Providing Assurance & Attestation Services for various industries.

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• Performed manager duties and supervised engagement to bring it to completion within allotted budgets. • Manage and audit the balance sheet and related statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows of biopharmaceuticals, technology, engineering services, alternative energy, cannabis and various commercial industry companies. • Review quarterly and annual SEC Form 10-K/10-Q company filings as well as S-1, S-3, and S-4 for appropriate and required disclosures. • Perform inventory observation audits on consumer product item including lumber, welding supplies, women’s handbags, and gas cylinders. • Perform SOX 404b control testing on areas of treasury. cash receipts, financial statement closing process, payroll, equity, and unusual unique transaction to provide assurance on client controls. • Performed acting manager duties and supervised engagement to bring it to completion within allotted budgets. • Perform audit and review procedures to support the Registration Statements on Form S-1, 8-K filings, and comfort letters • Carry out analytical review procedures to support quarterly filings on Form 10-Q. • Execute audit procedures to support the annual filings on Form 10-K in areas including but not limited to account receivables inventory. and sales, debt (including convertible debt), deferred taxes, capital leases, and equity transactions. • Provide clear guidance to key company executives on the effective adoption and application of newly issued accounting guidance by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and evaluated its effects on the company's financial statement presentation (ASC 805 - Business Combinations, ASC - 718 - Stock Compensation, ASC 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Cus¬tomers, and ASC 842- Leases). • Examine schedules provided by clients and perform audit procedures necessary for specific areas

"BDO delivers assurance, tax, financial advisory, and consulting services to clients throughout the country and around the globe. We offer numerous industry-specific practices, world-class resources, and an unparalleled commitment to meeting our clients’ needs. " As an external auditor of the Insurance industry: - Performed SOX control testing for a publicly owned insurance client. Evaluated the failure of those controls & the risk of those controls to the financial statements. -Helped to identify key controls, their respective compensating controls in the event of failure, & eliminated non-key controls from testing, on multiple different cycles including actuarial, claims, premiums, underwriting,payroll, & disbursement processes. - Performed quarterly reviews of public clients on a consolidated level. - Performed complex fraud procedures using computer assisted audit techniques - Assisted in both consolidated level financials & stand-alones.

- Conducted governmental tests of controls & compliance audits for major tri-state area hospitals in accordance with A-133. - Evaluated the effectiveness of internal controls & conducted a substantial amount of walk-throughs on significant accounts.. -Entrusted to conduct an entire audit on a component of a client within less than one year of hire.

-Handle a book of business belonging to the Advisory Service Line in order to support better quality work; This includes all aspects of the engagement life cycle; Quality Control, pricing for profitability, budgeting for realization, forecasting margins, advising partners throughout the process, and closing engagments. - Acting as a leader for FMAs that handle the Advisory Service line to manage inventory for the Advisory Service Line. - Report and work with the Director of Finance and other Finance Leadership membders for the Advisory Service Line on statuses of inventory, cash goals, and other related projects. - Hold monthly meeting with the Area Director of Finance & necessary Managing Partners to discuss different goals, status on inventory. -Consult on technological enhancements being implemented in order to ensure they are meeting the resources of finance goals. -Train members of the engagement teams including partners and senior managers to ensure they are able to use the new techonlogy being rolled out by Finance Leadership. -Memeber of the FMA Advisory Forum whereby taking fellow FMA opinions and concerns and report directly to the Operations Leader & other Finance Leadership members.

"Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, advisory services and strategic growth markets. [They] aim to have a positive impact on businesses and markets, as well as on society as a whole". - E&Y Website As a Financial Management Associate I've: - Played an important role as a financial advisor to the Japanese Business Services, Retail, and Healthcare client serving executives to ensure profitability and clarity of each particular engagement. - Worked as a team member with Senior managers and Partners to effectively cater to their financial needs while palying an important role as their finance advisor. -Dealt with the expected cost rate Vs. the fees that are charged by rank and grade ia EPIC, - Play a role as a cost accountant by working with and helping to interpret theWork in Process Report and engagement details report. Update budget to actual reports on a weekly engagement for particular top 100 clients. - Conduct monthly training for engagement managers to educate them how to interpret reports wuch as the WIP, ETD, and PDR reports from GFIS. -Advised and worked on estimate to complete to revise ERP percentages based on changes in the expected engagement revenue provided by associates and partners -Submit billing and collection proposals to engagement partners and significantly reduced interest carrying cost. - Conduct extensive revenue analysis based on ERP and net engagement revenues provided to ensure suffecient cash collection. -Worked with the finance & sales team to develop more effecient and easier to look at spreadsheet to be reviewed quarterly. -Conducted EPIC analysis based on ERP, profitability, partner involvement, engagement hours, and fees.

For over 35 years, The Betesh Group has been a leader and innovator in the global consumer products marketplace, with a diverse portfolio of design, marketing, manufacturing and distribution capabilities. They are committed to bringing products to market that exceed our customers’ expectations. As a Compliance Auditor & Consultant I: Analyzed charge-backs and remained informed from retailers regarding the status of disputes and paybacks. In the first year of employment, collected more in charge-backs than entire department combined. Advise team leaders on how to ship merchandise to retailers in the most cost effective way. Performe bank reconciliation, bank deposits, and end of month closings. Used own initiative to develop a training program for new employees to ensure efficient collection practices. Performed Cash analysis to analyze checks and apply properly to invoices while ensuring creation of charge-backs were properly made. Audited warehosue, shipping, & production work in order to prevent future occurences of charge-backs. Consulted with managers on cost effective methods of shipping. Manged up to two interns while providing them mentoring throughout the summer and in depth analysis of operations within a wholesale setting Wrote professional guidelines for employees to follow while working with particular retailers and how to handle each charge-back situation.

Victoria Classics was founded over 25 years ago in Brooklyn, New York. Beginning as a specialty home textile retailer, they imported large amounts of products for their stores. The products were so cutting edge that other retailers started to buy, as well.. Over the years they have moved away from retail operations, but have maintained the entrepreneurial flair that gave them their start. Today their business is completely wholesale, as they operate as a major importer of high quality home textiles in the United States As an accounts receivable analyst, I was responsible for the following: Handled 70% of accounts or $1-2 million in open invoices and charge-backs. Maintained communication with hundreds of retailers. Responded to all inquires and complaints. Advised the manager of retailers’ credit status prior to his decision to ship. Reviewed and revised all outbound emails and letters on behalf of top executives