Alex

Garcia
Staff Accountant
Address
637 S Buena Vista Ave, Gilbert AZ, 85296 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jag1985/

Phone 805-291-9170 E-mail javieragarcia85@gmail.com

Professional Profile
Efficient, results-driven financial professional with 7 years of experience. I've dealt with different types of entities in a multi-state, inter-
company environment. I’ve been through multiple mergers and acquisitions, along with supporting my current employer's growth into a
top ten company. I’ve handled implementation for different types of accounting and industry specific software, along with integrating
and training newly acquired team members. Combined with my strong accounting and technical knowledge, I have the proven ability
to streamline business operations, develop and implement financial controls, analyze and translate data into actionable information
and associated results, in addition to productivity improvements within a business environment.

Core Skills
Cost Accounting

Training & Management

Analyzing Data & Financials - System and Analytical

Skills (Excel, Access, Data Mining)

Tact

Inter-Company Accounting

Verbal & Written Communication

Financial Reporting

Experience
Mar 2014 - present Staff Accountant
Silverado Stages Inc.
• Assist and support the CFO with month-end close processes and activities including journal entries, balance
sheet and bank reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Assist with preparation of the Annual Budget, specifically utilizing my report writing skills in bringing all the
information together, gathered from P&L's, the Balance Sheet, Fleet Mileage, Fixed Costs, etc.
• Payroll Management - administrate and review the payroll process for 500 plus employees across multiple
entities, overseeing a team of 6 payroll administrators, located across the continental US.
• Contract Billing - manage and processed complex Contract Billing for a variety of clients, including airport
terminals, government agencies, national transportation companies, public/private universities.
• Tax Preparation - process and calculate various monthly, quarterly, and yearly taxes, that cross different fields,
from revenue, to fleet mileage, to fuel usage, to passenger connection, to payroll related returns.
• Cost Accounting - due to my strong technical and accounting theory background, I assist on a variety of
projects and ad-hoc assignments, as needed, specifically a lot of Cost Accounting Reporting on specific
projects, vehicles, movement types in congruence with respective revenue and/or operational data.
• Enhanced processing efficiencies by implementation of new accounting procedures and reporting
applications. In 2017, Silverado was able to slash Las Vegas administration labor costs in half, by implementing
my newly created accounting procedures combined with ticketing scanning software that I tested and
troubleshooted.
• Involved with multiple mergers and acquisitions, including integrating new team members, auditing accounting

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 procedures & departments, and training new team members across multiple software platforms.
• Auditing & Audit Support including providing support to auditor's requirements including research and
development.
• Staying relevant with and updating current procedures as needed, on current Accounting Theory, GAAP,
Federal, and State laws.

Aug 2012 - Grower Accountant

Dec 2014 Central West Produce
• Administrated and reviewed the payroll process for 700 plus employees across multiple entities, overseeing a
team of 4 payroll clerks
• Processed and calculated federal and state payroll taxes across multiple entities, on a weekly, quarterly, and
annual basis. This involved FUTA, 941’s DE-9’s, DE-6’s, 940’s, and 943’s.
• Assisted with month-end close processes and activities including journal entries, balance sheet and bank
reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Cost Accounting - Perform Cost/Benefit Analysis for different types of crops, fields, and cartons.
• Prepared a weekly and monthly yield analysis for different fields and products.
• Assisted Controller with manual journal entries to post transactions to the general ledger for WIP and
Inventory

Feb 2011 - Bookkeeper

Aug 2012 Buellton Accountancy Corp d.b.a. Sherry Thore C.P.A.
• Processed multistate payroll for 200 plus employees for different clients, across multiple entities and states.
• Processed and calculated federal and state payroll taxes for different clients, across multiple entities and
states, on a weekly, quarterly, and annual basis. This involved FUTA, 941’s DE-9’s, DE-6’s, 940’s, 943’s,
Nevada MBT, A1-QRT’s, etc.
• Assisted with month-end close processes and activities including journal entries, balance sheet and bank
reconciliations, and supporting schedules, across a variety of clients.
• Processed accounts payables, accounts receivables (including reconciling credit card and cash receipts), and
maintaining the general ledgers for different clients.

Technology
Microsoft Excel - Pivot Tables, Macros, Array Formulas

Microsoft Access - Creating Relational Databases, Writing SQL/Queries

Quickbooks, SAGE Peachtree, Various Payroll Software including Paychex, ADP, Paylocity

Report Writing Experience - Crystal Reports, Excel, Access

Education
Aug 2019 Arizona State University, W.P. Carey School of Business,
B.A. Corporate Accounting

Dec 2011 Allan Hancock College,

A.A. Economics with Accounting Emphasis

Additional Competencies
Extremely Strong I.T. (information technology) background. For the first 3 years with Silverado Stages, I was
initially in charge with the I.T. infrastructure and I was Silverado's I.T. Business Liaison with our main I.T.
Support Company, Digital West.

8x8 Inc - One project I completed was the implementation for Silverado's entire phone network over to a
Hosted VOIP solution. Link to the case study - https://www.8x8.com/resources/customers/silverado-stages

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