Jose A. Matta Jr.

** ******** ****** *************, ** 1057 0Cell: 914-***-**** E-mail: ac78j2@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective: Seeking a managerial position within internal audit, treasury, funds accounting, middle/back office operations, cash management, regulator reporting, financial services or capital markets that will utilize my progressive 20+ years of professional financial experience.

Core Competencies:

Extensive hands on experience with internal audit, treasury operations, capital markets operations and cash management

The ability to focus on high service quality, reporting accuracy and client satisfaction, while acting as an escalation point to resolve all problematic processing or reporting issues

Extensive experience with the execution and management of cash management, treasury operations, capital markets operations, project management and accounting processes

Possess strong people management, interpersonal and communication skills with a team player mindset

Extensive experience in implementing and updating treasury, trade capture, wire transfer and accounting system for both in-house built and off the shelf projects

Possess the ability to motivate, develop and enhance an employee’s talents while promoting an open door policy

Proficient in preparing and processing detailed reporting efficiently and accurately to senior management, auditors and clients, while having the ability to meet aggressive processing deadlines on a daily or monthly basis

Acted as primary contact with clients, while maintaining the relationships with investors, investment advisors, hedge fund managers, banks, prime brokers, internal auditors, federal auditors and external auditors

Exceled at working with high profile clients, operational processes and accustomed to working in a fast pace environment

Extensive experience with client on-boarding, project system/ processing enhancement and implementation

The ability to review and improve daily operational processes while reducing departmental costs with minimal guidance from management

Extensive knowledge of investment instruments (equities, options, futures, fixed income, commodities, foreign exchange, derivatives, ect

Extensive experience with corporate action, dividend, position, market value, cash, liquidity and forecasting reconciliation and reporting

Extensive knowledge of domestic and international fund transfers and securities settlements

Detail oriented, Excellent analytical and logical skills with the ability to prioritize, manage time, organize work and multi-task simultaneously

Hands on experience with disaster recovery and project planning through implementation

Professional Experience:

American International Group (AIG) of New York 05/2016 – Present

Manager of Internal Audit - SOX/Financial Reporting

Manage the execution of the SOX audit plans which includes risk and control evaluations, testing, audit report issuance, work paper review, and follow-up and verification of issues closure

Continuously update the business risk and control environment assessments for the business areas assigned, through periodic client meetings, ad-hoc walkthroughs and data analytics.

Communicate test results with the Internal Audit team and business management both verbally and through written audit reports.

Provide constructive feedback and coaching to team members.

Demonstrate a good level of relevant industry, accounting and operational knowledge, including understanding the relevance of SOX and/or regulatory implications.

Collaborate with colleagues and internal stakeholders/management to perform risk assessments and develop audit programs for validating internal controls.

Coordinate with other control functions such as Fraud Investigation team, SOX, Risk Management, Compliance, and external auditors to leverage review. Establish effective working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues. Involvement in multiple audits/projects, within a team environment.

Involvement in multiple audits/projects, within a team environment

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center of New York 06/2013 – 03/2016

Treasury Manager and Interim Treasurer

Department head reporting directly to Brookdale Hospital’s Chief Financial Officer

Responsible for managing Cash Management, Payroll and Treasury departments

Main point of contact to all business units for funding, banking services and performance reporting

Main point of contact and decision maker of banking services for hospital

Creation of treasury cash projection, forecast vs. actual, forecast and senior management monthly status reporting

Support corporate financial investment process, corporate forecasts for capital needs and key financial and corporate metrics

Assist in developing and maintaining comprehensive cash management processes

Manage the effective and efficient use of hospital’s cash flow reporting, wire transfers, and payment disbursements on a daily basis

Manage, plan and implement daily cash utilization

Manage staff of eight and four consultants

Ensure appropriate levels of control over bank accounts and disbursement processes, including the opening and closing of accounts and authorized signatories

Assist in pension and benefits payment process

Prepare lease/buy analysis for equipment lease, office space and administration of current leases

Execute compliance testing of Treasury processes under Sarbanes-Oxley

Entry of daily, weekly and monthly cash General Ledger activities into settlement and accounting systems

Main point of contact for all department internal and external account audits

Responsible for reviewing and authorizing of all daily end of day workflow packets to ensure federal and hospital compliance

Responsible for business defining workflow, processes, and requirements gathering for the processing automation

Responsible for writing department business requirement documents, test scripts, project flow charts, policies, procedures, project plans, functional specifications documentation, project process flows and the trace ability to their corresponding business requirements

Creating and maintaining departmental Sarbanes-Oxley procedures, process flows and user manuals

Reconciliation of cash accounts, market value and adjusted fair value analysis by use of Excel

Responsible for reviewing and authorizing of all workflow packets

Conduct employee annual reviews and goal setting

Maintain data warehouse filing process

Responsible for employee cross training itinerary, screening candidates and interviewing of candidates for employment

Citco Fund Services, Inc. of Pennsylvania 05/2012 – 4/2013

Manager of Regulatory Reporting

Supervision of four teams of three team members and four advisors with 38 quarterly and annual reportable hedge and private equity funds

Responsible for monitoring and reviewing daily and periodic assignments in relation to Form PF and Form CPO-PQR

Responsible for client on-boarding, project planning and execution of the quarterly and annual fillings

Creating and maintaining departmental procedures, letters of engagements and clientele operational manuals

Reconciliation of GAAP adjusted Net Asset Value, General Ledger, Profit and Loss, and FAS 150 reports by use of Excel

Reconciliation of portfolio margin statements, cash accounts, market value and adjusted fair value analysis by use of Excel

Main point of contact for all internal departments (investor relations, middle/back office, and fund accounting), auditors, prime brokers and clients

Responsible for reviewing and authorizing of all workflow packets and audit binders for client review

Conduct employees annual review and goal setting

Maintain data warehouse filing process

Responsible for employee cross training itinerary, screening candidates and interviewing of candidates for employment

Mitchell Martin Consulting Services, LLC of New Jersey 08/2010 – 02/2011

Consultant - Senior Business Analyst of Accounting and Operations - Societe Generale (Contract Basis)

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) of Washington DC 04/2006 – 04/2010

Senior Cash Management Analyst IV – Team Lead of Daily Operations

Bank of New York Mellon Alternative Investment Services of New York 10/2004 – 04/2006

Senior Fund Accountant and Operations Control Senior Manager - Assistant Treasurer

GlobeOp Financial Services of New York 09/2002 – 10/2004

Senior Fund Accountant and Settlements Associate Manager

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. of New York 06/2001 – 09/2002

Security Processing Administrator/Senior Business Analyst

Merrill Lynch Capital Services of New York 09/2000 – 07/2001

Settlement Swap Specialist/Business Analyst

United States Trust Company of New York 09/1998 – 09/2000

Disbursement Operator/Business Analyst

Merrill Lynch and Company of New York 04/1998 – 09/1998

Foreign Exchange Trading Assistant/Business Analyst - Accurate Temporary Agency

Education: Mercy College of New York 09/1998 – 06/2000

Major: Finance

Minor: Accounting

Skills: Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Visio, Documentum, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Right fax and Win fax. As well as, Bloomberg Financial System, Bank of New York Settlement system (GSCX), Bank of New York Euroclear Settlement systems, MBSCC Clearing system, DTCC/FICC RTTM settlement and allocation system, Reuters Kondor trading system and Sun Guard Invest – One accounting and trading system. Knowledge of Bank of Bermuda Global Connect, Comerica Gateway, JP Morgan Chase Access, State Street Cash Manager, Citibank, Bank of America and Bank of New York Cash Register Plus fund transfer systems as well as fluent in Spanish and English.

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