SUMMARY:

• Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst with over 6 years of Financial Services Industry experience in gathering, analyzing business needs and Requirements to provide solutions. An expert in advance knowledge of Software Change Control and adept at reducing development cost and providing traceability of project functions. Previous experience also includes Practical management experience with laws and regulations relevant to Financial Statement Audit, Financial Analysis and Residential Mortgage Lending. Expertly creates customized financial strategies to meet client needs. Areas of expertise include Business process and project management, relationship and team building, Requirements gathering, problem analysis and solutions. A diligent and driven compliance Financial Business Analyst who has achieved success in a variety of roles with increasing levels of responsibilities to perform compliance Financial Business Process Analysis on assigned business functional areas and reports identified risks. An effective communicator, a team - builder with strong analytical, management and organizational skills.
• Software Change Control Process
• System Development Life Cycle
• GAP Analysis
• GAAS
• Total Quality Management (TQM)
• GAAP
• GAP Analysis
• Audits of Financial Statements
• Sarbanes-Oxley Strategic Sourcing
• SWOT Analysis
• Test Plan Design
• Joint Application Development
• Business Improvement
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Quality Assurance Practices
• System Testing
• Internal Control Reports
• Project Life Cycle
• Compliance Reports
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Statements Review
• Financial Statements Compilation
• HUD Consolidated Audit Guide
• Preparation of Footnotes to the Financial Statements
• Joint Application Development (JAD)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Project Manager

Confidential | Washington DC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing day-to-day monitoring of audit engagements, planning project milestone, budget, use of tools and technology. Manage business processes, technical application, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the business operations data for Lender’s submission of financial Statements in Lender Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP) database.
• Accurately utilize Six Sigma methodology process improvement and analytics to support the financial data analysis, planning, design, implementation and evaluation of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in accomplishing measurable business process improvements.
• Responsible for developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and detailed Work Instructions as needed.
• Lead the project team in the implementation and the requirements gathering of the Lender Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP System) Expertly develops and oversee the work product of more Junior Business Analysts within the team; provide and guidance as required, and continually monitoring the system.
• Ensured all applications were tested for functionality and were adequately controlled in production; collaborated with end users and development team to ensure requirement feasibility.
• Developed a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports on system defects using MS Office; create and manage Gap Analysis and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documents.
• Recommended changes for system design, methods, procedures, policies and workflows affecting loan serving and origination claims processing in compliance with HUD Consolidated Audit Guide.
• Prepare weekly deliverable reports and monthly financial close packages to relevant stakeholders by focusing on the quality, usefulness, and accuracy of the information being presented.
• Responsible for interpreting customer needs and requirements, translating concepts into practice, identifying process improvement opportunities, and quantifying results and trends.
• Tracks financial status by monitoring and controlling variances from business plan baseline, and continuously streamlines data collection and validation processes.
• Determine and improve financial status by comparing and analyzing financial forecasts with actual results and reconciling variances, identifying trends, recommending corrective action plan.
• Managed across the project lifecycle including assisting with scope definition, business case development, vendor assessment, requirements gathering, and functional and technical design, testing,, and implementation phases.
• Supports the Senior Management in continuing to build and grow the practice. Developing knowledge management, including tools, methodologies, reports, models, work plans, checklists and processes.
• Utilized various tools and techniques, such as interviews, surveys, questionnaires, observations, document analysis, brainstorming, and benchmarking for formal and informal interaction with internal/external users for documenting requirements.
• Expertly integrates the overall business strategy by analyzing a wide variety of solutions, selecting the most relevant tools/techniques to meet specific client requirements such as business case, pricing, complex financial analysis, and interpreting and reporting on outputs.
• Utilize Hyperion & IDEA data analytics extensively to gather, understand, and monitor business environment and business performance audit and financial function, and compliance to leverage a more quantitative, data driven approach to identify and assess risk, testing controls and reporting to meet the needs of stakeholders.
• A subject matter in the design and integration phase of each project, helping to give specificity to the appropriate architecture, data model, and system design and interfacing requirements.
• Proficient in reviewing, analyzing, validating, and reconciling federal financial accounting information and analysis with working knowledge of the United States Standard General Ledger, internal control objectives and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Continually assess project scope and manage across the project lifecycle including assisting with scope definition, business case development, vendor assessment, requirements gathering, functional, and technical design, testing,, and implementation phases.
• Serve as subject matter expert to Division and senior management in regards to lenders Financial Audit policies, procedures and Program Compliance.

Business Analyst/Senior Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Expertly utilize Momentum in support of USPTO’s business processes with focus on Cost Allocation, Budget, and General Ledger function. An expert with SQL querying and scripting skills.
• An expert in utilizing Agile methodology including user stories, epics, use cases, and functional requirements.
• Support business operations data systems; including technical applications and information support systems including billing and vendor management as assigned.
• Create user manuals, systems documentation, standard operating procedures and other technical documents as needed. Participate in Joint Application Development (JAD) session with brain storming sessions with the business users and stakeholders.
• Coordinated meetings with users and stakeholders to gather Requirements; collaborate with the clients and development team to ensure requirement feasibility. Create Traceability matrix to guarantee forward and backward correlation of requirements.
• Continuously streamlines data collection and validation processes by instituting process improvements and by leveraging technology.
• Managed and documented Software Change Requests (SCR), and Prioritized business problems and opportunities; conducted impact analysis.
• Played a key role in change control document meetings, ensuring proper communication and flow of information regarding product changes.
• Created test plans, test case and test scenarios to validate requirements; created and documented system acceptance criteria.
• Worked with Quality Assurance team to design test plan and test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT), documented and Tracked System Defects.
• Ensured all applications were tested for functionality and were adequately controlled in production; collaborated with end users and development team to ensure requirement feasibility.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on system defects, and create and manage Gap Analysis and RCA documents.
• Managed across the project lifecycle including assisting with scope definition, business case development, vendor assessment, requirements gathering, and functional and technical design, testing,, and implementation phases.
• Created Screen Mock-us for Graphical user interface design; developed use case with UML for new product functionality. Interacted with validation and development team during different project phases.
• Performed financial data analysis of open payables and Receivers, Trademark Document retrieval, Minor and Major Vendors, Monthly general ledger, financial statement analysis, and Payroll for over 10,000 the United States Department of Commerce/United States Patent and Trademark Office employees.
• Responsible for the preparation, review, and analysis of financial statements for U.S. Federal government entities; working knowledge of the United States Standard General Ledger.
• Performed GAAP Financial Reconciliations and analysis to identify issues in transaction processing on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Performed financial modeling, and maintained various ledgers, journals, and registered fiscal records.
• Entered and managed information in database, prepared, examined, and analyzed accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, conformance to reporting, procedural standards, and conducted all phases of audit reporting.

Audit Assistant - Financial Statement Audit

Confidential | New York

Responsibilities:

• Performed execution of external audit engagements of various clients including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants.
• Performed financial statements audits by applying the firm’s tools, technologies, and methodologies in the design, conduct, management and performance assessment of all attest and other assurance and advisory engagements.
• Ensured all working papers and reports comply with the firm’s quality control standards and are properly backed up and stored for various entities and assuring the adequacy of documentation, its completeness, and its ability to support the reports that is being rendered.
• Effectively utilized Audit System 2 packs and prepared relevant checklist.
• Utilized Deloitte Audit Sarbanes-Oxley Resource Center and information from ISO website to develop service plans for combined 404 and financial statement audit of public clients.
• Prepared, analyzed, and verified annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.
• Develop and maintain expertise on financial and regulatory reporting and disclosure rules, including specialized industry practice applicable to industry, as well as specialized SEC, PCAOB, FASB, EITF, GASB, IFRS, OCC, FDIC state and other regulatory agency promulgation’s which impacts the entity’s reporting disclosure practices.
• Evaluate the existence, efficiency and effectiveness of the internal control environment and procedures assessing the adequacy of the design, documentation and execution of key controls and processes.
• Lead process risk assessments, walkthroughs, create detailed, documents audit programs and tests to meet audit objectives using COSO or similar risk/control models.
• Demonstrated attitude of professional skepticism in analyzing evidence and making judgments during the decision making process.
• Utilized additional uses of the technology on the engagement, including Deloitte Audit Plus, Audit system /2, Folio views, STAR, ACL, and Deloitte Radar. Applied with integrity relevant GAAP, GAAS, and PCAOB emerging accounting and auditing issues, other applicable or emerging regulations standards, and corporate governance requirement that occurred during the audit engagement.