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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Implemented process improvements and efficiencies across multiple processes, such as Travel & Expenses Reimbursements, Treasury, Payroll, Expense Accruals, Month-End Closing and Account Reconciliation processes for a $818M assets company. Drove an environment of increased collaboration and communication which increased the efficiency of the month-end close and reconciliation process.• Streamlined process improvements over multiple processes such as Travel and Expenses employee reimbursements to eliminate duplication and reduce monthly processing time by 25%.• Led a team of 12+ remote professionals in streamlining the monthly financial close and account reconciliation processes increasing efficiency, timeliness and accuracy of the financial statements. • Supported a company wide information gathering project to claim the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) government tax credit which resulted in $565K+ payroll tax credit for the company. • Led the roll out and implementation of the Travel & Expense policy, and trained staff to review/approve T&E expense reports for 300+ employees to reduce processing time by 20%.• Implemented the unclaimed property process, in collaboration with the AP Team, which resulted in the return of $20K of funds to the appropriate owners and $100K+ filed with the states.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Responsible for managing the Credit Cards, Cash Disbursements, and Accounts Payables operations of a $23B+ company. Drove the implementation of several process improvement initiatives to promote stronger internal controls, improved quality of account reconciliations and Financial Reporting for 5+ legal entities.• Drove investigation and resolution of $765K in fraudulent financial activity through designing and implementing controls to support the cash disbursement process and strengthen the overall internal control environment. • Led the remediation efforts resulting from a fraud investigation which resulted in $13M of adjustments/clean-up of the financial statements. • Implemented an automated reconciliation process to facilitate the weekly reconciliations of five Disbursement cash bank accounts averaging daily disbursements of $30M+. • Implemented process improvements to strengthen segregation of duties, internal and financial controls to support credit card expense reporting, cash disbursement and month-end close processes. • Led, coached and mentored a team of 7 accountants through the implementation of various process improvements to support the fraud investigation, credit card, cash disbursement, month-end close, financial reporting processes, as well as cost saving initiatives for the company.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Accountable for the production and timely submission of various US Federal and Cayman Regulatory reports, to the required Regulatory Institutions, as part of the US Branch Regulatory Reporting Team. Supported Finance, IT, Data Governance and Internal Audit teams in transaction testing activities and the gathering of documentation to substantiate the transactions reported by the bank.• Collaborated with Finance, IT, and various functions in the accurate/timely production and submission of various regulatory reports, such as: FFIEC 002/s, FR2644, FR2900, TIC Bs for $65B in Assets. • Managed the tracking, preparation and filing of Unclaimed Property escheatment and reporting to meet the legal and regulatory requirements for the 50+ US States which resulted in the escheatment of ~$130K+. • Implemented audit recommendations to support the closure of Regulatory (DFS/Fed) and Internal Audit findings through developing policies and procedures to remediate Unclaimed Property audit findings. • Conducted substantive testing for 14A CCAR FFIEC 002/s branch reporting by gathering and analyzing the bank documentation (credit agreements, system screenshots) to substantiate the transactions reported and documenting testing procedures for communication to Internal Audit.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Accountable for supporting the implementation of the Data Trace program, which is a read audit of the bank regulatory reporting and is embedded within the Data Governance pillar of EDM. Supports Finance, IT, Data Governance and Internal Audit in transaction testing activities, and gathering of documentation to substantiate the transactions.• Collaborated with various teams in the development of the Data Trace requirements for the implementation of the Ab Initio metadata management tool to enable the tracking of data attributes for Regulatory reporting.• Finalized the testing of the 14A CCAR reporting and documented the procedures for testing and communicating results to the Internal Audit team. • Supporting the Internal Audit testing of the FFIEC 002/s branch reporting by gathering and analyzing the bank's documentation (i.e. credit agreements, system screenshots) to substantiate the transactions reported to the Fed.

Montreal, Canada Area

Accountable for driving the financial integration and transition initiatives of the controllership function for the Hydro North America Finance legacy Alstom to GE processes, financial reporting systems, policies/procedures, such as account reconciliations, financial reporting submissions, Rep Letters and required entries for ~$100MM of assets.• Managed a team of five resources (1 local + 4 remote) through the GE/Alstom integration in implementing GE compliant financial processes, reporting systems, policies and procedures. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Sourcing & IT) to successfully drive the closure of the Vendor Schedule II audit findings, which resulted in the closure of ~4100+ legacy vendors and implementation of the GE Sourcing policies.• Implemented the structure for the monthly/quarterly close process resulting in the smoothing of the financial close process which resulted in the accurate and timely reporting and recording of ~$100MM of Assets. • Drove a culture of compliance to GE policies and procedures through the Finance Organization which resulted in stronger controls and increased visibility of account reconciliations and ~57% closure of Corporate and Tax audits. • Led Controllership and extended Finance Teams through the integration of Treasury processes to a centralized structure driving simplification by closing ~55% of legacy bank accounts.

Stamford Ct

Accountable for managing, booking and reporting (under US GAAP & SEC requirements) of ~75 complex international and domestic equity energy projects (valued at ~$5B) expanding various types of accounting treatments, such as Consolidated, HLBV and Equity Method Investments.• Implemented SOX 404 methodology and collaborated with various teams to develop documentation which reduced non-critical controls by 80% resulting in decreased testing efforts and resource requirements. • Integral in the execution of project to transfer ~$278MM of Assets (3 domestic power projects) from EFS to GE Power which resulted in $27MM of tax savings. • Led various teams in the successful execution of the Legal Entity purity project and reassignment of the ME/LE for specific domestic and international deals in preparation for Fed regulatory requirements.

Stamford Ct

Managed all aspects of highly visible and sizable debt investments from complex calculations, booking of transactions, researched and resolved variances, thru reporting of the investments to Sr. Management and Capital HQ. Implemented new SOX methodology, and collaborated with various teams to rebuild documentation which resulted in the reduction of nearly 80% of non-critical controls, decreasing testing efforts and resource requirements. • Responsible for all aspects of the Financing Receivables Portfolio for the Energy Financials Services (EFS) business (~$3B of Debt/Leases and $600MM of Investment Securities) including the calculation, booking and reporting of complex transactions. • Managed the STAT to GAAP analysis process for several foreign legal entities while working with external parties to gain tactical knowledge of the required adjustments. • Collaborated with Technical Accounting, Tax, FP&A, external and internal customers, GE Corporate and Risk Project Managers to ensure the accurate recording, processing and reporting of various deals.• Led the project to simplify, rebuild and enhance complex account reconciliation templates (i.e. Investment Securities, OCI and Financing Receivables) which resulted in an 80+% decrease in the number of account reconciliation opportunities and increased productivity and clarity.

Norwalk Ct

Managed the reporting requirements and conducted risk assessments for 14 distinct entities for GE Capital Corporate Components. Created and implemented a process to integrate the Corporate Components into the overall GE Capital Structure, while serving as a contact person for the business and ensuring that reporting requirements were met.

Orlando, Florida, United States

Conducted process analysis, developed controls, prepared and delivered management presentations and implemented roll out of major, multi-stakeholder (6-8) corporate accounting policies and procedures for treasury and sales activities. Interacted independently with Starwood Global Compliance, Internal and External audits and with the finance organization upper level management (Managers, Directors and VPs) in planning, executing, implementing and addressing audit findings and addressing process issues.• Designed accounts payable process for an international hotel venture accountable for $2M+ in annual payables. • Planned and conducted comprehensive review of company-wide controls for 15 processes spanning cash, inventory, treasury, tax, corporate accounting and other functions.• Analyzed control deficiencies identified through annual audits; recommended and implemented solutions for 8 audit/control deficiencies reducing them to zero within 1 year.• Assessed existing controls, updated narratives and tested newly implemented controls which resulted in improved internal/external audit efficiency and reduced company audit expenses by ~10%.

Chicago Il

Interviewed client personnel to document and test client’s business processes/procedures and to identify risks, controls and control gaps for client’s international locations/subsidiaries to improve their internal control structure. Robust background in Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), internal audit and compliance obtained while conducting internal audit testing and evaluations for organizations in various industries, including: consulting, healthcare, publishing and manufacturing. • Examined 10+ client’s internal control structures to ensure compliance with SOX through testing and remediation of identified issues to improve client’s control effectiveness, such as: Accenture, Hospira, Komatsu, Sun Times Publishing. • Implemented analytical techniques in client’s fraud investigations and assisted in data entry and analysis of findings resulting in an adjustment of company sales of $500K+.• Planned networking events for company personnel to interact with Indiana University faculty in connection with company recruiting task force.

Mbaa, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Beta Alpha Psi, Latin American Student Association (Treasurer)

Bs, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Hispanic American Student Association (HASA), Student Accounting Society (SAS) Dean's List of Exceptional.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting And Finance