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San Francisco Bay Area

• Execute monthly, quarterly and yearly accounting close procedures and deliverables including accruals, prepaid schedules, journal entries, reconciliations and corporate expense allocations.• Interact with Tax Department, external financial institutions, HR, AP and other accounting departments to manage the audit requirements and reconciliations for all Recology locations, maintain and control list of bank accounts, resolve daily issues such as positive pay exceptions

San Francisco Bay Area

MUFG Union Bank N.A.• Was responsible for the preparation of various daily, monthly and quarterly regulatory reports including FR2900, FR2644, FR2420, State of California/Oregon/ Washington Local Agency Deposit Reports, Cayman LBS and Cayman Basel II Reports.• Reviewed the departmental accounting policies and procedures to make sure that the documentation is in compliance with corporate guidelines and regulatory requirements. San Francisco Conservatory of Music• Acted as a Student Account liaison between the Financial Aid Office and Accounts Payable. • Imported financial aid, reconciled between two systems and authorized excess aid disbursements.• Managed Monthly Departmental Budget reporting by compiling monthly statements and distributing to department/project managers

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed, implemented and managed centralized accounting and internal control policies and procedures to include all Commercial Mortgage Servicing groups (e.g. Reilly Mortgage Group, McLean, Virginia and Wells Fargo Restaurant Finance, Carlsbad, California) after various acquisitions.• In charge of SMART Database Project transitioning custodial bank reconciliation process fromExcel spreadsheets to Microsoft Access platform. Monitored data and process flow for accuracy while working with System Engineers in developing, performing user acceptance testing (UAT) and implementing the new platform.• Recruited, trained, evaluated and supervised accounting professionals by identifying and capitalizing on team members' strengths to accommodate increase in account volumes and staffing fluctuations. • Managed an accounting team of 8 accountants overseeing of daily and monthly servicing functions of thousands of loans for multiple lines of businesses; including month-end close, 600+ custodial DDA bank accounts and 50+ related GL accounts reconciliations.• Created special reports, provided information and data for SOX, Basel, USAP, SEC, internal and external (KPMG) audits and financial reporting.• Assisted Group Controllers with SOX testing by identifying controls, determining process flows and narratives, creating flow charts for the Commercial Mortgage Servicing group.• Improved productivity by creating several query programs using internal financial software “Strategy” system which reduced the preparation time for investor reconciliations by 40%.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Performed G/L and bank reconciliations, financial analysis, budgeting, and audit preparation for San Francisco Housing Authority and March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Led team performing audits of multinational corporations through examination and analysis ofclients' financial source documents including general ledger, balance sheet, income statementand other financial schedules.• Responsible for financial reporting and preparation of tax declarations for multinational clientssuch as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Project Office, Lockheed Martin Corp., and Delta &Pine Land Co.• Advised expatriates on situations involving individual taxation and assisted them with filings.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed and developed a compatible system to track capital budget spending for technicalassets.• Prepared purchase orders for all types of hardware and software to meet the needs of theNorthern California locations and approved them for payment.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Controlled budget for School of Business seminars, and prepared monthly financial statements• Reconciled bank and investment accounts dealing with major investment companies such asMerrill Lynch, Bank of America and Wells Fargo Bank.• Trained and supervised temporary accounts payable and purchasing clerks.• Prepared grants/contracts revenue projection reports, analyzed indirect cost and maintained depreciation schedules.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General