Joseph Friedman Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, US

• Review and reconcile multi-department and multi-system General Ledger (GL) accounts.
• Prepare key business performance reports for the regional CFO.
• Train accounting staff on new accounting processes.
• Lead meetings to communicate system-wide automated accounting process improvements to the SVP of technology and tech team leaders after obtaining CFO approval.

As a senior accountant, I played a significant role in the monthly close process, performing reconciliations and preparing journal entries in accordance with US GAAP. I was instrumental in creating and maintaining monthly budget/forecast models to predict cash flow and implement expenditure sign-offs to vendors appropriately. I developed accounting.

I performed a complex audit on the cash and equity assets, and internal controls of a $15B hedge fund for compliance with US GAAP financial accounting and reporting standards using Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).

I created custom financial KPI dashboards and financial reports for budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis using SQL queries in NetSuite (ERP System) in conjunction with Excel macros. I audited and approved sales team expenses using the Concur expense system and recorded journal entries for reimbursement.I organized and delivered supporting.

As my first job in an accounting environment, I started as an accounts receivable clerk. After innovating process improvements and delivering quality customer interaction results, I became the accounts receivable manager for other businesses under the same parent company including Carpingo, a car-sharing business. Additionally, I performed side projects.

Bachelor'S Degree - Second Major - Master Equivalent (150 Credits), Business Management And Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs (First Major Complete With 120 Credits), Public Accounting