SUMMARY.

• Results - oriented Professional with proven record in Financial/Business Analytics, Requirement Management, Developing and Championing initiatives within cross-functional teams. Ardent in Financial Management, Economic researcher, Leadership, and Supervisory Skills with demonstrated success developing and executing department processes, leading teams, and effectively analyzing and processing pertinent accounting data for use by upper management
• Experienced in audit preparation, financial statement preparation, GAAP and IFRS compliance, variance analysis, budgeting, fixed assets, cost accounting, construction and property management accounting, bank statement reconciliation, inventory procedures, inventory reconciliation/adjustment, software conversions, payroll tax reporting, sales tax returns, and corporate income taxes
• Experienced user of MS Office, SAP, SQL,US GAAPS, IFRS,COBOL, Hyperion, IBM, HCRA, Lotus Notes & Quick Books,

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Resource Allocation
• Budget Planning & Administration, cost Accounting
• Program Leadership
• Staff Training $ Financial Modelling &Economic Researcher.
• Financial Analysis & Reporting/Budget Analysis.
• Contract Negotiations
• Risk Mitigation and Also (CCARS)/Auditing
• Cross-Functional Communications
• Issue Resolution and Variance Analysis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Oversees preparation of time & cost budgets, planned/conducted audit preparation, served as liaison during all audit phases and also responsible for strategic planning, preparation of budget, reviewing of actual with budget for compliance
• Manages a team of 14 employee to develop internal control system, preparation of financial statements and recommend areas for improvement.
• Researches, interprets, and document accounting positions based on technical standards regarding accounting issues, including business combinations, revenue recognition, stock compensation expense, contract accounting, and international operations by ensuring compliance with GAAP in USA and IFRS if and when applicable.
• Reviews financial statements and analyze sales revenues, costs, expenses, and tax rates for all business units of leading process by developing an automation system for the Company.
• Develops detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and develop forecasts and also consolidate and analyze monthly results and budgets.
• Responsible for Creating and delivering presentations, providing recommendations on short- and long-range ROI.
• Designs, develops and implements accounting policies and procedures to ensure timely and accurate financial reports and strong internal controls
• Designs and documents a testable internal control environment for SOX compliance
• Developed a process improvements within first three months that reduced workload for the employees by several hours.
• Assisting in preparing of Form 10-K/10-Q, Proxy and Registration Statements and also assisting in ERP implementation.
• Automated P&L and Gross Spending processes which eliminated 50 plus emailed MS Excel files and cost by 20%.
• Led project team of senior managers to improve the C&R processes for a $160M site P&L business.
• Conducted workshops to educate 30plus analysts/controllers on new process, and fully implemented new process in 2 months
• Researches and analyzes market statistics to develop, test, validate, execute, and maintain analytical software programs and quantitative models and also validated BRD with FRD for excellent profitability.
• Spearheaded due diligence for $5.2-billion joint venture, identifying key risk factors and forecasting investment viability.
• Establishes new forecasting tracking and management reporting system to improve availability and accuracy of financial data, triggering 95% increase in accuracy.
• Assessing, recommending, and implementing a cash management system that optimizes the efficient utilization of cash
• Directs all accounting operations, including A/P, A/R, cash flow, Payrolls, investments, monthly, quarterly, and annual close of accounting, and financial records accurately.
• Constructed a comprehensive monthly forecasting model to reduce forecast cycle time from 2 weeks to under 4 days
• Forecasts business tax credits/expenditures in relation to the company's business plan and actual quarterly results. Assists in the identification of potential tax savings and/or cost by reviewing/analyzing tax information, schedules, tax notices and discrepancies.
• Researches process to ensure correct tax filings and propose resolutions to mitigate future process errors. Acts as the company liaison while preparing and reviewing Information Document Request (IDR) responses for subpart F (Part III of Subchapter N of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of Title 26 of the United State Code), expense allocation, tax credit issues, and other foreign tax credits during Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) key control testing. Reviews and analyzes tax return positions to mitigate/minimize impact to the organization.
• Maintains internal legislative materials by reviewing existing international, federal, state and local tax laws for updates/revisions and reports potential impacts of proposed tax laws to management. Also, I act as a tax information source and interpret tax laws for the organization.
• Coordinates and ensures regulatory and corporate governance compliance for foreign subsidiaries

Confidential, Brooklyn NY

Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Testified before financial authorities to provide clarification on proposed budgets.
• Analyzed accounting reports to identify and implement expenditure controls.
• Developed and implemented a Dynamic record update form to simplify data entry into the CRM system for both apple and pc platforms.
• Developed and implemented a custom report and analysis database for CRM to produce reports and analysis in a timely manner
• Oversaw the preparation of budget reports and requested corrections as necessary
• Identified redundancy in processes and personnel that allowed $3M of annual expenses to become a source of revenue.
• Determined ways to improve efficiency and increase Revenue
• Consulted with managers and department heads to confirm budget adjustments.
• Determined all available financing and funding methods for various programs.
• Collaborated with managers to approve or deny funding requests and Identified and analyzed budget trends

Confidential

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the integrity of financial information and systems of the organization.
• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, strategic financial planning and analysis, financial accounting, statutory reporting, consolidation of subsidiaries, management and business metrics reporting, treasury and all general accounting functions
• Prepares working papers to document audit steps performed, conclusions, and results
• Maintains working papers in an electronic database and ensure completion of the audit process within the database
• Discusses significant audit findings with management to communicate audit results and recommendations for improvement to the business processes (exit conference)
• Prepares draft and final concise and customer oriented audit and consulting reports
• Develops and deliver results of audit and consulting projects to the Audit Committee and all levels of management
• Develops and maintain permanent audit files including flowcharts and narrative descriptions of financial and operational procedures
• Led effort to right-size the unionized workforce. Reduced total headcount by approximately 800 FTEs, resulting in annualized savings of $60M.
• Modeled and presented the financial structure of company’s variable compensation & bonus plans to executive management. •
• Demonstrated excellence with the ability to understand business needs and partner with key stakeholders to uncover and develop effective affordable systems to maximize process efficiencies and resolve issues while influencing decisions at a senior level and building mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders
• Responsible for preparation and presentation to Board of Directors monthly CFO report.
• Ensured all matters concerning corporate governance are carried out as per Group guidelines.
• Responsible for the overall control of the credit management function - Chairman of the Credit Committee