ANTON PHILLIPS, MBA

773-***-**** • ad33e4@r.postjobfree.com • Chicago, IL 60615

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Self-motivated, dedicated and reliable professional with experience in team collaboration, accounting, research, analysis, preparation and submission of accurate documentation requiring attention to detail.

Software: MS Office, EXP AG, CorpTax, Oracle, Great Plains, FIS Transfer Agency, Enterprise, Quickbooks.

EDUCATION

MBA, University of Illinois at Chicago, 12/2016

• CPA eligible, will sit for CPA exam

B.S., Business Administration, University of North Carolina – Fayetteville State University, 12/2012

EXPERIENCE

Staff Accountant,Connect Search Chicago, IL 9/2023- 12/2023

• Maintain accrual basis general ledger accounts for numerous stabilized and non-stabilized Funds

• Reconcile Fund’s bank statements on a monthly basis investigating and resolving all reconciling items.

• Completion of quarterly cash flow statements and monthly reconciliation of inter-company accounts.

• Prepare thorough work papers and financial statements consistent with department standards for quarterly reporting and annual, year-end audit reporting

Staff Accountant, Beacon Hill Chicago, IL 11/2022- 9/2023

• Prepare financial reports

• Performs grant award and pledge reconciliations

• Creates journal entries

Staff Accountant, Robert Half, Chicago, IL 05/2022- 11/2022

• Prepare financial reports

• Performed credit card and bank account reconciliations with Quickbooks

• Created journal entries with Quickbooks

Analyst (Contractor), Northern Trust Corporation Association (Rose International), Chicago, IL 11/2021 – 04/2022

• Process and quality check transactions through internal systems, to regulatory and client standards.

• Reconcile general ledger accounts.

Staff Accountant, Connect Search, LLC., Chicago, IL 03/2021 – 11/2021

• Inputs and verifies entries to the general ledger.

• Assists in preparing financial statements and reports.

• Reconciles budget variance and capital expenditure report.

Control Reconciliation Representative, Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc., Chicago, IL 01/2020 – 01/2021

• Produce reports disseminating monetary values/share counts for Harbor Funds and State Street Bank (custodian).

• Perform daily reconciliation of open-end mutual fund business between the transfer agency and custodian bank.

• Research and resolve out-of-balance items with custodian bank to ensure balance of transfer agency’s records.

• Audit performance of Harbor Funds monthly with trial balance and fund performance data thru N-Port.

• Research, analyze and resolve any imbalance related to fund values and/or share counts within a timely manner.

• Reconcile the department’s subscription, redemption, NSCC, and tax DDAs.

• File quarterly tax returns and make monthly state tax payments using Oracle software

Associate Accountant, Northern Trust Corporation, Chicago, IL, 07/2017 – 01/2020

• Determined Net Asset Value (NAV) for defined contribution plans on a daily basis.

• Evaluated and reconciled funds (mutual, benchmark, commingled, collective) for client month-end reports.

• Analyzed transactions, income positions, accruals, and corporate actions on portfolio investment options.

• Audited and resolved exceptions on assigned accounts based on procedures within scheduled timeframes.

• Assisted in the timely preparation of reports and financial statements in accordance with GAAP

• Recorded and responded to partner and client inquiries resolving exceptions related to accounts

• Value funds on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis; provided client portfolio and 5500 reporting.

Staff Accountant, Professional Convention Management Association (Accounting Principals), Chicago, IL

06/2017 - 07/2017

• Completed monthly account reconciliations, trial balances, general ledgers; ensured proper posting of journal entries.

• Prepared and monitored month-end process for timely completion.

Tax Intern, Illinois Tool Works, Corporate Headquarters (Fortune 200 Company), Glenview, Il, 01/2017 – 05/2017

• Prepared 60+ U.S. Forms 8858 for disregarded entities and Forms 5471 for controlled foreign corporations.

• Prepared 905(c) adjustments for Schedule J of U.S. Form 5471; updated amount sourcing using Corptax software.

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