Accounting Insurance
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THOMAS CASSIDY, CPA
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
**********@***.***
PROFILE
Accounting professional highly experienced in SEC financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, consolidations, and general corporate month end close processes with experience in the following industries: Insurance, Reinsurance, Manufacturing, Distribution, Publishing, and Import / Export.
CORE COMPETENCIES
SEC Financial Reporting • Financial Analysis • Month End Close • Consolidations
Budget Development and Administration • Technical Integration and Implementation
Cash Management • Administrator for Accounting Systems • SOX Compliance
COMPUTER SKILLS
Epicor • FRx • Great Plains • Hyperion • Computron • QuickBooks • Excel • Word
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Majestic USA Capital, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY 2007 – Present
Accounting Manager
Majestic USA, a $150m corporation, provides workers’ compensation insurance through its subsidiaries.
•Manage accounting staff of six responsible for all aspects of month end close
•SEC financial reporting for annual 10K and quarterly 10Q
•Prepare consolidating financial statements
•Administer and maintain the corporate wide revenue, expense, and capital budget models
•Establish and manage corporate wide expense allocation model
•Research and provide variance explanations of actual results compared to budget and prior period
•Review actual results against budget & forecast collaboratively with executives and department heads
•Interface with international branch regarding monthly reporting, budget, and forecast
•Effectively manage A/P, A/R, and bank & investment accounts across seven legal entities
•Review and account for employee and third party contracts
•Streamline, automate, and realign procedures as necessary to create efficiencies
•Administrator for accounting system
•Main point of contact for internal and external auditors
Odyssey America Reinsurance Corporation, Stamford, CT 2001 – 2007
Assistant Vice President
Odyssey America, a $2.9b corporation, is a leading international underwriter of property & casualty reinsurance.
•Managed accounting staff of three responsible for company wide underwriting, operating & investment expenses; fixed asset maintenance; accruals; reconcile intercompany transactions
•Assisted with SEC reporting as well as Insurance Industry Statutory Reporting and spearheaded the annual reporting of the United Kingdom FSA filing
•Interfaced with six international branches regarding monthly operating results and annual budget process
•Perform general ledger account analysis
•Administered and maintained the corporate wide expense and capital budget
•Administrator for accounting system
MBIA Insurance Corporation, Armonk, NY 1996 – 2001
Assistant Vice President
MBIA, a $900m corporation, is a leading provider of financial guarantee insurance.
•Supervised staff of three responsible for all aspects of month end close – journal entries, F/A, A/P, A/R
•Prepared SEC footnotes and disclosures for annual 10K and quarterly 10Q
•Compiled and filed Statutory Annual Statements with state insurance commissioners
•Assisted with the annual expense & capital budget process and quarterly forecasting initiative
MEDO Industries, Tarrytown, NY 1995 – 1996
Staff Accountant
MEDO, a $10m corporation, is a manufacturer and distributor of scents and fragrances.
•Prepared journal entries for month end close, administered fixed asset system, reviewed invoices for payment, perform general ledger account analysis
Warren, Gorham, & Lamont, New York, NY 1993 – 1995
Staff Accountant
WG&L, a $25m corporation, is a leading publisher of reference books and databases for accounting, legal, and human resource professionals.
•Prepared journal entries for month end close, bank reconciliations, prepaid expenses
Tomen America, New York, NY 1991 – 1993
Junior Accountant
Tomen, a $50m corporation, is an international import / export company specializing in metal, plastics, and petroleum.
•Performed gross profit analyses on import / export contracts; prepared journal entries
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration, Public Accounting - Pace University - Pleasantville, NY
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Certified Public Accountant – New York State
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