DONALD C. MCKAY
Frisco, Texas 75035
Cell: 214-***-****
*************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Extensive financial/accounting industry related experience, including “hands on” systems conversions. Exceptional communication skills, strong analytical skills, and ability to adapt and excel in a constantly changing corporate climate.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AVA CONSULTING – Dallas, TX
Special Project Consultant (Mr. Cooper/Nation Star Mortgage) 02/22– Current
Accounts Receivable (Asset Valuations) Reconciliation Project
COUNTRYPLACE MORTGAGE – Addison, TX 2019 – 12/21
Senior Accountant
Responsible for all Loan Related Accounting and Analysis
Full cycle accounting close and journal entries, Loan Vision GL
Balance sheet account reconciliations
Management reporting and ad hoc requests
Servicing accounting, including final interest calculations
FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE - Carrollton, TX 2017 - 2019
Senior Financial Analyst
Responsible for Financial Reporting in the Retail Finance area.
Corporate and Branch P&L preparation and analysis, AMB GL
Loan production analysis at branch level
Headcount reporting and analysis including operational efficiencies per FTE
Prepare and compile monthly and quarterly management reporting decks
eatZi’s MARKET & BAKERY – Plano, TX 2016 - 2017
Lead – Chef’s Case
Responsible for attending to store guests to create the ultimate food purchase experience.
Ensure that the Case is performing at an ultimate level.
Work with Floor Manager’s to ensure all performance standards are being met.
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA – Dallas, TX 2013 – 2015
Sr. Accountant – Debt
Responsible for accounting and analysis for warehouse facilities and structured securitizations, including, balance sheet and income statement analysis, month-end close, and preparation of ad hoc schedules at the request of accounting management. Extensive use of VLookups, HLookups and Pivot Tables.
Prepare journal entries for any and all debt related activities as needed.
Work closely with treasury and capital markets, on all debt related transactions for existing facilities on a daily and monthly basis.
Prepare analysis and journal entries required for P&L and balance sheet allocations, typically related to Chrysler activities.
Prepare reconciliations of assigned accounts, during and post close, to ensure variances to sub-ledger from general ledger were clear.
METLIFE Bank – Irving, TX 2002 – 2013
Sr. Supervisory Accountant
Managed accounting and financial analysis for warehouse mortgage loan portfolios totaling over $3 billion, and supervised 3 accountants. Managed intercompany conversion of People Soft General Ledger reporting to Hyperion ESSBASE.
Managed month-end close process, as it related to held for sale warehouse, loan valuation, MSR hedging working with technical accounting group, and interest yields.
Responsible for Management Reporting, at the request of the Controller for all held for sale and held to maturity portfolios and all P&L and balance sheet accounts for same.
Worked with Corporate Tax department on ad hoc requests related to investment in subsidiaries, derivatives, and loan portfolios.
Responsible for conversion of $2 billion dollar residential portfolio to new loan servicing system SBO 2000, and continued day to day processing including general ledger interface, and daily interest accruals.
Performed daily and monthly interest yield analysis on all warehouse portfolios including reconciliation of corresponding interest receivables.
Responsible for analysis and accounting for hedging activities on forward, reverse and core bank portfolios.
Posted monthly transactions related to FAS91 amortization of premium and discount accounts.
Performed monthly and quarterly calculation of loan valuation mark (LOCOM), lower of cost or market on held for sale portfolio, and recorded to ledger.
Responsible for the accounting and analysis for Investment in subsidiaries for joint ventures.
(METLIFE Bank acquired First Horizon) cont.
FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION – Irving, TX
Sr. Financial Analyst/Financial Reporting
Responsible for financial reporting and analysis for Construction Lending Division with over 80 cost centers, including P & L statements, yield analysis, monthly/quarterly forecasting, and research of unusual items as needed.
Supervised staff of 2 junior financial analysts.
Managed the annual budget process, including development of internal models to capture production volumes, revenue/expenses, and ROE at cost center level.
Managed the monthly accounting close process for the division. .
EDUCATION
BS – Finance (24 hours accounting)
Louisiana Tech University
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
PeopleSoft GL COGNOS
AMB GL Great Plains
Excel Hyperion Essbase
MSWord MS Access
Conversion file scrubs Small mainframe (RPGII)
Batch file processing SBO2000 (3rd party Servicing)
Murex (derivatives) BLACKLINE JE facility
Fidelity (LPS) Built – Construction
MS Dynamics Loan Vision