MSB 571 (Ethics for Accounting Professionals) & MSB 390 (Ethics for Management)

-Represent KPMG and participate in campus recruiting events.-Serve as a resource for students regarding the recruitment process.-Connect students with KPMG professionals and introduce them to different career paths at the firm.

-Provide mergers & acquisitions advice and assistance related to buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence engagements.-Analyze target company and/or client data to identify key financial performance and operating trends through rigorous financial statement analysis and applied data analytics.-Perform technical accounting advisory support and research for clients regarding divestitures, initial public offerings, impact of new accounting standards on deal metrics, complex capital structures, and other transaction-related events.-Create transaction advisory reports specific to key issues such as normalized earnings, valuation model input assumptions, indebtedness considerations, and business combinations.

-Maintained hundreds of research grants in compliance with federal reporting regulations.-Audited budget/transaction reports and made adjusting entries to accurately allocate expenses.-Utilized PeopleSoft and SAP to manage a database of research contracts exceeding 40 million in annual funding.-Frequently interacted with university professors and staff to solve problems and resolve issues involving the contracts.

-Directly managed 16 other employees, regularly assigning work and providing training on correct Spanish transcription auditing techniques to ensure the highest degree of accuracy.

-Owned several parts of the monthly and quarterly financial close process including high-risk reconciliations, adjusting entries, and internal reports for management.-Supported external financial statement creation by preparing a footnote for Financial Derivative Instruments and tying out the Statement of Stockholders’ Equity on the Company’s 10-Q.-Completed several ad-hoc process improvement projects including automation of numerous department processes using VBA.