Accounting Manager

Benjamin Little

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CADENT FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC 4/2006-Present

Senior Accountant

• Calculated commission settlements for 62 Brokers and reported broker profitability and prepared commission schedules for external auditors

• Calculated exchange fees and give up charges, this included payment of fees and recording the transactions to General Ledger. Also entered fees into GL on customer accounts which were not captured on Rolfe and Nolan.

• Maintained daily cash report of $300 million

• Entered journal entries daily/monthly to General Ledger

• Processed Crystal Reports for ad hoc projects

• Prepared P/L statement for largest customer of the firm

• Processed full cycle Accounts Payable

• Initiated/Drawdown wires daily to cover customer margin accounts

• Converted foreign currencies/settlements

• Reconciled bank statements daily/monthly

• Maintained/Reconciled Treasury Bills approximately $90 million

BLISTEX INC. (Temporary Assignment) 3/2005-2/2006

Staff Accountant

• Cash Application of incoming receipts

• Prepared entered and filed monthly journal entries

• Prepared monthly UK Financial Analysis

• Initiated domestic & International wire transfer transactions

• Prepared and distributed Quarterly Profit Analysis

• Reconciled domestic & international bank statements

ADM INVESTOR SERVICES, INC. 8/2002-2/2005

Staff Accountant

• Assisted controller in preparation of financial statements

• Maintained Balance Sheet for subsidiary

• Entered journal entries to General Ledger

• Cut month end close from six days to three days

• Applied checks to accounts daily

• Processed Accounts Payable daily

• Calculated Commission settlements for 25 Brokers

• Processed regulatory U.S & Foreign Segregation report

• Reconciled bank statements daily

PRAIRIE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 11/2000 - 8/2002

Accounting Assistant

• Managed state government inspections of properties

• Calculated monthly management / bookkeeping fee

• Process payroll for 25 employees

• Reconcile bank statements monthly

• Enter journal entries to General Ledger

EDUCATION

Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL 9/2007-Present

Master of Business Administration; expected graduation December 2008

MAJOR: Accounting

Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL 4/2002

Bachelor of Business Administration

MAJOR: Accounting

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Programs: Accounting Programs

Word Solomon IV

Excel Peoplesoft

Access AccPac

PowerPoint Great Plains

GMI

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