LISA CLOSE CFE
**** ***** **** ***. *** Islip, NY 11751
516-***-**** - *********@*****.***
SUMMARY PROFILE:
Accomplished and qualified business analyst with experience in auditing, accounting
and finance. Results oriented professional with strong team building skills,
excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills with an aptitude for
problem solving.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
North Shore – LIJ Health System March 2008 -
present
Financial Analyst
Primary responsibility is to support the day to day functions of the finance
department.
Participate actively in project meetings for Business Intelligence tool, this
includes: liaising with programmers to ensure that business needs are fulfilled;
and perform extensive systematic testing to verify the accuracy of formulas,
formats and usability.
Utilize Business Intelligence tool to gather, analyze and decipher operational data
into actionable reports for senior management
Gather patient data and financial information from twelve hospital operating units
to generate an accurate representation of the health system as a whole.
Built and ran ad hoc reports using Business Intelligence (Business Objects XL).
Prepared requests using Excel and Access to determine decisions for implementation.
New York State Attorney General Office March 2005 -
March 2008
Senior Special Auditor Investigator
Perform audits of various healthcare providers, such as hospitals, nursing homes,
personal care agencies, doctors, and pharmacies.
Responsibilities included, but not limited to:
Assisted in-charge auditors and other team members in the execution of audit
programs by determining if fraud is being committed and detailing the extent of the
fraud.
Drafted schedules for subpoenas, inventoried all records received, reported via
memo to my supervisors on all interviews of subjects or witnesses conducted,
obtaining any other information needed from other organizations such as Department
of Health, Department of Professional licensing, Department of Education,
Department of Motor Vehicle, etc., sharing any knowledge regarding the subject at
hand and how each situation needs to be approached.
Audited original financial records including but not limited to tax returns,
payroll information, journals, employee files, internal documents and bank
statements.
Reviewed and analyzed computerized financial and statistical data obtained from the
Providers, Department of Health, and any other organization that might provide data
relevant to a case.
Reviewed bank statements, cancelled checks and invoices.
Prepared analytical schedules using various computer software including but not
limited to schedules of patient billing to the Medicaid System, Internal schedules
detailing the work performed, Schedule of findings based upon the audit. Schedules
to be used in Grand Jury and/or at Trial. Testify at Grand Jury, Hearings.
Bartle Bogle Hegarty Limited May 2004 –
March 2005
Junior Accountant
Provided monthly accounts payable reconciliation and roll forward.
Audited and entered all billable and non-billable vendor invoices.
Handle all vendor queries.
Was responsible for cutting checks and wire transfers for all vendors.
Reported to the CFO with monthly updates of specific general ledger accounts.
Marks Paneth & Shron January 2003 –
April 2003
Accounting Intern
Created individual, corporate, and partnership tax return files.
Reconciled multiple monthly bank accounts.
Performed limited functions on QuickBooks.
Performed various data entry and other general office duty functions.
Developed and Handled Excel spreadsheets.
EDUCATION:
Certified Fraud Examiner
Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hoftsra University
BBA, Accounting
Major GPA 3.74
Cumulative GPA 3.56
School Affiliations include:
Accounting & Tax Society, Golden Key International Honor Society
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Business Objects XI (Business
Intelligence), SQL Server