Summary


Financial Portfolios or Securities or Operations Management
14+ years experience as an accomplished Senior Financial Officer of companies with assets in excess of $250 million, 750 employees, in different states and countries. Developed and executed strategies and initiatives that drive revenues, growth, competitive market growth, increasing profits and shareholder value and is what I do best !

v Accounting and Financial Management
v Financial Portfolios and Analysis
v Budget Control and Forecasts
v Financial Statements and Reporting
v IPO, M and A and JVs
v Revenue Recognition
v Full Life Cycle Project Management
v FAS133 163 80, 157 159 109
v FAS 123R/ 141R
v UTP s under FIN 48
v SAP R3 FI/CO/MM/HR
v Change and Risk Management
v 10Q, 10K, 8K, Supplements, v Forms 5471, 8858, 8865 and 1118
v Federal or State returns 1120 M1/2/3
v SOP 97 - 2, 81 - 1 FIN 48 etc.
v GAAP, IFRS, IAS s
v Tax impact of international transactions.




Employment

2008 -  2009
SENIOR STRATEGIC CONSULTANT

Global mid-executive consulting firm providing services to finance industry clients
Senior Strategic adviser in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions concentrated in US, Russian and Ukrainian markets
Senior Adviser on local legislations and what are the driving forces behind regulations in US, Ukrainian and Russian markets
Constructed a comprehensive reconciliation program.
Developed and implemented an infrastructure review that generated cost reductions of $1.1 million.
Established global direction and goal for clients Sarbanes-Oxley Division, Security Management and Risk Policies.
Key point for Internal and External Financial, Banking and Technical Audits.
Responsible for TAX, Regulatory Reporting, Financial and Technical Compliance and TAX with Financial Accounting
Developed a new managerial structure to promote greater accountability and enhanced communication.

Responsible for implementation and trouble-shooting of SAP R3 FI/CO development work.
Responsible for Information Security via CA Top Secret Mainframe, Symark PowerBroker Unix systems.
Direct supervision of the ISD Offshore teams.

2007 -  2008
VDM SPECIALIST

Broker Dealer or Capital Markets or ETF s or Global investment and trading firm.
As a C-Level member managed strategic goals, budgets, revenue estimates and trades for individual entities and global trade operations. Chaired and Participated as a C-Level member in Accounting, SOX, Legal and Compliance Boards and Committees.
Supervised day-to-day back office operations. Instrumental in ensuring the integrity of all financial reports and SEC filings
Identified operational, financial and regulatory risks and implemented solutions. Responsible for Tax Risk and Audit defense.
Responsible for US Entity Budgets in excess of $25 million.
Created supporting schedules, cash flow projections and projected balance sheet
Restructured Middle-Office Operations encompassing Business and Tax risk management, P and L processes and calculations
Responsible for implementation of a G/L System, SAP, BWise, Technical Security Systems, realignment of staff and establishment of formal policies and procedures which lead to significant cost savings and resulting in zero significant issues audits.
Restructuring of Back-Office and Middle-Office Operations resulted in significant cost savings of over $613K annually
Lead outsourcing initiatives for clearing operations human resources and some of accounting functions, resulting in significant cost savings of over $743K annually and improving overall controls.
Created Internal Control Office and reengineering key processes. Lead Internal Audit initiatives, technical security systems.

Redesigned Sarbanes-Oxley/Internal Audit functions which allowed additional savings of over $345K annually.
Point Person for external audits E and Y, audits by Banks, audits by SROs CBOE, CBSX, ISE, ARCA, CME and NASD.
Responsible for conversions from US GAAP to IFRS, utilizing SAP and development of custom modules.
Responsible for US tax compliance and accounting related to international outbound operations ;
Consolidations, analysis and reporting of quarterly results. Monthly and Quarterly MD and A preparation
Implemented numerous initiatives to improve overall controls, accountability and efficiency throughout company.
Established a global direction and goals for Sarbanes-Oxley program in partnership with Senior Executives.
SENIOR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT, SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST, SENIOR FINANCIAL AUDITOR
BEARING POINT, INC, New York, NY, McLean, VA, Irving, TX 2006 2007 3.5B Consulting firm advising clients in complex accounting, reporting and tax issues. Part of KPMG Company
Member of the Senior Finance and Accounting Audit teams served on BearingPoint s Commercial, Finance and Public Services

Solved issues related to contract terms, conditions and engagement activities by coordinating senior personnel
Reconciliation and analysis Quarterly contract revenues with billings, collections and master control database ERP.
A/P, A/R, Billings and Collections, Banking Relations.
SAB adjustments, WIP, SOP91 - 1, SOP 97 - 2, SAB 104 101 and Financial Accounting Standards.
Documented SAB 99 prior period adjustments
Budgets, expenses and adjustments
Traced and reviewed quarterly adjustments ensuring accurate current quarter presentation and follow through for subsequent recording into database systems.
Member of the Financial Accounting and Information Security research team, External Auditors Point team, Special Project team.
Part of the team responsible for R and D and Business Assessment for SAP, CA Compliance Management
Reviewed analyzed performance of outside to H/Q locations and ISD Offshore Teams.
Supervision of Financial Accountants, Financial Analysts and Technical Security Audit Teams.
Directed and Trained associates in preparation of required quarterly analyses of contracts.

Monitored team performance and work flows

Communications with MDs, PMs and other Senior Corporate Management.

2002 -  2006
Senior . AUDIT MANAGER

Global mid-executive consulting firm providing services to finance industry clients.
As 1 of the Senior Executives for global consulting firm, supervised multiple engagements globally. Ensured successful project management from point of negotiation to project completion, Finance, Accounting, IT and Large Manufacturing industries.
Senior Strategic adviser in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions concentrated in US, Russian and Ukrainian markets
Developed strategies and minimized liabilities.
Developed and Implemented an infrastructure reviews that at some cases generated cost reductions of over $2.3 million.
Performed duties of Internal Auditor and reduced cost of clients Audit staff for over $536K annually.
Created and implemented Tax and Business strategies
Performed reviews of client s financial standings both on book and tax
Reviewed current and deferred tax accruals, FAS 109 workpapers, effective tax rate analysis and tax return to provision reconciliations. Review of UTP s under FIN 48 guidance.
Ensured tax compliance with local and foreign tax authorities
Preparation/review Federal and State tax returns and international transactions. Prepared Forms 5471, 8858, 8865 and 1118.

Review of the Value Added Tax VAT, Profits Tax, Assets Tax, Unified Social Tax, Personal Income Tax
Recognized and quantified Subpart F income inclusions and exceptions.
Lead Systems group to integrate accounting and tax reporting systems TaxStream, Longview, CorpTax, etc.
Responsible for Tax Risk management and Audit defense. Effectively managed operational risks, resulting in zero significant issues
Developed and instituted a proactive program for identifying and resolving operational risks.
Implemented a COSO-based self-risk assessment program across the company.
Increased performance by spearheading projects and implementations in selected products.
Responsible for Global Budgets and Financial Reporting s on holding level and individual entity s levels.
Preparation of 10Q and 10K for US clients.

Achieved 100% compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and Business Continuity objectives for most clients.
Review and final sign off on Monthly and Quarterly MD and A s. Supervised and took part in teams responsible for SEC filings.
Redesigned Accounting departments, updates and implementations of a new G/L System, SAP/ERP system and Tax Provision and Compliance Security systems, realignment of staff and establishment of formal policies and procedures.
Implemented SAP FICO under version 4.6B, Unix and Mainframe Systems implementation to assure Information Security
Implemented a series of process improvements that generated an increase of 50% in productivity for clients.

tenure : B and O CONSULTING, Ukraine, USA, Global MANAGING DIRECTOR, SENIOR STRATEGIC CONSULTANT or AUDIT MANAGER
Global consulting firm serving the Finance and Accounting sectors. Performed duties of ISD Offshore Team Manager.
KOIFMAN CPA and ASSOCIATES, Bronx, NY, ACCOUNTANT

1998 -  2003

Training

SAP ADMINISTRATOR LEVEL 1

Software Packages : ERP System Development/ SAP/ERP , SAP FI/CO , CPM or Advanced knowledge of Office or C++ or Custom Financial Applications , CA Top Secret/ IBM RACF Mainframe , Symark Powerbroker , TaxStream , Longview , Great Plains , Microsoft Excel , Access , Office , PowerPoint , Exchange , Oracle Hyperion , CorpTax , QuickBooks , Ariba , OpenAir , Niku , etc .


Miscellaneous

Kaplan CPA training - CPA Pending
GREICO Financial Training Institute Series 27 Financial and Operations Principal Exam Pending Sponsorship
GREICO Financial Training Institute Series 7 Exam Pending Sponsorship
Participated in SOX Training or Participated in 6 SIGMA and Lean 6 SIGMA Training