Pearl Tsai Email & Phone Number

Remote

San Francisco Bay Area

• Prepare monthly financial reports for the wider team by querying over half a million rows of SAP data into Excel
• Analyze financial data for monthly variance explanations and key drivers to help clients with operational decisions
• Lead monthly client review meetings with senior directors and managers to present financial analysis
• Budget and forecast annual portfolios of over $100M, collaborating with clients across different lines of business
• Perform monthly accruals and journal entry cost corrections in compliance with U.S. GAAP standards
• Improved financial reporting processes by streamlining data, eliminating manual entries, and easing end-user inputs resulting in more accurate financial reporting and reducing delivery time by 1 day

San Francisco Bay Area

• Prepare federal and state income tax returns for Partnerships, Corporations, and S Corporations; main clients: Charles Schwab Corporation & Subsidiaries, Blackrock Inc., Research Affiliates LLC, Crosslink Capital
• Redesign Excel workbooks to standardize and automate estimates and state return processes, increasing efficiency by over 200 hours across 150 state filings for 27 entities
• Analyze financial statements and perform tie-outs to balance sheet and income statement accounts in accordance with U.S. GAAP and PCAOB standards
• Reconcile and explain variances, providing year-over-year comparisons and summaries for clients
• Research IRS tax codes and ever-changing state tax rules in response to federal and state notices, supplying solutions that in a single case saved over $20,000 in potential penalties
• Collaborate with managers and seniors in preparation for leading client meetings to explain audit support

Oakland, CA

• Conducted financial statement analyses to reconcile variances on over 20 bank and investment accounts
• Managed over 100 donor advised funds held with Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund
• Prepared interim schedules for all investment accounts to conduct a monthly internal audit
• Managed conference room rental accounting and accounts receivable

San Francisco Bay Area

• Prepared federal tax returns and supporting financial schedules for Partnerships, including hedge funds and fund of funds
• Conducted financial statement analyses on hedge fund Sch. K-1s to calculate accurate data for tax returns
• Supported project team by drafting revisions of colleagues’ work using GoSystem