Management Financial Analyst

Shai Attas, MBA, CPA (Isr)

Cell: 212-***-****

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PROFESIONAL SUMMARY

Ambitious, detail-oriented and collaborative senior financial professional skilled at balancing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines under pressure. Adapts quickly to challenges and changing environments.

WORK HISTORY

Senior Financial Analyst, Royal Bank of Canada CM IT, New York, NY 07/2014-Present

Perform actual to budget/forecast variance analysis for US overall Capital Markets travel & entertainment, cellular and market data expenses

Produce financial models, graphs and reports regarding trends, variances and performance measurements

Prepare financial presentations and recommendations to upper management including CFO and CEO

Lead all aspects of fiscal year planning process to formulate capital and operating plan

Code all US IT Capital Markets based invoices, including professional, maintenance, software license, legal and events fees for over 20 business centers

Perform financial planning, project accounting and cost allocations for over 20 business centers and multiple projects

Active project manager of two projects based in the US

Upload, reconcile and maintain headcount information to a worldwide resources management tool

Streamlined the IT finance environment, implementing control processes for financial analysis and headcount management

Senior Financial Analyst (Consultant), Citigroup, New York, NY 03/2013-07/2014

Planned and designed a new failed and suspense trades reconciliation process between Citigroup’s General Ledger and over 50 global entities

Developed a new three tier net down process of failed trades, resulting in a balance sheet gross reduction of $70M a month

Optimized balance sheet liquidity and minimized capital reserve costs while developing accurate controls and audit measures

Created and maintained precise and accurate models, charts and financial reports

Senior Financial Analyst (Consultant), Bank Of New York, Wilmington DE 07/2012-01/2013

Conducted accounting system conversion by ensuring financial data in one system corresponded to data in a second system

Calculated income and expense accruals

Calculated and compared monthly Fund of Funds NAV calculations in two accounting system

Oversaw capital activity process, ensuring accurate and timely processing of all capital activity transactions including P&L allocation

Risk Service Analyst (Consultant), Investor Analytics, New York, NY 08/2011-05/2012

Conducted client onboarding with the financial engineering and client services teams to deploy and support risk services

Observed, corrected and standardized clients’ feeds by using Oracle SQL for over 50 clients

Ensured the company’s financial data base resembled Bloomberg’s database for stocks, fixed income, futures, options and other instruments

Developed a control that captured corporate actions for the entire shares within the portfolio of the company’s clients

Financial Analyst (Consultant), Citco, Jersey City, NJ 12/2010-08/2011

Implemented TLM reconciliation software by integrating information from AEXEO Explorer and prime broker’s statements

Gathered prime broker’s data and led IT team to map it to the correct accounts

Improved the month-end NAV calculation

Calculated management, performance and administration fees for various clients

Senior Fund Accountant, HSS N.A., New York, NY 10/2007-08/2010

Prepared and reviewed daily and monthly NAV for hedge funds and fund of funds

Performed monthly complex master-feeder equalization accounting allocation of PNL including calculation of management, incentive fees and loss carry forward

Reconciled the fund’s daily cash, positions, corporate actions, dividends and interest accruals

Ensured all expenses were accrued on time and in accordance with US GAAP

Worked closely with the investor service department to reconcile monthly capital transactions and the investor Registry

Product knowledge included equities, bonds, futures, swaps, options, cds, abs and FX

Senior Fund Accountant, BISYS, New York, NY 05/2006-10/2007

Prepared monthly financial NAV packages for multiple private equity funds and hedge funds

Calculated and booked month-end expenses including management, incentive and administration fees

Processed corporate actions including splits, reverse splits and dividends

Monitored and reconciled all daily cash and trade transactions, dividends payable and receivable

Certified Public Accountant, Tel Aviv CPA Firm, Tel Aviv, Israel 02/2000-04/2006

Performed financial audits to ensure that financial statements were fairly presented

Compiled accounts and computed value of liabilities, assets, balances and other financial instruments

Verified documentation and computation of tax obligation

Managed internal audits and Sarbanes-Oxley audits

Performed tests of internal controls to ensure effectiveness

Prepared management reports on audit findings regarding the state of the company's record keeping systems and financial health

Actively managed and mentored a team of three accountants in all aspects

EDUCATION

MBA (Executive), Hariot Watt University (British University), Tel Aviv, Israel

Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting Major), The College of Management, Tel Aviv, Israel

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Microsoft® Office (expert in Excel), Access, Oracle SQL, Bloomberg, Geneva, Advent Partner, TLM, SAP Business objects, Lotus Notes, RMT, MIA, PWA, EITS

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English and Hebrew

Beginner in Spanish

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