General Ledger Accounting Analyst

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE PROFESSIONAL

A proficient and highly skilled accounting and finance professional with 25 years of experience in: reconciliations, general ledger, cash posting, managing investment portfolios, audit preparation, building client relationships, data analysis, interpersonal communication, and administrative services.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

American Bible Society October 2022 – October 2023

Investment Accounting Analyst Philadelphia, PA

Perform month-end investment reconciliation and address variances

Perform month-end investment General Ledger (GL) accounts close

Work with custodian to create clean GL details for investment models

Journalize quarterly spending withdrawals

Assist with interfund transfer activity for Private Equity liquidity needs

Create and monitor capital activity schedules for timely release of funds

Prepare capital calls, cash distribution and support trades for stock distributions

Resolve data exceptions among fund managers, custodian, and consultant

Perform monthly and quarterly allocation for Defined Contributions and Ministry funds

Analyze and post changes in Net Assets and Fair Market Value

QUAD656 July 2021 – June 2022

Bookkeeper – Scala Inc King of Prussia, PA

Review open A/P aging weekly for invoices that need to be paid to vendors

Cut and deposit checks

Process Intercompany transactions

Review expense reports based on company guidelines

Review Amex Corporate Card expenses to ensure they are correctly coded per the chart of accounts

Aston Carter June 2020 - February 2021

Financial Analyst – Vanguard Bala Cynwyd, PA

Identify, capture, validate and process all effective corporate actions and dividends

Assists with report production and check processing related to Class Action filings

Resolves cash and asset reconciliation entitlement breaks

BNY Mellon February 2016 – December 2019

Sr. Rep Fund/Client Accountant, King of Prussia, PA

Responsible for transferring Mutual Fund entities from current IAS operation system onto Eagle Star Operating system. Reconciling any differences of accruals within the system, determining the correct information and relaying it to overseers of the project.

Research and process Corporate Actions/dividend events for Domestic and International Equity, Fixed Income Securities for Mutual Funds and Asset Backed Securities.

Work with a mix of Equity, Fixed Income, Money Market, Asset Backed Securities, relating to Mutual Funds conversion that holds both domestic and international assets.

Serve as a liaison between clients and internal technical groups to ensure delivery of small-scale projects

Manage communications with the business at a detailed functional level and discuss/resolve issues related to fund conversions

Provide guidance on business and technical subject matter to associates

Attend meetings, facilitate issues resolution, risk mitigation and supported various business teams

Facilitate testing preparation and operational procedures for test execution

Perform risk management to minimize conversion risks by adding items to the issue log

Researched new functionality for Eagle, IAX and InvestOne fund management systems

Maintain and validate various general ledgers and sub general ledgers for bond, equity and sector funds. Process general ledger entries and adjustments on a daily basis

Prepare and review trial balances for lot, security, rec pay, swaps, futures, forwards, tips, pay downs, IO’s, foreign currency and derivatives

BNY Mellon January 2014 - February 2016

Fund Accountant Wilmington, DE

Processed daily morning cash activity

Calculated daily NAV (net asset value)

Processed dividends, bond, international and option trades

Investigated and cleared discrepancies on cash reconciliation reports resolve position breaks

Supported investment and business teams

Worked on quarterly and annual audits

Updated interest rates variable interest securities.

Made G/L entries to re-class various income, unrealized/realized and gain/loss accounts

Randstad Finance & Accounting August 2013 - October 2013

A/R Accountant – Aramark Philadelphia, PA

Processed daily cash and wire deposits into Oracle R12.

Created receipts and applied cash in A/R sub-ledger system (Master Data Management).

Researched cash on account and credit memo activity.

Reconciled credit card payments. Made general ledger, journal entries and debit or credit memos as necessary.

EDUCATION

B.S. Peirce College, Philadelphia, PA

Degree in Business Administration-Management

B.S. Peirce College, Philadelphia, PA

Degree in Accounting

M.S. LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

Certificate in Fraud & Forensic Accounting

M.S. LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

Degree in Economic Crime Forensics

(Degree contingent upon completion of Capstone project)

Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society

Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office Suite, NetSuite, Great Plains, Oracle, QuickBooks, Eagle Star

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