Accountant

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Finance professional bringing over five years of accounting and audit experience to clients who require interim financial assistance during critical times of need. Self-motivated, detail-oriented individual and team player whose experience includes audit, financial reporting and analysis, and budgeting. Computer experience includes Microsoft Office Suite, Great Plains Dynamics, QuickBooks, Peachtree, ProSystem Engagements, and IAS.

EXPERIENCE: PFPC GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, Wilmington, DE

Senior Investment Accountant (March 2007 – Present)

• Responsible for fund’s accounting records, including reconciling cash accounts balances on daily basis to identify discrepancies between corporate systems and third party transaction and communicate with custodians/sponsor for corporate actions.

• Calculate and accrue fund’s income and expense activity to determine the fund’s net income, capital gains and losses, dividend distribution amounts and market value of securities for assigned funds.

• Responsible for the accounting effects of portfolio activity, including purchases and sales of trades, corporate rates and actions, cost basis, and update security pricing.

• Record investor’s capital activity including contributions, withdrawals, and transfers.

• Compute and report fund’s net asset value, calculate asset coverage ratios for funds, and maintain ledger and tax lots of investment holdings.

• Obtain security market quotes and exchange rates from appropriate pricing services from Bloomberg and maintain annual expense budget for the funds.

• Prepare the fund’s balance sheet and statement of operations and allocate partnership income, expenses, gains and losses to individual partners.

GABDOR CONSULTANTS, INC. CPA Firm, New Jersey

Senior Accountant (March, 2004 –February 2007)

• Performing audits, review and compilations on several business organizations in manufacturing, wholesale and distribution, as well as not-for-profit organizations.

• Prepare valuable management letter comments to clients, which resulted in significant savings.

• Responsible for planning audit engagements by determining client risk areas and designing the relevant audit steps.

• Performing analytical procedures, and compare the results with our expectation, evaluate and conclude on audit procedures performed for higher risk accounts.

• Prepare GAAP financial statements and accompanying footnotes for clients with assets/revenue ranging from $20 million to over $100 million.

• Reconcile account balances to subsidiary ledgers and performed account analysis. Investigate and resolve discrepancies and prepared bank reconciliation.

• Ensure that all necessary journal entries are effectively prepared and properly posted.

• Prepares budgets based on prior years actual hours and budgeted hours.

• Prepare and analyzed quarterly and annual financial statements including trial balances, adjusting and closing entries, audit analysis, schedules, filings with regulatory authorizes including Federal and State tax returns for several business organizations in financial services, as well as not-for-profit industries.

• Communicate with presidents, CFO/CEO and other business executives..

GABDOR CONSULTANTS, INC. CPA Firm, New Jersey

Staff Accountant (December, 2001 –February 2004)

• Maintained accurate, timely and reliable bookkeeping and records and prepared monthly bank reconciliations for several business organizations.

• Responsible for analysis of receipts and disbursements of client accounts, calculate accruals and prepare journal entries, and bank reconciliation with cash transactions.

• Drafted quarterly and annual financial statements including trial balances, adjusting and closing entries for review by senior accountant.

• Assisted in the planning of audits arrangements by preparing confirmations, engagement and planning letters, and setting up clients files

• Performed reviews and compilations procedures as assigned.

• Assisted with tax preparation schedules and filing with regulatory authorities including Federal and State tax returns for corporate entities, partnerships, and individuals.

CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS:

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC., PA

Field Auditor (March, 2001 – November 2001)

• Member of audit team responsible for performing financial and operational reviews of WASTE MANAGEMENT’S diversified business units, including reviewing customer accounts files for existing internal service agreements and contract. Used Contract Audit Tool (CAT)

• Interacted with front-line and senior management to identify audit risk and participated in producing summaries for audit findings and outlined recommendations for corrective actions.

• Prepared daily and weekly audit reports to ensure accuracy in reporting and to detect unacceptable trends and transmits reports via Internet to Corporate Office.

CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS:

AVECIA, INC., DE

Accounts Representative Specialist (January, 2001 –March, 2001)

• Reconciled accounts balances to subsidiary ledgers and performed accounts analysis. Investigated and resolved any discrepancies and prepared bank reconciliation.

• Assisted with plan asset valuations, such as record keeping, daily/monthly valuations of international funds. Duties included general ledger entries, analysis and calculating the net asset value.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA

Work Study, Accounts Payable (September, 1997 – December, 2000)

• Responsible for general accounting duties including credit payments and data entry of accounts payable for over 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

• Assisted with monthly returns, including reconciliation of cash transaction with bank statements.

• Responsible for matching, batching, coding, and entering invoices, answering vendor inquires, vendor maintenance, and check runs.

EDUCATION: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fox School of Business & Management

Bachelor of Business Administration: Awarded: January 2001

MAJOR: Accounting.

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