Damian Raphael Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for supporting the implementation of Bank of New York Mellon's SOX 404 Compliance for the Corporate Treasury and Global Markets lines of business.

Finance & Corporate Strategy - SOX Compliance & Control SpecialistCoordinate Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) scoping and testing for Global Markets and Corporate Treasury including training of process owners on SOX documentation standards, quality assurance of documentation, testing of controls, remediation testing of control deficiencies and creating reports of senior managementPerform control testing on Global Market's Interest Rate Derivatives, Foreign Exchange Trading, Incentives, Equity Derivatives, FASB Statement 133 - Accounting for Derivatives and Global Currency Options processesPerformed control testing on the Financial Market & Treasury Services - Corporate Trust - Deferred Income process and the Corporate Trust - Money Market Trust Income process.Identify control gaps in key processes and recommend improvementsTrack, analyze, document and report control gaps, control deficiencies, significant deficiencies and material weaknesses for Global Markets and Corporate Treasury lines of business, as applicableTrain new hires on SOX Compliance & Control policies and procedures Perform U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) reviews on the Bank's various lines of business and various special projects (including BlackLine implementation

Performed audits for diverse client base in both public and private industriesPlanned and coordinated the nature, timing and extent of audit proceduresEvaluated client internal control systems, identified strengths and weaknesses and provided recommendations for any necessary improvements to the internal control systems to client managementPerformed detailed testing over the client's revenue and deferred revenue accounts, ensuring that revenue recognition is in accordance with GAAP, as appropriateReviewed the audit work and documentation performed by junior staff on cash accounts, accounts receivable, inventory, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accounts payable and other major classes of accountsReviewed quarterly and annual financial statements, including footnotes prepared by client managementPerformed analytical procedures on financial statements - including balance sheet and income statement fluctuation analysisSupervised and coached junior staff through an audit

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Financial Instruments & Markets And Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting