BRIDGET EMUMWEN
CORTLANDT MANOR, NY 10567
Tel: 914-***-****
Email: Bemumwen@gmail>com
PROFILE: A highly motivated and experienced finance professional, with a
good knowledge of finance procedures and regulatory corporate compliance.
Results-driven team player with excellent communication skills.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Financial reporting and analysis SEC Reporting &
Compliance UAT Testing
Account Valuation Accounts
reconciliation BS and P&L Reconciliations
Budget / Variance Analysis Management Reporting
Internal Control
Accrual and Cash Accounting General ledger analysis,
Advanced excel skills
Database Management Month End Closings
Lead business Continuity
New York University, New York, NY
01/2014 - Present
Professional Certificate in Project Management and Information Technology
in progress
Pace University, Lubin School of Business, New York, NY
01/2010 - 12/ 2013
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Financial Management and
Information Systems, (dual concentration) GPA 3.42
EMPLOYMENT:
Financial/MIS Consultant, ( For Profit and Nonprofit clients) New York, NY
03/2014 - Present
. Adapt skills to clients needs, identify opportunities through needs
based analysis and provide tailor-made creative solutions.
. Manage Project scope, delivery (presentations and contributions),
risks, cost and profitability.
. Report on budgets, track project spend, actuals, analyze variance-to-
budget, research resulting variances.
. Pull, organize, run reports and analyze data as requested by client's
management.
Senior Hedge Fund Accountant, Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation
(HSBC), New York, NY 04/2007 - 12/ 2012
. Acted as point of contact for clients, and transitioned Fund Manager
resulting in 120 million dollar AUM account retention.
. Performed full-cycle accounting and valuation analyses for complex
stand alone, on-and-off shore hedge funds and fund of funds, including
preparing financial statements, portfolio reconciliations, and
analyzing fixed and variable expense reports.
. Analyzed consolidated operating financial results for funds using
extensive understanding of accounting rules and standards to assess
P&L, balance sheet and partnership accounts.
. Reviewed monthly reconciliations of cash and position, NAVs, fund
managers compensation and monthly journal entries.
. Managed daily operations of junior accountants to ensure near-perfect
quality performance, with consistent time delivery rates of above 98%
in portfolio reconciliations.
. Ensured fund transactions on equities, futures, options,
swaps/forwards complied with legal regulations.
. Substantiated and validated balance sheet items, analyzed and
investigated the output of P&L reporting risk measures.
. Compiled KPIs, exceptions report and other monthly industry reports
for senior management addressing P&L trends.
. Contributed to managing due diligence efforts using extensive
knowledge of bank regulations, KYC and AML laws.
. Developed and managed extensive financial relationships (clients,
counterparty banks, brokers, fund managers and auditors).
. Liaised with IT and Product Development for system upgrades including
UAT/regression testing, release reviews, of Advent Geneva and Advent
PARTNER and other operational procedures.
. Updated and streamlined unit's reconciliation procedures and swaps
processing guide, achieving a 70% error reduction rate.
EDUCATION:
New York University, New York, NY
01/2014 - Present
Professional Certificate in Project Management and Information Technology.
Pace University, Lubin School of Business, New York, NY
December 2013
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Financial Management and
Information Systems, (dual concentration).
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Bachelor of Science Honors in Finance.
SKILLS:
Technical: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Access,
Word, and Outlook); Database management tools (for data mining, research
and information retrieval); Invest One (Mutual Fund); Advent Partner,
Advent Geneva (hedge Fund); Kondor, TLM, Bloomberg, and Budgeting systems;
knowledge of SQL and Statistical Analysis using @Risk and StatPro.