Financial Insurance

IRINA CLARK, M.B.A.

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SUMMARY: Professional in global corporate finance and accounting field. Team oriented individual, committed to grow with global financial institutions.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

GREENSEA CAPITAL, London, UK & New York, NY September 2014 – Present

Investment Banking Associate (work from home and remotely)

Detailed research, evaluation of targets in packaging, oil & gas, pharma, IT, luxury, industrial sectors.

Helped originating deals with senior deal teams and interacted with clients.

Prepared buy and sell side transaction pitches, teasers, and writing confidential investment memos.

Valued a euro 300-million company by using Comparables, Transaction comps and DCF methods.

Built fully-integrated financial statements, 5-year projection model, and DCF model.

Built excel financial model for LBO transaction for a private equity sponsor.

LASER GROUP, New York, NY April 2015 – October 2016

Financial Controller

Responsible for managing all accounting and treasury functions within the NY branch: cash management, customer invoices, statistical data analysis, accruals, general ledger entries, reconciliations, 1099, payroll, fixed assets, etc.

Responsible for start of the monthly reporting package that included P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, international intercompany balances and reconciliations in various currencies.

Experience with cash wires and cash reconciliation.

Bookings of all daily transactions, hands-on with daily operations, receivables and payables.

Assistance with audit.

Financial Consolidations of various entities, using SAP BPC tool for financial planning and consolidations.

Accountability for scoping and delivering ongoing improvements relating to management information, financial systems and processes.

TOWER GROUP INSURANCE, New York, New York April 2012 – September 2014

Sr. Accountant

Performed financial audits, prepared and reviewed the quarterly and annual financial statements, financial highlights and footnote disclosures based on GAAP and tested P&L.

GAAP Reporting, consolidations of 11 entities within the Group, 10K, 10Q.

Yellow Book (STAT Reporting) for two large companies (over $700m in assets); BEA Reporting.

Extensive Analysis and substantiation of GAAP to STAT variances of Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

Financial Consolidations (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow).

SOX Testing/Compliance: Quarterly and Annual Financial Processes testing, Premium Reporting testing, Operational Processes testing, Spreadsheet Inventory testing (sign-offs and password protection).

AM Best Galley: financial and operational ratios, analysis of financial condition of insurance companies.

MTV NETWORKS International, New York, New York March 2011 – August 2011

Finance Manager

Consolidations of financial statements of more than 30 European entities within MTV Networks.

Reporting on consolidated basis, Impairment reviews, efficiency and performance within Nickelodeon and MTV..

Managed monthly close, global allocations, consolidations, accruals, depreciation/amortization, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, global expense allocations, for a division with over $250M in assets.

Consulting work October 2009 – February 2011:

BLOOMBERG L.P., New York, New York September 2010 – February 2011

Strategic Planning Associate

Provided recommendations and business trends to senior management via working with complex financial models, as well as analysis of sales reports, headcount models, economic and financial research and competitor analysis, market analysis, financial ratios.

Scenario analysis for new and/or existing markets, working with multiple variables.

Assisted with Projections for 2011 business plan for all markets (Top, Developed, Frontier, and Emerging).

Prepared complex business plan presentations for C-level Executives (in Power Point) to transform data into actionable information and deliver solutions.

SWISS RE, New York, New York October 2009 – August 2010

Data Management/Quality Assurance Associate

Analyzed and ensured the integrity of agency Credit Ratings (Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, DBRS) for fixed income securities.

Set up, maintain, and ensure integrity of all static Security Master data in the investment accounting systems (HiPortfolio and Aladdin): fixed income and products including ABS, MBS, CMO, CDO as well as equities, repos, derivatives.

Performed financial and investment analysis, product control, and data assurance and data management.

Set up investment portfolios for various business units, including Front Office, which also required setting-up of cash accounts, custodial accounts, location codes, mark-to-market rules, links.

Exposure to CCAR.

SCOR RE, New York, New York May 2008 – April 2009

Sr. Investment Accountant

Consolidations of 4 entities within Scor holdings. Reporting on consolidated and individual basis.

Monthly Close (6 portfolios: fixed income securities, ABS, MBS, CDO, credit and equity derivatives, equities, private funds, cash, FX) – journal entries, reconciliations, FAS 157, FAS 133

Balance Sheet, PL, Cash Flow review and analysis, consolidated financial statements.

Monthly investment and cash reconciliations of accounting entries to Black Rock reports (IE, RGL, Holdings, Biafin)

Assisting with the quarterly preparation of IFRS financial statements to Head Office (Paris).

Prepared financial management reports for the Board, presentations on quarterly performance of investments.

Monitored and updated Fixed Asset and Depreciation Schedules, Prepaid Expenses, Accruals.

AIG, New York, New York March 2006 – April 2008

Accounting Supervisor, Accountant III

Managed financial audits, prepared and reviewed the annual financial statements, footnote disclosures based on GAAP.

Prepared Consolidated GAAP Financial Statements and their supporting schedules.

Prepared, tracked, and reported expense allocation and analysis, conducted inter-company transfers.

Monitored fixed asset depreciation schedules, prepaid expenses, accrued expenses.

Monitored inter-division revenue transfers.

Managed Budgeting and Forecasting (up to $100M in revenues).

Help with improvement of internal controls, cross-divisional cooperation, according Sarbanes Oxley requirements.

Supervised 2 accountants on daily operations.

Continuum Health Partners (Health Care Consulting Company), New York, NY January 2004 – March 2006

MultiPlan, Inc. (Health Care Broker-Dealer), New York, New York

Sr. Financial Analyst

Assisted in the quarter and year-close and revenue projections of the company's major clients – 4 Hospitals.

Conducted extensive Cost Accounting and provided solutions on efficient allocations of various assets.

Conducted revenue audit and contract management of 7 partners – health insurance companies (GHI, Aetna, Mcaid, etc.)

EDUCATION:

Global Investment Banking Training – 2014

London, UK

M.B.A. in Finance, 2003

Pace University, Lubin School of Business, New York, New York. Passed Series 7 and Series 63

Lubin School is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - is an elite distinction shared by fewer than 2% of business schools in the world.

B.S. In Economics/Accounting, 1998

Russian State University, Moscow, Russia

COMPUTER SKILLS:

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Access, BizNet, BizInsight, Visio), HiPortfolio, Aladdin/BlackRock, Capital IQ, Bloomberg, QuickBooks, ADP, SAP, FSR, Freedom, Wings, Cognos, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Khalix/Longview, InvoiceWorks, SunGard, AXS One, Great Plains, RIMS, FRX, EnterPrice, Hyperion (HFM), Crystal, Oracle, Eagle

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