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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.