~Responsible for analyzing a portfolio of property/casualty insurance companies including a number of large global insurers, with the purpose of presenting financial strength and issuer credit rating recommendations~Perform statistical and financial analysis of financial reports including statutory, GAAP and publicly filed 10K’s and 10Q’s of companies under coverage~Perform quantitative modeling and run risk simulation models to measure the capital adequacy of select insurance companies. Create analytical summary reports and present detailed analysis to peer committee~Conduct meetings with Executive management including CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s to review all aspects of their operations~Participate in industry functions, contribute to special reports and present at industry conferences and to boards of directors~Write in depth credit reports and press releases ~Assist with training and mentoring new staff additions on key job functions

~Instrumental in the development and growth of U.S. Finance capabilities with Western World and Validus Group Finance, aligning all finance processes across the U.S. for consistency~Created and continue to manage a new team within the U.S. Accounting Department. Successfully transitioned all Finance, Payroll/Benefit and Accounts Payable functions from Bermuda and Florida locations to New Jersey~Responsible for integration of Validus Specialty and subsidiaries on to AIG operating platforms, participating in project management and process flow working groups ~Preparation of monthly and quarterly financial statements, reports and analysis for Validus Specialty and subsidiaries~Assist the Chief Financial Officer and Tax Director with the preparation of schedules and analyses to support various tax and regulatory returns for the U.S. companies~Participate in FP&A activities for U.S. group of companies, liaising with international and local Finance departments during the annual budget process~Maintain audit and tax working papers; handle external audit enquiries as needed~Ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley regulations and maintain internal control procedures ~Work with operations team in London, Bermuda and the U.S. to establish efficient and effective end-to-end data and transaction flow~Support best practice for credit control for business generated by Validus Specialty and integrate practices to the broader U.S. platform~Assist with preparation of quarterly variance analysis for departments within the U.S. ~Consistently improve process flows to ensure meeting requirements and needs of all capacity providers~Manage and develop staff who work both locally and remotely

~Analyzed and published monthly insurance company results~Compiled and analyzed quarterly and annual statutory and GAAP financial statements~Assisted external auditors in understanding insurance contracts and addressed audit requests/ issues~Maintained relationships with multiple re-insurance contacts~Assured compliance with state and NAIC regulatory requirements~Conducted regular and timely account reconciliations~Assisted with training other departmental staff on key functions as assigned~Reviewed fellow staff members’ work to assist manager and supervisor as needed~Acted as Financial Team’s liaison for Company’s intranet

~Analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts and associated activity~Coordinated and assisted in the research and resolution of out-of-balances~Prepared detailed monthly statements and analysis for clients~Investigated late payments, worked closely with clients and co-workers to resolve past due accounts while maintaining positive customer relationships~Monitored, reviewed and evaluated collection trends and made necessary recommendations to control delinquency and bad debts~Assisted VP of Finance and Controller with special projects and with the formulation and implementation of improvements to the financial process

~Prepared and analyzed financial statements and regulatory reports for the GPU Energy companies in compliance with GAAP, FERC, NJBPU and PAPUC requirements~Performed preliminary corporate consolidation and presented financial results to GPU Board for approval~Retrieved historical data via SELECT report writing~Developed custom report formats (query and ad hoc reports) as well as maintained standard report formats~Analyzed and evaluated information requests~Trained and guided new staff members in financial report preparation

~Planned, delegated, controlled and reviewed workflow for eight staff including the processing of bordereau accounts~Reviewed and analyzed monthly and quarterly reports and financial statements~Acted as liaison in resolving system issues with IT Department~Approved journal entries and check request/deposit memorandums~Communicated with outside companies and foreign branches of Chubb regarding accounting issues

~Developed statutory financial statements, supporting schedules, and regulatory reports for several Chubb companies~Analyzed fluctuations of underwriting results for all companies~Compiled ledger entries monthly and prepared trial balances quarterly~Reconciled account balances~Promoted to Supervisor of Reinsurance Accounting in 1996