Accounting Financial

ZHENG, XIAOPING (MARY), CPA, MBA, MAcc

Phone: 419-***-**** E-mail: *************@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Vice President, Senior Financial Analyst

Bank of America, Charlotte, NC August 4, 2014 - Present

Team lead over legal entities controllership function: review, approve and manage month-end, quarter-end close and quarterly SEC/Regulatory reporting deliverables (FFIEC009, FRY-14Q, FRY11, FRY2314, FRY9C Call, etc.); various ad hoc financial analyses and projects

Manage and improve performance of team members including initiating various process enhancements

Review corporate consolidations and restructuring journal entries including mergers, dissolutions, asset transfers, dividends distributions, etc.

Accounting Policy and Methodologies updates and mapping from applicable FASB and various regulatory standards to ensure compliance in the credit risk management space;

Review, compilation and preparation of quarterly Allowance Summary Book reporting package which includes various technical accounting memos supporting senior management determination of Allowance coverage

Quarterly SEC and regulatory reporting disclosures for Commercial Credit Quality MD&A, etc.

Manage and co-ordinate various credit risk governance routines for the department including Critical Use Spreadsheets, Risk Control & Self-Assessment, Credit Risk Management Programs, etc.

Co-ordination of Internal Audits across various product teams for the entire department

Various ad hoc projects such as peer benchmarking analysis, Credit Risk Report Inventory analysis, etc.

Assistant Manager – Corporate & Statutory Accounting

Marriott International, Bethesda, MD Nov. 19 2012 – July 25, 2014

Prepare and ensure accuracy of internal and external financial reporting of assigned foreign subsidiaries located in Asia, Europe, Middle East, etc.

Ensure completeness of legal subsidiary ledgers to facilitate timely board reporting, income tax return information for tax department and separate auditable entity financial statements

Coordination of external audits and review of unaudited entities incorporated in the Netherlands

Prepare footnote disclosures and compile required statutory supporting documents for Dutch Chamber of Commerce filings

Senior Accountant SEC Reporting (Financial Reporting)

CapitalSource Inc (acquired by Pacific Western Bank in 2012)., Chevy Chase, MD Sept. 15 2008 – Nov. 16 2012

Prepare SEC Form 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K on a quarterly and annual basis using Bowne Compliance Driver software (BCD) which enables XBRL tagging in-house

Prepare quarterly E&Y Disclosure Checklists to ensure sufficient disclosures in SEC filings per latest accounting pronouncements

Research impact of new accounting pronouncements; propose and draft SEC disclosures for the latest filing requirements; document disclosure memorandum when needed

Review “detailed XBRL tagging” provided by third party vendor to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with the latest US GAAP Taxonomy guidelines

Prepare workpapers and assist in various side audits including proposed real estate subsidiary spinoff financials and other ad hoc financial reporting projects

Prepared sections of Form Y-9 associated with Bank Holding Company (BHC) applications

Train and review work performed by temporary staffs and interns during certain filing seasons

Corporate Regional Staff Accountant

AES Corporation, Arlington, VA July 16 2007 – Sept. 12 2008

Review and approve monthly financials of IT service, AES Europe holding company and Cameroon Holding Co.; manage timely accounting close among UK and Cameroon locations for assigned entities; review monthly business update checklist per SOX 404, MD&A variance analyses; co-ordinate and help to resolve discrepancies in inter-company mismatching reports; compile monthly reports summarizing unusual transactions, etc.

FAS109, FIN18 quarterly tax templates review and cash flow template review; FAS52 Foreign Currency semi-annual certification for determination of functional currency and proper accounting treatments

Review Financial Reporting Packages for assigned businesses to ensure accurate and adequate footnote disclosures for SEC reporting

Various analyses and research projects including compiling AES Europe prior years’ US GAAP financials converted from French GAAP and IFRS standards, asset retirement obligation accounting treatment, capitalized software and PP&E proper accounting, etc.

Write and review technical accounting memorandum / white papers

Legal entity material weakness remediation for assigned entities that involves pertinent legal documents, shareholder agreements, deferred financing costs reconciliations, revision of prior year purchase accounting entries, etc.

Ad hoc projects including researching historical legal documents for treatment of common stocks, inter-company loan schedules, review 10-K language and disclosures, foreign currency cumulative translation adjustments (CTA) analyses, etc.

Accountant

Associated Spring Raymond, Division of Barnes Group, Inc., Maumee, OH November 9, 2005-July 13, 2007

Month-end close and various financial analyses for overseas and domestic divisions including Europe, Asia, North America and South America

Conduct areas of internal audits throughout the year for domestic operations to ensure compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Assist in developing policies and procedures for SOX compliance.

Perform monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations for both U.S. and Canadian bank accounts; review China and Singapore divisions’ monthly bank reconciliations for both local currency and USD bank accounts. Create monthly and annual forecast and budget financial statements for U.S., China and Singapore divisions.

Co-ordinate between senior management and China division for business development progress and communications; initiate ideas and areas of concerns for discussions

File monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual sales and use tax returns to 23 states; research and resolve sales and use tax related issues when necessary

Fixed asset additions, disposition, month-end depreciation and report printing using the FAS system for both U.S. and Canada divisions

SKILLS

Software applications and usage: EPM, eLedger (SAP), FDW (Oracle), In$ight, PeopleSoft, Essbase for Oracle ERP system; Blueprint for legal entity database; Microsoft Sharepoint site ownership; Oracle Discovery; Navision Accounting Platform, Bowne Compliance Driver used for SEC Reporting and XBRL tagging, JBA system, FAS system, ComShare, FDC, some knowledge of Great Plains, SQL ViewPoint, Ulti-Pro Payroll software; Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, Macros, and various complex financial data analyses), Access, PowerPoint; hands-on experience with Quicken and Quickbooks;

Multi-lingual skills: Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese

EDUCATION

Western Illinois University, IL, January 2003---December 2004

Master of Accountancy GPA: 3.71/4.00

University of Toledo, OH, August 2001 December 2002

MBA specializing in Information Systems GPA: 3.84/4.00

Achievement: Dean’s List for each semester

Zhejiang University, China, August 1997 June 2001

Bachelor of Science in Accountancy

Achievements: Academic Scholarship Award for 1998---1999 academic year; First Place of Academic Scholarship Award in School of Economics for the 1997---1998 academic year

CERTIFICATION

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – active; IFRS Certificate Program offered by AICPA – in process

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