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** ********** ** ● Flemington, NJ ***22 ● 732-***-**** ● ac7kt3@r.postjobfree.com

Detailed oriented Analyst with experience of 6+ years in various financial roles such as reporting, data analysis and audit review functions in organizations. Completed projects on automating the status reports for management, identifying trends from data to help on better decision making and manage communication with clients.

EDUCATION: Northern Illinois University==, DeKalb, Illinois

Bachelors of Business Administration Aug 2006 - Dec 2010

SOFTWARE

SKILLS: Financial Edge-Blackbaud, ADP, ReportSmith, Salesforce, Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Power point, QuickBooks, ATX (Quarterly payroll tax), JIRA, R (basic working knowledge), Microsoft Access, MySQL, SQL Server, Python

SKILLS: § Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with strong sense of accountability

Ability to analyze large amount of data and find trends

Strong written and oral communication skills

Excellent client service and organizational skills

Strong team player with a positive attitude

EXPERIENCE: Moody's Corporation, New York, NY

Associate Analyst Feb 2015-Present

Provide analytical, statistical and research assistance to analysts in the Public Finance Group for local government debt transactions including cities, counties, school districts and special districts.

Utilize Excel to query and manipulate massive data sets to conduct data analysis.

Co-manage the process by which annual reviews for over 10,000 local government issuers are documented in accordance with regulatory guidelines, and also provide progress and tracking reports to senior management.

Improve methods of tracking and monitoring the surveillance of credits in meeting SEC compliance requirements

Provide continuous strategic guidance to senior management for Public Finance Group Surveillance Platform and raise any technical issues with technology team.

Moody’s Corporation, New York, NY

Financial Data Analyst Aug 2013-Feb 2015

Analyzed financial performance of U.S. municipal debt issuers and performed comprehensive reviews of more than 500 entities, creating ratio reports and answering analysts queries.

Created and implemented a comprehensive financial data quality assurance process to ensure the accuracy of key metrics for 8,000 public finance issuers.

Oversaw the transition of the Mid Cycle Review process from a manual excel based format to Surveillance Platform and performed user acceptance testing for tool

Lead a rigorous analytical review project that consisted of managing multiple processes, running weekly team meetings, preparing and presenting periodic results to a group of analysts, communicating across various teams and maintaining multiple trackers

Worked with Moody’s Client Services to research client inquiries and provide answers to clients concerning technical issues, accounting questions and credit specific queries

Center for Employment Opportunities, New York, NY

Finance Associate June 2012- Aug 2013

Confirmed the accuracy of all invoices, expenses and various accounting documents

Reconciled bank accounts and the daily payroll account

Prepared monthly fund invoice vouchers

Prepared Executive’s expense reports for Board Meetings

Prepared daily payroll in absence of payroll manager

Center for Employment Opportunities, New York, NY

Accounting Clerk/Associate Nov 2011-June 2012

Provided help with reconciliation of bank statements

Updated accounting journals, ledgers and records detailing financial transactions

Aided in processing invoices and filing all receipts and documents

Jalaram Accounting and Tax Services, Hanover Park, IL

Staff Accountant Dec 2006– Dec 2008

Carried out monthly reconciliation of bank accounts for over 100 small businesses firms

Assisted in preparing monthly sales and use tax and quarterly payroll tax returns

Prepared payroll for company’s and client’s employees

William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL

Student Aide Aug 2006–Dec 2008

Assisted students in making appointments with advisors and preparing supplemental information packets

INTEREST: Finance, Startups, Reading, Number Games, Travel, and Community Service

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