Responsibilities: Data Entry: * Daily data entry for setting-up of Accounts Payable of Purchase Invoices of the following entities: (1) Toshiba Carrier Corp. (Japan), (2) Carrier Asia Pacific Operations (Singapore) and (3) Carrier Vietnam. Payment Run: * Retrieves Purchase Invoices which are included in the Payment Run from the Pigeon Hole in numerous volumes for payment processing of Two Entities. * Processes bi-monthly payment runs of Carrier Transicold Private Limited (Singapore). Page 6 of 8 * Processes monthly payment run of Q-Carrier Brunei Sdn. Bhd. Priority/ Manual/ GIRO Payments: * Processes priority payments of (1) Toshiba Carrier Corp., (2) Carrier Asia Pacific Operations, (3) Carrier Vietnam and (4) Carrier Singapore Ltd. * Composes payment on direct debit and manual check payments of these entities. Other Tasks: * Stamps “Received” the Purchase Invoices and Other Documents received from Singapore. * Files documents already processed for payment. * Pouches and sends documents to Singapore, through a Courier. Softwares: BaAn and ManMan Accounting Softwares; HSBC Hexagon for Online Payments; FileZilla as a Middleware February 02, 2004 to August 02, 2004 Accounting Supervisor > Full-Time Office Job PB Martin Business Consultancy Services (632) - Taguig St., Makati City PB Martin Business Consultancy Services is a starting company that provides bookkeeping services to clients. It has two sister companies which are Zim Cleaning Products, Inc. and Planet Laundry. Zim Cleaning Products, Inc. is a starting company that manufactures laundry supplies like powder soaps, fabric softener, liquid detergent and dishwashing liquid. Planet Laundry has 6 branches in Manila and Makati that provides laundry services. Duties and Responsibilities: Prepares VAT, SSS, HDMF and PHIC remittances of a client. Registers businesses to BIR, SEC and DTI. Travels to various offices for government remittances and business registrations. Entered the beginning balances of Balance Sheet accounts in QuickBooks of Zim Cleaning Products, Inc. and Planet Laundry, PB Martin Business Consultancy Services’ two sister companies, and do their Bookkeeping. * Prepares its two Sister Company’s monthly Income Statements. * Files documents. * * * * Software: QuickBooks December 10, 2001 to June 07, 2002 Accounting Assistant > Full-Time Office Job AGB Philippines, Inc. Landline: (632) – 395 – 5142 to 44 RCC Center, Shaw Boulevard, Pasig City AGB Philippines, Inc. has a unique Television Audience Measurement (TAM) provider in that 100% of its resources are dedicated to the provision of independent, reliable and transparent audience measurement systems, based on their proprietary system. It is a multi – national company with locations in Asia Pacific, Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Duties and Responsibilities: Monitors and controls Company’s cash position. Prepares daily cash position with support checks for signature. Prepares weekly schedule of collections and disbursements. Reviews documentation of all purchases to ensure completeness, to include Purchase Orders duly approved, original copy of Sales Invoice and its Delivery Receipt. * Schedules payments of priority expenses and suppliers account considering its due dates. * * * * Page 7 of 8 * * * * * * * * * * * Prepares cover checks and check vouchers through accounting software. Monitors and controls liquidation of Advances to Officers and Employees. Prepares monthly schedule of Cash Advances. Records expenses made in all liquidations. Follows-up overdue Advances. Receives and records collection from clients. Verifies Official Receipts issued from each collection for a correct usage and completeness of info thereto. Deposits all collections immediately on the next official banking day. Prepares timely billing to clients. Files disbursements processed. Files Sales Invoices, Official Receipts and Deposit Slips. Prepares Value Added Tax remittance and its schedule. Softwares: Balmori; MS Excel TRAININGS / SEMINARS Seminar on Withholding Taxes and Tax Updates PICPA Laguna Chapter | Resource Speaker: Marivic A. Galban | Monte Vista Hotsprings and Conference Resort, Calamba, Laguna | 21 January 2011 SuPerMan (Supervisory Development) ENRICHMENT Training, Consultancy and Management Services | Consultant/ Speaker: Ma. Carmen M. Gamboa | MacroAsia Catering Services, Inc., NAIA, Pasay City | 5, 12 and 19 August 2010 Training Workshop on Internal Quality Audit ( ISO 9001:2008 ) Quality Plus Management Consulting Co. | President/ Managing Director/ Speaker: Henry O. Palaca | MacroAsia Catering Services, Inc., NAIA, Pasay City | 16 to 18 June 2010 Civility in the Workplace ( 25 Rules of Considerate Conduct ) Olen Juarez – Lim, AICI | Certified Image, Etiquette and Protocol Consultant/ Speaker | MacroAsia Catering Services, Inc., NAIA, Pasay City | 19 February 2010 Standard Chart of Accounts for Cooperative CPA Plus Cooperative | Resource Speaker: Elenita S. Mantalaba | ASM Center, Malate, Manila | 28 November 2009 5S Program Towards Cost Effectiveness Beyond Results People Development Training and Consulting | Managing Director/ Speaker: Denise Maria R. Montalbo | MacroAsia Catering Services, Inc., NAIA, Pasay City | 21 October 2008 SKILLS Sage Platinum, BAAN, ManMan, QuickBooks and Balmori Accounting Softwares | HSBC Hexagon | FileZilla | Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet | Typing (45 wpm) AFFILIATIONS Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Member CPA Plus Cooperative | Member CHARACTER REFERENCES Mr. Justin Atwood Owner / Manager, Landing Peace LLC, San Francisco, California, USA e-mail and phone number will be given Mr. Miles Fawcett Owner / President, Urban Alarm, Washington, DC, USA e-mail and phone number will be given Page 8 of 8