Sharmin Carter, CPA * Colonial Rd

347-***-****/ad1zzl@r.postjobfree.com Scarsdale, NY 10583

Columbia Business School Executive Education: Chief Financial Officer Program (April 2023 - March 2024) EXPERIENCE:

Community Preservation Corp. (Affordable Housing Real Estate Mortgage Lending), NY, NY Nov 2022 – Current Vice President, Controller

Manage the day-to-day accounting functions including accounts payable, billing/collections, payroll, treasury management, and general ledger accounting.

Oversee all GL accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.

Prepare the company's management reporting and external financial statements and disclosures, including providing relevant information for investor communications and the audit committee.

Work with the FP&A team to support the creation of budgets and forecasts, including long term strategic plans.

Ensure the integrity of the financial process and the accuracy of the financial statements, tax, regulatory, and management performance reports.

Maintain internal controls system, recommend areas for improvement for both financial and operational areas, and establish new accounting policies and procedures when needed.

Responsible for maintaining all investor reporting related to CPC’s public S&P rating and supporting the CFO and Chief Investment Officer in all capital raising efforts.

Supervise staff of 5. Ensure that they are trained, developing and performing to the best of their abilities. Bank of Ireland, NY, NY & Stamford, CT (Commercial Real Estate Lending) Jun 2019 – Nov 2022 US Financial Controller

Managed accounting functions on a day-to-day basis including accounts payable, payroll, treasury management, and general ledger accounting.

Oversaw and own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes including detailed analysis and reconciliation of all general ledger accounts and preparation of financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards.

Reviewed month-end journal entries, account/bank reconciliations and support schedules for various legal entities.

Prepared and presented revenue and expense analysis’ (i.e. KPIs) to Senior Management.

Maintained lease accounting for multiple leases/subleases: cash collection, rent escalation and tax payments, etc.

Guide the preparation, review, and submission of regulatory report filings with the regulatory bodies (i.e., FFIEC 002, FR 2644, FR2900, FRY-14, etc.).

Directed the year’s budgeting process and evaluate business performance against quarterly/yearly budget.

Eased error rates and mitigate risk through the adoption of appropriate controls, process documentation, cross training, and process improvements.

Developed internal controls system, recommended areas for improvement for both financial and operational areas, and established new accounting policies and procedures.

Provided leadership, support, and develop to the accounting team of 4. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (Family Office), NY, NY Jan 2016 – Jun 2019 Vice President, Controller & Treasurer

Performed bookkeeping, financial statements and tax preparations for commercial real estate owned properties.

Reviewed and reconciled cash collections for real estate properties and liaison with property management offices.

Oversaw the books and records for the family office management company, investment partnership, trusts, and other family entities.

Analyzed and reconciled monthly bank, tenants and brokerage statements for family office and real estate entities.

Oversaw the day-to-day operations of the accounting department and ensured timely monthly closings.

Updated, documented, and maintained adequate and effective internal controls over systems & financial reporting.

Prepared annual budget and quarterly forecast updates.

Prepared bank Call Report (FFIC 041) and quarterly/yearly filings with NYS Department of Financial Services, SEC, and other regulatory agencies.

Worked with outside counsel and reviewed and signed off on escrow and investment management agreements.

Maintained cash balances, bank relationships and intercompany accounting with Parent company. Assure treasury functions are maintained so that cash utilization is optimized.

Coordinated and oversaw year-end financial audits with internal and external auditors (Eisner, DFS, SEC, NYS).

Assisted outside tax preparers with tax return filings and state & local sales/use tax filings.

Oversaw Human Resources and payroll functions.

Supervised staff of 7.

Sizmek Technologies, Inc., NY, NY Jul 2014 – Aug 2015 Controller (Company relocated the Accounting Department to Israel in August 2015)

Oversaw the daily accounting functions.

Prepared and analyzed consolidated domestic and foreign financial statements and related footnotes.

Prepared the Company’s SEC Forms 10Q, 10K and annual report using XBRL.

Managed and oversaw the external financial reporting process by working with business unit controllers.

Prepared and coordinated presentations for the Company’s quarterly earnings call.

Assisted with the due diligence for acquisitions of new companies and worked with the legal/investment teams to structure the investment transactions and bring their account balances to our general ledger.

Maintained lease accounting for multiple leases and subleases including deferred rent and tax payments.

Provided support for tax related matters, including the preparation of income tax returns. Also prepared the Company’s quarterly estimated tax provisions reported in the Company’s financial statements.

Prepared annual budgets and forecasts; provided monthly variance analysis.

Coordinated and oversaw quarterly and year-end SOX and financial audits with external and internal auditors.

Supervised staff of 6. Worked with each direct report to establish performance goals and objectives. AIG Global Real Estate, NY, NY (Real Estate Management & Investments) Oct 2009 – Jul 2014 Financial Reporting Manager

Prepared consolidated financial statements and footnotes (US and International) for AIG Global Real Estate.

Prepared quarterly analytics to support stand-alone and consolidated financial statements.

Prepared, booked, and reconciled monthly intracompany and intercompany eliminations entries.

Prepared quarterly consolidated SI schedules to support AIG, Inc.’s 10Q, 10K and other SEC filings.

Reviewed quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for various legal entities.

Prepared regulatory reporting schedules for multiply legal entities.

Oversaw Company’s investment activities and prepared quarterly NAV adjustments for investments.

Maintained the books and records for AIG Global Asset Management Holdings Corp.’s equity investments.

Assisted AIG Tax with quarterly/yearly tax provisions.

Prepared daily cash flash reports and weekly liquidity reports.

Coordinated and assisted with year-end audits with internal audit.

Established, maintained and enforced strong internal controls to ensure compliance with SOX 404. Pomona Capital (A Division of ING Investments), NY, NY Nov 2006 - Oct 2009 Assistant Controller

Managed and administered private equity funds with total assets of approximately $2 billion.

Ensured compliance with partnership agreement provisions (including adherence to investment guidelines and calculation of carried interest) and other legal/tax requirements.

Prepared quarterly and annual financial statements including FAS157 disclosure.

Played key role in year-end audit.

Reviewed and prepared capital calls, distributions schedules and quarterly IRR and waterfall calculations.

Prepared over 300 partnership K1s.

Prepared required schedules to support parent company’s SEC quarterly filings.

Assisted investors with queries regarding investment performance and tax questions.

Prepared bank loan covenant compliance reporting package on a quarterly basis.

Developed internal controls system, recommended areas for improvement both financial and operational, and established new accounting policies and procedures.

Supervised staff of 6.

EDUCATION: City University of New York, Baruch College/BBA, Accounting

: Columbia Business School Executive Education: Advanced Financial Statement Analysis Certificate LICENSES: Certified Public Accountant, State of New York Notary Public, State of New York

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Hyperion, SAP, NetSuite, Sage, Great Plains, Peachtree, Timberline, QuickBooks, Workiva, Investran, Concur, Strategy, XBRL

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