Deirdre Fitzgerald Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Stamford, Connecticut

Westport, Ct

Principal support position for a private hedge fund, responsible for all day-to-day activities with investment clients, fund accountants, fund auditors, regulatory auditors, legal counsel, compliance officials, brokerage representatives, bankers, IT consultants, and vendors. Operations responsibilities include:• Data analysis using Excel (pivot tables / VLOOKUP / macros / VBA) utilizing historic Bloomberg market data to back-test investment models• Maintains SOX compliant financial recordkeeping, client communications, privacy, and data security in a paperless cloud-based office• Successfully prepared firm for multiple unannounced regulatory audits• Produce and deliver quarterly client statements/reports and confirms as required • All production responsibility for annual tax returns, K-1 statements, and fund audits• Full charge bookkeeping with QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Online. Maintaining complete real-time financial records for multiple s-corps and limited partnerships including reconciliations, payroll, payroll taxes/filings, accounts payable/receivable, billing, 1099s/W-2s, cash flow/wire processing

Fairfield, Ct

Primary Computer Science teacher for a college preparatory school of 900 students.Responsibilities included: • Teaching and designing all curriculum materials for the required Computer Literacy course to all freshmen during the school year and an accelerated course during the summer session. Subjects taught: MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Windows OS, Database Management Systems (Schema design, Queries, Reporting), Blackboard Content Management System, Computer Ethics, History of Computing, Academic Internet Research and MLA Citations, Presentation Techniques, Web Design/HTML • Teaching and designing all curriculum materials for the Senior Computer Science elective. Subjects taught: Object-oriented programming logic and design (Alice, Python), Website design (Adobe CS Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, and HTML), Content design and production for print or web display (InDesign and Acrobat Professional). Film and sound production and editing (Audacity, Picasa, Windows Movie Maker). Advanced presentation techniques. College advisement and recommendations for potential computer science and engineering students• Faculty moderator of FIRST Robotics Club, Media Club, and 3-D Video Game Club

Fairfield, Ct

Help Desk Coordinator and primary point of contact for students, faculty and administration for the Department of Technology. Responsibilities included: • Provided comprehensive technical support for faculty/staff/administration, students, and parents. Analyzed and implemented first Help Desk software including data standards and detailed procedures. Conducted regular training classes for faculty and staff • Personal assistant to the Director of Technology responsible for scheduling, processing requests, delegating tasks, arranging travel, soliciting quotes, placing orders, communicating with vendor support, coordinating with Fairfield University finance and shipping departments, maintaining department budget, and coordinating equipment inventory