Marisol Quintero — Senior Accountant, CPA
Phoenix, AZ
Senior accountant with seven years on the general ledger across public accounting, real estate and utilities, and a CPA license kept current through a two-year caregiving break. Took a three-entity close from eleven days to six.
Experience
Senior Accountant, Copperline Utilities · October 2023 – present
General ledger owner for three entities under one shared services team.
- Owns the monthly close for three entities and took it from eleven business days to six by moving 40 recurring journal entries onto an automated schedule.
- Rebuilt the fixed asset register for 2,300 items after a system migration dropped depreciation history, recovering 90k of understated accumulated depreciation.
- Led the first clean external audit in four years, closing all nine prior-year management letter comments before fieldwork began.
- Wrote the revenue recognition policy for a new metered billing product under ASC 606, which the auditors accepted without adjustment.
Staff Accountant, Agave Ridge Property Group · August 2021 – September 2023
- Cleared a backlog of 600 unmatched items across 14 property bank accounts within one quarter of starting, then held monthly reconciliations current for two years.
- Rewrote the common area maintenance reconciliation for 38 tenants, recovering 28k of under-billed recoveries for the prior year.
- Trained two accounts payable clerks on the three-way match, taking duplicate payments from 19 a year to two.
Full-time family caregiving, Career break · June 2019 – July 2021
Planned break for full-time care of a parent after surgery. CPA license kept active throughout with 80 hours of continuing education.
Staff Accountant, Halvorsen & Pike CPAs · July 2016 – May 2019
- Prepared about 90 small-business and individual returns each tax season, with 96% clearing partner review on first submission.
- Compiled monthly financials for 22 bookkeeping clients and standardized the chart of accounts across the whole portfolio.
Education
- B.S. Accountancy · Arizona State University · August 2012 – May 2016
Skills
- Accounting: Month-end close, Account reconciliation, Fixed assets, Accruals and prepaids, ASC 606, Audit preparation
- Controls and reporting: US GAAP, Internal controls, Financial statement preparation, Sales and use tax, Variance commentary
- Systems: NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, Yardi, Excel, Power Query
Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) — Arizona State Board of Accountancy
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