PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, New York, NY 2013 – Present
Senior Accounting Analyst (2013 – Present)
- Manage the oversight and month-end closing process for 30 highly active and complex general ledger accounts with hundreds of thousands of service transactions
- Balance all general ledger accounts to ensure compliance with Corporate Accounting guidelines and procedures.
- Host quarterly collaboration meetings with internal customers to raise and resolve problems, share best practices to maximize efficiencies and negotiate process improvements
- Collaborate with the Death Claim and Unclaimed Equities team to escheat over $1 million in policy proceeds each year by the statutory deadline, avoiding penalties and interest
- Write detailed technical accounting reconciliation procedures in SharePoint to serve as a training tool, resulting in process consistency
- Review account reconciliations performed by third-party vendors to provide feedback and ensure contract compliance
- Perform user acceptance testing for the redesigned self-service digital experience and provide feedback, resulting in an enhancement to the beneficiary change option
- Execute SQL queries to gather data for investigating out-of-balances and prepare SAP journal entries to reconcile the discrepancies
- Participated in special projects as assigned by management, such as a new product, system enhancement, department initiatives, quarterly and year end processes
- Develop, document, and modify desktop procedure accordingly to capture knowledge
Asset Financial Staffing(NYL) , New York 2012-2013
Consultant (2012 – 2013)
- Assisted the Tax department for reconciling tax reporting (1099) to accounting on a monthly basis.
- Worked closely with management regarding Ad-Hoc activities throughout the internal departments.
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc., New York 2011-2012
Financial Analyst (2011-2012)
- Assisted with the administration of internal financial applications (i.e. JD Edward, One World Xe/V 9.0, and various banking applications.
- Performed monthly financial closing process, including analytical review, compilation of financial statements and supporting schedules.
Various Firms Contracted, Various Location 2006-2011
Consultant (2006-2011)
- Blackstone Group – Financial Analyst – New York June 09-July 10
Managed the close of the following legal entities; BMO Capital Markets Corp. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Trading Corp. S.A., Distributed Hyperion reports.
- Headway Corp- Financial Analyst- New York April 06-Aug 06
Prepared Monthly and quarterly journal entries for private equity and hedge fund investments. Assisted with comprehensive semi-annual financial statements.
- Robert Half- Bookkeeping Consultant- New Jersey September 10- January 2011
- Info Tree Service( Siemens) – New Jersey December 2010- August 2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers, New Jersey 2003-2006
Business Assurance Associate (2003-2006)
- Prepared detailed audit reports.
- Collected and analyzed financial data to find out if there are any frauds, violation of laws, regulations and management policies, duplication or errors.
- Inspected account books of companies such as Honeywell, J&J, Krups, Hayward, Steven Institute, and various entities.
- Conducted interviews and researched, made detailed investigation, and prepared detailed written analysis of results.
- Proposing correction journal entries or disclosures to the financial statements, either orally or in written form, that materially change client-prepared financial statements
- Performed A-133 audits of Not-For-Profit organizations
- Assisted in preparation of SEC Filings (10K , 10Q, and 11K)
- Reviewed inventory control procedures
- Researched current GAAP and FASB pronouncements
- Assisted clients in preparing financial statements in accordance with GAAP
- Performed 404 Sarbanes Oxley Testing
