Ciara R. Email & Phone Number

Washington, D.C., US

Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC, US

• Studied the overall audit scope and objectives of assigned audits and performed on-site testing of invoices, accounts and pertinent documents at client locations to evaluate internal processes related to the recording.
• Completed test of financial statement account balances to verify accounting data and created work-papers from client trial balance for support and review and independently identified audit-related issues and assisted.
• Interviewed various clients via phone and email to amass information to resolve audit-related problems and to complete assigned audit objectives and tasks.
• Prepared all preliminary drafts of audit findings and audit reports and financial statements for Governmental and Not-For-Profit entities using CCH ProSystem fx Engagement and Microsoft Word.
• Served as a team member and attended and participated in entrance and post-audit conferences with auditee, auditee staff and co-working auditors.
• Operated and or maintained automated accounting systems to prepare accounting schedules, general ledgers and financial statements such as balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings and statement of.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Input various data elements in FundSuite and compared financial data to historical financial statements to ensure accurate ending and beginning balances.
• Prepared and completed first draft of both internal and external semi-annual report and annual report in accordance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Form N-Q and Form N-SAR per Securities Exchange.
• Supported expense budgeting department by verifying all data received via email related to expense payments, accruals and postings to all financial statements and performed compliance testing in relation to prospectus.
• Trained five coworkers on client specific tasks to perform Money Market Fund filing duties and to utilize Bloomberg to analyze business and markets news, historical data, financial data and pricing data of portfolio of.
• Reconciled financial statements per Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for 18 funds using FundSuite to properly record and adjust journal entries in the general ledger to resolve financial statement discrepancies.
• Mentored, trained and provided guidance to an intern to ensure achievement of all accounting policies and client and financial reporting procedures to build team support and efficiency.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Processed daily accounts receivables and payables against redemptions and subscriptions using PAM Database to prepare and verify information for various accounting projects.
• Provided information needed to prepare financial statements and reports for client, shareholder, director and management reports via email, telephone and correspondences in a timely manner.
• Monitored, reviewed, and validated all general ledger posts in PAM Database to ensure accurate timely calculations and maintained all required controls to ensure overall accuracy.
• Distributed accounts receivable and accounts payable information to Shared Services and Client Operations departments via telephone and email and interacted with Global Centers of Excellence and business unit teams to.
• Utilized Bloomberg to research company background, business and markets news, data and analysis to gain knowledge to resolve complex exceptions and worked in conjunction with 5 team members as well as other shared.