Accounting Process
Resume:
Syed F. Jafri
Newark, DE ***02
Email: ********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position in the accounting and finance department where I could use analytical skills to add
value to the organization
EDUCATION
Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington DE May 2007
Bachelors of Science in Accounting
G.P.A 3.4
Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington DE Anticipated Dec 2009
MBA with Concentration in Finance
G.P.A 3.5
EXPERIENCE
JP Morgan Chase
Accounting Recon Specialist Consultant Newark, DE August 09-November 09
• Worked as a consultant for J.P Morgan Chase in Private Banking area for 3 months project
• Helped the company build and streamline the process of D Ledger reconciliation
• Built shells regarding D Ledger, which is mainly a DDA and cash related account
• Worked side by side with C Ledger, as they were also trying to stream line the process for their Ledger
• C &D Ledgers had back dated work from November 08 till Jul 09 that wasn’t reconciled, because process
changed from automated to manual
• These Entries from November 08 till July had to be reconciled and cleaned
• Entries posted to Omni SAP, WSS, Titan and NRS by different departments into C, D and FRX ledgers
• Used On demand reports in an effort to reconcile Domestic settlement batches
• Their were mispostings of entries from other departments into C & D that had to be reconciled
• Daily outage and breaks had to be researched and cleaned
• Pulled reports from Titan, NRS, SAP and other systems that related to D Ledger
• Used On demand system to pull call and put reports relating to Domestic settlement
• Worked with Bond Redemption department in an effort to understand their process and how entries get
posted to D Ledger
• Worked with other departments including Domestic settlement and International Settlement
• Held meetings with Derivatives, Journal, Cash Investigations and other teams
• Understood nature of breaks in C and D ledgers
• Worked on exception reports that came later on during the evening
• Reconciled different DDA’s and batches related to each part of the business
• Used I-vault to pull information regarding WDC entries that were posted to NRS file
• Excel was used extensively to scrape and clean information to be used in D-Ledger
• Used SAP to do research on entries that required more work
• Pull manual tickets in an effort to understand what entries are coming in next day
• Worked with different department to clear out breaks in NRS ledger and ART 1230
• Extensive use of Excel including V-lookup, IF functions, Pivots etc
• Wrote procedures as to how to reconcile D Ledger
Syed F. Jafri
17-C Windsor Circle
Newark, DE 19702
Email: ********@*****.***
Heartland Payment Systems
Settlement Accountant II Princeton, NJ Sept 08-July 09
• Receive A/P statements on monthly basis regarding telephone, internet, rent and other charges
• These A/P charges would needed to be input in to Great Plains and then run Trial balances for accuracy
• Once Trial balances were created then input this information into Excel schedules
• These schedules were part of P&L and were sent to Controller for verification
• Extensive A/P and A/R reconciliation as part of closing process each month
• Reconcile general ledger activity to the actual cash received from sponsor banks
• Daily use of financial statement analysis related to P&L and Balance Sheets
• Work on back end & front end interchange systems to verify visa, master card amounts
• Daily use of Excel to verify and reconcile funding from sponsored banks
• Extensive use of Pivot table, IF function, V Lookup, H Look up etc
• Extensive use to Great Plains to run trial balances and smart list
• Daily downloads of general ledger pertaining to HPS system and then into Excel 2007
• Assist with daily and monthly cash flow forecast for the in-house funding account
• Daily calculation of interest payment paid to sponsor banks
• Prepare and tie out schedules as part of month end process
• Do daily wires to clear any outstandings
BANK OF AMERICA
Accounting Specialist II Newark, DE Jan 07-Sept08
• Daily reconciliation of 12 Suspense Accounts with extensive use of Excel & Recon plus software
• Export items from Document direct into Monarch and then to Excel for daily reconciliation
• Analyze financial documents to determine accuracy and completeness of the information
• Work with lockboxes & other form of payments to oversee correct disbursement of funds
• Monitor and ensure compliance in accordance with the State regulations and guidelines
• Daily operation of internal accounting information systems to reconcile General Ledgers
• Evaluate accuracy of financial documents, General Ledgers and financial reports
• Use of People Soft to run Trial balances, run quarries and make entries
• Work on suspense accounts to ensure no misposting of entries
• Prepare closing of books using EZ REC application
SOFTWARE
• Extensive use of M.S Excel including Pivot Tables, IF functions, V lookup etc
• Excellent understanding of Great Plains and its features to do month end closing
• Used people soft extensively to do daily work and month end closing
• Worked on SAP to research entries and pull trial balances
• Used Peach Tree to do write entries
• Extensive use of I-vault to extract raw information
• Use of Monarch to extract ACH out of databases and into Excel
• Bank of America in-house applications like Insight to run and query General Ledgers
• Other BAC applications like Recon plus to reconcile accounts and EZ REC to do month end closing
• Use of applications like Document Direct to conduct research on missing entries
VOLUNTEER ACTIVIES
• Meet with international students as part of diversity and learning program offered by U of D
• Nature of program is to help international student become more familiar with U.S culture
LANGUAGES
• Fluent in Urdu and Hindi
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