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Harriman, NY

• Prepare periodic budget reports and perform variance analysis on accounts to identify potential areas the forecasted budget may differ from the actual budget.
• Maintain financial models examining pricing strategies impacting short and long-term plans.
• Reconcile bank deposits to receivable amounts to determine outstanding client amounts.
• Coordinate and increase automation of the reporting process by centralizing the data used and increasing overall efficiency.
• Audit processes to ensure continued compliance to company policies and procedures.
• Audit monthly customer accounts to ensure accurate recording and billing statements.

Maplewood, NJ

• Produced monthly and quarterly financial analysis package (budget, forecast and variance reports) and presented management with recommendations for areas of improvement.
• Slashed costs by 10% through the execution of cost savings analysis.
• Developed protocols for the submission of financial reports and streamlined the reporting process.
• Prepared ad-hoc reports as requested by management.
• Audited contractor payroll accounts to prevent discrepancies between contractor and customer billables.

Florham Park & Iselin New Jersey

• Provided monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting information to client accounts valued over $40 million.
• Led and managed 12-month project that resulted in the automation of the year-end STAT report.
• Developed Excel Macros to organize financial data provided by different business units, in order to automate the year-end STAT reporting process comprising accounts totaling over $1 billion.
• Improved reporting times by over 50% and reduced related business unit reporting costs impacting the company’s bottom line by streamlining the reporting process.
• Generated individual forecasts for multiple multimillion-dollar clients.
• Performed head count analysis to audit monthly outlays.