Accounting Manager

DIANN M. PERROTTA, CPA

New York, NY *****

Cell (516) 978 - 5273

Email: *******@***.***

PROFILE Accounting professional with twenty years hands-on accounting

experience within diverse financial environments across various

industries. Demonstrated strengths include:

. Expertise in financial statements, audits, tax preparation.

. Strong leadership, interpersonal communications,

presentation, and client relations skills.

. Outstanding research, analytical, organizational, and

problem solving capabilities.

. Proficient in use of Hyperion, Cartesis, ACCPAC, MS

Dynamics, Excel, Word, Prosystem, various customized

industry software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

9/10 - 7/11 AEGIS MEDIA NORTH AMERICA, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Controller

. Managed the monthly financial reporting, preparation of

budgets, and quarterly forecasts

. Reviewed consolidation, entity balance sheets, cash flow

statements, and working capital

. Responsible for the cash management across the North

American group, including forecasting

. Ensure that group accounting policies are being applied

across North America

3/07 - 6/10 MCCANN WORLDGROUP, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Vice President - Director of Reporting

. Managed the complete and accurate monthly close and global

consolidation of McCann Erickson, ($1.5B of revenue of

Interpublic Group) and the submission of the financial

reporting package to IPG.

. Coordinated all aspects of the monthly close and

consolidation for approximately 500 Hyperion units with the

regions (EMEA, APAC, LATAM, & N. America), as well as

Disciplines (Divisions of Operations), including the review

of financial statements, journal entries, and supporting

schedules.

. Reviewed all IPG and external auditor journal entries for

completeness and validity.

. Reviewed the transaction accounting and issues related to

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures of McCann Erickson,

including review of the gain/loss on unit sales.

. Liaised with IPG corporate for all reporting/related

accounting issues and with PWC to resolve audit issues.

. Responsible for coordination and communication of all

reporting requirements and requests from IPG for McCann

Erickson worldwide.

. Managed the Hyperion consolidation tool, including user

issues, modifications, and upgrades.

. Responsible to manage staff of professionals located at the

global headquarters.

. Responsible for IPG/McCann special projects, including

drafting and implementing new accounting policies, and

legal entity simplification.

. Responsible for financial reporting SOX controls and the

related remediation of identified issues.

3/04 - 3/07 ALLIEDTPRO INC., NEW YORK CITY, NY

CFO

. Reported directly to CEO for multi-million dollar US

operations, and public parent company finance department in

Switzerland.

. Directed all daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual

reporting in accordance with IFRS.

. Managed all budget, forecasting, margin control, and cost

to actual variances.

. Analyzed trends for strategies and planning to achieve

company targets, and modified as needed.

. Collaborated with other executive team members to organize

strategies to achieve targets.

. Developed long term plan and strategies for three years

into the future.

. Responsible for the consolidation of eleven entities.

. Established policies and procedures for internal controls.

. Created cash flow management procedures, and A/R and A/P

policies and procedures.

. Worked with independent auditors for interim audit, annual

audit, and 401k audit.

. Designed interface between the reservation system and the

accounting system.

. Lead accounting department with 35 staff.

. Collaborated with outside counsel as needed.

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11/00 - 12/03 ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT CORP., NEW YORK CITY, NY

Director of Accounting

. Reported directly to global CFO based in Switzerland.

. Prepared stand alone and consolidated annual and quarterly

financial statements for the bank, board of directors,

shareholders, and executive management, on both a US GAAP

and IFRS basis.

. Coordinated with external auditors for annual audit.

. Facilitated bank due diligence audit for compliance with

bank line of credit requirements.

. Prepared monthly billing reports, monthly closings and

trial balances, and special analysis reports required by

CFO, for four US based legal entities, consisting of one US

parent with three consolidated subsidiaries. Coordinated

similar reports for additional three unconsolidated

subsidiaries in North America.

. Liaised between accounting departments of North American

entities and international affiliates.

. Worked with foreign parent to coordinate all accounting

department information and transactions for all North

American entities.

. Ensured US entities complied with US GAAP and IFRS

requirements of foreign parent.

. Prepared annual and monthly budgets. Analyzed and compared

to actual results.

. Established and implemented accounting policies and

procedures in accordance with US GAAP.

. Designed and executed internal control policies and

procedures.

. Managed daily cash requirements, established A/R collection

procedures, established A/P payment cycles, established

accrual basis accounting procedures, and implemented weekly

client billing.

. Established intercompany invoice procedures. Prepared

intercompany accounts reconciliation with international

affiliates and foreign currency conversions.

. Worked closely with external corporate attorneys regarding

various lawsuits.

. Designed customized accounting program with interface to

booking program for model industry, with audit trails for

processing transactions and implemented conversion from

prior DOS programs.

. Managed and supervised accounting departments and daily

operations for four US based legal entities. Centralized

all accounting functions for these entities. Hired,

trained, and managed accounting staff.

. Prepared all corporate tax projections and returns

including individual states and federal consolidated

returns.

12/99 - 11/00 FREDERIC KANTOR AND CO. PC, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Manager

. Consulted on various technical accounting issues and

handled special projects.

. Reviewed and prepared financial statements, corporate and

individual tax returns and projections.

11/94 - 12/99 TANTON AND COMPANY LLP, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Manager, Senior Accountant

. Managed all client services within the auditing and

accounting departments. Developed and maintained client

relationships. Assisted with private placement offerings.

. Managed and performed audits of small to large multi-

national companies, prepared financial statements,

performed consolidations. Worked with related national and

international affiliates including reconciliation of US

GAAP to IFRS reporting.

. Reviewed and prepared corporate tax returns and

projections, parent/subsidiaries and consolidations, and

multi-state corporations; reviewed and prepared multi-state

individual tax returns and projections.

. Interviewed, trained, and managed professional staff on all

job responsibilities.

9/88 - 11/94 SCHOOLER, WEINSTEIN, MINSKY, & LESTER, CPA'S, P.C., EAST

MEADOW, NY

Semi-Senior, Staff Accountant

8/87 - 9/88 LEVENTHAL & LEVENTHAL, CPA'S, P.C., ROSLYN, NY

Staff Accountant

10/86 - 8/87 DENNIS M. DOYLE, CPA, PC, VALLEY STREAM, NY

Junior Accountant

EDUCATION ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY, College of Business Administration,

Jamaica, NY

B.S. in Accounting

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