Experience

Competitive Power Ventures

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Of Accounting

  • Sep 2021 - Present



X-ELIO

• Spain
• Solar Electric Power Generation
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2021



I.A.M. National Pension Fund

• Washington, District Of Columbia

• Accounting Manager

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  ▪ Manage daily operations and performance of accounting staff including review of monthly journal entries, analysis of accounts payable, accounts receivable & payroll, review of monthly variance analysis, reconciliation of intercompany transactions, reconciliation of cash and investment accounts. ▪ Lead the initiative to move to accrual accounting from cash basis accounting. Analyzed all expense accounts to determine where accruals were required. ▪ Assisted the Director of Finance in establishing standards to correctly record building lease transactions based on new FASB standard. ▪ Liaised with landlord to recover ~$20k in overcharged expenses and with sub-tenants to recover ~$19k in undercharged rent. ▪ Streamlined the monthly financial reporting process improving the availability of reports from 6 to 2 business days as well as improving accuracy and reliability of the reporting. ▪ Automated the annual budget process, created user friendly templates which are now used across all departments within the fund. ▪ Manage the pension check process for over 115k participants including reconciliation of forms 1099r and 1042s, reconciliation and payment of federal tax deposits, preparation and review of forms 945/945A, 941, 1042, 990, 5500, California State Tax and D.C. state tax. ▪ Act as point person with external auditors for the firm’s annual audit for the 3 main entities, fielding inquiries, gathering data, ensuring accuracy and distributing to the external audit team. ▪ Develop internal controls and procedures eliminating errors stemming from manual inputs of data and improving efficiency of daily and monthly reporting. ▪ Document all relevant processes creating SOP’s for directors and the executive director. ▪ Serve as member of the Accounting Leadership Team where we discuss the current state of the accounting team, suggest areas of improvement, discuss a/p metrics and staff performances.



ED&F Man

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Accounting Associate

  • Mar 2017 - Apr 2018

  ▪ Prepare daily ledger to sub-ledger reconciliations ensuring integrity and reliability of data. ▪ Create daily P&L files from the sub-ledger systems, researching breaks between actual and expected and developing solutions for rectifying differences. ▪ Review daily P&L against product center expectations providing explanations for perceived differences. Create adjusting entries when required. ▪ Develop internal controls and procedures eliminating errors stemming from manual inputs of data and improving efficiency of daily and monthly reporting. ▪ Monitor daily expense accruals based on a variety of cost drivers and factors. Verify accruals with accounts payable and management. ▪ Reconcile differences in the general ledger stemming from accounting systems change in November 2016. Provide resolutions to CFO bringing account balances in line with supporting statements. ▪ Responsible for training new hire on daily, monthly and quarterly processes. Review reports and journal entries created by new hire. ▪ Manage monthly and quarterly close including account balance substantiation for P&L and Balance Sheet accounts, fielding inquiries from CFO/COO regarding product center performance, prepare variance analysis based on monthly and quarterly trends, review accruals and true up expenses against invoices. ▪ Calculate monthly and quarterly payouts for each product center and discuss amounts with CFO and product business managers.



Federal Reserve Bank of New York

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Jun 2010 - Feb 2017

  ▪ Managed accounting, controls and reporting for the $1.8 trillion Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio, performing reasonableness reviews and reconciliations between sub-ledgers and books and records of the Bank; resolved identified discrepancies. ▪ Compiled monthly quarterly and annual comparative balance sheet and P&L statements and statement of cash flows for distribution to senior bank management and for publication in the bank’s public reporting package. ▪ Delivered weekly MBS Purchase forecast report to MBS trading desk and provide ad-hock commentary explaining deviation from announced purchase targets to senior management. ▪ Produced various reporting for the MBS trading desk and senior management including a monthly profit and loss schedule, MBS purchase projections and monitoring versus the projections, compliance reporting for the Large- Scale Asset Purchase program and posting of trading results to the Bank’s public website. ▪ Prepared quarterly fair value review including the Other Than Temporary Impairment analysis for senior management and perform an independent price validation of fair values utilizing Bloomberg, Microsoft Excel and Thompson Reuters applications. ▪ Spearheaded automation of various internal and external reporting processes, achieving an 88% reduction in preparation time from 4 hours to 30 minutes as well as improved accuracy of reports including Foreign Currency Holdings report prepared for the U.S. Treasury, weekly MBS and treasury holdings report posted to the FRBNY public website. ▪ Ensured Sarbanes-Oxley compliance by executing management testing of over 50 key controls for numerous in-scope business areas; served as liaison to internal and external auditors in resolving key control deficiencies. ▪ Participated in onsite inspection of Agency MBS custodian and accounting vendor to ensure compliance and adherence to internally established controls and procedures.



Rabobank

• Netherlands
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• MBS trade support analyst

  • Jun 2004 - Mar 2009

  ▪ Performed monthly mark-to-market valuation of trading portfolio for month-end utilizing Bloomberg and Microsoft Excel. ▪ Prepared in-depth analysis of profit & loss and balance sheet accounts associated with various trading portfolios; presented summarized report to the trading desk and senior management. ▪ Processed settlement of all MBS, CDO and ABS transactions; maintained bank’s AFS, HTM, CDO and ABS portfolio. ▪ Performed monthly mark-to-market valuation of trading portfolio for month-end utilizing Bloomberg and Microsoft Excel. ▪ Prepared in-depth analysis of profit & loss and balance sheet accounts associated with various trading portfolios; presented summarized report to the trading desk and senior management. ▪ Processed settlement of all MBS, CDO and ABS transactions; maintained bank’s AFS, HTM, CDO and ABS portfolio.