Maria Derito Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

•Assist in identifying general ledger coding errors by reviewing general ledger detail for Carlyle operating entities• Enter AP vouchers for corporate items including consulting fees, legal fees, and investment fundings• Assist the manager(s) with departmental variance analysis and marshal staff to execute research and corrections• Prepare reports and analysis for auditors and Accounting leadership to satisfy audit and reporting requirements• Review coding on AP vouchers entered by EAs and others in Corporate APBUs•Proactively research and explain departmental budget variances and identify general ledger miscoding. Direct staff accountants in resolving issues•Review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations prepared by staff accountants• Supervise, train, and mentor newly/staff accountants• Manage the use of bridge loans and monitor repayments• Responsible primary contact for credit facility• Interact with investors as requested and often produce, analyze, and review a variety of investor reports and address questions• Oversee cash activity (including reviewing bank reconciliations)• Prepare or review communications to investors for each transaction and ensure correct delivery to investors• Provide information as needed to other accounting teams at Carlyle

Washington, Dc, Us

Assist with Fund operations• Assist with sending capital call and distribution notices to Investors• Prepare cash on hand analysis• Prepare partnership expense analysis and journal entries• Record capital calls and distributions in Carlyle systems• Monitor and reconcile cash accounts for capital calls and distributionsInvestor Correspondence• Answer investors’ questions regarding quarterly reports and statements• Provide information on the private equity funds as requestedWork closely with other Carlyle departments• Work with Operations and Treasury teams to verify records or coordinate transactions• Compile and assist to analyze fund, investor, or portfolio company information as requested by various Carlyle teams

Washington, Dc, Us

•Tracked and managed project accounting for more than 150 partner/cooperative budgets.•Supported and contributed to the administrative process dedicated to the bi-annual audit (prepared supporting documentation, receipts, and reconciliation materials) •Regularly met with accounting department staff internally (and externally with select partners) to reconcile invoices and provide account information for accounts receivable outstanding.•Regularly met with Business Development staff to review Partner marketing activities; media buys, digital media, and trade shows.•Attended month meetings with Letter of Agreement Partners to review accounts receivable, billing issues, outstanding invoices, pending media authorizations, and administrative support (W-9’s, 990’s, bank information, etc.) documentation needs.•Backed up accounts payable and compliance coordinator work load (reviews of media buys, expense reports, digital media, social media, and commissions) as requested.•Assisted with month-end closing (recoded budget codes, analyzed P&L report, and reconciled accounts)•Created invoices for Partner Contribution, event sponsorships and marketing co-ops•Worked with customers to collect open Accounts Receivables•Processed purchase and insertion order for marketing department•Assisted accounts payable in processing payable invoices for marketing department, which includes: coding invoices to the appropriate budget, completing required related paperwork, providing support documentation and responding to billing inquiries from internal and external parties

• Analyzed reports and inventory tracking through the use of SAP• Developed budget and forecasting reports for month end analysis and presented them to the executive board • Coordinated and facilitated the sharing of analytical information for functional team leaders by compiling data into easy to follow presentations• Provided analysis and insight to forecasting improvement projects• Assisted in gathering, organizing, and development of supply chain business unit annual budgets• Worked for Director of Supply Chain Reporting and Analysis

New York, Ny, Us

• Responsible for the caring and leading several groups of campers through coordinate team activities (preteens and teens)

Master’S Degree, Accounting

2013, Managerial Finance

French, Managing Innovation, Consumer Behavior, And International Finance

High School