Life Insurance Project Management

Neena Master

** **** ***** ***** . ******, NJ ***20

732-***-**** . *********@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

BARCLAYS, New York, NY

**** - ****

Sr. Financial Accountant

. Worked directly with the Vice President and managed the accounting

records maintained for Human Resources-NY were accurate and appropriate

to reflect the business transactions in the preparation for business

unit and bank wide reporting, financial budgets and forecasts

. Researched and reconciled any outstanding GL accounts and sign off on HR-

related accounts to attest that balances are correct and are documented

. Participated in projects to plan and implement initiatives that deliver

capabilities for reporting and analytics within HR

Finance/Operations/Project Management

. Ensured that all vendor accounts in SAP are in adherence and logical

with the Global Vendor Maintenance database (AccOwn)

. Assumed responsibility for various ad-hoc reporting and analysis

requests and special projects as may be assigned by the department

director

. Monitored actual spending and check against budget especially as it

pertains to vendor invoices

. Handled W2 and all related Tax Processes; Internal/external inquiries,

reissues, FICA and miscellaneous tax reporting

. Assisted with data collections for audits and monthly volume metrics

. Uploaded monthly labor statistics to BLS website using ADPR for

requested legal entities

Consultant (Marsh & McLennan, Deutsch Corporate, Omnicom and a Bio-Science

Startup) 2011 - 2012

. Updated the Benefit Account Analysis and claim expense schedules (health

& welfare). Reconcile benefit related expense schedules by validating

from various sources

. Created and documented user guides for monthly and daily procedures for

the financial unit

. Assisted in monitoring and analyzing monthly operating results, P&L and

headcount analysis against budget

. Contributed to the completion of periodic financial statements and

management reports

. Prepared monthly Balance Sheet and Income Statement Analysis as well as

assist with A/R and A/P functions

. Processed and produced monthly financial statements using Great Plains

. Support internal/external clients on a timely basis demonstrating a

willingness to partner and establish strong professional relationship

with all areas

. Manage operational expense reporting and analysis for review and

distribution to finance teams

. Reconciled the accounts payable system as well as produced the aged

trial balance and trial balance reconciliation

. Maintained financial statement modeling for profitability analyses,

operational trends, profit and loss and balance sheet flows

ANTHEM - SCHAWK (Branding & Design Co.) Mount Olive, NJ

2009 - 2011

Finance Associate

. Reported both internal and external financial reports

. Supervised internal controls and compliance to Sarbanes Oxley to ensure

revenue recognition for all jobs

. Provided input on budget development to senior management; monitored

budget on a monthly basis

. Managed daily accounting operations including: account payables,

account receivables, payroll and expenses

. Processed invoices and reviewed them for coding accuracy and recorded

charges on the cost system

. Led project management with MARS snack, food and pet product, including:

cost center per brand, quantity, print process work, and total brand

summary

REVLON, New York, NY

2008

Senior Financial Analyst

. Reconciled monthly accruals of P&L lines, forecasting and variance

analysis in sales, returns, cost of goods, advertising, consumer

promotion for Almay totaling around $5 million

? Conducted P&L analysis on promotional events to determine their

profitability within the ALMAY division

? Tracked spending for consumer promotions, promotional displays

and invoices

? Attended cross-functional task force meetings with marketing,

purchasing, product development, forecasting

and creative departments to ensure timely delivery of promotional

events products

? Prepared volume analyses and reports for new product launches,

one time only products and returns

? Served as liaison to the division marketing group and monitored

market spending for various divisions and

categories.

AIG, Berkley Heights, NJ

2006 - 2008

Financial Analyst, March 2006 - January 2008

. Improved process inefficiencies and implemented a framework to maximize

cash flow and ensure timely and accurate recording of financial

transactions

. Analyzed financial data and company's financial strength and operating

performance

. Developed and maintained a price model to monitor annual expenses

. Planned and coordinated the annual budget for the organization

. Worked with internal business owners relating to managing service levels

and participated on special projects on an ad hoc basis

. Tracked, maintained and updated data within the Access database to

produce management reports

. Ensured compliance with the line of business standards pertaining to

financial, project management and administrative processes

. Identified variances in the monthly statement between actual and

projected results

. Created ad hoc reports and maintained documentation of customer accounts

in the Access database

. Served as a liaison between the Operations and the Accounting Service

Units for the AIG Brokerage Group to streamline the monthly reporting

process

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bridgewater, NJ

2000 - 2004

Business Analyst/Client Services

. Maintained eligibility information for institutional customers

. Performed troubleshooting on transfer processing of data from external

clients

. Served as a liaison between internal and external customers as well as

programming staff

. Created and analyzed technical specifications for various programming

departments

. Assessed gaps between existing systems and business requirements

. Participated in task forces to streamline the installation procedures

for various voluntary benefit products

. Deconstructed business processes and assisted in the design of future

processing of eligibility files

Financial Analyst

. Designed macros within Excel to increase process efficiency

. Prepared accruals needed to analyze actual earnings relative to

projected earnings

. Analyzed, approved and distributed actual data for product analysts for

upper level management

. Reconciled and maintained the MetLife databases AFI and FARO

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON, Scranton, PA

Bachelor of Science in Business Management

May 1999

Skills: Proficient in Word, Power Point, Excel (macros, pivot tables, v-

lookups),Access, Cognos, Hyperion, ADP Client tools, Reports, Payroll & ADP

Portal - EV5, SAP/SAP GUI, Bloomberg BNA, Oracle, Great Plains, Business

Objects, Siebel

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