Ben Benjamin Email & Phone Number

Long Island, Ny

•Manage engagement teams performing financial statement audits of clients. Clients include Labor Unions and ERISA benefit funds, such as Pension, Annuity, Welfare and Training funds. Audits also include other not-for-profit entities, such as Cemeteries.•Provide other related agreed upon services such as Internal Control Studies and Fraud Deterrence to various clients.•Specialties include Internal Control and compliance auditing. Prepare clients’ corporate and individual tax returns.•Assume responsibility for planning and managing timely engagements (within budget). •Present firm seminars on various audit, fraud and tax topics. •Not for profit client returns include IRS form 990, ERISA Form 5500, DOL forms LM-2, etc. •Maintain client relationships and developed on-going quality client relationships.•Provide feedback, coach/train engagement staff and perform staff evaluations.• Follow up on open items and communicate with team members, partners, and clients to complete various tasks.

Queens, Ny

•Adjunct professor teaching Friday evening and weekend classes in financial and managerial accounting courses. Also taught a class during the week in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination at York College NY.

East Hartford, Connecticut

•As a member of the financial operations leadership team reporting directly to the Vice President, managed the activities of two separate areas: Claims Appeals and Customer Service. Saved approximately $100K for the year (below budget) in 2002 due to cost reduction in payroll expenses. A saving of 20%.•Centralized the appeals team within Gentiva CareCentrix and built process efficiencies. Identified root causes by tracking and trending reasons for appeals and customer calls. Reduced appeals backlog from 14,000 in October 2000 to 3,000 by December 2001. Calls from 5000 to 3000 a month. An improvement of 40%.•Promoted teamwork, performance management and created carrier paths for eight direct reports by re-structuring the two units. Created new job descriptions, implemented workflows to eliminate re-work. Reduced appeals backlog from 83 days to 21 days. Accounts receivable improved by approximately $43m.

Melville, Ny

•Coordinated daily activities of three areas (Document Control, Data Entry, and Computer Operations) with three direct reports, and 52 members of staff. High volume of paper claims, average 5,200 pieces a day was batched, Micro-filmed, scanned and verified. Knowledge of OCR (Optical Character Reader) and imaging systems. Reduced backlog from over 15 days turn around time (TAT) or 75,000 claims in February 1999 to less than 3 days TAT 15,000 by first week of May 1999. Reduced overtime and temporary help. Cost saving approximately $15,000 a month. Streamlined workflows and identified process improvement opportunities, by using both technology, and Continuous Quality Improvement techniques.

Uniondale Ny

•Worked as a Registered Representative in the client service area by providing guidance and related advice as needed. Responsibilities included providing sales and customer service, such as taking orders for trades and providing information on retirement products such as IRAs, 401ks etc.