Project Manager Quality Assurance

Maria G. Sarcona

*** ***** ********* *** ****: 631-***-****

Lindenhurst, NY 11757-4128 Cell : 631-***-****

E-Mail: *************@*******.***

OBJECTIVE Pursuing a position with a firm that will offer a true opportunity for long term growth as a Staff Accountant.

EDUCATION Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

Bachelors of Science

Major: Accounting Graduation: Dec. 1999

EMPLOYMENT

Deutsche Bank, New York, NY Sept. 2007 - Present

Assistant Vice President Client Support

• Onboard and terminate all clients on DeAM accounting system.

• Work closely with Relationship Managers on urgent issues.

• Responsible for the Weekly Log which is sent out to all operations teams advising them of upcoming events.

• Coordinate weekly calls with the various departments regarding onboarding and terminating projects.

• Train internal and branch office colleagues as needed.

• Assist in KYC documentation preparation.

• Responsible for monthly client reporting preparation and distribution.

• Ensure that any additional ad hoc client requests are responded to in a timely manner.

• Oversee the KPI’s and ensure that the SLA’s with our third party vendor are followed.

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Garden City Group, Melville, NY Mar 2006 - Present

Quality Assurance Project Manager – Securities Auditor

• Responsible for securities litigation documentation information provided by the claimant.

• Audit documentation and verifying that all information is processed in correct manor according to Q/A standards.

• Prepared Calculation Testing on litigations.

• Reviewed the teams input of claims into the system.

Bear Stearns, New York, NY Apr 2005- Mar 2006

Investment Accountant

• Research, reconcile and audit all cash balances and asset holdings with the appropriate custodian banks.

• Preparing Client Request and meeting requested deadlines on a monthly basis.

• Sending out client reports.

• Wire funds as requested per client. Audit and review documents for inconsistencies

Deutsche Bank, New York, NY Sept. 2002-Mar 2005

Team Leader/Investment Accountant

• Monitor, process, audit and reconcile daily domestic and international cash flows for funds, trusts, and institutional accounts which invest in equities and fixed income securities. Fixed Income security involves Asset Back Securities, CMO, High Yield, Time Deposits, Emerging Market Securities, and Debt Securities.

• Perform month-end closing assuring 100% reconciliation by deadline.

• Evaluate and Audit trade activity to ensure that portfolio guidelines and restrictions are satisfied.

• Ensure that funds are available and fully invested.

• Verify security holdings of purchases and sales.

• Work closely with trade operations to confirm successful settlement for all trades.

• Research and reconcile all cash balances and asset holdings with the appropriate custodian banks.

• Responsible for everyday maintenance of client portfolios including in-house account information using systems such as PIMS and Intellimatch, Shaw and Smart Stream.

• Work with Corporate Action and Data Management to resolve account discrepancies.

• Audit the employees work on a daily basis.

• Responsible in sending break reports to the custodian on a weekly basis.

• Ensuring that my team will meet their deadlines on a weekly and monthly basis.

Brown Brothers Harriman, New York, NY Feb.2001 – Sept. 2002

Reconciliation Specialist

• Subject matter expert on financial transactions including principal and interest payment, dividends, and corporate actions.

• Ensure settling of failed trades on Mortgage Backed, Repurchase Agreements, and Time Deposits.

• Performed quality assurance checks and audits on daily, weekly, and monthly transactions made on Security APL to ensure accounts are properly established.

• Maintained good communication with Relationship Assistants and team members.

Bank of New York, New York, NY June 1998- Feb. 2001

Mutual Fund Senior Accountant

• Involved in the conversion of new funds totaling $ 35 billion.

• Assisted fund accountants in researching outstanding items and undertake special projects given by supervisor.

• Worked on Fund to Fund and Daily Mutual Funds

• Analyzed funds before releasing NAV, perform analysis on NAV impact, price variance, unrealized/realized gain and loss impact, and substantiate trial balance.

• Processed trades, reconcile cash, correct incorrect trades and calculate the daily NAV for Equity, Money Market and Bond Funds.

Eastern Lobby Shop, New York, NY May 1997- June 1998

Accounting Supervisor

• Ran the Accounts Receivables and Payables.

• Supervised 10 employees and their daily work.

• Disputed with certain vendors on collections of our returns from the stores against the billings received.

• Audited employees work and went to the store to make sure the employees weren’t stealing against our cash receipts.

• Processed check runs on a weekly basis.

• Processed collection calls and provided weekly reports to the CFO of the outstanding debt.

• Reconciled cash against 6 different checking accounts. The checking accounts are based on states that where the stores were located in. Massachusetts, New York, North /Carolina, Illinois and California.

Software Skills Microsoft Word, Excel, QuickBooks, DTC, Bloomberg, Check free-Security APL, Nasdaq, IDC, Oracle, Invest One, Intellimatch, Smart Stream, Portia, Shaw, BNY Laser, AS400 and using custodian websites.

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