Dawn Solomon Email and Phone Number

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Monthly review of all financial budgets, profit & loss, balance sheets, account payables, & owners statements. Liaison with Accountant/Bookkeeper & Hotel Manager on a weekly basis. Develop Financial procedures.

Elected position to Board of Directors.Creation of monthly report for BOD based on analysis of Accounting reports.Weekly signing of checks and review of expenditures. Bi-annual presentation of Financial Reporting & Budget to General Assembly.

Analytical analysis and review of bank/cash reconciliations, expenditures & month end close. Review, create & manage $3million annual budget & forecasts. Prepare monthly reports for co-owner, restaurant management & administration. Established & maintained internal control & safeguards for cash, income & expenses. Identification of trends and recommendations for areas to audit. Reduced expenditures resulting in tax savings of $100K. Customer interface for online correspondence & customer complaints. Weekly signing of checks or wire transfers. Implemented new accounting system for P/L. Streamlined vendor payments. Created & maintained 6 page wine list, as well as helped organize monthly 5 course wine pairings for last 9 years.

Responsible for preparing daily, weekly, monthly, & quarterly financial reports and Net Capital calculations. Liaison with governmental bodies & coordinate annual audits. Periodically prepare anti-money laundering reports.

Purchased & renovated a historic hotel in Gold Rush Country. Operated a 100+ seat restaurant and bar downstairs and 10 suite size rooms upstairs. Managed staff of 20+ amounting to more than $250K in payroll. Created an extensive wine list and started monthly wine pairing events. Handled sale of the business, subsequent default by purchaser and repossession before successfully selling the business, real estate & alcohol license in 2011.

Managed & monitored trading activity, risk & margin calls for 11 proprietary traders. Handled compliance matters and organized & conducted annual continuing education meeting. Liaison with Clearing Firm & Accountant.

Managed staff of 3 analysts.Managed City's Investment portfolio.Oakland was the 3rd largest City in California at the time.