Business Analyst World Class

Kaneta Metha-itti

Tel: 646-***-**** E-mail: ********@*****.*** Professional Summary Highly accomplished financial and accounting professional of leadership growth within the world-class business environments. Results-focused leader, motivating and inspiring teams of professionals to operate as cohesive units to achieve the timely completion complex business transactions to both front-line leaders and senior executives, utilizing advance knowledge of GAAP,IFRS, cost accounting, auditing, and taxation in public accounting and private sector. Experience NK Textile, New York, New York 2017 – Present CFO/ Controller/ Finance Business Analyst

· Collect and analyze data for business expansion and continue to test for business improvement by providing financial expertise in the planning of new services and the expansion of existing services promoting revenue growth by identifying specific business opportunities and coordinate with team members to produce a better usefulness outcome.

· Manage all financial functions of the company including cash flow, financial strategy, planning and analysis, reports, and the preparation of financial statements. Prepare taxes and report to local, state and federal entities in compliance with regulators and banking relationships.

· Develop an understanding of client’s industry, business, organization, processes and workflows in order to enhance financial models and provide a broad-range of financial and operational support.

·Provide the owner support for business planning, including assisting with development of business goals and operating measures of success on financial goals and objectives and make decisions regarding the company’s financial strategy and operations on various revenue streams and investment portfolio.

· Review and present regular financial results packages for management; analyzing performance against forecasts and operational metrics, as well as historical trends to executive team and Board of Directors with the key business success.

· Slash fixed and variable cost 50% by negotiating prices and fees, while continuing enhancement of services by recommending strategies to reduce operating costs and increase revenue, based on knowledge of market trends, financial reports, and industry operating procedures.

· Identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of existing processes and propose improvements to streamline the collection and accounting cycles and analyze daily operating results to ensure revenues, expenses, and labor are within budgeted objectives and advise department heads and administration of needed changes and improvements in a timely manner

· Keep current with new or revised regulatory agency and industry laws, regulations, and standards applicable to assigned areas and ensures that assigned activities comply with all requirements and regulations.

Market News Inc. / Deutsche Boerse Group. New York, 2009 – 2017 Business Partner/ Assistant Controller

·Provided quality analysis and reporting that generated insights into business trends by preparing a monthly flash and updating applicable reports to be distributed externally with a documentation to improve and control the procedures related to all operational areas legal entity standalone financial statements for operating entities in the US and overseas ensuring conformity with General Accepted Accounting Principal (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) at a timely manner.

· Worked with divisional and/or central contacts to aid in the preparation and consolidation of balances and disclosures within the financial statements and guide their team through the continuous review of financial data and reconciliations as needed to support the preparation of the standalone financial statements and regulatory reporting for the Firm and implement new solutions across the various Business Units.

· Supervised 6 team members and engaged and supported approximately 200 employees domestic and international in related to payroll and various benefits programs such as training and developments. Negotiated with providers which increased the bottom line of the company by 30%.

· Prepared internal reporting by summarizing plans and forecasts the organization’s financial position, including income statements, balance sheets, and analyses of future revenues, expenses and earnings.

and present to the Board Directors at quarterly meetings.

· Interpreted accounting regulations, analyze software contracts and document significant terms and accounting conclusions to ensure that revenue is recorded in compliance with Company’s revenue recognition policy and automated and maintained client account billing arrangements.

· Maintained the consolidation company financial structure in adherence to 10Q and 10K SEC reporting requirements which resulted a passing year- end audit and continuously improve control procedures.

· Participated in the Global monthly and quarterly meetings with the upper management team and business unit leaders as it relates to delinquent A/R review calls and revenue meetings. Preparing relevant information, analysis, and suggestions. Reviewed and enhancing billing, collection, and cash posting processes and recommending new processes to improve current work flow with the Controller on collection status, analysis, bad debt reserves, creating logs of communication with clients and work with client account manager sales in resolving and cash issues which results as a reduction on DSO from over 90 days to 54 days for 90% of the accounts.

· Served as the liaison on the financial audit and regulatory between organization and assisted in month end regulatory reporting post-closing process and monitored and evaluated the effects of communication to the Global team and resolved both internal and external customer issues within an appropriate action and alternatives when challenges arise.

H&R Block. Hoboken, New Jersey 2012 – Present

Senior Tax Advisor

· Review and evaluating the impact of any new tax laws, regulations or other authorities that affect existing products and services and working with the relevant business units to implement changes to approvals or guidelines necessary to comply with such new tax laws regulations.

· Ensure all regulations for 501c compliance are met, including the filing of the sales tax returns, annual form 550 and annuity reserve filings Payroll reports (W-2, 941s) are completed accurately and timely and oversee the filing requirements within the accounts payable area (W-9 and 1099s)

Lunaire, Inc., New York, New York 2003-2009

Accountant/ System Reporting Analyst

· Customized and generated various reports to assist in portfolio management, and translated sales into production once commitments were received from customers and negotiated agreement with vendors for a better service at a lower price points which increased the company bottom line by 35%.

Federated Department Stores, Inc., New York, New York 2000-2003

Business Analyst Manager

· Reviewed, Managed and approved manual entries & system interfaces to General Ledger, P&L and led the budgeting team in the distribution of month end and year end financial statements with monthly analysis and reporting of the company wide performance.

· Designed Financial statements in JD Edwards One World as a result of $1 Million dollars reduction in expenses by choosing a new data system provider. Ensured that inventories are accurately maintained which double the revenue in 3 year period.

Liz Claiborne Inc, New York, New York 1997-2000

Financial Analyst (1998 – 2000)

· Implemented the product distribution and strategies for various department stores on managing daily sales reports using RetailPro, Crystal Reports and Microsoft Excel which increased the revenue by 30%.

Inventory Controller (1997-1998) · Reconciled warehouse management system to the AS400 inventory system and ensured vendors supported proof of delivery and worked with vendors to provide monthly shortages.

Citibank N/A, Long Island City, New York 1995-1997

Information Center Manager (1995-1997)

· Visited and oversaw new technologies at Citibank Hong Kong, and transferred the knowledge to Citibank Thailand in building and set up LAN Network between the Information Center and 300 work station which allowed Citibank to conglomerate with Travelers.

Education:

New York University, Stern School of Business B.S., Finance/ Accounting 1995. MBA,1996, EA/ CPA Software Knowledge: CCH Prosystem FX, Lacerte Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Dynamics 365, SAP, Crystal Reports, Hyperion, AS 400, Retail Pro, QuickBooks,JD Edwards, EDI, Elite, Asana, Mas200, Epicor, GreatPlains, Marketplace, Etime, Paychex, ADP, RingCentral, Asana Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Thai

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