Financial Analyst Senior Accountant

Maria Santos

**** ******* **** *********, ** ****0 Phone: 860-***-**** E-mail: ***************@*****.***

Senior Accountant / Investment Analyst

Investment Accounting Month-End Closing Financial Analyst

Seasoned accounting professional with financial analysis experience. Known for strengths in the areas of research, analysis, problem-solving and process management. Effective team player, and able to organize and coordinate diverse projects, train and motivate work teams, and bring assignments through to completion meeting tight deadlines. Provides accurate and timely information, resolves outstanding issues, and implements improved systems and procedures in order to achieve company objectives and meet customer needs.

Core Competencies

Organizational Skills Communication Skills Time Management Month End Reporting General Ledger Accounting Internal Controls Training Client Relations

Professional Experience

CNO Financial Group, Carmel, IN (Remote) 2023 to Sept 2024

Investment Accountant

Provided accounting and reporting responsibilities for the invested assets of CNO Financial Group on a GAAP and STAT basis.

Downloaded and saved out daily and monthly custodian reports for cash activity and holdings.

Researched and processed exception items for cash suspense.

Monitored daily reconciliation system.

Prepared general ledger entries to clear various suspense accounts.

Reconciled and reported monthly, quarterly, and annual statements.

Prepared STAT schedules.

Sharonview Federal Credit Union, Fort Mill,SC 2018 to June 2023

Accountant II

Responsible for daily GL balancing, check reporting, monthly loan delinquency reporting, and tax withholding returns.

Reconciled daily teller GL accounts for all branches of the company, including communicating and resolving issues on a timely basis.

Streamlined the weekly IRA state tax withholding remittance and reporting process by working with IT on developing a general ledger transaction detail report from our Episys system that includes a state code field.

Balanced the official checks, accounts payable and money order GL accounts on a daily and monthly basis and resolved any discrepancies on a timely basis..

Reviewed and processed Concur cash and credit card expense reports for employees and directors of the company. Also, responsible for uploading expense entries in Episys.

Posted bi-weekly and month-end payroll funding and salary accrual entries.

Responsible for daily cash forecasting and borrowings.

Completed internal and external audit requests in a timely manner.

Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford, CT 2015 to May 2018

Senior Investment Accounting Analyst

Responsible for accounting and reporting of investment holdings, including data reconciliation issues.

Completed monthly asset reconciliation for investments totaling $13 billion and resolved discrepancies by communicating with custodial bank, accounting vendor and internal Phoenix departments. Streamlined the custody audit support binder by creating an electronic version with .pdf documents vs. paper copies.

Streamlined various monthly close reconciliations to Peoplesoft general ledger by implementing pivot tables, vlookup formulas and other excel functions.

Maria Santos

1161 Mantell Road Lancaster, SC 29720 Phone: 860-***-**** E-mail: ***************@*****.***

Streamlined weekly Security Master File review process by utilizing systems enhancements in the FIRST trading system vs. manual process of comparing the trade ticket SMF fields to the monthly reports.

Handled the daily bank loan process by preparing wire transfers for bank loan trade settlements and completed monthly asset manager par reconciliations.

SS&C Technologies, Inc., Windsor, CT 2013 - 2015

Senior Investment Accountant

Responsible for daily, monthly, and quarterly investment reporting for various insurance clients.

Improved daily cash and trade activity process for clients with assets totaling $800 million by implementing automated reconciliations between Camra accounting system and custodian and/or asset manager.

Produced monthly and quarterly STAT and GAAP reports. Also completed quarterly and annual regulatory STAT Schedule D reports in a timely and accurate manner.

Reconciled accounting data to performance system on a monthly basis and also prepared monthly performance return reports.

Conning Asset Management Company, Hartford, CT 2009 - 2013

Senior Investment Performance Analyst

Responsible for monthly and quarterly client performance reports.

Produced monthly and quarterly performance reports for various clients on a timely basis.

Provided ad hoc performance data to portfolio managers as requested.

Updated monthly indices in performance database from various providers, such as Barclays, Merrill, and Bloomberg. Involved in the conversion to new performance attribution system.

GlobeOp Financial Services LLC, Hartford, CT 2008 - 2009

Associate Manager, Fund Accounting

Supervised daily and monthly accounting production on assigned funds. Completed monthly allocation spreadsheets and prepared monthly accounting packages for clients.

Conning Asset Management Company, Hartford, CT 1995 - 2008

Senior Portfolio Accountant

Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual regulatory, tax and GAAP reporting for assigned clients.

CIGNA Corp., Bloomfield, CT 1985 - 1995

Held various accounting positions listed below:

Cash Accounting Consultant, Treasury Department (1993 – 1995)

Supervisor of Cash Accounting, Treasury Department (1992 – 1993)

Cash Accounting Analyst, Treasury Department (1991 – 1992)

Mutual Fund Controller (1988 – 1991)

Mortgage Accounting Specialist (1991 – 1992)

Advisory Account Controller (1985 – 1987)

Education

M.B.A Program (currently taking a break due to work obligations), University of New Haven, West Haven, CT

Bachelor of Science, Accounting (1985), Central CT State University, New Britain, CT

Software

Episys General Ledger CAMRA Accounting Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint Bloomberg System Edesk Vantage Peoplesoft General Ledger

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