Steven Yeates

Processes invoices and vendor bills, matching vendor invoices to approved purchase orders and delivery lists. Records customer invoices and subsequent cash collections including credit card charges. Resolves potential issues with customer & vendor invoices and payments. Corresponds with customers in order to handle inquiries by providing information on invoices, payments, and statements. Informs customers about past due invoices, coordinating with them in order to resolve outstanding balances. Examines banking information in order to set up & approve international vendor payments. Compiles monthly sales tax reports for review; submitted sales tax reports and payments to CDTFA. Monitors various bank accounts and credit cards used for operating, investing, and financing activities. Reconciles bank accounts, petty cash, and credit cards on a periodic basis. Performs administrative duties including filing, faxing, scanning, and approving documents.

• Specializes in assisting clients with disabilities by providing extra guidance with assignments. • Collaborates with clients and counselors to implement specialized study programs. • Uses strong verbal and written communication skills to inform clients and counselors in person, by telephone or by email.

Assists with processing employee expense reports in accordance with company policy Obtains approvals for employee expense reports and vendor invoices Codifies both employee expense reports and vendor invoices according to general ledger and job account numbering systems Submits approved employee expense reports and vendor invoices to appropriate email boxes for timely processing Maintains and organizes accounting department files and records Performs administrative duties, including the copying, scanning, and filing of documents, in fulfilling the above job responsibilities

• Compiled alphanumeric information from various source documents quickly and accurately into an online database. • Researched online databases and collaborated with technical staff in order to compile any missing information into an online database.

• Assists MAP students with college-level mathematics assignments and preparations for exams. • Compose and lead workshops regarding Financial Literacy to Sonoma State students. • Supports MAP & SSU Writing Center’s operations through cooperative development of projects.

• Assists students with Accounting & Bookkeeping assignments and preparing for exams. • Explains technical details on Accounting-related topics such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Income Taxes, Inventory Valuation, Fixed Assets, and Depreciation. • Guides students through technical problems in accounting such as preparation of financial statements, journalizing & posting transactions, and creating supplementary schedules and master budgets using Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks, etc. • Demonstrates usage of Job Costing, Process Costing, Activity-Based Costing and Standard Costing methods, as well as tools for managerial decision-making such as Cost-Volume-Profit analysis and Net Present Value to students.

Used Lightspeed software to perform various tasks:      Entering Accounts Payable invoices through journal entries and recording payment of batch invoices (including printing checks);      Entering motorbikes into inventory (both new and used);      Recording sale of inventory and subsequent de-listing of inventory from stock;      Corroborating payment of inventory through cash, credit card, or loan;      Recording loan receivables and subsequent cash collection from loan companies upon approval of customer credit. Recorded A/P of motorcycles through Vendor websites or COMS. Registered motorcycles to customers through Vendor websites in timely manner. Filled out and signed DMV documents as an Authorized Agent of K&B Motorsports. Created monthly Parts Reconciliation Statements for major Vendors, and worked on credit card reconciliation. Made copies and organized files as necessary in following record keeping procedures for selling of inventory and submitting loan documents to loan companies, to ensure a proper audit trail exists.

Helped with conversion of client files to electronic format by:    Sorting, organizing, and scanning files to PDF format;    Truncating and bookmarking these PDF files to provide a clear, concise structure;    Performing an electronic audit trail for each client document. Worked on individual, S-Corp, and fiduciary tax forms by inputting relevant tax information from clients' tax organizers, QuickBooks reports and other related documents into Lacerte. Performed tie-ins and final tie-ins for client files using audit notation with the assistance of Tic-Tie-Calculate software. Researched relevant tax information to resolve difficult tax-related questions.