PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• An excellent manager with proven financial reporting experience, reinforced with a strong operational accounting and finance background.
• One who possesses a keen analytical sense for understanding the “big picture”, as well as identifying trends and making innovative recommendations for strategic planning, operational improvements and reducing cost.
• A self - motivated individual capable of managing multiple tasks while team building and coordinating the efforts of others.

APPLICATIONS:

Oracle, SAP & BW, PeopleSoft, BankTel, Excel/Pivot Tables/Power Point/Word, Acquire

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Assistant Vice President - Operations Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the day to day management of the operational accounting functions, planning, testing, and the roll out of process improvements, related automations and enhancements over Accounts Payable, Capital Expenditures, Straight Line Lease management, and Confidential compliance with bank-wide balance sheet reconciliation processes for corporate and subsidiary companies.
• Also establishing controls and procedures for daily operations, management reporting, analysis, and review, as well as Oracle conversion team lead and trainer for bank wide roll out.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• GAAP to Statutory Insurance Accounting, 10K & 10Q financial statement preparation, budget/forecast preparation and analysis, various balance sheet and income statement account reconciliations, daily and month end journal entry preparation and postings, audit preparation and review of accounting records and files, prepared monitored and reconciled asset depreciation accounts and schedules, bank-wide courier reconciliation, A/P, A/R and payroll calculation and processing, in addition to process automation, implementing controls, writing procedures, and UAT testing for accounting systems conversion.

Confidential

Manager of Bank Operations

Responsibilities:

• Supervised department of five in the daily settlement of multi-million dollar corporate, as well as individualized customer accounts.
• Directed and reviewed the daily reconciliation and G/L processing of deposit and credit card related transactional accounts, including balance transfer and re-presentments for disputes.
• Instituted various internal controls such as: customer certificate of deposit reconciliation, official checking account reconciliation and daily journal entry review/approval process for PeopleSoft G/L. In addition, established the monthly variance analysis process for management reporting.
• Conducted the monthly Bank Ops/Finance “review and sign-off” meeting with the controller.
• Department liaison for annual audit (resulting in highest audit attainable opinion).

Confidential

Manager of Accounting & Investment Operations

Responsibilities:

• Prepare individualized monthly financial statements for three subsidiary companies and consolidated company balance sheet (including elimination entries).
• Manage the complete accounting and reporting process for subsidiaries and venture capital partnership and Affordable Housing Program (including the assessment and revaluation of the investment portfolio).
• Integrated venture capital companies from manual journal entries and excel spreadsheets to Quick Books application.

Confidential

Investment Accounting Officer

Responsibilities:

• Supervise department of eight professionals.
• Manage the complete accounting and reporting process on a daily basis (up to and including monthly financial statement reporting) for six mutual funds totaling over $1.6 billion in net assets.
• Responsible for Balance Sheet analysis and monthly account reconciliation.
• Prepared and report weekly Net Asset Values (NAVs) for Confidential publication.
• Prepared the annual and semi-annual financial report for shareholders, as well as coordinate and respond to audit questions.
• Prepared the quarterly Board of Directors report.
• Prepared federal and state tax returns as applicable to each fund via Fast Tax software.
• Prepared annual expense budget for each fund.

Confidential

Manager of Operations Accounting and Financial Reporting

Responsibilities:

• Selected by Sr. Management as departmental Management Team Committee ( Confidential ) representative
• Supervised department of six professionals.
• Maintained the loan office trial balance data for more than $4.5 billion in net assets.
• Coordinated and scheduled the monthly closing process of the consumer finance system - ( Confidential ).
• Reviewed, analyze and prepare narrative on the monthly “Trial Balance Review” for both balance sheet and income statements.
• Prepared Balance Sheet and Income Statement variance analysis.
• Coordinated in its entirety the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual state reporting process, and respond to all inquiries presented by the state.
• Prepared REMIC monthly certificates.
• Prepared audit financials and narrative for internal and external audit.
• Prepared, and analyze the monthly financial closing on a (GAAP) and Statutory basis for internal and external reporting on two P&C and two life insurance companies.
• Prepared financial exhibits, schedules, and supplements in the statutory quarterly and annual statements via the freedom package and coordinate their release to the NAIC, state, and other regulatory authorities.
• Supervised the accounting activities of the Confidential Insurance Agencies.
• Reviewed, analyze and prepare the narrative for the quarterly board of directors’ conference.
• Developed management reports and accounting controls and procedures.
• Developed and chaired the monthly closing task force.

Confidential

Assistant Controller

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supervising four accountants.
• Coordinated and supervised the preparation of both (GAAP) and Statutory reports, including filing quarterly and annual financial statements, client administration reports, corporate internal account consolidation, and budget/forecasts. Also, function as the liaison to the New York Insurance Department.
• Formulated initial controls/procedures to supervise the accounts receivable and payable units, including the review and authorization of all daily deposits as well as disbursements.
• Prepared Balance Sheet and Income Statement variance analysis.
• Maintained and report on corporate as well as client investment portfolios.
• Monitored cashflow projections for investment purposes.
• Created and maintained depreciation schedules for corporate assets.
• Employee Salary and Benefit coordinator for Payroll/Pension Plan/ and 401K administration.