Victor G. Pastrana
3763
Polton Pl Way, San Jose, CA 95121
408-912-3963
victorpastrana@live.com
Professional
Summary
Accounting
Professional with
over five years of progressively responsible experience with
high-growth, turnaround and mature corporations. Qualifications include:
v Financial
Reporting/ Financial Analyses/ Regulatory Compliances/ Audit Working Papers
v Full-cycle
accounts receivable and payable/ Taxation / Commission
v Subsidiary
Ledgers/ Account Reconciliation/ Cash Application/ Chargeback/ Adjustments
v Insurance/
Reinsurance Accounting
v Office
solution development (Excel, Access, Word) in Visual Studio Tools for
Office and VBA
v Enterprise
Accounting Business Suites (Oracle, Meridian)
v Application
development in VB.Net, SQL, Crystal Reports, HTML, CSS, XML, and JavaScript
v SQL Data
Analysis/ Budgeting/ Forecasting
Experience
Tax Correction Clerk
Santa Clara County, San Jose
CA
December 2012 to Present
· Researches
bill and payment history for completeness and accuracy
· Analysis
and processing of tax roll corrections
· Assists
taxpayers with inquiries regarding their tax bills, refunds and corrections
o
Streamlined
data entry and doubled work output by creating macros in Excel and HP
Reflection Emulator that extract and validate data and datasets from a legacy
database developed in Cobol. Improved accuracy of audits and
corrections by eliminating 95% of the keystrokes in data entry by tapping
directly to the database and reusing available information.
Administrative Assistant
September to November 2012
Department
of Revenue,
San Jose,
CA
· Improved data management and security by converting
spreadsheets to relational databases in MS Access.
· Developed interactive web pages of city owned parking
spaces used as a map reference.
Bookkeeper
April to September 2012
RC
Consulting Engineer,
San Jose,
CA
· Verified receipt of goods and services to contract/
purchase order and invoice information.
· Processed payment vouchers and posted accounting entries.
· Reconciled
ledgers for accuracy of recorded transactions.
·
Communicated
and collected client’s outstanding balances
· Prepared
daily cash position.
Financial Analyst
August to December
2008
Sony
Electronics, Inc.,
San Jose, CA
·
Prepared
monthly SOX compliance working papers and schedules.
·
Processed
intercompany transactions in Oracle.
Accountant
June to July 2008
Alliance
Credit Union, San Jose,
CA
Performed
full cycle accounts payable function in
Oracle.
Bookkeeper
March to May 2008
RC
Consulting Engineer, San Jose,
CA
·
Performed
full cycle accounts payable and receivable functions in QuickBooks.
Senior
Accountant
January
2004 to June 2007
CIGNA
(Ace Insurance Ltd.) Makati City
Philippines
a) Managed
all corporate taxes.
b) Prepared
financial reports and analysis.
c) Managed
regulatory compliances.
d) Prepared
budgets and long-range projections.
e) Defined
cash requirements and identified potential constraints
f) Performed
full-cycle accounts receivable functions
g) Developed
and deployed several data driven data processing, reporting and file
management applications that streamlined accounting processes for computing
and reporting corporate taxes, regulatory compliances, subsidiary ledger
administration and general ledger accounts reconciliation.
Education
Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration, Major in
Accounting
Philippine
School of Business Administration, Quezon City, Philippines
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