Jose C. Baltasar, MBA

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Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Cell: 818-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accounting Operations Professional with background in capital markets and

mortgage banking. Hands-on, detail-oriented, quality conscious, and

results driven. Strong work ethic and superior analytical skills focused

on problem solving. Proven record under pressure, deadlines, and high

transactional volume.

Month End Closing Cash Management

P/L, A/R, A/P and G/L Account Multi Currency G/L / Revaluation /

Analysis Translation

Financial Statement Preparation Recruiting / Training / Team

Building

GAAP and SOX Compliance Transition / Transfer of Knowledge

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Westlake Village, CA 1987 - 2009

Formerly Countrywide Financial Corporation.

Vice President / Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Business Support

2009

Served as Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of legacy

Countrywide Capital Markets (CCM) group of companies through completion of

wind down and transfer of the CCM accounting department to Bank of America.

Performed all accounting duties up to shut down of the department.

Accounting resource person for Corporate Tax and Legal Departments.

. Ensured smooth and seamless transfer of CCM accounting department

functions by successful implementation of transition plan and by meeting

deadlines for financial books and records and cash accounts.

. Sponsored and successfully implemented legal action requests to close

inactive CCM companies.

First Vice President / Director of Accounting 1998 - 2009

Countrywide Securities Corporation

Responsible for departmental supervision and overall accounting flow, GAAP

and SOX compliance, month end close, financial statement preparation,

account analysis, and audit liaison for international subsidiaries in

London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Supervised general accounting area for U.S.

securities broker dealer subsidiary, and oversight of analysis of all trade

related general ledger accounts. Recepient of company sponsorship to

pursue MBA.

. Lead person in implementation of multi currency accounting system,

supporting the operations of international sales offices, and broker

dealer trading in foreign currency denominated futures contracts.

. Key role in accounting system solution for handling internal transfers of

positions between traders, resulting in substantial savings in exchange

and third party fees.

. Proposed and successfully implemented use of Hyperion for daily

regulatory reports, eliminating man hours for manual report creation and

freeing staff to focus on analysis.

. Consistent timely and accurate month end closing; process reduced from 5

to 3 business days.

Controller of Accounting Operations, Countrywide Home Loans 1987 - 1998

Reported to First Vice President, Corporate Accounting and supervised

senior and staff accountants. Responsible for daily financial records and

posting for cash, loan inventory and loan sales, securities inventory,

securities sales and repurchase transactions, related interest income and

expense. Advanced from Senior Accountant and Manager of Accounting.

. Implemented daily reconciliation as departmental policy for cash and

inventory accounts, eliminating accumulation of exception items under

previous monthly reconciliation process.

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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Continued)

. Lead resource in development of daily cash posting system and back office

securities system.

. Developed account reconciliation template adopted as standard for the

department.

. Trained and developed accounting team by cross training, resulting in

cohesive unit with focus on timely resolution of accounting issues,

safeguarding integrity of the general ledger, and consistently meeting

departmental deadlines.

. Employee of the Month, Lunch with the President, and featured in company

bulletin.

EDUCATION

MBA, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA

BS, Management Engineering, Ateneo University, Quezon City, Philippines

AA, Electronics Engineering Technology, DeKalb College, Atlanta, GA

Ministry of Education Scholar, International Studies, Keio University,

Tokyo, Japan

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