FTI Consulting, Inc. is an independent global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. FTI Consulting professionals, located in all major business centers throughout the world, work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and opportunities.The Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment provides law firms, companies, government clients and other interested parties with dispute advisory, investigations, forensic accounting, business intelligence assessments, data analytics and risk mitigation services.

-Conduct research to provide financial and social media recommendations to help small businesses grow-Help small businesses apply and fund Kiva loans of up to $10,000 by matching with corporations -Host workshops on various topics like social media, Quickbooks, and newsletter design for small businesses -Lead over 20 students and teach professional development like networking and resume building

-Analyzed variances between client financials and prepared tax workpapers to ensure financials tie -Worked in teams ranging from 2 to 10 members to prepare and review 20+ federal and state tax returns for individuals, partnerships, and corporations

-Analyze CALPERS and CALSTRS’s investments to provide financial evidence in order to convince them to divest from fossil fuel companies to create a more sustainable portfolio-Develop a database for board members to help them understand the financial risks of their investments

-Maintain capital expenditure inventory using pivot tables to ensure that all asset details match the invoices-Develop new reconciliation template to match purchase orders, item receipts, and invoices using vlookup function to ensure that fixed assets are created accurately in NetSuite system-Assist with daily bank reconciliations, cash account reconciliations, and accounts receivable reconciliations-Post month end journal entries into the accounting system -Perform analysis for annual physical inventory to identify 2017 additions to the inventory

-Analyzes clients’ cash flow statements to help clients develop proper knowledge of financial statements-Meets with clients to provide financial advice and to discuss the feasibility of the proposed business-Assists with classes about creating viable business plans that are taught in Spanish once every week -Develops marketing plan to help a small Oakland based jewelry store attract more customers to increase revenue-Researches industries for clients and creates handouts to help simplify the process of starting a business

-Researches 40-50 past and present CEO hires of Fortune 500 companies a week to analyze the growing income inequality due to the increasing amount of outside CEO hires-Analyzes a random sample of 30 newspaper articles discussing recent CEO hires to create a code to study the change in the media’s response to CEO hires over time

-Assisted research and analysis with 6 others on brewery industry and its market segments using Excel and organized data on the 4,185 breweries on an Excel spreadsheet-Discovered the small number of craft breweries that have masked their true ownership by mass production breweries in order to appeal to the consumers of craft breweries

-Tutored kids from preschool to high school in all school subject-Helped teach basic life skills including patience, hard work, etc.-Gave feedback to kids and parents on progress-Organized assessments for students-Worked at the front desk and answered calls

-Taught abacus to kids from preschool to high school-Graded tests and homework-Helped kids prepare for international competitions-Organized tutor schedules