Manager Management
Resume:
Carlos Lerma
Huntington Beach, California 92646
**********@*******.***
OVERVIEW
Fifteen years of experience in all areas of accounting and finance.
Skilled in Security and Exchange Commission financial reporting and
Sarbanes-Oxley testing. Certified in JD Edwards. Experience with Great
Plains, Oracle, Hyperion, MAS 90, Platinum & SQL, Vista, Crystal and FRX
Reports, Excel, Access, and Word.
CONSULTING
Automatic Data Processing, ADP - San Dimas, California
Financial Analyst
September, 2009 - September, 2010
Responsible for maintaining daily check clearing forecasting models for State
Income Tax and State Unemployment Insurance, and providing results to cash
management and upper management.
Prepare daily check date reports for Tax Filing and Tax Services forecast
models and assist in variance analysis.
Maintain early/ late collection, and 100k deposits schedules for Tax products.
Ad hoc reports for Financial Planning.
State Street/ PIMCO - Irvine, California
Trade Settlement Specialist
October, 2008 - March, 2009
Primary responsibilities include trade settlements for PIMCO Investments.
Responsible for resolution of failed trades, including mortgage securities,
foreign currency exchange, money differences, pair offs, and Round Robin
netting of trades.
Assist with Broker requests, and provide bank payment instructions.
Western Digital Corporation - Lake Forest, California
SEC Financial Reporting Analyst
October, 2007 - May, 2008
Responsible for preparing and filing 10-Q, and 11-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Responsibilities include Equity Roll forward schedule, Earning per Share
calculation and EPS Corporate Outlook.
Responsible for monthly/ quarterly journal entries for SFAS 123(R) expense,
stock awards granted, restricted stock amortization expense, stock options
accrual, legal accruals, and Board of Director payments.
Assisted CFO and Controller with preparing press releases, financials and
supporting schedules.
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. - Santa Ana, California
SEC Financial Reporting Analyst
May, 2007 - September, 2007
Assisted in preparing and filing 10-Q and 10-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Primary responsibilities included updates to Footnotes, Management Discussion
and Analysis (MD&A) including liquidity and cash flow, and Risk Factors.
Responsibilities also included communication with foreign subsidiaries to
provide financial backup schedules, verifying foreign loan agreements, and
foreign exchange hedge schedules.
EMPLOYMENT
Downey Savings and Loan Association - Newport Beach, California
SEC Financial Reporting Analyst
February, 2006 - April, 2007
Responsible for preparing and filing 10-Q, 8-K, and 10-K with the SEC.
Performed Thrift Financial Reporting to the Office of Thrift Supervision. TFR
reports include Deposit Information, Past Due schedule, Cash Flow, and
Supplemental Information schedules.
Responsible for preparing and analyzing internal and external financial
reports and supporting schedules including In-Store Deposits, Borrowing
Interest Expense, Investment Securities Income, Deposit Interest Expense,
Non-Performing Assets, Loan to One Borrower, Cost of Money, Weighted Average
Interest Rate (WAIR), Consolidated Funds Review, and Qualified Thrift Lender
test. Assisted Controller with monthly Board package.
Work with external auditors (KPMG) and internal audit team on SOX testing.
Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. - Newport Beach, California
SEC Financial Reporting Analyst
June, 2005 - January, 2006
Company liaison to outgoing external auditors (KPMG), during quarterly review
and filing of 10-Q. Key contact person for auditors (Ernest Young) and
management during quarterly review and year-end audit. Responsible for
balance sheet, income statement analytics, client schedules, and 10-Q, 10-K
comfort binder referenced to support.
Responsible for 11-K SEC filing and corresponding year-end audit of Impac's
401-K Savings Plan. Worked closely with external auditors (Squar Milner),
Plan Trustees, Controller, HR Director, and Payroll to complete client
assistance package, obtain audit report and consent, and sign offs from (KPMG)
prior year auditors.
Primetime Advertising - San Antonio, Texas
Accounting Manager
March, 2002 - April, 2005
Oversaw finances with annual sales in excess of $11 million.
Responsible for monthly close, general ledger maintenance, journal entries,
account and bank reconciliation.
Supervised A/R staff of 5, A/P staff of 2, and payroll for 130 employees.
Financial Statement preparation and presentation to top management and owner.
Proposed and implemented cash to accrual accounting change, saving $400,000 in
taxes on orders at year-end.
Proposed and implemented MAS 90 accounting system from QuickBooks, to expedite
new monthly accrual close.
Balboa Yacht Club - Corona Del Mar, California
Accounting Manager
April, 2000 - January, 2002
Responsible for managing and directing general accounting activities of the
yacht club including cash management, accounts receivable, accounts payable,
fixed assets, payroll and human resources.
Responsible for financial statements, actual to budget reporting, and cash
flow projections to CFO.
Supervised staffing, scheduling, and training of department members including
accounts payable, accounts receivable, and human resource function for club's
staff of 53.
Insight Health Services Corporation - Newport Beach, California
Staff Accountant
July, 1996 - March, 2000
Assisted VP on acquisitions, and incorporated assets into company Asset
Management Plan.
Responsible for a $2.5 million monthly lease and maintenance payment to GE.
As the GE contact person, I was responsible for communications between
management and GE. I also reviewed and updated monthly lease and maintenance
payment schedules, assured transfer of funds, and allocated expense to
regions.
Monthly close duties include journal entries, bank reconciliation,
depreciation schedules, and variance analysis.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Minor in Accounting
Texas A&M University
SUMMATION
Experience at all levels of accounting and finance has provided me with the
ability to work independently or with a multi-functional team. My fifteen
years of career experiences have resulted in varied opportunities to
develop strong organizational and leadership skills along with excellent
analytical, problem solving and computer abilities.
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