Accounting Manager

Melisa F. Galasso, CPA

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Accounting Manager, SSP America, Inc., 5/09 - present

. Manages period end close process, including reconciliations, and

intensive P&L variance analysis and review

. Oversees the activities of the corporate accounting function for

accuracy and timely dissemination

. Manages financial reporting process to UK parent company including

financial statement preparation and disclosures

. Establishes and maintains systems and internal controls including

coordinating the Control Self Assessment and Internal Audit updates

for audit committee

. Reduced internal control deficiencies by over 50% while educating

departments on internal controls and compliance

. Implemented park and post process for general ledger entries as well

as spearheaded Blackline implementation for balance sheet

reconciliation process

. Coordinates sales tax, gross receipts and financial statement audits

. Developed annual budgets by departments and performed quarterly

forecast analysis

. Managed IFRS convergence process including new lease accounting

proposal analysis

. Supervises, trains, coaches and counsels accounting staff of seven

including accounts payable, treasury, general ledger and fixed assets

. Maintains in depth joint venture and intercompany reporting

. Extensive computer skills including SAP (corporate super user), Office

Plus, ADP GL and Excel

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown University, 7/07 - 5/09

. Taught courses in Financial and Managerial Accounting to

undergraduates

. Enrichment instructor for Community Scholars, LEAD and Fundamentals of

Business Program

. Reinforced course material with cases and research projects as well as

reading and discussion of current events

. Emphasized IFRS, Fair Value Accounting & other recent regulatory

changes and their effect on the current environment

. Hosted class speakers with experience in a variety of accounting

fields to highlight the diverse nature of the profession

Senior Internal Auditor, World Kitchen, LLC, 6/06 - 11/07

. Performed Sarbanes-Oxley implementation including documenting

procedures in narratives and flowcharts, evaluating design and

identification of key controls, and testing operational effectiveness

. Planed and performed financial, control systems and operational audits

to ensure compliance

. Designed and developed internal audit programs to guide audit activity

. Provided consulting services to operating business process owners with

Sarbanes-Oxley 404 project documentation

. Performed investigations relating to fraud and employee non-compliance

Internal Audit, MicroStrategy, Inc., 9/05 - 6/06

. Composed the internal audit department policy and training manual for

Sarbanes-Oxley 404

. Implemented new project management techniques and created internal

audit workpaper standards

. Developed new procedures, implemented new testing techniques and

updated obsolete programs to account for current accounting and audit

guidance

. Planned and performed financial, control system and operational audits

both domestically at the US headquarters and internationally in

foreign subsidiary locations

. Evaluated the design and tested the operational effectiveness of

procedures and internal controls for Sarbanes-Oxley

Division Accountant, Toll Brothers, Inc., 7/04 - 9/05

. Coordinated the financial reporting and analysis activities for eight

luxury residential communities

. Performed assessments regarding direct costs, operations, and

projections for a master plan community

. Executed review and reconciliation of $100 million budgets including

variance investigation

. Created and implemented a finance training program for Project

Administrators

Assurance & Advisory Auditor, Deloitte & Touche, LLP, 6/03 - 7/04

. Participated in audits of large multinational corporations including

HMS Host and Lafarge

. Involved in financial statement audits of publicly traded SEC

corporations

. Developed strong analytical skills while conducting financial

statement audits and testing internal controls

EDUCATION:

Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, Washington, DC, 8/99 -

5/03

. Graduated Cum Laude while earning a Bachelors of Science in Business

Administration with a concentration in Accounting and International

Business and a minor in French

. Awarded a Dean's Citation for exemplary contributions to the

accounting department

. Employed by the Accounting Department as Teaching Assistant & Research

Assistant

. Studied abroad at the Universit de Paris IX - Dauphine, and Trinity

College, Oxford University

. Currently assist the Undergraduate Alumni Admissions Program by

interviewing prospective students

CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

. Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Virginia

o Passed the CPA exam in one sitting in 2003

. Member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants

o Elected to the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Chapter

(5/07 - 5/11)

o Chairperson of the Northern Chapter's New Professionals Committee

(5/05 - 4/07)

o Young Professionals Advisory Council member

. Recognized as a Super CPA by Virginia Business Magazine in 2007

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