Estera Ciparyte-Mcdonald, Cpa, Ccifp Email & Phone Number

New Hampshire, United States

Portland, Maine Area

• Consistently demonstrate commitment to client service by showing responsiveness to their questions, listening to clients’ needs and providing meaningful solutions, meeting deadlines and striving to exceed clients’ expectations• Review and interpret revenue and expense variance analysis prepared by clients• Review and analyze revenue forecasting and budgeting, including risk and opportunity assessments• Develop benchmarking reports, which include the analysis of key financial ratios and historical trends• Review internal controls of accounting systems, identify and observe key internal controls, and generate an assessment to clients• Effectively execute financial statement audits, including: assessing audit risk, planning and developing audit programs, managing 3-6 staff members, reviewing work papers, reviewing and analyzing budgets, and performing financial reporting• Communicate audit objectives and audit results to the senior leadership team, the Board of Directors and Audit Committees as well as provide thought leadership on current trends, pronouncements, internal control improvements• Participate in drafting department’s short-term and long-term business development plan and its execution • Serve as a chair of staff development committee, who identifies learning opportunities needed for the team and cultivates the environment of continuous professional learning and growth • Provide coaching to staff on their individual development plan• Successfully manage multiple tasks and deadlines and frequently work under pressure • Clients primarily in construction, engineering and professional services industries

South Portland, Maine

Provided table and bar service in Banquet departmentSupervised 2-6 servers

B.S. In Accounting, Accounting

Activities and Societies: SIFE- Students In Free Enterprise- Member, Treasurer, ~ Recipient of The President’s Student Service Award, ~.

Bachelor, Economics

Transferred coursework to University of Southern Maine in 2002