Manager Accounting

Objective

To partner with an engaging Private or Public firm or Private Family Office

in an active managerial, analytical, reporting or quantitative research

position, utilizing my strengths in strategic and tactical quant analysis,

risk controls and financial planning

Value Offered

. Extensive experience with investment & financial accounting,

reporting, budgeting, modeling, forecasting, portfolio risk

assessments

. Strong knowledge of current financial market environment

. Significant skills in quantitative and qualitative analytics

. Unfailingly accountable to meet or exceed expectations

. Strong organizational, problem solving and presentational skills

. Friendly personality works well with cross-cultures, team environment

or independent work

. Multilingual, dedicated, hard-working, enthusiastic and ambitious

Professional Experience

Consultant, Ascendant Advisors LLC

January 2010 - present

Scope of engagement: develop due diligence process and establish a smooth

transition from old accounting system into the new package, design a new

institutional type presentation which encompasses information on investment

philosophy and process, assess and research all marketable investment

products offered to the public, set up and design reports in the new

financial software package, handle all applicable research to complete the

above tasks.

Vice President of Research & Principal, Paul Comstock Partners June

14, 1999 - July 30, 2009

Paul Comstock Partner is an investment consulting and strategic planning

firm serving foundations, endowments, high net worth individuals, families,

and family offices.

Primary responsibilities included:

. Qualitative and quantitative market, asset allocation, asset management

and investment research

. Recommending and implementing client portfolio allocations from resulting

research

. Executing all institutional client monthly and quarterly investment

reporting utilizing a proprietary compilation of accounting and

financial databases

. Review risks involved in trading activities, portfolio holdings,

combined and individual managers allocations, using StockVal/BARRA

risk matrix

. Creating monthly client present-position analysis including manager

performance and asset allocation review, cash flow projections, tax

implications and cost analysis

. Conducting full scale searches and due diligence on new and existing

asset management

. Maintaining the proprietary Recommended Manager List

. Developing client requested ad hock projects such as: stock position

analysis, trading strategy design and cash flow projections

. Simplifying and streamlining all client reporting functions, servicing

and monitoring StockVal and DataWarehouse servers and related

workstations

Summer Financial & Administrative Intern, EXXON Ventures CIS May

1998 - August 1998

. Prepared financial forecasts and cost analysis for budgeting purposes

for all cost centers

. Contributed in establishing Automated Clearing House (ACH) System for

overseas Exxon Ventures CIS employees through Electronic Funds

Transfer Payroll System (EFTP)

. Implemented Physical Inventory Control

. Participated in Credit Department Operations

. Analyzed financial position of customers for credit approval

. Created electronic spreadsheets and multipurpose tables in Microsoft

Excel and Access

Financial Manager, UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) / U.S.

Humanitarian Organization

March 1996 - August 1997

. Maintained all financial records of revenues and expenses for sponsors

and donors

. Developed databases and spreadsheets in Microsoft Access and Excel

. Prepared monthly Financial Statements using special format in

ACCPAC2000

. Supervised accounting staff

Secretary for Quba District Project, UNICEF August

1995 - March 1996

. Represented UNICEF support staff in the Ministry of Health in

Azerbaijan

. Compiled monthly report on NGO's activities

. Assisted in Health Revitalization Reform in Quba district of

Azerbaijan

. Performed computer training for senior medical staff in Quba District

Medical Facility

System Computer Specialist, AMazing Corporation August

1994 - August 1995

. Constructed databases in MS Access and FoxPro with utilization of

Visual Basic tools

. Managed the local network and E-mail services, maintained all internal

PC stations

. Involved in preparing financial records and physical inventory control

Sr. Computer Programmer, AZIMPO Corp. August 1992 -

August 1993

. Designed databases for payroll systems of different clients

. Participated in the computer training for school-kids

Education and Honors

Chartered Financial Analyst, June 2002

Series 65 (valid through 2011), Series 7 & 63 (could be reinstated through

the waiver process)

MS Finance, Texas A&M University, 1997-1999 - Full academic scholarship

from ExxonMobil

BS in Applied Math & Cybernetics, Baku State University, Azerbaijan, 1990-

1995 - Recipient of Rasulzadeh's Stipend for one year

Certificate in Accounting of International Business, Baku International

Institute of Invention and Business, Azerbaijan - 1994

Level III Candidate, PRM (Portfolio Risk Manager) Program

Computer Skills

Programs: Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, Power Point, Adobe Illustrator,

Dreamweaver, Joomla

Operating System: Windows, MSDOS, UNIX, XENIX

Languages: Clipper, Pascal, C, C++

Storage and Processing: DataWarehouse, Sagent

Accounting Packages: Advent Axys Custom Reporting; ACCPAC2000, QuickBooks,

IDEAS

Financial Software Packages: Mobius, Morningstar /Ibbotson, Style Advisor,

StockVal/BARRA, Bloomberg, PSN

Learning SAP

Languages

English, Russian, Azerbaijani, Turkish (elementary)

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