Brendan Palker

Fund Controller at The Townsend Group
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, US

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Experience

    • Real Estate
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Fund Controller
      • Sep 2020 - Present

    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Core Assurance Experienced Associate
      • Sep 2018 - Sep 2020

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graduate Assistant
      • Aug 2017 - May 2018

    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Core Assurance Intern
      • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

      • Performed audit procedures for 3 separate large client engagements over an 8 week timeframe • Attended various walkthrough and quarter closing meetings to ensure clients’ reporting policies were in compliance with GAAP and protected by internal controls • Engaged in footnote tie outs of 10Qs and addressed any issues with the clients to provide accuracy to the public over their financial reporting at quarter-end • Conducted a large evidence gathering activity over a recent acquisition… Show more • Performed audit procedures for 3 separate large client engagements over an 8 week timeframe • Attended various walkthrough and quarter closing meetings to ensure clients’ reporting policies were in compliance with GAAP and protected by internal controls • Engaged in footnote tie outs of 10Qs and addressed any issues with the clients to provide accuracy to the public over their financial reporting at quarter-end • Conducted a large evidence gathering activity over a recent acquisition for one client to provide accuracy that the correct value was paid and the transaction was properly accounted for on the books Show less • Performed audit procedures for 3 separate large client engagements over an 8 week timeframe • Attended various walkthrough and quarter closing meetings to ensure clients’ reporting policies were in compliance with GAAP and protected by internal controls • Engaged in footnote tie outs of 10Qs and addressed any issues with the clients to provide accuracy to the public over their financial reporting at quarter-end • Conducted a large evidence gathering activity over a recent acquisition… Show more • Performed audit procedures for 3 separate large client engagements over an 8 week timeframe • Attended various walkthrough and quarter closing meetings to ensure clients’ reporting policies were in compliance with GAAP and protected by internal controls • Engaged in footnote tie outs of 10Qs and addressed any issues with the clients to provide accuracy to the public over their financial reporting at quarter-end • Conducted a large evidence gathering activity over a recent acquisition for one client to provide accuracy that the correct value was paid and the transaction was properly accounted for on the books Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Payroll Assistant
      • Aug 2015 - May 2017

      • Assist student and faculty employees regarding payment issues using the Human Capital Management (HCM) payroll database • File and analyze important paperwork for employment, taxes, and retirement to ensure organization and accuracy for the department • Conduct direct deposit/tax withholding entries along with prior services for retirement buybacks • Analyze and audit faculty/administrative employee contracts while ensuring payments fall under the proper department budgets • Assist student and faculty employees regarding payment issues using the Human Capital Management (HCM) payroll database • File and analyze important paperwork for employment, taxes, and retirement to ensure organization and accuracy for the department • Conduct direct deposit/tax withholding entries along with prior services for retirement buybacks • Analyze and audit faculty/administrative employee contracts while ensuring payments fall under the proper department budgets

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Internal Audit Intern
      • May 2016 - Aug 2016

      • Traveled the country performing operational audits of 10 total Macy’s stores over 5 regions • Audited the stores’ shortage control and asset protection procedures to ensure proper efficiency and compliance, which taught me to think skeptically and critically as an auditor • Tracked my audit processes/results including any exceptions within various excel workbooks along with documenting all findings in the audit management software program called TeamMate • Conducted various… Show more • Traveled the country performing operational audits of 10 total Macy’s stores over 5 regions • Audited the stores’ shortage control and asset protection procedures to ensure proper efficiency and compliance, which taught me to think skeptically and critically as an auditor • Tracked my audit processes/results including any exceptions within various excel workbooks along with documenting all findings in the audit management software program called TeamMate • Conducted various business meetings with store level/regional level/corporate level management of Macy’s to address my audit findings allowing them to hear the risks and recommendations behind the exceptions Show less • Traveled the country performing operational audits of 10 total Macy’s stores over 5 regions • Audited the stores’ shortage control and asset protection procedures to ensure proper efficiency and compliance, which taught me to think skeptically and critically as an auditor • Tracked my audit processes/results including any exceptions within various excel workbooks along with documenting all findings in the audit management software program called TeamMate • Conducted various… Show more • Traveled the country performing operational audits of 10 total Macy’s stores over 5 regions • Audited the stores’ shortage control and asset protection procedures to ensure proper efficiency and compliance, which taught me to think skeptically and critically as an auditor • Tracked my audit processes/results including any exceptions within various excel workbooks along with documenting all findings in the audit management software program called TeamMate • Conducted various business meetings with store level/regional level/corporate level management of Macy’s to address my audit findings allowing them to hear the risks and recommendations behind the exceptions Show less

Education

  • Bowling Green State University Graduate College
    Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Accounting
    2017 - 2018
  • Bowling Green State University
    Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Accounting
    2013 - 2017
  • Rocky River High School
    2009 - 2013

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