Quality Assurance Accounting

FRANK J. REARDON

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Phone: 201-***-****

Bayonne, NJ 07002 Email:

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Summary: Business/Data Analyst with strong experience in data collection,

analysis, reconciliation, and report writing. Adept at defining system

problem areas then formulating and implementing solutions.

Skills: Strong quantitative analysis skills. Specialist in collecting,

managing, analyzing data and reporting results. Expert in Excel, VBA, and

reconciliations. Experienced in Project Management, RUP, Agile, all phases

of Software Development, and System Implementations. Information system

enhancements utilizing VBA, SQL, Java, Lotus Notes, J.D. Edwards and Web

based solutions. Skilled in several accounting, spreadsheet, word

processing, and database programs.

Certifications:

.Sun Certified Java Programmer *Microsoft Certified .NET C#

*Certified Lotus Domino Specialist * Certified Public Accountant

(Inactive)

Experience:

Liberty Science Center - Financial Systems Analyst June 2012 - Present

Assure the accuracy and completeness of the financial reporting, budgeting,

and planning activities. Develop further enhancement of the budgeting and

financial systems including relevant metrics and benchmarks. Choose and

implement new General Ledger system.

New York Times -Business Analyst Consultant- July 2011 - June 2012

Assisted in implementing a financial reporting system for the web/digital

division. Analyzed and solved problems with current and planned systems as

they related to the integration and management of data; Documented

processes, created test scripts, oversaw acceptance testing, reconciled new

financial reports, detected and solved defects, proposed solutions. Heavy

reconciliation between the new and legacy accounting system.

Office of the Comptroller of New York City - Business Systems Consultant -

August 2008 - April 2011

Assisted the Bond and Debt department for the City of New York with

upgrading the accounting system for Municipal Bonds. Conducted gap

analysis, designed test scripts, identified problem areas and researched

the best course of action to resolve the issues. Identified, analyzed and

interpreted data trends, and created reports. Documented business

processes, suggested and implemented improvements.

Sept 2007 - July 2008

Returned to school to study financial systems and processes, and e-

commerce.

K. Hovnanian Enterprises - April 2005 - May 2007 - Business Systems Analyst

Responsible for the set up and maintenance of the General Ledger module of

the accounting system. Integrated different data systems to prepare

consolidated financial statements and 10-Q reports. Assisted in testing and

implementing a new ERP system. Monitored the integrity of the accounting

system, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, and monthly/quarterly/year end close of

G/L and A/P.

Ernst & Young LLP - Sept 2000 - October 2004 - Senior Software Developer

Lead developer for several financial systems for Global Partnership

Accounting. Part of a team that created a global internal accounting and

reporting ERP system. Designed, programmed and tested various applications

in this ERP system and integrated them with other parts of the project. The

systems are deemed mission critical to the Firm.

Financial Systems Consultant - July 1998 - August 2000

Independent consultant for major financial companies. Involved in full

software development lifecycle including planning, designing, coding,

quality assurance, implementation, and support.

Clients included:

New York Life, Prudential Financial, Lucent Technologies

Projects included:

- Automated systems for Brokerage and Financial Planning operations.

Developed systems that provided traders with client data which enabled

them to determine which trades could be executed, displayed metrics

for identifying problem areas and top producers. Required strong

reconciliation skills and in-depth GAAP knowledge for financial

planning

- Worked on the development and maintenance of a firm-wide automated

sales management system and trained end users on using this database

Ernst & Young LLP - Dec 1996 - July 1998 - Software Developer

Created custom accounting applications for internal clients, developed

programs for internal management, transformed workflow from a paper

environment to a computerized one, Designed, programmed, tested,

implemented and supported several financial programs.

Education:

University of the State of New York, Albany, NY - B.S. Accounting

Villanova University

Chubb Professional Resources, Top Gun School - Diploma in Computer

Programming

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