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• Lowered trade clearing expenses by over 9% within one month of hire• Member of Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Commitment Committee• Executed a management buyout from Parent Company. Oversaw the divestiture and coordinated all activities with the appropriate regulatory bodies• Lowered outside auditing costs by 25%

• Redesigned the general ledger systems of several companies in order to allocate revenues and costs to the appropriate departments and divisions. Drastically improved the divisional reporting to determine which product lines to jettison• Reduced the outside auditors’ fees by 20% - 30%

• Selected by Parent Company to manage the consolidation of the accounting and other administrative functions for the merger and relocation of five divisions. Within one year, the departments were operational, resulting in savings of over $2 million per year.• Evaluated and overhauled the general ledger of a large regional securities/broker dealer, resulting in $3.5 million of excess reserves, which were folded back into equity. • Designed and implemented a general ledger system to… Show more • Selected by Parent Company to manage the consolidation of the accounting and other administrative functions for the merger and relocation of five divisions. Within one year, the departments were operational, resulting in savings of over $2 million per year.• Evaluated and overhauled the general ledger of a large regional securities/broker dealer, resulting in $3.5 million of excess reserves, which were folded back into equity. • Designed and implemented a general ledger system to accommodate the merger of five divisions into one operating entity. Successfully completed the project and was promoted to Senior Vice President. Show less

• Selected to lead my team to develop an operations manual for a commercial bank. Within six months, the 1,500-page manual was completed and functional and had generated $300,000 in fees.• Designed a cold-call program targeted at senior officers of community banks in the Los Angeles area. This added several new clients and I received new business bonus awards for my efforts.• Oversaw the first-time audit of a new client. Accommodated the client’s reporting deadline by designing an… Show more • Selected to lead my team to develop an operations manual for a commercial bank. Within six months, the 1,500-page manual was completed and functional and had generated $300,000 in fees.• Designed a cold-call program targeted at senior officers of community banks in the Los Angeles area. This added several new clients and I received new business bonus awards for my efforts.• Oversaw the first-time audit of a new client. Accommodated the client’s reporting deadline by designing an audit approach accordingly and maintaining the standards of the audit profession. Show less