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Corporate Accountant

Location:
Pasadena, CA
Posted:
May 07, 2015

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Resume:

MICHELLE LARIOS

***************@*****.*** - 323-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 7 years of successful experience in accounting, cash analysis, cash

forecasting, and client relationship management.

. Manage credit facilities and debt issuances in excess of $1.9B

. Oversee and develop accounting process for parent company subsidiary

. Managed cash position of $2B company recommending investing and

borrowing decisions to executive management

. Managed a $10B fixed income portfolio of corporate trust accounts,

including convertible bonds

. Bilingual: Spanish proficiency; oral and written

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

G.P.A.: 3.67

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Corporate Finance and General Financial Management; Dean's Honor List

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Westlake Financial Services, Los Angeles, CA

2012 to Present

Corporate Accountant

. Supervise the reporting and management of credit lines and asset

backed securities including preparing servicer reports and interest

expense, to determine borrowing capacity- initiating, enhancing, and

maintaining bank relationships that have resulted in an industry low

cost of debt and industry high receivable advance rate

. Manage all daily funding requests, to meet daily cash needs and allow

the company to fund loans with industry leading speed

. Develop complete daily and monthly accounting reconciliation process

for a subsidiary of the company, implementing new policies and

procedures, which have served as a template for new subsidiary's

reporting

. Perform bank reconciliations, to ensure compliance with account use

and process - serving as the main point of contact for $275MM debt

warehouse facility

. Consolidated all financial reporting and developed in-depth footnotes

for all company debt, resulting in the company's first self-prepared,

third party audited, publicly reported financial statements

. Built and implemented the accounts receivable process to support

production of a now $42 million portfolio of credit lines

. Prepare and oversee month-end closing cycle to verify and approve

journal entries and provide final reconciliation of general ledger,

helping shorten month-end close lead time by over 50% from 8 to 3 days

Tetra Tech, Inc., Pasadena, CA

2007 to 2009

Treasury Analyst

. Communicated and coordinated daily with bank and operating divisions

to determine company cash position ranging from $50M - $100M

. Provided analysis and recommendations for consolidating banking

structure, investing and borrowing decisions, reporting to executive

management, decreasing banking and interest fees

. Audited rate reset, rollover and interest/fee due statements,

maintained debt schedules and prepared payments, ensuring company

compliance

. Completed monthly treasury accounting functions, including monthly

general ledger account reconciliation's and balance sheet analysis

The Bank of New York Mellon, Los Angeles, CA

2004 to 2007

Treasury Analyst

Successfully promoted within a year from Associate to Portfolio

Manager, structuring multi-million dollar deals for Fortune 500

companies

Calculated principal, interest and premium payments for tender offers,

redemptions and conversions

Conducted in-depth research of prospective clients, monitored and

enforced compliance covenants of documents, following federal laws and

regulations related to bond issues

Developed and maintained client relationships with issuers, counsel

and underwriter's, increasing revenue

Recipient of the Quality Recognition Award 2006 for employee of the

year



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