Accounting Management

Deborah M. McCormick

***** ****** ***

Cary, NC *7519

610-***-****

*********.*******@*****.***

Education: Goldey-Beacom College, Masters of Business Administration in

Finance (August 2011)

West Chester University, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies

with minors in Finance and Computer Web

Technology (December

2003)

Professional Summary:

Experienced Senior Portfolio Accountant with a background in the banking

and financial services industry seeking a position where my skills,

education and financial experience can be utilized to contribute to the

continued success and productivity of your organization while enhancing my

professional and personal development

Professional Skills:

. Excellent analytical and problem solving experience

. Strong computer skills and the ability to learn new software and

systems with ease

. Accuracy and attentiveness to detail

. Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

. Ability to interact and communicate with all organization levels

. Concurrently works with multiple tasks and projects while balancing

daily responsibilities

. Works independently and within a team, while following procedures with

minimal supervision

Technical Skills:

Microsoft Office Suite, Proficient in creating Pivot tables and V-lookups

to analyze data, Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, SunGard Invest One Accounting

System, SunGard Global Plus, PORTIA Accounting System, RKS (Record Keeping

System), PFPC AIS Accounting System, SEI Trust 3000, JPM CARS, GroupWise

and Lotus Notes

Experience:

State Street Global Investment Management Services (contracted through

Infinity Staffing)

Senior Portfolio Accountant (October 2011-June 2012)

. Prepared and reviewed account reconciliations for foreign

securities to ensure financial data accurately reflected the cash,

shares, price and market value position of the institutional client

and custodian

. Reviewed and processed subscription, redemption and transfer

requests to ensure funds were received and paid

. Compiled, adjusted and evaluated various accruals, expenses and

fees to ensure their accuracy

. Provided portfolio-level accounting support to Portfolio Managers

as required

. Created and prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting

packages for management and institutional clients to ensure

accurate financial information is presented to senior management

. Acted as liaison between clients, custodians, brokers, account

managers and other departments by providing a positive client

service experience

. Assisted in the accounting system conversion by verifying the

accuracy of the custodian's and client's foreign assets

. Assisted in preparing financial statements for all tax and audit

purposes

. Created and prepared special reports through ad hoc requests

Wilmington Trust Company, Investment Accounting (contracted through Kelly

Services)

Senior Investment Accountant/Analyst (March 2008 - September 2011)

. Analyzed and monitored the accounting effects and performances of

all trade activity, including purchases and sales, corporate rates

and actions, cost basis, accruals, principal and income, and

pricing

. Researched account related issues by communicating with other teams

and departments to ensure timely and accurate problem resolutions

. Trained new employees and management on the accounting system,

policies and procedures

. Identified and implemented efficiencies in the daily and monthly

close process

. Created and updated policies and procedures to ensure processing

accuracy

. Responsible for Security Master data processing, security setup and

analysis

. Calculated daily and semi-monthly Net Asset Values (NAV) including

calculation of net investment income, capital gains and losses,

dividend distribution amounts and market value of securities for

assigned accounts

. Assisted outside CPA firms during their audit engagements and

develop preliminary financial data necessary for inclusion in the

fund's filing with regulatory authority

. Established and maintained accounting records and transactions that

are required to produce financial statements, reports and schedules

in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

and other regulatory requirements

JPMorgan Chase & Company, Reconciliations (contracted through Spherion

Staffing Services)

Security Reconciliations Specialist (May 2006 - June 2007)

. Analyzed risk created by breaks on cash and share exceptions

. Reviewed and confirmed daily exception reports to identify cash and

share discrepancies and took appropriate action

. Utilized various JPM systems and the custodians' on-line systems to

investigate and resolve the root cause of cash and share breaks

. Interacted daily with custodians and other departments within

Investment Management to resolve account

discrepancies

. Produced financial reports for clients, custodians and management

PFPC, Investment Accounting

Investment Accountant II (May 2005 - May 2006)

. Posted trades, subscriptions, redemptions, expenses and fees timely

into the appropriate client portfolios on a daily basis to ensure

the accuracy of the daily (NAV) calculation of Domestic and

International mutual funds

. Maintained weekly cash forecast and assisted with cash management

. Provided daily investable cash balances to portfolio manager,

reconciled investment company cash and portfolio balances to

clients, custodians and/or prime broker statements

. Validated and verified all securities pricing using approved

sources and pricing services

. Ensured all corporate actions that occurred were properly reflected

in the client portfolios

. Reconciled all receivables/payables to ledger, communicated

portfolio trade activity to custodian

. Interacted with brokers on trade activity as needed to ensure all

portfolio discrepancies were researched and resolved in a timely

manner

. Accurately completed Statement of Assets and Liabilities, Statement

of Operations, and Statement of Changes in Net Assets for

shareholder reports.

. Assisted outside CPA firms during their audit engagements and

develop preliminary financial data necessary for inclusion in the

fund's filing with regulatory authority

SEI Investments, Mutual Fund Accounting

Mutual Fund Accountant (April 2004 - May 2005)

. Calculated various fixed-income, equities, futures, and money

market daily investable cash,

expenses, income, dividends and corporate actions

. Performed security and cash reconciliations between SEI's records

and those of the funds' custodians.

. Assisted with month-end close to ensure the accuracy of financial

results

. Posted adjustments to the accounting system for the accurate

calculation and reporting of the funds' daily NAVs.

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