Accountant

David Grado

**** ***** *****, ****** **** FL.****8

Cell: 352-***-**** – Email: ***********@*****.***

Accounting and Financial Experience

Real Estate Manager/Owner-Landlord (Self-Employed), New Jersey 2010-Sept 2015

Invested, maintained, and bought and sold three different, multi-unit residential real estate properties in towns throughout New Jersey.

Oversaw upgrades and improvements to the properties by working with a variety of sub-contractors that helped with new construction, installation of appliances, lawn and grounds care, and general maintenance upkeep.

Responsible for finding and showing the units to prospective tenants, conducting background checks on potential renters, collecting rent checks from tenants, responding to tenant concerns and issues, and overall maintenance of the properties.

Managed all accounting functions, property tax assessments and payments, paid and oversaw utilities for all of the units and assured properties met town regulations and building codes.

Day Trader (Personal Portfolio – Self-Employed), West Milford, NJ – 2009-Present

Buy and sell stock out of a private trading account.

Traded a multitude of other investments, including equity and mutual funds.

Vice President – Legal Entity Reporting, Credit Suisse, New York, NY – 2001-2009

(Multiple performance bonuses for quality and results)

Legal Entity Assistant Controller responsible for maintaining monthly and year-end general ledger controls for the America’s broker dealer a multi-billion dollar business unit of Credit Suisse and four special situation business units.

Additionally, Legal Entity Assistant Controller for the Credit Suisse Foundation Trust, the charitable organization of the firm, which included recording trading results from the firm endowment, maintaining all cash flows, bank reconciliations, and trading inventory, and providing financial reports for internal and external accounting and audit groups.

Managed a team of five professional accountants who assisted in legal entity reporting.

Reconciled, reviewed, and signed off on approximately 500 general ledger accounts on a monthly basis as part of the account ownership process, which included intercompany, cash, receivables, payables, equity, fixed assets, inventory, and intersystem.

Developed functionality to meet requirements for adoption under the Sarbanes Oxley Act – tasks that included defining functions, developing testing plans, performing tests, and documenting results.

Member of the merger team responsible for the integration of the Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette general ledger and job functions into Credit Suisse.

Created, reviewed, and managed the journal entry process for assigned legal entities and departments.

Provided timely financial information to directors of the financial control group and assisted in the preparation of monthly financial statements and monthly reporting packages for senior management.

Vice President – Corporate Reporting, Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, New York, NY – 1983-2001

(Was Assistant Supervisor, Supervisor, and Assistant Vice President)

(Multiple performance bonuses for quality and results)

Supervisor of the general ledger group for the broker-dealer entity, which included preparing and checking monthly journal entries, reviewing general ledger accounts, and preparing financial reports and analysis for senior management.

Managed a team of eight professional accountants who assisted in corporate reporting.

Balanced the general ledger daily and insured that all automated interfaces were merged into the general ledger each month, corrected suspense and intercompany breaks in a timely manner, and provided variance analysis and cash flow reports on a monthly basis or as requested.

Responsible for managing the monthly and year-end close of the general ledger for the broker-dealer.

Member of the general ledger project team responsible for converting the general ledger to the PeopleSoft platform.

Volunteer and Community Service

Tax preparer, pro-bono for friends and family

Member, Bear Education and Resource Program (BEAR Program)

Volunteer, Our Lady Queen of Peace Church (food pantry)

Participant, West Milford Beautification Day (3 years)

Education and Skill Development

Bergen County Community College, Paramus, NJ – 1980-1983

Pace University, New York, NY – 1983-1984

Accounting (Concentration: Corporate Accounting)

Maintained standing on Dean’s List across multiple semesters.

Accounting Workshops, attended multiple work enhancement workshops/classes throughout tenure at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette on topics including Excel, accounting software and computer systems, and general accounting practices.

Software Demonstrations, attended multiple demonstrations by accounting software developers/sellers across the country.

Computer Competencies

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlooks, QuickBooks, and PeopleSoft.

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