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CPA Accounting with many years of bookeeping, Accounting and tax exper

Location:
New York, NY
Posted:
September 05, 2013

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Resume:

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position to utilize my experience and education to further

improve processes, procedures and internal control within the accounting

department and further organizational development, cost controls and

improve earnings.

CAREER PROFILE

. Detail-oriented, efficient and organized professional with extensive

experience in accounting systems

. Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability

to make well thought out decisions

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

. Highly trustworthy, discreet and ethical

. Resourceful in the completion of projects, effective at multi-tasking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contract and Temporary Assignment

Innovest Systems Inc.

December 2012-April 213

(Asset Management)

C.P.A. Accountant/Consulting Assignment

. Research, recommend and implement T&E software solution. Update T&E

Policy and procedures

. Build various financial reporting templates using Intuit Statement

Writer

. Conduct an audit of the monthly billing procedures and process

. Research and perform analysis of Cost of Sales component of Income

Statement

. Transition payroll from in house manual process to ADP

. Prepare a capitalization table

. Develop Prepaid Expenses detail schedule, roll-forward, analysis and

recommend adjusting entries

. Develop a Fixed Assets detail schedule roll-forward, analysis and

recommend adjusting entries

. Develop a contract schedule, summarizing, milestone, billing terms and

end date etc.

. Doing month end closes and prepare, Balance Sheet, P&L and Statement

of Cash Flow

. Manage external audit, fill audit requests and act as liaison with

external auditors

. Ad-hoc projects

American International Group (AIG), Inc. July

2010 - January 2012

(Insurance and Investments)

C.P.A. Accountant/Consulting Assignment

Chartis/Bermuda Region Financial Reporting July 2011-

January 2012

. Responsible for monthly and quarterly closings

. Reconciled complex monthly and quarterly inter-company account

reconciliation with ICH clients

. Prepared various Management reports and balance sheet accounts

reconciliation.

. Prepared various analyses for SI filing. Make various Post Closing and

AES Journal entries.

. Run various M&D and Cognos reports and format them for Management

reporting.

. Managed 2011 Budget process and prepare various CBD budgets.

. Managed ICH department and advise on various process improvement.

. Work with various clients to resolve issues regarding their ICH

account transactions.

. Reconciled and performed account analysis for key Balance Sheet and

P&L accounts

. Prepared several monthly and quarterly exhibits

. Analyzed overall Balance Sheet and P&L for reporting

Corporate Comptroller's Department/Financial Reporting

December 2010 - May 2011

. Prepared various Management reports during the quarter end close for

Corporate review

. Reviewed journal entries and maintained log files to make sure entries

are accurate and reviewed by the proper Manager and booked according

to the company's internal control policy.

. Managed the post closing mailbox for journal entries submitted by

Business Units (SI) and other departments

. Helped with testing of SAP software implementation.

Government Reporting/Corporate Comptroller's Department

July 2010 - December 2010

. Worked with Global Management systems (GEMS) to make sure system is up-

to-date and Entity Sponsors are incompliance

with Comptroller's office and Internal Control policies and procedure

. Analyzed system data to make sure information are properly inputted by

entity sponsors

. Managed Quarterly Affirmation process and help with quarterly

reporting required by PWC

. Ran various reports and format them as per request using V-lookups and

Pivot tables

. Managed all changes in the system and making sure proper approval and

documentations are present

. Analyzed quarterly financial data to make sure that entities are using

correct method of accounting based on ownership percentage and

providing timely schedules to the comptroller's office

Undertone Networks - New York, NY December 2009

- June 2010

(Internet Advertising)

Interim Assistant Controller/Consulting Assignment

. Managed department of five in Accounts Receivables and Payables, Fixed

Asset as well as month end close

. Reviewed monthly Balance Sheet and P&L to ensure all entries made are

appropriately booked

. Resolved tax issues and prepare tax documents for filing

. Prepare Balance Sheet and P&L variance analysis. Resolved various

balance sheet issues

. Liaison with external auditors and prepared work papers and schedules

. Researched and provide guidance on accounting issues. Prepare various

analysis and performed int. audit

. Managed Software Development process and booked appropriate capitalize

and amortization entries

. Worked on various ad hoc projects for CFO and Controller

Deluxe New York - New York, NY June 2009 -

November 2009

(Film Industry)

Interim Accounting Manager/Controller/Consulting Assignment

. Managed month end close process. Prepared P&L and Balance Sheet

account reconciliation

. Prepared all invoices for billing and in-charged of providing credits,

debits and chargeback

. Handle customer issues, tax issues and prepared sales tax and rental

property tax forms etc

. Coordinated day to day activities within the Finance department

. Code and review journal entries to be booked for capital assets and

expenses and accruals

. Worked on various ad hoc projects

Permanent Jobs

McGraw Hill/Grow Network, New York, NY May 2006 -

October 2008

(Book Publisher and Reporting and Assessment)

ACCOUNTING MANAGER

. Managed accounting department of 3 employees and was responsible for

month end closes

. Responsible for yearly and quarterly Sarbanes Oxley testing and

assessment

. Prepared and file quarterly sales tax filings and other required

government forms

. Responsible for billing and collection of all contracts revenue and

reconciled A/R and A/P accounts

. Reviewed payroll register and resolved issues with Corporate Payroll

department

. Prepared P&L and Balance Sheet monthly variance analysis and prepared

quarterly reporting package

. Managed Fixed Asset system and prepared Fixed Asset reconciliation,

rollforward and depreciation schedules

. Reviewed Cash Flow analysis and assisted with yearly budgeting

process

. Ad hoc reports and special projects

Interpublic Groups of Companies, New York, NY May

2005 - March 2006

(IPG, One of the largest Advertising and Marketing Communication companies)

ACCOUNTANT/Consulting Assignment

. Assisted with five years restatement project for SEC filing

. Reconciled several inter-company accounts on a world wide basis for

both P&L and Balance sheet accounts

. Prepared roll forward and account analysis and prepared several

exhibits for the company's 10-K and 10-Q's

. Reviewed all 10-K and 10-Q's for any errors and verify, foot and

recalculate any number, percentages or ratios

. Reviewed P&L and Balance sheet submitted to make and tie back data to

what is loaded in Hyperion

. Worked on special projects for Controller, Accounting Director and

Accounting Managers

Schultheis & Panettieri CPA, Hauppauge, NY November 2004

- March 2005

(CPA Firm with 5 Partners/100 Staff)

SENIOR AUDITOR

. Interviewed persons in area under audit to gain understanding of how

processes and internal controls operate

. Performed pension and union audits and performed transactions and

compliance testing to evaluate the existence, efficiency and

effectiveness of internal control procedures

. Performed reviews and compilation on pension funds and unions

. Performed testing and walkthrough of schedules and prepared client

work papers and financial statements

. Prepared clients bank account reconciliation and reconcile any

differences with the client

Bowne and Company- New York, NY March

2000 - October 2004

(Worlds #1 Printing Firm Specializing in Financial Documents)

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

. Responsible for monthly closings of corporate books and cross charges

division

. Reconciled complex monthly and quarterly inter-company reconciliation

with divisions all over the world

. Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statements

. Reconciled and performed account analysis for key balance sheet and

P&L accounts

. Prepared several monthly and quarterly exhibits

. Analyzed overall Balance Sheet and P&L for reporting

. Analyzed exhibit received from business units for consolidation

. Performed roll forward and analyzed company's consolidated overall

cash clearing account

. Prepared 10-Q and 10-K for Managers and Company's Officers to review

and then re-check revised 10-Q's and 10-K's to make sure all changes

were correctly made for filing with the SEC

. Prepared capital expenditure exhibit and do monthly CAPEX consolidated

schedule for board of directors

. Roll-forward several quarterly schedules for 10-Q's and 10-K

. Maintained Fixed Asset system, prepared Journal entries to be booked

and reconciled to General Ledger

. Responsible for preparing and filing quarterly and yearly government

surveys

. Prepared yearly tax packages for tax Manager for several divisions

. Prepared schedules and monthly variance report and analysis for

Managers and Corporate officers

. Worked on special projects for CFO, Corporate Controller and Assistant

Corporate Controller

. Assisted with 404 (Sarbanes Oxley) compliance: testing of internal

control, assessing risk and testing of various assertions using

Protiviti TSA Tolls for several divisions

. Liaise with external auditors

CERTIFICATION Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) Feb, 2010

EDUCATION

2006 University of Phoenix

M.B.A.

2000 York College, City University of New York

BS, Accounting

Award: NY Society of Certified Public

Accountant

Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List

1996 Queens Borough Community College

A.S. (Computer Information Systems), 1996

Honors: Dean's List:

COMPUTER SKILLS Hyperion, PeopleSoft, Lawson, Solomon, Protiviti,

Access, MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Scheduall, Quick

Books, Cobol, C++,Qbasic, Novell (Lan), ECO,

PAMELA OUTAR, CPA,

MBA

92-59 172 Street, Jamaica, NY 11433

Tele: 917-***-****

E-mail: ***********@*****.***



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