Management Manager
Resume:
Sadaf N. Chaudhry, CFE
**S*** Carrington Cir. Burr Ridge. IL. 60527
*******@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
School of Rock (Contract)
Accountant
Full Charge Accountant Mar 2014-May 2014
(Processed Payroll, Reviewing of Balance sheets, Income Statement, Review of Fixed Assets, Cash Flow, AP, AR)
• Processed bi- weekly payroll for 16 schools for all General Managers and teachers using ADP systems
• Uploaded billing reports, benefits reports, and monthly earnings reports using ADP
• Created monthly funding reports for the Controller
• Reviewed General Ledger account totals against the bank statements
• Reviewed Balance sheet, Income statements, Fixed Asset reports
• Assisted in month end close for all 16 schools by reconciling all Bank of America accounts and Wells Fargo
• Reviewed Fixed Assets: depreciating over 60 month period, also creating journal entries for all new Fixed Assets
• Allocated petty cash for the 16 schools
• Reviewed and created Income statements for each school, reviewing the expense and cost of goods accounts
• Re allocating bank fees to each school’s cost of goods sold account
• Sent and received coding templates to each General Manager each month in order to create correct journal entries for each
processing fee, teacher fees, expenses used by the school
• Processed weekly accounts payable invoices and sent out checks to all vendors
• Created and recorded daily journal entries for all 16 schools
• Reviewed monthly revenue for each school
• Reviewed AR Aging report > 90 days
• Communicated daily with General Managers around the country in regards to school revenue, undeposited funds, AR Aging, etc
Addison Group, Chicago, IL Apr 2013-Aug 2013
Executive Search Associate
• Specializing in permanent placement of Accounting and Finance Professionals
• Responsible for the business development of new clients through prospecting, cold calling, marketing & proposals
• Act as avid social networker to source the top candidates in the marketplace
• Develop and maintain relationships with companies and clients to ensure satisfaction and repeat business
• Experience in business to business sales, meetings, and recruitment
Superhost Enterprise (moved offices to Ft Wayne, IN)
StayBridge Suites, Oakbrook Terrace, IL Nov 2011- Apr 2013
Corporate Accountant
• Prepared bank reconciliations and daily cash reconciliations for all five hotels in the region
• Assisted with ADP payroll bi-weekly for 200 employees (within the region)
• Using ADP systems batched five different hotels in the region salaries plus bonuses
• Ensuring General Ledge accuracy; posting the accrual entries and journal entries as needed
• Reviewed fixed assets owned by hotels, ensuring all accumulated depreciation was correctly posted on a 60 month straight-line
depreciation, and creating journal entry for each new fixed asset
• Assist with the periodic forecasting and annual budget process
• Assist with annual audit as requests as directed by management
• Assisted in month end financial statements by preparing a monthly cash statement
• Assisted in forecasting and projecting budgets on a quarterly basis
• Analyzed Profit and Loss statement with rest of the accounting team
• Posted invoices to the General Ledger
Consultant – Accounting and Finance Nov 2009 – Nov 2011
(CommonGround Marketing, Grosvenor, Newedge, and Lehman Brothers Holding Inc)
Commonground Marketing, Chicago, IL
Staff Accountant
• Works directly under the VP of Accounting and Finance
• Prepare financial statements and daily journal entries
• Maintaining daily cash position and forecasting for future payments
• Payroll for 40 + employees bi-weekly using ADP
• Perform weekly/biweekly bank account reconciliations
• Investigate bank transactions, confirming bank fees, bank wires, and Automated Clearinghouse Transactions
• Assists in expense reports and works closely with different departments within the company
• Supervise the generation of the customer invoices, while preparing new credit requests along with ensuring the cash receipts are
recorded to correct customer accounts
• Creating Estimates for the Accounts team for all future projects
• Monitoring client payments and overseeing all collection activities
Newedge USA, LLC (Contract), Chicago, IL
Brokerage Analyst
Brokerage Operations Department
• Worked closely with the Brokerage team to support the receivables process
• Prepared the monthly invoice runs, and sending them to counter parties
• Reviewed Futures contracts
• Prepared Trial balances, General Ledger, and Bank reconciliations
• Gathered correct information to write off any uncollectible amounts
• Prepared allocation spreadsheets for payments received and adjustments needed
• Communicated with global clients
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Grosvenor Capital Management (Contract), Chicago, IL
Associate in Finance - Investment Operations Team
• Manage day to day Investment Operations responsibilities for the Grosvenor fund, while focusing on the area of the trade execution
and settlement, which includes the decisions of the Investment Committee.
• Reviewed documentation for underlying hedge fund investments in order to understand the terms and conditions of the Grosvenor
fund investment in the area of the underlying fund.
• Compiled, drafted, and disseminated trade instructions for hedge fund investments, which include subscription agreements,
redemption notices, letters of direction, share class election, and new issues.
• Worked as a liaison with the company departments such as legal, client services, treasury in order to coordinate investment
operations functions.
Lehman Brothers Holding Inc.
Claims Derivatives Analyst
• Reviewed OTC derivative contracts which required both quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess the underlying claim
amounts.
• Actively evaluated and analyzed the ISDA Swap agreements to facilitate the claim management process
• Audited and analyzed claim types
• Handling large sets of data, and data manipulation
Cincinnatians Developing Global Communities (Non-Profit), Cincinnati, OH Oct 2005 – Sept 2009
Accountant
• Prepared payroll and processed checks
• Prepare monthly financial statements
• Reconciled bank and general ledger accounts
• Maintained accounts receivables and payables
EDUCATION:
Masters in Accounting and Financial Management, Expected 2014 (MAFM)
Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, IL - GPA: 3.63 / 4.0
(Need to finish CPA Becker review three courses; all other course work has been completed)
Bachelors of Arts, History, September, 2005
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) – passed 2011
Eligible to sit for the CPA exam (preparing to take Auditing in June 2014)
SOFTWARE SKILLS:
Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook), SAP, PeopleSoft, QuickBooks, and Oracle
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