Experience

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  AIG, Inc.

  • New York, NY

  • Senior Financial Analyst, Government and Regulatory Reporting Group

    • Apr 2010 - Mar 2015
    • New York, NY

    Maintained responsibility for auditing and consolidation of select government and regulatory reports. Led efforts to audit financial templates that detailed legal entities rolling up into AIG’s consolidated holding companies. Provided support with government/regulatory reporting to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the U.S. Census Bureau. Established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for numerous government filing reports. Handled content modification of the Controllers Portal, a key centralized internal information source. • Analyzed SEC Exhibit 21 and NAIC Schedule Y including completeness review and flux analyses.• Executed audit pack preparation and peer reviews of annual Financial Database Update for operating entities.• Garnered recognition as a consistent producer of the best quality audit pack results on the team.

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  Topps Company, Inc.

  • United States
  • Manufacturing
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Manager of Financial Analysis

    • Jan 1999 - Dec 2009

    Prepared and analyzed all elements of the domestic by business segment and profitability reports for a company with $300M in revenue, which included multi-million dollar advertising, trade spending, and product development budgets. Oversaw the monthly and quarterly closing process while ensuring timeliness and analyzing variance versus budgets. Identified significant opportunities and/or risks to various business units’ existing forecasts. Provided support to corporate accounting in the preparation and verification of all information reported in 10Q and 10K SEC Filings. Led key data gathering and provided in-depth analysis during bank financing due diligence process prior to and after sale of the company. Created standardized internal P&L statement, quarterly sales forecast, and product line profitability reports. Spearheaded the initiative to review and eliminate over 50 low/non-profitable product offerings throughout U.S. divisions.• Consolidated domestic activity with P&L submissions of five international subsidiaries including Europe, Canada, and Latin America.• Created and presented a monthly internal reporting package to the CFO, which included detailed cause of change between current forecast and multiple prior forecasts as well as prior year end actual.• Developed key materials for due diligence preparation and financial presentations to sell the company (formerly NASDAQ:TOPP), which resulted in successful transaction with Michael Eisner in October 2007.• Recognized as one of four employees globally to earn a special retention bonus for role in the company sale due diligence process.• Played a key role in the implementation of a financial software package (Cognos), which reduced manual input redundancy while providing management with various consolidation, forecasting, and profitability reports comparing multiple time periods.• Eliminated up to 100 SKUs while shifting the volume into more efficient, higher margin items by conducting an 80/20 analysis.

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    • Jan 1992 - Jan 1999

    $300M in revenue, which included multi-million dollar advertising, trade spending, and product development budgets. Oversaw the monthly and quarterly closing process while ensuring timeliness and analyzing variance versus budgets. Identified significant opportunities and/or risks to various business units’ existing forecasts. Provided support to corporate accounting in the preparation and verification of all information reported in 10Q and 10K SEC Filings. Led key data gathering and provided in-depth analysis during bank financing due diligence process prior to and after sale of the company. Created standardized internal P&L statement, quarterly sales forecast, and product line profitability reports, which was used globally by all business operating units. Spearheaded the initiative to review and eliminate over 50 low/non-profitable product offerings throughout U.S. divisions.

  • Financial Analyst

    • Jan 1987 - Jan 1992

    $300M in revenue, which included multi-million dollar advertising, trade spending, and product development budgets. Oversaw the monthly and quarterly closing process while ensuring timeliness and analyzing variance versus budgets. Identified significant opportunities and/or risks to various business units’ existing forecasts. Provided support to corporate accounting in the preparation and verification of all information reported in 10Q and 10K SEC Filings. Led key data gathering and provided in-depth analysis during bank financing due diligence process prior to and after sale of the company. Created standardized internal P&L statement, quarterly sales forecast, and product line profitability reports, which was used globally by all business operating units. Spearheaded the initiative to review and eliminate over 50 low/non-profitable product offerings throughout U.S. divisions.

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  Arthur Young & Company

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Manager, Legal Support

    • Apr 1980 - Jan 1987
    • Greater New York City Area