Review clients’ financial information and identify and record any necessary book-to-tax adjustments. Calculate taxable income and prepare partnership tax allocations for hedge funds, private equity funds, fund-of-funds and other alternative investment funds.

Personal Statement

Education

Bachelor of Science: Accounting and Finance                                                                                                                                May 2020

York College of Pennsylvania                                                                                                                                                                   York, PA

Campus Leadership

Forward-thinking Accountant. Superb technical and communications skills leading to desired achievements in fast-paced environment.

 

Skills

·    QuickBooks Online & Desktop – Software ·    Sage 50 – Software ·    Excel – Software ·    Python – Language ·    Swift – Language ·    Concur – Software

·    Salesforce – Software ·    Yardi – Software ·    Financial Accounting ·    Corporate Accounting ·    Real Estate Accounting ·    Private Equity Accounting

Professional Work Experience

Fund Staff Accountant                                                                                                                                                            April 2021 – Current

Standish Management                                                                                                                                                                   Baltimore, MD

• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and supporting workpapers in accordance with US GAAP, and other bases of accounting
• Assist with audits, tax return review, fundraising and annual meeting activities
• Evaluation of vendor contracts prior to land sales.
• Compliance with tax filing requirements (using outside preparers)
• Preparation of regulatory filings and related compliance reporting
• Determine cash needs of partnerships and initiate capital calls
• Perform special projects as requested by the General Partners and Controllers
• Assisting with the preparation of information and data for Capital Calls, Distributions and Allocations to investors
• Perform monthly reconciliations to bank statements and other relevant source documents
• Accounting for Real Estate Sales & Commission Calculations
• Assist with project/investment tracking across all organizational functions and other special projects as needed.
• Management of fund cash flows and balances, execution of transfers and wires, compliance with credit facility requirements, and forecasting cash sources/uses
• Responding to investor requests
• Maintain an effective control environment for the assigned accounting operations, including both key and non-key controls, timely updating and modification of control design where necessary, and oversight of control remediation activities if required.

 

Advisory Associate                                                                                                                                                               May 2020 – Apr 2021

Cohen & Company                                                                                                                                                                      Hunt Valley, MD

• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and supporting workpapers in accordance with US GAAP, and other bases of accounting
• Perform monthly reconciliations to bank statements and other relevant source documents
• Preparation and review of payables associated with client operations, charitable foundation, and trust activities
• Monitor and record credit card and petty cash transactions
• Hedge Fund Accounting
• Review and bookkeeping of client brokerage statements
• Attend weekly/monthly/quarterly client meetings

Financial Planning & Analysis Intern                                                                                                                                  Jun 2019 – Aug 2019

United Health Group – Optum                                                                                                                                                       Northwest, DC

• Maintain, reconcile, and adjust accounts payable account in preparation for month/quarter end
• Reconciliation of cash disbursements and expense accounts to perform an expense analysis
• Perform standard quality control for healthcare contracts
• Inputting necessary journal entries for operating unit in preparation for month end
• Perform analyses of various business metrics and income statement line items including detailed expense
• Attend meetings to discuss financial forecast and current performance of operating/ business units

 

Tax Accountant Intern                                                                                                                                                     Spring 2019 & Spring 2020 RKL LLP.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       York, PA

• Review clients’ financial information (financial statements, trial balances, etc.) and identify and record any necessary book-to-tax adjustments.
• Calculate taxable income and prepare partnership tax allocations for hedge funds, private equity funds, fund-of-funds and other alternative investment funds.
• Prepare federal and state partnership and corporate income tax returns using GoSystems.
• Prepare Schedule K-1’s, Schedule K-1 equivalents, tax estimates and other tax reporting for clients’ investors.
• Prepare international U.S. tax forms (i.e., Form 5471, 8621, 8858, 8865).
• Calculate federal and state withholding tax payments and prepare related withholding tax forms.
• Research various tax issues and correspond with clients on them.
• Correspond with IRS and state tax authorities.