Financial Administrator & Auditor Resume Title

LaShelle Foster

**** ********** **** *********, ** 28227

*************@*********.***

980-***-****(M)

Executive Summary

Consensus driven communicator; building business agreements with win-win scenarios.

Extremely adept at quantitative analysis and client relations. Results-oriented management professional with exceptional work ethic and discreet in financial and human resources areas.

Proficient in adapting to new procedures as business climate changes.

Able to motivate direct reports to achieve maximum potential.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church June 2019– Present

Financial Administrator/Auditor

Managed and prepared the $600,000 annual budget, ensuring accurate balances of all accounts and auxiliaries.

Preparation and Production of weekly bulletin and weekly announcements.

Maintaining membership and vendor records

Accounts payable, including timely and accurate preparation of checks and online payments

Maintain donor records accurately with timely quarterly and annual reporting to contributors about the status of pledges and other giving

Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports in specified formats for staff, and Finance Committee

Maintain Stewardship records and generate reports to the Finance Committee

Maintain records of donor specific gifts, ensuring that disbursements are appropriate to donor expectations with accurate and timely reporting

Work with Trustees to count, record, and deposit weekly offering and all other financial contributions and payments

Work with volunteers to post contributions to donor’s giving records

Assist Director of Administration and Finance Committee with annual budget preparation;

Work with outside auditors and Audit Committee for annual financial audit, including implementation of any audit recommendations

Coordinate with Officer’s requests for benevolence ministries, including record keeping

Maintain confidentiality of information learned and used;

Ensure the integrity of the church’s financial operations, maintaining efficient internal controls following the church’s financial policies and procedures

Ensure compliance with State and Federal laws applicable to position responsibilities

May be required to attend weekend or evening events or meetings

Other duties as assigned as needs arise and church evolves and changes.

Wells Fargo (Aston Carter) July 2022 – September 2023

Lead Compliance Officer

Work as a Business Aligned Compliance Officer (BACO), with Legal partners, as required, on the analysis of Major Compliance Requirements

Analyze law and rule citations within regulatory inventories for applicability for Consumer Lending businesses including Deposit Products Group, Checking/Savings Accounts, Credit Cards & Merchant Service

Experience dealing with problem solving, research, and interpretation applying legal subjects to a business process/situation.

Populate Major Compliance Requirement templates.

Provide input into ongoing status reporting for the project.

Strong written, research, analytical, and communication skills

Perform review and analysis of regulatory inventories for applicability to mitigate risk by ensuring results were accurately reviewed and analyzed against the enterprise.

Wells Fargo (Aston Carter) September 2021 – July 2022

Business Execution RCSA Consultant 4

Act as liaison and creating relationships between the risk and operations team,

Draft business control correspondence

Completing tasks and responsibilities involving risk/control, regulatory reporting and testing.

Access the procedures and controls in place and analyze the gaps in controls.

Working with internal groups to make suggestions, recommendations and create remediation for critical tasks.

Implementing programs throughout project work streams while meeting with internal business risk partners and communicating to provide input or rationale.

Responsibilities include setting up working sessions with SMEs,

Facilitating working sessions and reporting status.

Interpret policy and the knowledge of handling risk.

US Bank November 2016 – September 2021

Risk/Compliance/Audit (RCA) Consultant 4- AML

•Performed Enhanced Due Diligence new hire training, and assisted in training development by creating new-hire training materials.

•Performs initial and ongoing EDD reviews of the highest-risk customers in the Payment Services lines of business; not limited to MSBs, TPPPs, PSPs, Gaming entities, Non-Bank Financial institutions, Political Exposed Persons, Auto Title Lending, Domestic Banks, Corresponding Banks, Cash Vaults services, ATM owners, and Remote Deposit Capture Customers and Embassies.

•Conducts qualification reviews of high- and moderate-risk customers and determines the appropriate risk rating. Creates risk acceptance documentation to support the raising or downgrading of high-risk customers for management approval.

•Ensures Payment Services lines of business follow applicable laws, rules, regulations, and corporate policies related to Enhanced Due Diligence

•Worked Consent Order Remediation Audit exam issues and remediated customers for Federal Reserve review.

•Partnered with Corporate AML to address issues identified through regulatory and audit testing and analysis.

•Recommends customers for closure and for further investigation where risk tolerances are exceeded based on Enhanced Due Diligence reviews.

•Ensures Enhanced Due Diligence compliance files are maintained and thoroughly documented, and AML risks are promptly and mitigated where applicable.

•Ensures compliance with established internal control procedures by examining records, reports,

•operating practices, and documentation.

•Completes audit reviews by documenting audit tests and findings, maintains internal control systems by updating audit programs and questionnaires, and recommends new policies and procedures.

•Prepares and communicates final audit report findings by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing operating information and trends.

•Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation/guidance; enforcing adherence to requirements; and advising management on needed actions.

Wells Fargo July 2014 – November 2016

Due Diligence Consultant 2

Experience in fraud, BSA/AML, investigations of financial crimes transactions or policy violations, risk management or compliance knowledge of AML/CIP/CDD and other BSA Policies

Investigate/Research triggers related to alerts received within detection systems.

Review finding from SAR reviews on all reportable cases.

Conduct investigative/intelligence research of potential fraud and money laundering such as kiting and structuring.

Prepare/draft Unusual Activity Reports (UARs) and other written investigative/intelligence products to support judgements, decisions, and recommendations.

Provide guidance, direction, and assistance to Senior Investigators, Investigators, and other team members in determining whether to close cases, escalate findings and/or file a Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

Conduct AML investigations with respect to matters presenting heightened complexity, sensitivity and risk to include due diligence reviews for a large portfolio of small businesses offering Money Services Business products and services.

Worked with external and internal customers/prospect to collect required documentation, obtaining understanding of business, and providing support and help answering questions throughout the due diligence process.

Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to analyze, summarize, and document large amounts of data and correspondence. Drafting well written final risk analysis which includes an accurate assessment of the customer’s AML program and overall AML risk controls.

Works closely with the FCRM Policy group in the development of corporate policy related to due diligence requirements for certain high-risk customer and product types.

Establishes and manages enhanced due diligence programs that provide enterprise-level oversight for specific high-risk products and services.

Provides consulting and subject matter expertise to business partners on BSA/AML regulatory requirements and risk mitigation options.

Wells Fargo December 2010 - July 2014

Background Screening Compliance Consultant 1

Performs a review and an analysis of FBI fingerprint and criminal court search results to verify job seekers employment eligibility with Wells Fargo criminal background screening compliance guidelines.

Determine eligibility by applying latest company policies and applicable federal and state regulations including the Federal SAFE Act, SAFE registration processes and working with NMLS, FINRA rules and regulations Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and OFAC.

Expertise in project management and coordination, directing complex, multi-faceted programs and strategic initiatives from conception and development through implementation; possesses excellent research skills, capable of efficiently locating relevant data and synthesizing complex issues.

Assist with compliance management of background screening program reports and serve as point of contact for process and policy questions and inquiries via incoming calls and e-mails.

Manage assigned cases as per established guidelines; perform analysis and follow up to completion.

Maintain an awareness of latest updates to regulatory, company policy and maintain/compile statistical processing data as required.

Perform quality assurance review and analysis of background screening results applied by other staff, to mitigate risk by ensuring results were accurately reviewed against the enterprise hiring policy criteria to determine applicants’ employment eligibility.

Partner with Employee Relations, Legal and Vendor groups to mitigate risk.

Work in UAT testing environment creating cases for new background screening platform and apply testing initiatives to FADV database to ensure proper implementation of new projects.

Manage special projects: document retention projects pertaining to highly confidential documents.

Managed contract employees while assisting in department relocation as part of a special project.

AmeriCredit /GM Financial May 1999 - August 2009

Financial Manager

Conducted quantitative analysis of financial data to forecast revenue, identify future trends and risk associated with delinquency for auto lender weekly and monthly.

Developed strategies to reduce write-offs, bad debts, disputes, and forecasts.

Proficient in analyzing financial statements, assessing risk, and evaluating credit worthiness.

Consulted with customers to resolve complaints and verify financial and credit transactions. Responsible for trade line research and updates to include processing credit and debits due to customer dispute, unauthorized charges, or billing error, unapplied cash, and credits.

Evaluate customer records and recommend payment plans based on earnings, savings data, and payment history.

Participated in Management team process to develop best practices to meet established goals.

Created legal documents pertaining to the repossession of vehicles. Adhered to state rules regarding repossession.

Maintained effective liaisons with in-company department members: account managers and product specialists.

Conducted training to Managers and New Team members/ Refresher Training for current in the areas of Credit, Customer Service Collections and Risk analysis.

Administered continuous team training by account reviews, reviewing skip files, performed side by side training, monitored calls for compliance and updated team on policy and procedures changes.

Managed personnel decisions relating to staffing levels, interviewed candidates, and performed personnel evaluations, hiring, orientation, retention, promotion, reward and recognition, salary increases, and termination.

Utilized Oracle to enter in new hires, process transfers, promotions, and terminations

Researched employee issues to include payroll and benefit questions and worked with appropriate company departments to resolve them by reviewing the company handbook and policies.

Utilized Kronos to record employee attendance, personal and vacation time and reported all leaves of absence to the benefits department on a weekly basis.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH

Francis Marion University, Florence SC

PARALEGAL CERTIFICATION

National Center for Paralegal Training, Atlanta, Ga

SPECIAL SKILLS

Knowledge and understanding of ServiceNow Platform, Hogan, StoreVision Platform (SVP),OIB (Operations Image Browser), Lexis Nexis, Bridger, Clear, Westlaw and World Check. Possess expertise in Microsoft Office 365, with Microsoft Teams and other apps such as Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint, Kronos, Oracle, Actimize, Symphony communication and Zoom.

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