Samuel Valenzuela, CMA

Finance Director @ Goodwill Industries of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

About

Experience

  • Finance Director at Goodwill Industries of New Mexico
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Dominion Property Advisors (Part-time · 7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Accounting Manager
      Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs

      Managed all accounting functions for the firm. Duties included month-end close, accounts receivable management, collections, accounts payable management, payroll processing, income tax filing, sales tax filing, and financial statement compilation and preparation. Duties performed on a part-time basis due to size of the firm.

    • Bookkeeper & Market Researcher
      Nov 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Managed accounts receivable and accounts payable. Worked with an external accounting firm to prepare financial statements. Assisted in preparing commercial appraisal reports including managing database of market indicators for different geographic regions of the State of NM as well as comparable sales.

  • Financial Controller at IntraWorks Inc.
    Aug 2024 - Apr 2025 · 9 mos

  • Southwest Accounting Pros, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States)
    • Senior Accountant
      May 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Client manager of over 25 clients. Responsible for all elements of compliance and advisory workflows. External projects include income tax preperation, financial statement preperation, monthly accounting close and adjustment work, sales tax filing, tax planning, financial statement assurance, bugeting and forcasting, payroll processing and more. Managed internal firm workflows and reviewed work of junior staff. -In-charge accountant of the firm’s largest financial statement review and preparation engagements. Responsible for all review procedures, specialization in medium-to-large construction contractors. -Preparer and reviewer of income tax returns including forms 1120S, 1120, 1065, and 1040. -Helped develop firm’s updated tax planning and estimate tax workflows. Developed payment procedures for clients and personally transmitted all client estimate payments. -Overhauled and instituted a new tech stack for firm internal processes. Made improvements to workflow management system, payment processing and collections, engagement management, client portal, and tax planning and preparation software.

    • Staff Accountant
      Sep 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

      General ledger accountant for over 20 clients. Providing services for clients ranging from payroll, to account reconciliation, to financial statement preparation and analysis, to business operations, and more. Tax preparation work, including the preparation of forms 1040, 1120, 1120S, and 1065. Additionally, the preparation and adjustment of financial statements for purpose of tax reporting. Assisted in compilation and review work for various entities in accordance with AICPA standards.

  • Accounting Assistant at Calibers Shooting Sports Centers, LLC
    Dec 2020 - Sep 2021 · 10 mos

    Accounts payable specialist, assisted management in perperation of finacial statements as well as reconciling all retail sales for all locations