SUMMARY

• Senior Financial Analyst / Accounting Manager with extensive experience in corporate accounting, financial reporting, financial analysis, implementing automated accounting and financial reporting IT solutions, internal and operational auditing, budgeting, cost control, financial analysis, general ledger interface, managing staff and closings.
• Currently Manager of Financial Reporting and Accounting for the US Power Generating Company, an Independent Power Company, located in Stamford, CT. Responsible for managing the day - to-day and long term accounting and financial reporting functions for the company.
• Has been with USPG since its inception in 2006 and was responsible for setting up initial systems and procedures.
• Manages a staff of three. Responsible for the automation and consolidation of monthly financial reports for 8 reporting units and 4 corporate entities.
• Worked with external auditors on quarterly reviews.
• Prior to USPG, was Controller and Analyst for international concerns with business operations in the US, South America and Canada.
• Corporate experience includes management and senior management positions in accounting and finance, development of business relationships, budgeting, planning, implementing cost saving measures, supervising accounting teams, streamlining operations, establishing policies and procedures and maintaining regulatory compliance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Hyperion
• FDM
• Management Reporter
• Great Plains
• FRX
• Microsoft Office
• Word
• Exceland PowerPointB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and development of corporate accounting systems, reengineering financial reporting, forecasts, budgets and expense allocation matrix via Great Plains and FRX.
• Maintain Sarbanes Oxley and 404 compliance.
• Implementation and development of corporate consolidation system using Hyperion, FDM and Smartview.
• Assisted in due diligence for pre/post acquisitions and recent mergers. Prepare state sales & use tax returns.
• Coordinate and prepare monthly & quarterly financial packages, annual budgets, SG&A reconciliations, working capital reconciliations for mergers and acquisitions group as well ad hoc reports as required by senior management.
• Review and investigate discrepancies in financial statements, capital projects and budgets with management.
• Performed review of journal entries, a/p, a/r, payroll, accruals, intercompany balances and evaluated resources.

Confidential, New York, NY

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and supervise property and corporate cash flow procedures and maintain banking relationship.
• Analyzed hotel revenue/expenses and market trends. Reviewed property balance sheets and income statements.
• Summarize and track US capital projects and depreciation schedules. Coordinate Property reviews
• Negotiated national vendor contracts to maintain profit preservation and produced savings in of $500K per year.
• Coordinated hotel and corporate financial reporting.
• Prepare corporate budgets and forecasts.

Confidential, Greenwich, CT

Controller/Assistant Controller

Responsibilities:

• Prepared budgets and quarterly forecast.
• Maintained and administer corporate line of credit.
• Prepared corporate and divisional financial statements, oversee a/p, a/r, payroll and benefit administration
• Developed operations manual and financial training program to integrate new clients.

Confidential, New York, New York

Club Controller

Responsibilities:

• Prepare bank reconciliations, utilization schedules, income statements and reconciled monthly inventories.
• Produced annual budgets and monthly departmental P&L's.
• Review financials with department heads monthly.

Confidential, New York, New York

Director of Finance & Operations

Responsibilities:

• Prepared budgets, cost statements, bank reconciliations and executive summary reports.
• Initialized financial controls and instituted new employee benefit programs for 240 corporate employees.
• Assisted in the acquisition, merger and consolidation of Le Meridian Sales & Marketing teams US & Canada.
• Oversaw staff of 9. Reported to the Sr. V.P. Sales & Marketing.

Senior Auditor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Audited and reviewed hotels general ledger, point of sales and financial statements.
• Determined degree of Compliance both financially & operationally and reported findings and recommended changes.
• Assisted in the preparation and development of a corporate Accounting Manual and Manager Training Programs.

Confidential, Leonia, New Jersey

Accounting Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Audited financial controls, operating and general ledger accounts.
• Reviewed daily sales figures.
• Performed bank reconciliations and prepared financial statements.
• Performed sales audit investigations .

Confidential, New York, New York

Audit Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reconciled monthly on-line inventory to perpetual inventory and general ledger, disclosed findings.
• Reviewed daily purchase orders for costing.
• Preparation of monthly income statements and depreciation schedules.

Confidential, New York, New York

Regional Operational Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and appraised the adequacy of accounting, financial and operating controls for computer rentals divisions in New York, Boston, and Washington D.C.
• Trained personnel and assisted with national accounts. Travel 30 %.
• Oversaw operations of rentals divisions, Produced P&L statements and inventory controls, reduced A/R by 65%.

Senior Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Promoted from Internal Auditor.
• Aided in the development of newly created audit department.
• Performed financial and operational audits for 67 retail stores, 2 distribution centers as well as for centralized support groups within the company.
• Performed audits, risk assessments and physical inventories.
• Audit point of sale and inventory systems. Staff of 4