Accounting Management

Howard Unger

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(H): 718-***-**** (C): 917-***-****

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Financial Analyst

Possesses ~20 years of experience directing complex analysis and reporting processes for leading financial institutions. Improves the accuracy of accounting data for internal functions, clients, and regulatory officials using skills in talent management and software implementation. Effectively oversees international market operations and facilitates change in fast-paced environments. Has served on multiple internal technology and process improvement committees.

Accounting Capabilities

Financial Instrument Knowledge

Software Expertise

Profit/Loss Forecasting

Cash Flow Analysis

Auditing

Client Risk Exposure

Public/Investor Reports

Mergers/Acquisitions

Allocations

Hedge Funds

Mutual Funds

Foreign Exchange

Derivatives

Options

Mortgage/Corporate Bonds

Personnel Compensation/Bonuses

Microsoft Office

Lotus Notes

Advent Geneva

Hyperion Essbase

Bloomberg

SQL

Sungard Invest One

Professional Experience

The Bank of New York Mellon 2010-2015

Senior Consultant, Fund of Funds Custody Administration New York, NY

Oversaw the documentation of new hedge fund business, including subscriptions, transfers, and conversions. Responsible for resolving balance sheet concerns, including cash and trade settlement exceptions and settling open items and aged issues. Handled management ad-hoc requests.

Established new paperless trading submission processes over FTP with clients after six months of testing, which reduced errors from manual input while giving the bank final approval for the trade.

Cut the time from the initiation of the trade to execution and corporate action processes in half by working with a team to expedite the compliance department’s sign-off process.

Usage of proprietary data capture and reporting via Access and advanced Excel implementation.

Implemented streamlined department procedures for aged payment and trading items, including assigning responsibility and dealing with foreclosed and default institutions.

Handled all assigned trades from initiation to settlement inclusive of balance sheet and risk of all sign off processes and steps as per established inter-departmental internal controls.

Prepared and executed oversight documentation for management usage inclusive of the aggregate departmental litigation trading scenarios for the purposes of balance sheet cleanup.

Assisted and supported metrics for compensation reporting via the aggregate revenue stream framework.

GlobeOp Financial Services 2004-2009

Associate Manager, Client Services and Hedge Fund Administration Harrison, NY

Coordinated issue resolution operations for client and internal information systems in North American, European, and Asian markets. Prepared audits, monthly reviews, amortized expenses, profit/loss reports, portfolio holdings, allocations, semi-annual Advent Geneva testing, and client risk exposure identification. Participated in user and IT committees to develop new ideas. Supervised three to five staff members depending on the assignment.

Utilized better controls and procedures to significantly increase the efficiency of foreign equity dividends processing and corporate actions by enabling real-time updating for funds transfer pricing.

Preparation and daily usage of NAV for client reporting and compliance relative to established and agreed criteria within a global markets framework. Worked on and assisted in ad hoc queries.

Daily communication with dedicated and non-dedicated clients for resolution of issues and planning for period closes, audits (internal and external), process enhancements, and addition of new services.

Assisted with preparing public-reporting documents, inclusive of SEC filings for the Financial Accounting Standards Board and IAS and FAS compliance and worked on month end reporting.

Collaborated with a team to design a process for transferring real-time data from Bloomberg software to client statements, including security master data and other requested information for reporting purposes.

Assisted with establishing new guidelines via committee between users and IT for efficiencies and the betterment of the subsequent system versions. Guidelines would then be instituted in the UAT process.

Expedited the filing of compliance records by delegating tasks to teammates and instituting deadlines.

CitiCapital 2002-2003

Senior Consultant, Reconciliation and Accounting Control Mahwah, NJ

Completed general ledger and sub-ledger duties utilizing Oracle software. Supervised a team of two and trained staff in reconciliation and accounting control procedures. Reported weekly receivables/payables analysis for client balance risk determination to management.

Provided key support in the integration of Copelco Capital’s operations and records into the organization’s existing operations following an acquisition.

Facilitated the reduction of backlog by developing a way to use Microsoft Access to strip off data from digital sub-ledger invoices and filter it through Oracle software.

Financial analysis and reporting of global processes and efficiencies for various levels of management.

Monitoring and development of cost bases and refinement of methodology.

Assisted with Sungard Global Plus applications for data compilation and consolidation.

The Bank of New York 2001-2002

Senior Consultant, Mutual Funds Accounting Pleasantville, NY

Processed mortgage-backed and corporate bond funds and drafted consolidated reports for open receivables and collections viability. Acted as a liaison to custody administration to maintain payment due funds and trading records. Served on oversight and mutual fund migration committees.

Set up a common database between the custody and mutual fund analyst departments to reduce data distribution errors inclusive of extensive use of Excel and Powerpoint.

Developed an expense modeling formula that decreased fund expenses 5%.

Lehman Brothers 1994-2001

Senior Associate, Capital Markets and Legal Entity Control New York, NY

Analyzed and reported on customer flow production for capital markets, hedge fund transactions, and international business. Provided data on cash flow, inventory, valuation, and profit/loss while also developing accurate forecasts for firm personnel bonuses. Conducted profitability analysis to measure risk exposure. Supervised special projects and worked on the finance technology committee.

Served on a committee to improve the accuracy of projected trade sales revenue to the actual result.

Updated the user interface to include detailed reporting and analysis to benefit high-net-worth and institutional clients, leading to improved efficiency in allocating final trading revenues company wide.

Enhanced trader profit/loss control and balance sheet accrual accuracy by preparing financial statements and trade analysis for the fixed income division.

Education/Affiliation/Licenses

Former New York State Insurance Agent

CompTIA A+ Certification Course Completion

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Manhattan College

Member, Society of Accountants

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