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Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States

Lyndhurst, Nj

Lyndhurst, Nj

Parsippany, Nj

-Manage the month-end closing processes for the Wyndham Corporate division. Submit necessary accounting adjustments to management, monitor sub ledger systems and processes to ensure consistency and stability, and review and approve staff balance sheet reconciliations.-Manage FASB regulations and SOX controls; enhancing and maintaining effective internal controls.-Ensure cash flows are properly reported in accordance with GAAP; monitor and review submission of monthly balance sheet roll forwards.-Liaison between Treasury and business unit accounting to manage debt program, coordinate foreign exchange rate and monitor cash flow hedging strategies. Prepare management analysis of the corporate division’s monthly underlying and hedge movements which summarizes program’s risk management effectiveness.-Implemented changes that reduced monthly close time by 40% (2 days); improving communications with business partners to meet deliverables on a timely basis.-Strengthen the internal controls and improve the overall accuracy and reliability of financial data by the development of standardized project approval/closure forms and reviewing of all Oracle Purchasing system accruals. -Implemented quarterly fixed asset review.-Serve as IT Finance Manager, completing development, validation and presentation of the IT annual business plan and budget. Total budget of $55M annual technology spend. Activities include:Manage staff to complete monthly allocations to Business Units of IT and Telecom charges.-Calculate monthly detailed Data Center consumption analysis to identify resources/services which were under/over recovered and required rate card adjustments.-Served as Functional Lead in Implementation, Upgrade and Post Production Support of Oracle EBS. -Integrated Oracle R12 Applications modules, GL, AP, AR, PA, FA, CE, iProcurement and Subledger Acct (SLA).

Parsippany, Nj

Cendant Technology (div. of Cendant Corporation), Parsippany, NJ 06/04 - 07/06Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (07/05 – 07/06) Assisted with the establishment of a formal monthly FP&A reporting process including standardized reporting, uniform variance commentary, and monthly cost center presentations. Assisted with the development, validation and presentation of the annual business plan and budget. Total budgeting process accounted for approximately $250M annual “technology” spend. Completed monthly detailed business unit financial analysis and executive summary. Prepared variance analysis for assigned cost centers and conducted monthly cost center owner (VP level) reviews.Senior Financial Analyst (06/04 - 07/05) Ensured cost center financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Responsible for managing the IT accounting close. Prepared monthly journal entries for inter-company, revenue, accruals, cash etc. Responsible for collection, analysis/validation and transmission of 3rd party and proprietary data into the revenue/billing sub-system. Reconciled proprietary revenue/billing system to G/L  Conducted Sarbanes-Oxley 404 documentation and testing as assigned. Developed a comprehensive Balance Sheet analysis reporting package for review by senior finance management.