LAURA SIMOES SRIVASTAVA

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Stamford, CT 06902

Phone: 475-***-****

ad2n75@r.postjobfree.com

A professional analyst with 12+ years of business acumen in the core attributes of Treasury, Finance, Financial Accounting, and Fund Accounting.

DECEMBER 2006 TO JUNE 2023

My stay at Kenmar ended in December 2006, being transient due to the economic downturn. I spent the ensuing years training and working as a volunteer with Westchester Hospice in White Plains, NY, and Greenwich Hospital, CT.

In mid-2010, I had an accidental, treacherous fall from a height of 15 feet, which damaged my lumbar and cervical spine. I was unable to stand or walk, lingering bedridden for approximately 4 to 5 years with intensely agonizing and unbearable pain. My ability to fight this pain drained me of all the energy I could mobilize, making it a futile effort that further debilitated my physical condition.

Finally, upon my orthopaedic physician’s recommendation (Yale Spine Center), I entered a nursing facility in 2016 to begin my healing journey and rehabilitation since my balance mechanism was rampantly warped; this resulted in numerous falling episodes causing irreversible injury, most of which exists in the lumbar region.

My only recourse, according to medical science, is intensive, major surgery consisting of total reconstruction of the lumbar spine. Understandably, such a procedure does not emanate without its imperilling and jeopardizing side effects, including excessive bleeding, paralysis, vision problems, etc., to name a few!

Fortunately, my humane sanctuary and sanity exist in the freedom to rationalize and unravel the intuitive and meditative expressions I hold dear to my heart. It is total abandonment and surrender to my Creator that finally harmonizes to liberate such resolutions while manifesting the ultimate truth.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KENMAR INC., Rye Brook, NY January-December 2006

An investment company, investing in U.S. Public Funds and Offshore Funds

FUND ACCOUNTANT

Refined a unique process of reconciliation and analysis of Kenmar’s 17 weekly and monthly U.S. Public Funds.

This incorporated a paradigm that reinforced the positive and/or negative growth pattern of each fund.

Streamlined the unification of routine preparation of Financial Schedules, ensuring timely verification of data for Kenmar’s 10-Q and 10-K Reports for all U.S. Public Funds.

Designed an automated process to promote classification in monthly reporting of the Schedule of Investments for all U.S. Public Funds.

Using pivot tables, contributed to the precision of data presentation compared with the existing manual, error-prone procedure. It launched a unified management solution, saving precious time and reducing errors to zero.

My achievement was instrumental as a tool in its application by key team members.

Established the systematic and cost-effective processing in validating Brokers’ commissions and incentive fees.

Assumed capacious responsibility to monitor reconciliation and verification of Month-end financial reports sent to subscribers of U.S. Public Funds. The data represented the Beginning/Ending Net Asset Value and Rate of Return and was an integral component of enhancing investor relations with value-added service.

Assisted in the preparation of internal management reporting to elucidate the key functional efficiency of Unit Net Asset Values for U.S. Public Funds.

Monitored daily verification of margin calls to related funds’ Cash and Trading accounts, emphasizing the accuracy of information as reported by Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS).

Evaluated exposure of Cash requirements for Kenmar’s investment accounts and initiated appropriate scheduling of wire transfers with UBS.

CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS, Stamford, CT May-November 2005

A telecommunications company

REVENUE ACCOUNTANT, Carrier Access Billing System (CABS)

Actively engaged in the CABS Revenue close - monthly, quarterly and year-end.

Prepared monthly CABS journal entries and defined areas of Revenue that indicated additional requirements for reconciliation or further intervention of journal entries.

Illustriously demonstrated the ability to define Revenue accounts on the Balance Sheet, reconciling those that indicated volatile performance and those that displayed a marked increase in CABS Revenue.

Analyzed monthly revenue and assisted with perspicuity in the preparation of variance analysis for internal management, reporting and audit.

Worked with internal and external auditing firms to coordinate closing activities and establish procedures to improve reporting, conforming to Company guidelines.

IBM CORPORATION, Somers, NY May 2000-June 2002

Manufacturer of computer hardware, personal computers and software

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT, Asia Pacific Personal Systems Group (PSG)

Delivered financial results for Asia Pacific’s PSG monthly, quarterly and year-end activity.

This paraphrased an expansion of accounting data and analysis of Asia Pacific’s PSG performance, augmenting to equate comparative measurement in semblance with historical monthly, quarterly and year-end data.

Effectuated measures to demarcate the unique attributes of Revenue Estimation and Gross Profit rationale, outlining volatility in key areas of major focus.

Revolutionized segmentation of variables within Asia Pacific’s PC brand analysis, redefining the semblance of data to conform to current demand factors and ongoing result-oriented analysis required by IBM internal management.

Pioneered an in-depth review of Asia Pacific’s PSG Balance Sheet at month-end. This factored in a qualitative and quantitative perspective, with strategic emphasis on key operating accounts, i.e., Accounts Receivable and Inventory. The financial contribution of such analysis attributed an extensive qualification, delivering a dissection of critical Balance Sheet accounts to internal management and exposing variances in fluctuating data.

Harmonizing the arguments for control along with related measures to improve inconsistencies in reporting, captured the integral synthesis of this function.

Facilitated refinement of the monthly Financial Package to instrumentally measure and address enhanced reporting techniques and analysis.

This project enforced a nonpareil integration of Asia Pacific’s PSG functioning, revolutionizing to capture innovative reporting and analysis, targeting internal management.

OPTUS COMMUNICATIONS, Sydney, Australia February 1985-June 1994

A telecommunications company, including satellites

FINANCIAL PLANNING ANALYST July 1992-June 1994

Developed a model to forecast working capital, essentially to monitor the monthly requirement of Cash. This model reinforced assimilating the components of working capital and its relationship to future Cash.

Supported the Planning team in the development of the Company’s annual Divisional Plan. This function calibrated the essential guidelines of forecasting, assisting internal sub-divisions in the feasibility of their opportune, augmented planning, both short-term and long-term. It mitigated an enterprise commitment to the delivery of statistics and data to Company executives.

Endeavored in the production and reporting of the Company’s financial performance at month-end to executives and internal management. The components of the financial package assembled accounting data and analysis that served as an invaluable tool for management. It enforced an ingrained measure of critical diagnosis, applying effective strategies that attributed improved techniques of growth within areas of weakness in performance.

Designed a model to capture financial analysis of competitor companies in the Communications industry for inclusion in the month-end financial reporting package. Optus was a major player in the local industry. However, it was essential to extrapolate key financial ratios for foreign companies, indicative of their interpretation and potential risk to Optus. The model exhibited such risk, rendering its presence in the reporting package an instrumental factor.

TREASURY ANALYST June 1985-July 1992

Managed the daily distribution of short-term cash in the Money Market, applying the investment of surplus funds or calling funds if a shortfall was imminent.

Implemented a user-friendly system to ensure the availability of cash to endorse various engineering projects. This system reinforced effective communication between the Treasury and Engineering, propelling its coherence through sustained validation of information and constructive utilization.

Organized the weekly sale of Promissory Notes. This was overseen by negotiating bids from participating banks and closing on the optimal price received. The Company required the sale of these Notes essentially to fund a significant portion of their Australian Dollar debt, totalling AUD 850m.

Streamlined management of interest rate risk through the use of Bank Bill Futures and Option Contracts. Levelling the risk of AUD 850 million was a sizeable and responsible position I coveted, realizing a net profit of approximately AUD 12 million for the Company, vested within 4 out of 6 years.

Contributed to a sustained team effort in managing foreign exchange risk for Third Currencies by the use of Forward Contracts. This involved timely negotiations with the Engineering team, applying a systematic trail of foreign currency contracts for engineering equipment and their phase-out payment schedule.

Such a system provided the basis for the assessment of potential exposure to Third Currencies, thereby ensuring an optimum degree of accuracy in managing risk.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

ADVANCED MODULE FOR CPA STUDY June 1996

Pace University, Lubin School of Business

White Plains, NY

MASTER OF SCIENCE (ACCOUNTING) June 1996

Bentley College, Boston/Pace University, NY

MASTER OF BUSINESS (BANKING & FINANCE) December 1993

University of Technology

Sydney, NSW, Australia

DIPLOMA IN APPLIED FINANCE December 1990

CERTIFICATE IN FINANCIAL MARKETS December 1988

Securities Institute of Australia

Sydney, NSW, Australia

COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Word, Excel

PROFESSIONAL: Member – Australian Society of Corporate Treasurers, Sydney, Australia, since November 1992.

Member – Institute of Management Accountants, Montvale, NJ, since November 2001.

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