Management Insurance

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a position that will challenge and allow me to use my skills to the best of my ability.

EDUCATION:

ADELPHI UNIVERSITY 2012-2014

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

School Enrolled: College of Management

SUNY OLDWESTBURY UNIVERSITY 2002-2006

BS Degree in Finance

EXPERIENCE:

10/2013-Present iStar Inc. Senior Treasury Analyst

The Treasury/Finance team consists of the COO/CFO, Treasurer, two Senior Analysts and two Treasury Analysts. Senior Analysts and Treasury Analysts report mainly to the Treasurer and COO/CFO. Each professional supports the business in analyzing and managing Cash, Debt and Liquidity as well as mitigating risk in order to deliver valuable solutions to the Finance group while maximizing revenues and risk adjusted returns. The team functions out of New York.

Main Duties:

-Cash Management/Funding

Reviews, approves all daily, foreign/domestic/intercompany and loan wire transfers

Performs the functional requirements for receipts, disbursement and custody of cash and securities for iStar

Conducts/Reviews daily reconciliations of cash activity

Supports upper managers with cash and liquidity management functions

Executes short-term and long-term borrowing/ pay down debt when necessary thru various credit facilities

Prepares and analyzes daily, weekly, quarterly cash forecast

-Portfolio Management

Proactively assisted senior management in the development of yearly budgets and forecasts

Prepare and provide monthly/quarterly investment reports for senior management as well as analyze monthly actual and budgeted expenses

Monitor and mitigated significant high risk/ adversely classified exposures

Devise and directed risk mitigation solutions and actions to minimize the potential of operating losses

Monitor and mitigate significant high risk/ adversely classified exposures

Review daily/monthly & quarterly analysis of investment performance reports using various metrics and benchmarks

Effectively update bank account analysis; to effectively track bank fees charged to the organization

Project Management

Implement new accounts and maintained financial report controls

Assist in providing oversight for intraday excess approval process and provide direct approvals

Assist internal/external auditors to analyze internal controls in key areas of risk and evaluates systems used by Treasury to determine quality and reliability

Work closely with IT and to map chart of accounts as well as implement CTI accounting system to Yardi Voyager

02/2013-10/2013 Northshore LIJ Financial Analyst

Main Duties:

Collaborated with business owners on the implementation of projects, including

processes, procedures, documentation and system enhancements

Utilized a network of relationships to collect and disseminate information, build support, and

secure desired objectives

Managed and forecasted project budgets for ICD-10

Researched and adjusted all discrepancies related to the budget

02/2008-02/2013 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Treasury Analyst

Main Duties:

-Cash Management/Funding

Responsible for all source documentation supporting investments and funds transfers

Determined, calculated and invested daily funds by contacting counterparty banks and broker-dealers

Processed all daily, foreign/domestic & intercompany wire transfers

Responsible for the account funding and P/L allocation processes

Conducted/Reviewed daily reconciliations of cash activity

Supported managers with cash and liquidity management functions

Executed appropriate short-term borrowing to pay down debt when necessary

Assisted both Internal/External auditors with the testing of wires/achs paid each quarter

Assisted with confirmation of all FX trade approvals

-Daily & Month-End Reconciliations

Reconciled prepaid insurance and insurance expense

Created and automated recurring journal entries, journal entries to amortize insurance costs, reclassed miscoded accounts, allocated prepaid and expense to subsidiary companies through intercompany accounting and reporting

Recorded accruals & reversals (i.e. Investment Management Fees, Rating Agency Fees and Purchase Orders)

Provided detailed variance analysis to management monthly/quarterly/annually

Worked with Oracle financial GL software to run GL reports and view data from various sources such as AP and AR& Business Unit Controllers

Maintained SEC 31 monthly reconciliations and schedules included in the SEC filings

Ran reports and queries to prove accuracy of data. Tested accruals to verify accuracy of system generated numbers. Printed and reviewed aging reports. Created weekly reports using Access, converting data from the system into an Excel File

-Project Management

Assisted with insurance certificate renewals

SKILLS AND HOBBIES:

Excellent math and problem solving skills

Proficient in MS. Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Bloomberg, Oracle skills, FIS SunGard TWS (XRT), SharePoint

Proficient in using V-lookups, Pivot Tables and the Frequency function

Proficient in Spanish and learned Mandarin

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