College Application Essay - 250 words

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Atosa Catering Equipment Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) 08/2018-05/2020

Accountant and Operations Manager

▪ Managed branch accounting: ensured processed orders were accurately invoiced, and performed AR/AP duties

▪ AR: deposited and posted dealer payments and applied to invoices accordingly

▪ AP: Verified and entered vendors’ bills and authorized payments

▪ Communicated with dealers to make sure all invoices were paid in terms, solved billing discrepancy and

maintained good relationships with customers

▪ Verified resale certificates and determine if dealers were tax exempt and made sure proper sales tax were charged

▪ Conducted budget analysis and led moving project to relocate 42,000 sq. ft. warehouse

▪ Led projects for 2-time ERP migrations from QuickBooks to Epicor Prophet 21 and to SAP

▪ Analyzed and forecast sales, submitted weekly inventory request to vendors and monitored container receiving

▪ Reduced branch shipping cost by 50% and increased branch revenue by 32% in sales year

▪ Managed branch activities and operations, and managed branch inventory control of 42,000 sq. ft. warehouse

Atosa Catering Equipment Inc. (New Jersey/East-coast Corporate Office) 07/2016-07/2018

Accountant and Purchasing Analyst

▪ Prepared journal entries for the prepaid and accrued transactions

▪ Performed AR duties and daily bank reconciliation: deposited cash and check payment, posted transaction

accordingly and applied payment to proper invoices

▪ Created and maintained the monthly sales/budget analysis report, the AR/AP reconciliation report and assisted the

manager with the monthly, quarterly and yearly closing

▪ Placed purchase orders and inventory plan based on sales growth and branch needs, entered expectant order

information, monitored receipt/container status, verified and approved accurately received shipment

▪ Verified receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered and resolved any shipment discrepancies

▪ Reconciled inventory and purchasing ledgers to ensure that all purchase orders were properly posted

▪ Authorized payment for purchases by converting purchase orders into bills in accounting software

▪ Maintained relationships with government agencies, freight forwarders and third-party logistics providers

Atosa Catering Equipment Inc. (New Jersey/East-coast Corporate Office) 02/2016-06/2016

Accountant and Office Administrator

▪ Verified and entered purchase orders into accounting software while adhering to purchasing policies, processes,

and procedures, provided freight quotations to the customer, created BOLs and prepared invoices

▪ AP: Verified 3rd-party logistics freight invoices with freight quotations and entered freight bills

▪ AR: Generated invoices and account statements and made sure customers were within their credit limit and solved

any billing discrepancy with the customers

▪ Deposited cash and check payments and posted accordingly

▪ Communicated with customers, answered customer concerns, tracked shipment status and informed customers

Xiangtan Electrical Machine Import & Export Corporation, Hunan, China 07/2010 – 08/2010 & 07/2011-07/2012

Import and Export Clerk Internship

China Construction Bank Xiangzhang Road Branch, Hunan, China 02/2011-05/2011

Client Manager Assistant

E D U C A T I O N State University of New York at Binghamton (USA) MS in Accounting (CPA Eligible)

Nanchang Institute of Technology (China) Bachelor of Economics

S O F T W A R E : SAP, WMS, Epicor P21, QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel L A N G U A G E S : English, Mandarin Chinese