Andrew Madras Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington Dc

Consulting non-profits and political campaigns on organization, operations and accounting.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

 Accounting – Managed all accounts payable/receivable as well as assisting in budgeting/forecasting for a hundred million dollar budget (QuickBooks). Reconciled financial statements, payroll, IRS and state tax compliance, IRS, FEC and internal audits. Created and implemented standardized operating procedures for the department.  FEC Compliance – Lead on FEC compliance for primary campaign committee. Collaborated on compliance matters for multiple committees. Managed IE filings.

 Accounting – Created and managed accounting systems including budgeting/forecasting, payroll, IRS and state tax compliance for a non-profit, reconciled financial statements.  Operations – Shepherded a new non-profit through the incorporation process in two states, setup and managed HR systems and insurance, created employee documents and compliance procedures.  Grant Management – Created the procedures for administering a grants program and managed compliance for all recipients.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Accounting – Managed all accounts payable/receivable and budgeting/forecasting for a multi-million dollar budget (Quickbooks), reconciled financial statements, payroll, IRS and state tax compliance. -Operations – Managed multiple locations including facility management, contract negotiation, vendor relations. -Talent Management – Managed the human resources department of a 20+ employee firm to ensure compliance with state laws in five states and resolve any personnel issues during day to day management.

Columbia, Missoui

-Financial Strategy – Oversaw budgeting and spending for a highly competitive US Senate campaign.-Campaign Operations – Executed operations for all aspects of campaign including reviewing and negotiating contracts, HR, and office management. -FEC Compliance – Handled all aspects of FEC compliance for primary campaign committee. Collaborated on compliance matters for multiple joint fundraising committees. -Campaign Accounting - Managed and tracked all campaign transactions (utilized Quicken/Quickbooks), reconciled financial statements, followed up on contracts, payroll vendor relations lead

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Financial Strategy: Delivered and implemented financial plans for campaign budgets and investments to maximize impact of liquid assets.-Client Management: Primary client relationship manager for Senatorial and PAC clients, worked directly with campaign finance leads to develop and implement proposed strategies. -FEC Compliance: Analyzed and processed campaign donation transactions to ensure compliance with federal regulations, prepared reports for FEC filing, advised campaign staff in ongoing compliance matters.-NGP Van: Expert user of campaign finance management software.-Campaign Accounting: Managed and tracked all campaign transactions (utilized Quicken/Quickbooks), reconciled financial statements, followed up on contracts, payroll vendor relations lead

Greater St. Louis Area

-Project Management: Led teams of peers and direct reports to create special-order audit reports, developed and delivered training on new processes (including permanent resources for future professional development). -Operational Planning: Developed process improvements based on collaboration with legal department as key liaison between legal and operations. Identified and implemented changes to internal data management software. -SEC Compliance: Analyzed client transactions against internal benchmarks and legal regulations. -Legal Department: Managed a reorganization of legal files and independently conducted legal research on a variety of topics including patents, incorporation and trusts to produce memos for senior level attorneys.

Greater St. Louis Area

-Team leader for a short term document review project involving a review of mortgage closing documents to create evidentiary exhibits for class action lawsuit. -Led a team of six paralegals to review and catalogue thousands of documents and create a statistical review for senior level attorneys.

Greater St. Louis Area

-Organized and reviewed documents including medical records, financial statements, and testimony for discovery during trial.-Researched statutes and regulations for current cases and wrote legal memorandum for the partners as well as writing briefs and motions to submit to the court. -Assisted the partners in trial preparation both before and during trial.

Greater St. Louis Area

Researched statutes, journal articles, and cases concerning municipal bankruptcies and tax issues involved with a government bailout. Reported my findings in legal memoranda to supervisor.

-Researched statutes and regulations for current cases and wrote legal memoranda for the partners, letters to clients and other attorneys, and briefs and motions to submit to the court.-Conducted intake interviews for new clients and handled client questions and problems. -Successfully handled cases in a wide range of legal fields including commercial law, trusts and estates, securities regulation, real estate, and regulatory compliance. -Developed a series of legal binders designed to build the institutional knowledge of the firm.

-Conducted client intake interviews in the field of Social Security law and successfully saw more than ten cases to their resolution. -Developed a series of legal binders designed to build the institutional knowledge of the firm.-Researched statutes and regulations for current cases and wrote legal memoranda as well as writing pre-hearing and appellate briefs to be submitted to the court.

Greater St. Louis Area

-Field Organization: Recruited, trained and managed a team of paid staff in door-to-door fundraising and awareness campaign for a state ballot initiative. -Finance: Planned and managed donor research and maintained donor relationships.

New York City

-Responded to clients' problems and concerns over the phone and in person during a class action law suit.-Coordinated initial discovery in the early stages of a class action law suit. -Conducted data entry and database management for a law firm.

New York City

-Managed an email database as well as a database of clients account records comprising the intake of revenue and the desired advertising spots.-Handled the coalition of accounts receivable and payable for an advertising agency and analyzed the contracts for each account to ensure proper compliance to the stated terms. -Conducted a data entry project on thousands of invoices in order to develop statistical data. Analyzed data in order to increase productivity.

Kirksville, Mo

-Field Organization: Recruited, trained and managed a team of paid staff and volunteers in door-to-door fundraising and polling for local and federal candidates. -Strategy: Analyzed polling data and demographic information to target fundraising and advertising. -Finance: Managed call time, donor and opposition research and donor targeting. Utilized NGP to process and track donors and contributions.

St. Louis

-Field Organization: Recruited, trained and managed a team of paid staff in door-to-door fundraising and awareness campaign for a state ballot initiative. -Finance: Planned and managed donor research and maintained donor relationships.

Law, Merit Scholarship

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Delta (law fraternity, Officer); Environmental Moot Court, Negotiation competition (finalist), Mock.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Political Science, Presidential Scholar, Dean’S List;

Activities and Societies: Amnesty International (Officer); College Democrats (Officer); Vox (Officer); Sigma Tau Delta (academic honors.

Minor In Engish Composition