Management Administrative Assistant

SUMMARY

Analyst who was responsible on day to day basis for the business unit

activities which included account review and analysis. Working with

department heads to establish budget and forecasts and providing analysis

for variance between actual results and forecasts. Proficient in the use of

Excel and PowerPoint to present data in clear and convincing formats.

EXPERIENCE

Citigroup Inc. - New York, NY

February 2004 to June 2008

Financial Analyst in CFO team

. Prepared and presented to the V.P. Management Reporting the monthly close

summaries for various business units, such as Executive Services,

Corporate Human Resources, Strategy & Business Development, Cross

Marketing and Corporate Affairs.

. Reviewed and analyzed monthly activities compared to annual budgets as

well as updated estimates and prior year data.

. Identified expenses trend (favorable & unfavorable) and alerted

management of their potential impact.

. Ensured proper and timely recognition of expense information for the

business unit.

. Meeting with business units to understand their accruals and prepared

topside adjusting.

. Communicated all process requirements on a timely basis to the business

units and worked closely with them to prepare mid-year forecast and

annual budget.

. Performed quarterly compliance/governance functions, including Risk

Compliance Self Assessment, Statement of Accountability, SOX 404, FDICIA

and Document Retention.

. Performed monthly domestic and overseas allocations for consulting

expenses, outside service fees and IT costs.

. Performed ad-hoc projects such as corporate technology expenses

forecasting and budgeting

. Balance Sheet inter-company breakage analysis & explanation.

American International Group, Inc. - New York, NY

February 2002 to February 2004

Financial Analyst in Corporate Financial Control

. Participated in all aspects of the month-end close process, including

account analysis, variance analysis, quarterly financial and management

reporting.

. Analyzed and provided variance explanation on actual versus plan and

forecast for senior management.

. Prepared the monthly consolidated sales and assets under management

report for international legal and managed entities.

. Assisted on the monthly forecast for information technology expenses and

other controllable expenses.

FGIC, former subsidy of GE Capital - New York, NY

November 2000 to February 2002

Financial Analyst in CFO team

. Prepared internal and external quarterly and annual financial statement

(Yellow Book).

. Assisted on Form 10Q, 10K, Management's Discussion and Analysis, footnote

disclosures and responded outside auditors' (KPMG) questions.

. Interfaced with departmental budget coordinators and business unit

managers on expenses allocation, accruals and annual budget.

. Performed investigations into suspected fraud on employee travel and

expense issues.

. Used Business Object to consolidate financial data on management

reporting for Fitch (rating agency).

. NAIC and State Internet Filing including diskette replication and

mailing.

American International Group, Inc. - New York, NY

January 1996 to November 2000

Accountant in Vendor Operation Department

Monthly P&L accounts reconciliation.

Consolidated financial data and produced reports for presentation to

upper management.

Liaised with billing department and system support on receivable

reporting issues.

Calculated and posted the adjustable losses and administrative

expenses based on the renewal of existing policies.

Ladder Multimedia Inc. - Long Island, NY

November 1993 to January 1996

Administrative assistant

. Duties included rolling calls, scheduling appointments, filing, faxing,

and other general office tasks.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Freelance Translator

November 2008 to Present

. Official Fan Community of J.Tune Entertainment in South Korea translates

daily notice into English.

. English translation team member of a multi-language bibliography project

for a Korean artist, Rain

COMPUTER SKILLS

Applications: Hyperion Essbase Excel Add-In, Microsoft Excel

(Macros, V-LookUp, Pivot Tables, Formulas),

performing data manipulation in SQL, Microsoft

PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Business Objects

Accounting Systems: PeopleSoft, Oracle General Ledger, Oracle

Financial Statement Generator, Oracle Financial Analyzer

and Platinum accounting software

EDUCATION

Queens College of the City University of New York, New York

September 1993

B.A. in Accounting & Information Systems

Yonsei University, South Korea

May 2008 to September 2008

Korean Language (completed level 1)

LANGUAGE and ABILITIES

. Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and Korean (learning process)

. Passionate about learning and improving processes

. Ability to work independently

. Strong interpersonal skills

HOBBIES

. Dance student in Broadway Dance Center, hip hop and funk

. Create own video using Window Movie Maker

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