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Wappingers Falls, Ny, Us

Wappingers Falls, Ny, Us

Danbury, Connecticut

Supervise four staff membersWork closely with Accounting ManagerMain contact for implementing new sub-ledger system for ASC 842Point of contact for all lease accounting under ASC 842Preparation of Deferred Revenue journal entriesPrepare Quarterly Reporting for leases and deferred revenue to Parent CompanyContinue to find efficiencies and time savings for work processesWork on Ad-hoc projectsReview staff accountants account reconciliationsReview staff accountants journal entriesPreparation of account reconciliationsPreparation of monthly UK Insurance Reporting filingsUploading of journal entriesOversee the uploading process of journal entriesTrain new hire on reconciliations, Blackline and Daily BalancingStreamlined the Account Analysis files to make monthly reporting easierTesting team member of several new accounting systemsContinue to improve two filing rooms and record retention

Danbury, Ct

• Preparation of account reconciliations• Enhanced process to track leases in MS Excel• Uploading of journal entries• Schedules for quarterly reporting

Ridgefield, Ct

Supervise accounts payable staffPrepared financial statements and footnotes for 401K planWrite and maintain reports in Oracle General Ledger systemAssist in gathering, organizing and entering the Annual BudgetAutomate reconciliation processes and Board reportsVaries monthly reconciliationsServes as main contact on audit of our retirement plan financialsApprove customer wire transfers

Rye, Ny

Corporate Accounting:Supervise staff accountant and accounts payable staffAssist in preparation of financial statements and footnotes for auditsMember of implementation team for new accounting and reporting system (SAP)Complete monthly consolidation of all nine companies including elimination entries and monthly accruals Complete consolidated quarterly reporting and footnotesClose the books for six out of nine companies on a monthly/yearly basisPrepare P&L variance analysis for all companies and issue consolidated analysis memo on a monthly basisPerform treasury functions Prepare calculations for payment of sales commissionsServes as main contact on annual audit of broker/dealerReview and approve journal entries, invoices and expense reportsServe as main contact for basic day to day IT issues and liaison with parent company IT helpdesk for more advanced issues Fund Accounting:Prepare/review financial statements and footnotes for auditsServes as main contact for research of our Corporate Companies general ledgerMaintain books and records for nine audited domestic funds dailyManage cash and accounts payable for 24 funds (domestic and foreign)Review tax returns for domestic fundsAnalyze fund expenses and provide recommendations to increase fund profitability prior to fund liquidation Regulatory:Prepare monthly net capital calculation for broker/dealer and foreign subsidiariesPrepare work papers for quarterly FOCUS filingResponsible for day to day activity in broker/dealerPrepare top-side files and financial statements for auditPrepare work papers for annual audit

Accounting:Prepared all month end reconciliations for existing broker/dealerAnalyzed income statements of multiple subsidiariesInvolved in completing quarterly financial package for CorporateAssisted Corporate with any questions or concerns about the financial packagePrepared quarterly tax accruals for some of the companiesPrepared annual tax packages required by the Tax DepartmentAssisted Tax Department with any questions or concernsActed as primary contact for annual audit of broker/dealerRegulatory:Prepared FOCUS Report for a subsidiary of the CompanyPrepared all supporting documentation for monthly FOCUS ReportAssisted in the preparation of filing for a new broker/dealer license

Accounting:Supervised staff accountantsAssisted in general ledger computer software conversionAssisted in preparation of footnotes for monthly financial statementsPerformed all aspects of the monthly financial closePrepared quarterly financial statements and footnotes for Company’s websiteActed as primary contact for auditors from our Regulators and for our financial auditReviewed domestic and foreign daily cash entries, analyzed daily customer depositsRecorded daily / monthly intercompany entriesRegulatory:Prepared Company’s monthly FOCUS Report including all supporting documentationPrepared weekly Customer Reserve Computation for Company’s securities business under Rule 15c3-3Prepared daily Commodities Segregation Calculations, Foreign and Domestic, under CFTC RegulationsCalculated monthly SEC fees and prepared appropriate forms for filingCalculated monthly 600TC fee to be filed with the NYSE

Bba, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Track and Field both for school and individually Worked as an accounting intern from June 1996 to June 1999.

New York Regents Diploma, 12

Activities and Societies: Track and Field, Built set for one of the school's plays