KAREN SANCHO-PERSAD

***-** ******* ******, ******** Hill, 11419 ) 917-***-**** * ad13z9@r.postjobfree.com

A detail and results oriented accounting professional. Strong audit and cash flow management expertise for multi-billion dollars accounts in the Financial Services & Public Accounting industry. Able to collaborate effectively across diverse departments, managing information to ensure company’s goals are achieved. CPA candidate.

Budget & Forecasting Profit / Loss Mgmt Mortgage-Backed Securities Mgmt

Pricing & Costing Credit Default Swaps Operational Fund Mgmt

Tax – Corp & Individual Financial Audits Financial Analysis

CBRE –New York, NY Feb 2020 -Apr 2020

Senior Fund Accountant

Generated and reviewed financial statement packages accordance to GAAP, IFRS, & FASB

Prepared financials adhering to Client Accounting Policies & Procedures (CAPP) to ensure internal/external reporting are consistently met.

Assisted in management and client responses to resolve issues from transactional and P&L issues etc.

EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST INC. -New York, NY Mar 2019 – Dec 2019

Senior Corporate Accountant

Review expense coding and amounts

Prepare monthly variance and corresponding reports to the Executive Management & Partial Board of Directors

Post monthly journal entries including period-end accruals

Prepare detailed monthly/quarterly workpapers

Prepare and record corporate allocations

Analyze and approve corporate charge card activity (Corporate Card Administrator)

Perform account reconciliations, roll forwards, and prepare supporting schedules

Provide support for internal and external audits

Assist with the annual budget, periodic reforecast and quarterly variance analysis

NYS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES –New York, NY 2018

Financial Services Examiner

Monitor financial services activities according to the NYS statutory guidelines for the agency

Review & analyze supportive documentation such as transactions, operations, and data with state compliance laws

Liaison with consumers and financial services firms in resolving problems & complaints

Interpreting program guidelines and regulations as well as routine verifications

PALM CONSULTING - Bronx, NY Dec 2008 – 2018

Accountant/Analyst

Maintained the accounting transactions according to GAAP for an expediting company

Processed account receivables and payables with forecasting budgetary models

Managed and reconcile bank accounts with excellent time management skills

Invoiced and billed payment requisitions for credit analysis

General ledger analysis and monthly input of financial statements into systems

Communicated with Clients and ad hoc projects

STATE STREET CORPORATION-IFS -New York, NY Jul 2007 – Dec 2008

A top tier financial services provider to institutional investors with over $11.3 Trillion NAV (Net Asset Value) under management providing custodial services for Mutual Funds, Pension Plans and International Investment Mgmt.

Senior Associate Accountant

Supervised 4 staff members responsible for final NAV reporting valued for funds with projected annual AUM (Asset Under Management) growth from $1.5B to $2.5B

Maintained book of accounts for hedge fund domestic limited partnerships

Responsible for daily cash & portfolio reconciliation (including equities, bonds, credit default swaps, options, foreign exchanges, futures)

Managed processing of trade-related transactions and corporate actions overseeing operational activities

Daily posting of accounting entries to the general ledger and expense accruals calculations

Computation of management and incentive fees with supporting schedules

Maintained capital accounts for all partners, both on economic basis and based on US tax principles

Reviewed and validate the partner/shareholder allocation calculations, including management and incentive fee calculations

Researched and resolved differences between accounting and trade entry systems

Prepared monthly and annual close financial statements preparation according to GAAP

Liaison with external & internal auditors- SAS 70, SOX, IFRS under SEC and Banking compliant rulings such as liquidity risks

IDEAL TAX CONSULTANTS, INC. -West Babylon, NY Sep 2006 – Jul 2007

A Leading Long Island Consulting, Tax, Accounting, and Audit CPA firm.

Senior Tax Accountant

Prepared personal & corporate federal, state, and local income tax filings

Completed excise, trust, gift, and payroll taxes

Reviewed tax depreciation calculations and income tax estimates

Worked with federal tax forms W-2, W-4, 1099’s - (Misc, Interest, Dividend), 1096, 1098’s - (Mortgage, E, T), 4868, 5498 etc

MARGOLIN, WINER & EVENS, LLP. -Garden City, NY Nov 2005 – Aug 2006

A Leading Long Island Mid-Sized Consulting, Tax, Accounting, and Audit CPA firm.

Senior Auditor

Audited firm’s largest billion dollars Fund-of-Fund, Hedge Fund and Private Equities clients

Assisted in financial statements preparation, client service planning, materiality risk assessment with engagement team

Worked in firms audit program referencing confirms, client request lists, lead sheets, work paper schedules, test of transactions, and price/income risks testing via Bloomberg terminal

Maintained work plan schedules for each assignment

Prepared K-1 Schedules in Limited Partnership returns, FinCen, ASC 740 -Fin 48

Calculated M1’s, M2’s & M3’s schedules in Partnership’s Balance Sheet and Income statements

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. -Armonk, NY Nov 2004 – Aug 2005

A mid-sized corporation providing global financial services including information management, analysis, trading, accounting reporting, and compliance with an accumulation of $16 Billion in assets.

Staff Accountant

Responsible for the monthly reporting of back-office hedge funds accounting

Prepared daily/monthly reconciliation of client’s financial statements with systematic customized reports

Verified for accuracy trades, accruals, partners’ income allocation, management fees, and capital balances for monthly/quarterly reporting Trial Balance and Income

EDUCATION

ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY – Queens, NY

Bachelor of Science – FINANCE

Associate of Science – ACCOUNTING

SOFT/COMPUTER SKILLS

Analytical, Account Payable, Account Receivables, Budgeting, Payroll, Corporate and Personal Taxes, Supervised, and Managed Staff.Yardi, Sharedpoint, Bloomberg, Reuters, Advisor Ware, ADP, Prosystem fx Engagement, Prosystem fx Tax, Turbo Tax, DST, Invest One, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Minitab, Great Plains, Lotus Notes, Quickbooks, Accpac, IFS –Inhouse software suite-(Actuate, Mosiki, GPS Gui, Caliber, Transaction Management, Tman and ISS) Fund E-Z and Geneva.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTX

First Time Supervisor/Manager- Fred Pryor, Anti-Money Laundering & Fraud Cont’d Ed. Pursuing Series 7 & 63.

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS

Long Island Association - Committee for Women in Accounting, Member of NYSSCPA, SCO Family of Services volunteer, New York Cares, Fire Searcher, and VITA

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