Tuong Dao
Hello there! Thank you for visiting my website. My name is Tuong Dao, and I am from Vietnam. Here is a bit about my educational background and career. In June 2013, I graduated from the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, with a bachelor's degree in business administration. In January 2014, I moved to the U.S. to pursue my master's degree in accounting at California State University, Fullerton. I graduated at the end of 2016. Since then, I have worked as an accountant for three companies in the U.S. in different industries, including wholesale petroleum, property management, and auto insurance. Below is my most recent résumé. Please do not hesitate to contact me. You may reach me via email at tuongdao@outlook.com.
Experience
June 2020 - Present
Staff Accountant, Confie Administrative Services, Inc.
Huntington Beach, California
Managing general ledger tasks for over twenty retail insurance stores in Missouri, Kansas, and Tennessee, including:
Preparing monthly journal entries (e.g., accrual, prepaid amortization, expense allocation, deferred rent, reclass entries) in accordance with U.S. GAAP
Preparing reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts in BlackLine
Analyzing financial reports and providing comments on uncommon or remarkable variances from previous periods and forecast (Flux Analysis)
October 2018 - June 2020
Property Accountant, Western National Property Management
Irvine, California
Managed a portfolio of thirty apartment communities and is responsible for cash management, month-end journal entries, monthly financial statement preparation, and general ledger account reconciliation for these sites
Before monthly closings of account receivables, the following reports for the assigned communities were reviewed
Reviewed gross potential rent reports to ensure that market rent, potential rent, and vacancy loss are calculated accurately
Reviewed tenant ledgers to verify that all charges and rent payments were posted correctly and promptly by community managers
Reviewed accounts receivable aging reports for delinquencies to confirm that the balance of past tenants has been collected
For month-end closings, the following tasks were performed
Booked miscellaneous cash receipts and reimbursements such as laundry income, vendor rebates, telephone commissions, loan payments, etc.
Booked recurring journal entries such as depreciation/amortization and accrual entries
Analyzed general ledger and budget variance report to ensure that all revenues and expenses tied to the budget amounts and that it is coded to the correct general ledger accounts
Analyzed trend reports and balance sheets to identify any general ledger accounts that had unusual net changes and made comments about them to submit to the controller for review
After month-end closings, the following reconciliations were performed for the assigned communities
Performed monthly bank reconciliations between bank accounts and general ledger cash accounts for assigned apartment communities
Performed resident refund reconciliations to make sure that security deposit dispositions were done properly by on-site managers and that refund checks were processed by the accounts payable team
Prepared monthly and quarterly ownership distributions
Monitored daily cash balances and set up wires to transfer funds between bank accounts when necessary
Assisted with annual budget formations
June 2018 - October 2018
Accounts Payable Associate, International Education Corporation
Irvine, California
Processed an average of 800 invoices to ensure that the accounts payable aging balance stayed at around $3 - $4 million every month
Matched vendor invoices with purchase orders
Obtained approval for invoices that had no purchase orders
Performed weekly check runs
Applied payments and credit memos to open invoices
Requested and maintained W9 forms to set up new vendors
Reviewed monthly vendor statements to investigate and resolve unknown invoices
For month-end closings, accrued for invoices that came in after accounts payable closed for the month
March 2017 - June 2018
General Ledger Accountant, IPC (USA), Inc.
Santa Ana, California
Prepared month-end closing journal entries, including
Accrual entries to accrue for recurring revenues and expenses (interest expenses, audit fees, sublease revenues, etc.)
Reclassification entries to reclassify the used portion of prepaid expenses to expenses
Payroll entries to record salary expenses, 401k, payroll tax, and other payroll liabilities
Depreciation entries to depreciate fixed assets
Other adjusting entries as needed
Reconciled key balance sheet accounts to their supporting schedules, including bank reconciliations, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, notes receivable, long-term debts, allowance for bad debts, etc.
Processed selling, general and administrative (SG&A) invoices that are not handled by accounts payable team (invoices that are not related to cost of goods sold (COGS), e.g., office supplies, utilities, outside services, legal invoices, etc.)
Recorded cash receipts that the accounts receivable team did not handle, such as tax refunds, insurance premium benefits, notes receivable payments, etc.
Achievements
Western National Property Management
Streamlined month-end closing processes by making Excel macro-enabled workbooks to post miscellaneous cash receipts and disbursements to Yardi Voyager
IPC (USA), Inc.
Reduced the amount of manual data entry substantially by building a standard procedure for integrating data from Excel worksheets to Microsoft Dynamics GP
Enhanced the company’s bonus plan for regional managers by creating Excel workbooks with macros to allocate overhead costs among profit centers
Redesigned the employee expense reimbursement form to secure a 30% reduction in accounts payable processing and payment times and facilitate the audit process
Education
January 2014 - December 2016
Master of Science in Accountancy, California State University, Fullerton
September 2019 - June 2013
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City
Skills
Interpersonal
Organized, analytical, detail-oriented, time-management, multi-tasking, and communication (verbal and written)
Technical
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), especially Excel
Efficient at applying important functions (VLOOKUP, SUMIF, IF, AND, OR, DATEDIF, INDEX, MATCH, CONCATENATE, PIVOT TABLES, etc.) to perform accounting duties
Capable of utilizing XML and VBA knowledge to create macros to automate repetitive tasks and add tabs to the Excel Ribbon with buttons and menus to execute the macros
Experienced with various accounting or enterprise resource planning (ERP) software packages, such as: Microsoft Dynamics GP, Yardi Voyager, Acumatica, and Sage MAS 500
Lanuages
Bilingual in English and Vietnamese