JOSEPH M. CARUSO

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Hamilton, New Jersey 08619-1807

609-***-**** Home 609-***-**** Cell

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SUMMARY

Experience includes many years of Accounting and Analysis background with major Publishing, Chemical and Pharmaceutical manufacturing concerns. Recent emphasis on Treasury, Cost Control, Forecasting, Budgeting, and Business Plan. Solid exposure to International Financial Reporting and Financial Systems/Software.

EXPERIENCE

STATE OF NJ, Ewing, New Jersey 1/3/2012 to Present

Computer Operator Assistant (HUB – Office of Information Technology)

Work in quality control area of printing operations department. Ensure that all reports and jobs are printed to the correct specifications as laid out by the programmers who ran the jobs.

Jobs are boxed up for couriers to pick them up and then distributed to all agencies at The State of New Jersey that requested said jobs.

STATE OF NJ, 300 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, New Jersey 7/1/2011 to 1/2/2012

Computer Operator Assistant (Fiscal Services – Office of Information Technology) 6 month mobility assignment

Work utilizing the New Jersey Comprehensive Financial System (NJCFS) and Business Objects systems.

Maintain NJOIT FY2012 actual and budget maintenance spending by category.

Bill out to other departments/agencies using Intra-Governmental Payment Vouchers (IGPV) for services used through NJOIT.

Self-training on other systems as time permits.

STATE OF NJ, Ewing, New Jersey 1/2010 to 6/30/2011

Computer Operator Assistant (HUB – Office of Information Technology)

Primary responsibilities are to run the Moore LM-20 sealer machine for such tasks as the entire State of NJ payroll processing, each night sealing the State of NJ unemployment checks, direct deposits as well as no pay letters. Numerous other letters sealed from many different State of NJ departments/agencies.

Balancing of all reports to ensure accuracy on all checks run in addition to the total dollars of all said checks in each particular run.

I trained 3 new employees on different pieces of machinery while working at the HUB.

DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., South Brunswick, New Jersey 9/2006 to 9/2007

Accountant (Payroll - Accounting Services Department)

Primary responsibilities are to assist the Payroll Manager with all duties involved in preparing the Bi-Weekly and Weekly payroll for expatriate employees who are United States citizens working abroad.

Responsible for the preparation, control, and retention of various reports for senior management as well SOX, internal and external auditors.

Part of the successful team that converted the expatriate employees from the rest of the Dow Jones population to

help with both local and international reporting requirements.

JOSEPH M. CARUSO

237 Evergreen Avenue

Hamilton, New Jersey 08619-1807

609-***-**** Home 609-***-**** Cell

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EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., South Brunswick, New Jersey 1/2000 to 3/2006

Financial Manager (Circulation – Direct Mail Department)

Primary responsibilities are to assist the Direct Mail Manager with all financial aspects of the department for The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and all professor mail (over $23 million of expense control).

Main duties include playing a lead role in preparing data for the budget process, invoice processing, generating all monthly and yearly expense forecasts/projections, managing monthly departmental costs to ensure goals are met, reconcile all postage holding accounts monthly, create full P&L analysis as required

Oversee list rental revenue and expense processing

Budget Accountant (Comptrollers Department) 9/1994 to 1/2000

· Responsible for monthly closing review for Wall Street Journal Europe publication and all foreign exchange ramifications involved with that foreign operation on a day-to-day basis mainly related to the P&L

· Responsible for the preparation, control, and retention of various reports for senior management

· Annual Budget preparation and review and special projects as needed

· Prepare quarterly and annual government reports as needed

The following are two consulting positions that I held from 6/92 to 4/94:

CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT INC., Princeton, New Jersey 9/1993 to 4/1994

Accountant (Corporate Finance Department)

· Prepared bank reconciliations, A/R, preparation of daily deposits, posting of payments and bills using

Lotus 1-2-3

YALE MATERIALS HANDLING CORP., Flemington, New Jersey 6/1992 to 5/1993

Payroll Accountant (Corporate Finance Department)

· Responsible for assisting in the preparation of payroll, bank deposits, related spreadsheets and reports for hourly and semi-monthly exempt employees using Lotus 1-2-3

· Worked independently and coordinated financial information quickly and accurately

DAVID SARNOFF RESEARCH CENTER, Princeton, New Jersey 1/1990 to 12/1991

Investment Manager/Corporate Financial Analyst

· Managed a $50 million corporate investment portfolio. Developed and maintained operating and cash budgets

· Preparation of operating forecast relative to P&L; annual business plan to executive staff

· Financial liaison for the Solid State Research Division

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Peoplesoft Financials

McCormack & Dodge

Microsoft Access

nVision Reporting

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Lawson

Microsoft Word

Lotus 1-2-3

EDUCATION

Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ B.S. Accounting

Majors - Data Processing, Business Law, & Statistics

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