PRATIKSHA PATEL

• Perform MYOB and XERO payroll functions, such as maintaining timekeeping information and processing and submitting payroll
• Managed entire accounting cycle including gathering information, preparing documents, finalizing reports, and closing books
• File individual and corporate tax returns
• Use all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and all credits to keep clients’ taxes to minimum
• Create, maintain, and enter information into database
• Double entry accounting; bookkeeping
• Processing Business Activity Statement (BAS) and reporting to ATO
• Reconciled cash receipts, EFTPOS receipts and bank transactions in XERO
• Complete end of month reconciliation
• Calculate and balance trust account to trial balance.
• Oversaw team of 7 tax professionals handling up to thousands of clients per year

Successfully juggle variety of work requirements across different areas of business including front service area, self- serve checkouts, cash management, purchase orders, EFP payments, online click and collect, and answering customer phone calls

• Ensuring high level of customer satisfaction is maintained, while effectively work in leadership capacity to mentor and train less experienced team members and monitor work standards and performance
• Accurately use electronic / computerized registers and computer systems
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills to work with other team members in culturally diverse environment
• Provide feedback to management on efficiency of customer service process.
• Responded to customer calls and emails to answer questions about products and services.
• Refunded money and adjusted bills to resolve customer service or billing complaints.

• Conduct tax interviews, both face-to-face and via phone appointments, for purpose of preparing complete and accurate tax returns in accordance with legislation
• Prepare returns for electronic transmission, verifying that each return is free from errors, signed by taxpayer, and in transmittable format using Handisoft software
• Import tax returns through software for review and lodging daily
• Run daily and weekly reports to identify status on all incomplete returns while setting out actions to complete pending returns
• Correct all errors and inform client of any changes should return be determined to have been completed incorrectly, in obedience to procedures set out by Regional Admin Centers
• Assist with and perform administration / customer service duties when necessary.

• Assigned to work on budget development and proposals for companies, researching grants, project management and clinical consultation reviews

Working in a team of 40 people as a Junior Accountant my duties and responsibilities includes, but are not limited to:

• Preparing profit and loss statement
• Analysis of budgets and other financial information and advising where savings could be made
• Ensuring company accounts and tax returns were prepared and filed correctly on time
• Assisting with the development of the budget for businesses and implementing strategies for cost savings
• Collect daily, weekly, or monthly timesheets
• Prepare employees’ compensation by the end of each month using payroll software
• Schedule bank payments or hand out pay checks directly to employees
• Distribute payment statements and gather signed receipts
• Consistently worked in accordance with relevant legislation, policy and procedure and demonstrated a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated an excellent ability to work with limited supervision and meet all work deadlines
• Responsible for paying all vendor invoices and posting payments to customers’ accounts.

• This internship involved analysis of cost of resources and manufacturing and comparing standard costs to actual production costs
• My secondary project was creating annual profit and loss account, balance sheet, and financial statements prepared under historical cost convention on accrual basis in accordance with GAAP.