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Management Vice President

Location:
Jamaica, NY, 11435
Posted:
April 13, 2010

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Resume:

Zakhar Suleymanov

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Seeking a challenging position, where I can utilize my technical accounting

skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior (Manage Audits), Deloitte USA LLP. New York, NY 11/2007 - Current

. Plan audit engagements of hedge funds, broker dealers, private equity

firms.

. Audited regulatory reports 15c3-1, 15c3-3, FOCUS, BASEL.

. Manage a staff of 4 that is responsible for managing audits on

various engagements.

. Exceptional knowledge of principles, theories, techniques and

practices of modern accounting and auditing to conduct audits,

evaluations, and other reviews related to financial integrity,

economy and efficiency, program results and regulatory compliance.

. Remarkable knowledge of the operation and use of ordinary business

software to facilitate the analysis of data and the presentation of

findings.

. Test effectiveness of capital and investment controls.

. Prepare effective procedures to test valuation of portfolios.

. Prepare and reviewed financials in order to issue audit report.

. Review SAS 70 and find deficiencies in controls.

. Participated in interview process to hire audit analysts and

successfully mentored 5 staff auditors.

. Mentorship included teaching personnel technical computer skills

(Excel, PowerPoint, and Access), regulatory application and

Deloitte's audit methodology.

. Involved in year-end evaluation process and set goals for auditors to

achieve according to their ratings.

Vice President, Bear Stearns &Co, Inc. Brooklyn, NY 11/2005 - 11/2007

. Reviewed daily profit and loss reports and daily position reports

. Reviewed monthly NAV packages prepared by the hedge fund accounting

team.

. Coordinated the year-end audits.

. Managed a staff of 3 that is responsible for CSE, regulatory audits,

FOCUS reports, daily net capital.

. Mentored 3 employees and was instrumental in promotion of two

analysts to AVP roles

. Promoted and hired personal to regulatory department in order to meet

regulatory IT needs.

. Participated in implementation of FAS 133, FAS 123R and FAS 157 with

appropriate reconciliations.

. Prepared FOCUS reports including Consolidated Supervised Entity

Reporting.

. Reviewed and Analyzed 15c3-1 and 15c3-3 and interacted with various

departments to streamline the process

. Analyzed financial statements, including performing legal entity and

management reporting.

. Conducted critical analyses of VAR risk model reports, review and

analyze product exposures.

. Developed a robust/scalable agent lender planning model in Excel,

which allows users to track the progress of 50 different lender

reconciliations, in real-time, and thereby dramatically improves

chances of catching an allocation break to prevent net capital

haircut charges

. Produce management reports that are accurate and timely, and that

contain performance indicators and metrics that provide superior

insight to senior management regarding the financial state of the

business.

. RESULT: worked intimately with Senior Directors to streamline

processes in Controller's group, was able to deliver relevant

information to management, and make several departments' operations

completely transparent.

Sarbanes-Oxley:

Was part of the management team that was responsible for the

implementation and compliance of Sarbanes-Oxley for the Financial

Services Group.

. Managed the team that was responsible for documenting the controls

around the consolidation process, management reporting, treasury

operations, and Blackstone's Line of Credit.

. Evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls

over the areas am responsible for.

. Was a regular presenter at the firm wide SOX steering committee

meetings with Senior Management concerning the Financial Services

Group's adoption and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.

Assistant Vice President, TD Waterhouse New York, NY 11/ 2004 - 11/2005

. Prepared Focus Report with all supporting schedules

. Participated in month-end closing procedure

. Prepared 15c3-3 and 15c3-1 weekly reports and variance analysis

. Participated in refining operational controls in the management

reporting process

. Balance sheet analysis and P&L analysis of fluctuations

. Prepared yearly audit lead schedules for PWC and NYSE auditors

Assistant Controller, Interactive Greenwich, CT 11/2003 -

Brokers.Com 11/2004

. Maintained monthly schedules and handled General Ledger account

analysis. Issued financial statements

. Prepared yearly audit lead schedules for outside auditors

. Prepared 15c3-3 and 15c3-1 weekly reports and variance analysis

. Participated in month-end closing procedure

. Participated in refining operational controls in the management

reporting process

. Prepared Focus Report with all supporting schedules

. Performed budget modification analysis and various audit tests

. Developed and maintained customer equity reconciliation

. Supervised three accountants in the department

Senior Accountant, Equiserve Jersey City, NJ 2/2000 -

11/2003

. Completed SEC Reporting 10K, 10Q, and Disclosure forms

. Designed and implemented a management reporting package that contains

over 60 pages of financial information that is used to support the

preparation of the 10Q/10K, is utilized by management for business

profitability analysis, and provides support for senior management to

generate the Management Discussion and Analysis section of the

10Q/10K.

. Managed general ledger closing and maintenance

. Analyzed, and interpreted various compliance regulations

TECHNOLOGICAL APTITUDE

. Good working knowledge of Visual Basic, VBA, SQL & HTML

. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Exchange, Windows

2000, & Windows XP

EDUCATION

BERNARD M. BARUCH COLLEGE, New York, New York (2001)



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