German & Cohn

Public accounting firm providing bookkeeping, accounting, financials, loan compliance and tax services.

Senior Accountant · May 2014 to July 2015
Responsible for accounting, bookkeeping and tax services for a group of small business clients, from onboarding to continuing services, general ledger, financial statements, tax returns, etc.

  • Responsible for 15-20 companies on a monthly basis and 30+ on a quarterly and annual basis
  • Client annual income range: $100,000 to $150 million
  • Communicate with clients regularly by phone and email to resolve any issues, obtain documents for workpapers and answer any questions
  • Bookkeeping data entry from client documents
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Prepaid and accrual journal entries and sub-ledgers
  • Receivable and payable balance verification
  • Property expense allocation
  • Financial statement preparation and review
  • Loan compliance reporting
  • Federal and state monthly tax estimates
  • Quarterly and annual payroll tax returns, W-2s, 1099s
  • Corporate and individual tax return preparation for federal and state
  • Supervise clerical personnel for data entry and bank reconciliations
  • Assist clients with use of Quickbooks and Thomson Reuters CBS module
  • New client set up, chart of accounts, fixed assets, prepaid and accrual sub-ledgers
Selected Achievements:
  • Self-taught on the Thomson Reuters CPA modules
  • Created and documented processes for each client
  • Created journal entry templates for complex clients
  • Rated superior by supervising CPA for production of year-end workpapers with complete reconciliation and documentation of all balance sheet accounts and selected income and expense accounts

Primary Accounting/Tax Software: Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite for CPA firms and Quickbooks Online/Pro/Enterprise.
More Info: Mark German CPA