Manager Management

Celine White

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Address:

City: Oak Lawn

State: IL

Zip: 60453

Country: USA

Phone: 708-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Accounting and finance professional with 21 years experience in all aspects of accounting and management. Experienced with auditing, financial statements, payroll for 200 employees, general ledger, journal entries and reconciliations, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, billing, credit and collections, accounts receivable and payable, compliance, staff management, accounting software packages, fixed assets and cash management.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Illinois State University, Normal IL 1/2001 to 5/1987 (Finance)

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Accounting and finance professional with experience in all aspects of accounting and financial management. Additionally, significant background in financial statements, payroll for 200 employees, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, compliance, employee benefits and cash management.

Work Experience

August 2009 to August 2012

Chopper Trading, LLC Chicago

Senior Financial Analyst

Prepared and reconciled monthly profit and loss statements for over 75 traders at a proprietary trading firm.

Implemented and developed general ledger for new accounting system when the firm became a broker dealer.

Audited and reconciled all profit and loss statements for prior clearing firm.

Effected, recorded, and reconciled all firm cash activity including wire transfers between trading accounts, bank accounts, capital deposits, withdrawals, and check writing.

Analyze financial data and extract and define relevant information for analysis by CFO and CEO.

Developed reports for CFO including forecasting, trending and cost improvement measures.

Prepared and reconciled payroll and allocate all payroll expenses to appropriate trading groups and general ledger accounts.

Managed the flow of information between the firm and its regulatory and outside auditors.

August 1998 to June 2009

Adler, Murphy & McQuillen Chicago

Accounting Manager

Managed all accounting functions, employees and completed all quarterly and yearly audits

Prepared and issued financial statements and budgets for partner review.

Created and implemented profitability reports of all equity partners for quarterly and year-end distributions.

Implemented new operations system for capturing of attorneys time and trained all attorneys.

Implemented new accounting system and developed chart of accounts for all departments.

Managed all cash management, including bank reconciliations and bank confirmations.

Managed accounting staff of six and provided a collaborative atmosphere during high pressured times.

September 1994 to July 1998

Flair Communications Chicago

Budget Manager

Prepared budgets for various promotions including Dole, Smucker's, and Brown and Williamson.

Worked closely with account managers and maintained relationships with all clients including travel to client's headquarters.

Monitored promotion costs against budgets and reported variances to account managers.

Provided management with financial reports quarterly and fiscal year-end.

Education

Illinois State University Normal, IL

Bachelor of Science Finance

Professional Affiliations

Association of Legal Administrators (ALA)

References

Professional References Available Upon Request

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