• Provided financial leadership and staff development for Accounting & Finance Department.• Managed month/quarter-end closing and performed investment accounting functions.• Reviewed and approved journal entries, account reconciliations and financial reporting packages.• Managed all aspects of annual budgeting process and prepared variance and analysis reporting.• Developed process improvement strategies and formulated department policies and procedures.• Facilitated general ledger, A/P and automated wire processing system conversions. • Oversaw reporting and operating activities to ensure GAAP and SOX compliance.• Managed annual internal/external audits, served as a liaison to Auditors and Sr. Management.

• Performed month-end close, prepared journal entries and implemented special projects.• Reconciled general ledgers, bank statements and created financial statements & reports.• Completed various cost benefit analyses and specialized research projects for Controller & CFO.• Developed process improvement strategies and formulated department policies and procedures.

• Provided business intelligence & analytics to assist in strategic planning.• Conducted profitability and trend analyses for retail banking division.• Created ad-hoc user reports for planning, sales forecasting and expense tracking.

• Hired, trained and coached payment processing, loan servicing and accounting staff of 23.• Formulated policy and procedure manuals for daily operations and business resumption.• Directed program & product implementations and participated in due diligence team analysis.• Prepared budgets, variance reporting analysis and staff productivity capacity models.• Managed and directed a credit card dispute resolution & merchant accounting team of 11.• Mediated consumer disputes, conducted fraud investigations and sought financial recovery.