Senior Accounting Specialist Resume Example The Tower At PNC Plaza

SENIOR ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST

Summary

Trusted accounting professional leader with a recent MBA, 20 years of progressive experiences including big 4 audit, management & consulting work. Currently, as a Senior Accounting Specialist for PNC Bank my focus is on financial capital reporting serving as the asset class lead for Securitization, Equity and Other Assets portfolio's. Broad regulatory changes like the Tailoring Rule, and CECL have revealed an ability to be an effective agent of change.

Education and Training

MBA: Innovation & Accounting2017Philadelphia UniversityPhiladelphia, PA, United States

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration1996Central State UniversityWilberforce, OH, United States

Relevant Skills

Financial modeling & accurate forecasting
Problem solving and variance analysis
RWA close process
PNC Financial Governance Oversite (FGO) Training
Knowledge of SQL
Conducting difficult conversations
PNC ethics training

Strategic and financial planning
Innovation & process improvement
Broad knowledge of US GAAP & financial reporting
PNC training in SOX
Data management
FGO Framework
Errors & omissions research/remediation

Relevant Professional Experience

Senior Accounting Specialist08/2017 to CurrentThe Tower at PNC PlazaPittsburgh, PA

Developed asset categorization matrix logic change to eliminate high risk manual adjustments to advance more timely and accurate risk weighting of exposures.
Worked across teams to analyze scope of systemic changes to regulatory environment on effectiveness of controls used in RWA process, and modify, test and document affected controls.
Using MS Access Database created automated process to generate adjustments to accurately risk weight PNC's Other Assets portfolio as mandated by Basel.
Counted on to lead and deliver multiple presentations to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency(OCC) for PNC's successful audit participation for Securitization Portfolio.
Participated in preparation and implementation of significant regulatory and accounting standards changes i.e. Final Rule of Basel 3, Tailoring Rule and CECIL.
Working with team to save millions by testing and rewriting upstream logic to migrate to less costly system to take advantage of sweeping simplification authored by the Tailoring Rule.
Lead team record breaking Employee Engagement activities.
Perform, maintain and evaluate important Finance Capital Liquidity and Reporting (FCLR) controls to insure compliance with byzantine banking regulatory standards.
Selected by FCLR management to lead Employee Engagement initiative to develop employees and strengthen corporate culture of FCLR team.
Prepares financial information for Earnings Release, 10K/10Q, 14Q, Pillar III, FRY-9C, FFIEC 101, and call report.
Performs reconciliations and analysis for Basel Reporting.
Participates in minority recruiting for Finance team.
Provides oversight for controls for internal and external auditors.
Completes month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities related to capital regulatory reporting.
Lead Asset Categorization, Wholesale and Securitization, and full group staff meetings.
Use advance knowledge of SQL to respond to inquiries from ETS, external auditors and FGO.

Accounting Manager/Financial Specialist08/2011 to 12/2015Bennett Builders (4 Yrs.)Philadelphia, PA

Implemented & managed the accrual accounting process: Prepared and reviewed the balance sheet, net income, owner's equity and cash flows statements as required by GAAP standards
Trained and developed people with no prior accounting education into strong bookkeepers
Initiated GAAP revenue recognition using percentage of completion, completed contract, WIP, etc.
Implemented job costing to optimize profitability by identifying jobs with highest margins.
Created cost benefit analysis of using temporary staffing vs. permanent employees leading to reduction of expense and lower risk profile.

Senior Financial Analyst10/2006 to 07/2011Temple University Health System (4 Yrs.)Philadelphia, PA

Accurately analyzed and recorded $500 million in contractual allowances, charity care, and bad debt with the associated account analysis by payor on a monthly basis.
Conducted monthly meetings with the CFO, AVP of the Revenue Cycle and the Business Office to present revenue, net accounts receivable and cash collection projections to explain significant variances.
Prepared models to estimate cash collections, days in A/R (monthly) and revenue predictive model (daily).
Reported revenue and receivables for state & federal grants for Tobacco and Disproportionate Share.
Communicated with auditors to give them comfort with revenue and net A/R financial reporting.

Financial Systems Analyst09/2003 to 06/2005Pepboys Inc. (2 Yrs.)Philadelphia, PA

Prepared accruals, account analysis, budget to actual variance analysis, account reconciliations, inventory, allocations, budgeting and concurrent special projects.
Analyzed financial and statistical managerial reports timely.
Concurrent special projects included Hyperion Enterprise to Essbase Conversion, corporate restructure for GL and Hyperion, SOX 404 compliance projects, staff training and security access.

Financial Analyst/Accountant10/2000 to 05/2003Penn Medicine (3 Yrs.)Philadelphia, PA

Tasked with accruals, account analysis, budget to actual variance analysis, account reconciliations, allocations, budgeting and special projects.

Consultant11/1997 to 11/2000Roberthalf Management Consulting (2 Yrs.)Philadelphia, PA

Helped assist a revenue recognition issue with a national bank
Performed due diligence comparative analysis for M&A clients

Auditor/Consultant10/1996 to 10/1997Ernst & Young LLP (1 Yr.)Philadelphia, PA

Supportedleaders by combining financial models as due diligence for mergers/acquisitions.
Modeled, mapped & documentedaccounting processes procedures noting material changes in auditwork papers.

Computer Skills

PeopleSoft, Hyperion Essbase, Oracle, HFM, SAP, SharePoint, OneDrive, Archer eGRC, Teradata, Axiom Client, Toad, expert in MS (Access, Excel, & PowerPoint).

Career Accomplishments

Reduced both count and impact of errors and omissions by 62% and 96% respectively.
Increased production responsibilities by 95% gaining exposure to Wholesale, Retail and Counter-party portfolios.
Successfully implemented changes to comply with Tailoring Rule provision to eliminate Advance Approach to RWA.
Resolved a revenue variance resulting in a $10,000,000 increase to revenue.
Created analysis for the CFO leading to a $3,000,000 cut in bad debt expense.
Saved $6,700,000 by identifying and adjusting a prior year A/R valuation error (7% of Net A/R).
Automated a valuation model to book 300 million in contractual allowances.
Used analytical review procedures on 600 store P&L's which resulted in $20,000,000 correction.
Led MBA team to a top 10-percentile finish in a national strategic business simulation competition.

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

The Tower at PNC Plaza
Bennett Builders (4 Yrs.)
Temple University Health System (4 Yrs.)
Pepboys Inc. (2 Yrs.)
Penn Medicine (3 Yrs.)
Roberthalf Management Consulting (2 Yrs.)
Ernst & Young LLP (1 Yr.)

School Attended

Philadelphia University
Central State University

Job Titles Held:

Senior Accounting Specialist
Accounting Manager/Financial Specialist
Senior Financial Analyst
Financial Systems Analyst
Financial Analyst/Accountant
Consultant
Auditor/Consultant

Degrees

MBA : Innovation & Accounting 2017
Bachelor of Science : Business Administration 1996

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