Charvel Porter

Independent Bookkeeper

Self-Employed / Freelancer • Freelance

Sep 2026 - Present • 1 mo

- Provide independent bookkeeping and accounting support to small businesses, managing accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliations, transaction categorization, and financial reporting. - Perform historical bookkeeping cleanup, reviewing prior-year transactions, correcting misclassifications, identifying discrepancies, and organizing financial records to improve accuracy and reporting reliability. - Reconcile bank accounts, credit card activity, customer payments, vendor transactions, and outstanding balances to maintain accurate general ledger records. - Manage customer invoicing, payment application, deposit matching, accounts receivable aging, and collections follow-up to support cash flow and timely payment processing. - Review vendor invoices, maintain accounts payable records, verify outstanding obligations, and coordinate payment schedules. - Prepare and analyze financial reports, including Profit & Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, Accounts Receivable Aging, and Accounts Payable Aging, to provide business owners with meaningful financial insight. - Utilize QuickBooks Online, Ambrook, Microsoft Excel, and other accounting platforms to streamline workflows, maintain organized documentation, and improve bookkeeping efficiency. - Develop customized spreadsheets, reconciliation tools, and standardized procedures to support accurate financial tracking and ongoing accounting operations. - Communicate directly with business owners to resolve financial discrepancies, obtain supporting documentation, and provide progress updates on bookkeeping projects.

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Remote • Full time

Apr 2025 - Sep 2026 • 1 yr 5 mos

- Managed high-volume accounts receivable and daily financial reconciliation activities across multiple restaurant locations, ensuring accurate recording of sales, payments, deposits, and outstanding balances. - Reconciled point-of-sale transactions, merchant processing deposits, cash activity, credit card settlements, and third-party delivery payments against bank records and accounting system entries. - Monitored and reconciled multiple clearing accounts, identifying timing differences, missing deposits, processing discrepancies, and outstanding transactions requiring investigation. - Processed and verified financial activity from Toast POS, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, EZCater, and additional payment platforms to ensure accurate revenue recognition and deposit tracking. - Investigated and resolved payment discrepancies, merchant processing fees, chargebacks, refunds, and unapplied transactions to maintain accurate financial records. - Developed advanced Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, formulas, and automated reconciliation workflows to reduce repetitive manual processing and improve accuracy across high-volume transaction data. - Utilized Power Automate Desktop and Excel-based automation to streamline recurring accounting tasks, organize financial data, and improve processing efficiency. - Maintained organized reconciliation schedules, transaction documentation, and supporting records to assist with month-end closing and financial reporting. - Identified historical reconciliation discrepancies and assisted with clearing account cleanup to improve general ledger accuracy. - Collaborated with finance leadership to investigate unusual transactions, resolve accounting inconsistencies, and strengthen internal financial procedures. - Created and refined standardized operating procedures for recurring reconciliation activities, improving consistency and efficiency across accounting workflows.