Farhan Ullah Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Remote - Atlanta

Greater Atlanta Area

• Georgia DIS manages several of Georgia States funds including Teachers Retirement System and Employees Retirement Systems - Role involved a significant amount of PE investment accounting.
• Review quarterly Private Equity valuations received from GPs and reconcile to DIS records.
• Review and enter Private Equity capital call and distribution transactions and reconcile with bank monthly.
• Set up Private Equity funds in system and liaison with PE investment team as well as bank for records.
• Prepare and review daily cash entries and reconciliations for all portfolio funds; review and distribute RORs.
• Assist with month close processes - review and validate month-end trial balance, rate of returns, bank and position reconciliations, and prepare monthly management reporting packages.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsible for quarterly and annual fund reporting with notes for several consolidated funds and aggregators.
• Prepared capital calls and distribution memos for investors.
• In charge of treasury function overlooking several hundred bank accounts.
• Prepared ad-hoc reports for senior management summarizing portfolio performances.
• Assist auditors with requested reports and reconciliations.
• Assist deal team with valuations of portfolio companies and reconciling to fund records.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Short term contract role focusing on preparation for annual audit. Role ends 18th Sept.
• Analyze and prepare reconciliations/schedules for several balance sheet accounts including but not limited to Parking, Fitness control/clearing and other benefits accounts, other payables and receivables, Employee.
• Prepare yearly payroll reconciliation for current and prior fiscal year to investigate and reconcile differences within the payroll balance sheet accounts.
• Co-ordinate with staff at all levels to investigate differences in advance receivables and other receivables accounts.
• Prepare journal entries to fix issues within accounts.
• Helped out A/P staff during high load times by reviewing expense reports and invoices for errors and entering them into the system.

51 Madison Ave., New York

• Maintain fixed asset binders and schedules (for all offices), prepare monthly depreciation entries and perform account analysis on them on a quarterly basis.
• Prepare various monthly accrual entries (loan interest, shareholder/board meeting expenses, legal expenses, bad debt, rent expense, etc.).
• Prepare bank reconciliations for the main account and enter numerous related journal entries (bank charges, ADP adj., etc.).
• Responsible for Payroll deduction and adjustment entries for all US offices, FSA (Flexible spending account) postings on biweekly basis, FSA analysis at quarter end.
• Handle complete accounting and payroll services for London, Shanghai and Beijing offices as well as associated inter-company entries.
• Perform a variety of quarterly group/individual account analysis for various US and foreign offices including A/P, A/R analysis requiring to work with those departments. This includes comparison to projected amounts.

Toronto, Ontario

• Prepare tax returns for individuals and small businesses.
• Prepare journal entries and various reconciliations in Excel and Quickbooks.
• Assist Manager with various ad-hoc tasks as required.