brenda maldonado

assistant controller

About

Detail oriented and highly motivated Accounting Professional with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Works well independently and as part of a team. Strengths include project planning, managing details, developing procedures, and successfully driving processes to completion. Demonstrated success in financial reporting, variance analysis and creating efficiencies. Effective in creating a productive and positive environment as a valued team member. Managed various phases of an engagement, with strong leadership, resulting in a consistent track record for meeting expectations and deadlines while building trusting relationships.

Country

united states

City

great neck

Industry

real estate

Skill

financial reporting, sarbanes oxley act, accounting, auditing, internal controls, internal audit, sec filings, financial analysis, us gaap, variance analysis, finance, revenue recognition, sarbanes oxley, general ledger, consolidation, cost accounting, financial statements, gaap, management, external audit, analysis, account reconciliation, forecasting, budgets, process improvement, financial accounting, hyperion enterprise, financial audits, due diligence, leadership, accounts payable, generally accepted accounting principles, risk management, ifrs, assurance, budgeting, u.s. generally accepted accounting principles

Experience

senior accountant

planet payment

2010-3 - 2011-7 · 1 yr 5 mos

consultant

mdp

2009-5 - 2010-7 · 1 yr 3 mos

Manage and perform internal controls testing for small companies

manager-sarbanes compliance

forest pharmaceuticals

2004-5 - 2008-10 · 4 yrs 6 mos

associate

pwc

2001-1 - 2004-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

senior accountant

enzo life sciences, inc.

2011-7 - 2014-2 · 2 yrs 8 mos

* Prepare monthly and quarterly consolidation and internal use reporting package * Prepare analyses and supporting schedules for quarterly and annual SEC filings * Assist with quarterly reviews and annual audit conducted by external accounting firm * Work with department heads in the preparation of budgets and projections relating to divisional operations * investigate and report variances * Manage SOX compliance for financial and IT processes by overseeing control performance, gathering and maintaining documentation, and preparing and updating control narratives and control design for new or improved process controls by working with internal staff, outside SOX consultants and external auditors * Prepare monthly consolidated financial statements, spreadsheets and reconciliations as required for internal and external use * Prepare annual 401(k) plan closing and manage annual audit * Special projects

assistant controller

brt realty trust

2014-2 - Present · 12 yrs 8 mos

* Reporting directly to the CFO. Responsible for maintaining ledgers for 36+ multi-family joint venture properties including the preparation of journal entries * Analyze property operations and maintain capital accounts for each venture, tracking distribution, returns and contributions * Prepare monthly financial statements for each joint venture as well assist in the quarterly and annual financial * Assist with quarterly reviews and annual audit conducted by external accounting firm * Prepare and file SEC quarterly and annual reports * Manage SOX compliance for financial and IT processes by overseeing control performance, gathering and maintaining documentation, and preparing and updating control narratives and control design for new or improved process controls by working with internal staff, outside SOX consultants and external auditors * Prepare analytics on joint venture revenue and occupancy as well as other information as requested by executive management * Cash management and treasury functions * GAAP research and application