City of Long Beach
John Robert Balagtas is an experienced accounting and business systems professional with a strong background in financial management and process improvement. Currently serving as a Business System Specialist for the City of Long Beach since June 2019, John has previously held positions as a Senior Accountant at LINC Housing and a General Accountant at Alignment Healthcare. Notable accomplishments include enhancing invoice processing speeds through Microsoft Dynamics GP, automating processes with VBA code, and establishing an electronic invoice approval system. John holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Computer Science from California State University, Fullerton, and has worked as an Accounting Clerk at Elias Aziz-Lavi CPA, gaining essential skills in data entry and record maintenance.
City of Long Beach
Long Beach, with a population of approximately 465,000, covers 52 square miles in Southwest Los Angeles County and is the seventh largest city in California. It has some of the best shoreline, marinas and beaches in Southern California, and a superb climate moderated by pleasant ocean breezes. The City of Long Beach is recognized as the home of the Queen Mary, the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Long Beach Grand Prix, America's cargo gateway to the Pacific Rim through the Port of Long Beach (the Nation's second business container port), one of the world's most environmentally safe off-shore oil operations and numerous major business and commercial enterprises.