• Effectively executed financial analysis and presented risk management strategies for effective decision making, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer. Acting as a liaison to efficiently communicate financial updates, insights, and recommendations.• Supervised senior accountants, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment while simultaneously guiding and mentoring to ensure professional development and growth within the organization.• Executed timely month-end closing by monitoring workloads, prioritizing assignments, and ensuring equitable distribution of tasks amongst the team.• Successfully developed accurate monthly financial statements, ensuring GAAP compliance, and distributing amongst 30+ cost centers organization wide.• Independently conducted quarterly meetings with Cost Center owners to identify trends, variances, and present actuals vs budget analysis with opportunities for cost savings.• Analyzed, tested, and maintained various deferred Revenue Recognition schedules in accordance with US GAAP, ASC 606 Recognition standards and SOX compliance.• Proactively identified inefficiencies in financial processes and implemented streamlined procedures, resulting in increased accuracy, productivity, and timeliness. Revamped reconciliations and fixed asset schedules as a part of process improvement.• Significantly improved team development and performances by providing mentorship and hosting team events.• Efficiently navigated complex tax forms, including Form 990, Schedule A, Schedule, and Schedule O, ensuring proper disclosure of financial information and organizational governance for 3 separate entities.• Spearheaded a comprehensive audit plan, including a detailed scope of work, timeliness, and resource allocation. Managed the resolution of audit findings, working closely with the Chief Financial Officer on adjustments and control improvements.

• Successfully supported the compliance, quality assurance, and risk management goals of the financial management processes for a portfolio of 12 charter schools across New York, with a focus on adhering to local/state laws. • Strategically managed the accounts receivable process for each school, averaging $700K in A/R per school for FY2021; independently processed and recorded Title and Restricted Funds, grants, and donations. • Executed reconciliation of bank statements up to $9 million and credit card statements up to $3 million.• Effectively collaborated with internal and external stakeholders, including operational leadership (Director of Operations, COO, Director of Finance) for each school to ensure compliance with strict fiscal policies as per government requirements.• Independently managed the fixed assets register for each school; effectively analyzed invoices to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines for capitalizing assets, with a careful focus on maintaining accurate depreciation schedules in real-time.• Proactively prepared and analyzed financial statements, reports, and data (balance sheets, profit/loss statements, quarterly budget reports) to allow leadership to make data-driven decisions regarding financial processes to avoid regulatory risks. • Maximized productivity and contributed to a seamless migration to a new accounting system; assisted in troubleshooting, providing recommendations on workflow improvements and feedback on training material to achieve optimal efficiency. • Supervised payroll clerks processing 500+ employees across the 12 schools, including benefits processing for various vendors, retirement plans, corporate/fringe benefits such as gym memberships and parking with a focus on maintaining accurate records. • Spearheaded successful audit preparation efforts by executing weekly and monthly period-end close processes• Assembled annual compliance filings including 990s and 1099s.

• Executed weekly and monthly period-end close processes, to include reviewing the Balance Sheet and entering storefront accruals and reconciling journal entries.• Successfully managed the full cycle of A/P functions for a large pizza chain (30+ storefronts, 3 food trucks and corporate) by performing financial functions, including invoice processing, reconciliation, and auditing.• Singlehandedly process a weekly average of 350+ invoices, totaling over $450K across multiple departments while also managing weekly check issuance for 60+ vendors. • Independently performed monthly reconciliation of vendor invoices, entered journal entries and performed reconciliation for 2 corporate credit cards while also monitoring Auto ACH payments for accuracy and complete processing. • Boosted department productivity by spearheading the research of a new AP system (Concur Invoice) which has been implemented organization-wide, resulting in improved efficiency through mass invoice and credit memo automation upload.• Participated in weekly team meetings with department leadership to discuss operational issues that affect accounting, strategizing ways to improve workflow and reviewed financial reports. • Maximized compliance for all new storefronts by independently managing the acquisition of business licenses and permits for each new location across various states (DMV, NY, NJ, and MA).• Assembled compliance filings which includes 1099s, sales tax fillings on a monthly and annual basis.• Proactively analyzed research, and corrected any incomplete, missing and/or unusual transactions or discrepancies, which resulted in recouping $45K in overpayments from a single vendor (Staples) through account reconciliations. • Audited the capitalized expenses reports at the end of each week for fixed assets to ensure the accuracy of coding and confirm/approve that the expenses can be capitalized to reduce the risk of tax liability.

• Effectively contributed to the AR and AP functions of a commercial real estate firm with an annual revenue of $2M by providing support to 2 managing partners and 2 attorneys representing clients such as Madison Marquette and PN Hoffman. • Significantly improved the efficiency of the billing process by spearheading the transition from a manual process to an automated system that tracked billable and non-billable hours, generated invoices and directly sent invoices to clients.• Independently managed the processing, coding, and auditing of 75+ invoices per month across the firm for legal services rendered while reviewing and preparing monthly bank reconciliations of bank account and corporate credit cards. • Prepared, recorded, and processed accounts payable and cash receipts for the entire firm and reviewed journal entries and monthly ledger prepared by an outsourced controller. • Reviewed various financial reports such as Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, General Ledger, and Income Statement to analyze the financial health of the firm including balances owed and financial liability and coordinated collections efforts.• Provided support to the Comptroller with year-end financials by preparing various A/R reports, payment reports, bank and credit card statements and coded expenses.• Assisted with the Month-End Closing process and consolidated financial statements by providing summary information regarding issued invoices, payments received bank and credit card reconciliations and coded expenses.

• Successfully provided operational support to the firm’s marketing department by providing project management, administrative support and client relations functions. • Managed all aspects of luxury retail projects for brand marketing campaigns ranging from $20k to $7M, including providing strategy analysis, support related functional processes, marketing, and creative solutions.• Implemented a set of comprehensive tracking processes to monitor Field Operations' performance and labor costs to ensure labor hours were within budgeted parameters. • Independently managed the client billing process via Salesforce, billed clients on actuals and updated revenues while monitoring project timelines to ensure budget adherence for each project. • Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement with a focus on establishing client relationships and loyalty.