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Experienced Assurance Associate @ PwC Financial Services Group From 2013 to June 2016 (3 years) San Francisco, CAPayment System Interfaces - Financial Data Specialist @ Stripe Payment System Interfaces involves one part coding and one part managing projects. The team is responsible for the day-to-day health and stability of the financial infrastructure that moves funds into, around, and out of Stripe. Responsibilities include: •Identify and automate inefficient or unnecessary manual processes through code changes and partner agreements.•Design future anomaly detection systems and tools to ensure that data flowing through our partner and internal systems is reliable and correct.•Collaborate across the company, including engineering, accounting, financial partnerships and product, to trace and account for billions of dollars moving through the company’s platform.•Handle inquiries from internal teams and external partners’ technical teams, often requiring detailed investigation and code changes.•Engage with the organization’s financial partners to drive alignment on product usage, troubleshoot and solve technical problems or breakages.•Organize and direct complex technical changes and projects between the organization and our partners. San Francisco Bay AreaFinance - Accounting @ Stripe •Completely overhauled suboptimal, manual accounting processes & implemented automated processes which reflect end-to-end transaction flows. Designed & integrated control checks to ensure data completeness. Resulted in increased accuracy & traceability of journal entries, & reduced monthly close booking time from over 1 week to less than 1 day. •Partnered with Engineering to design, build & validate transactional reconciliations which show exactly what our account balances are comprised of. Replaced an unreliable existing process of checking account balances for “reasonability,” & reduced reconciliation time from several weeks to less than 1 day. •Proactively design accounting flows for new products & methods of moving funds. •Possess deep technical understanding of underlying organizational data & SQL literacy, which aids in ability to architect processes & validate/ de-bug data. •As the subject matter expert for multiple accounting areas, act as point of contact for external auditors & other teams within the organization. Possess the understanding to advise on accounting impact of business changes or new transaction flows.•Propose solutions to Internal Audit while evaluating control deficiency remediation plans & identify additional control weaknesses /missing controls. •Coordinate actions of individuals on my team, spin up and train new hires, review the work of others & help prioritize their responsibilities. •Work alongside the Finance, Legal, Product, Engineering, Compliance, & other teams within the organization to anticipate & support changing business requirements & work toward common organizational goals.•Play a pivotal role in launch in new regions by ensuring accounting, compliance and audit requirements are met. •Prepare monthly/quarterly financial reviews, bringing valuable insights about business performance and trends to the Executive team and broader Finance team. •Consistently receive “Exceeds Expectations” in performance review cycles. From November 2016 to October 2019 (3 years) San Francisco, CaliforniaSenior Associate @ PwC •Performed audits of financial statements and controls testing of companies across several industries, including real estate funds, venture capital, property and casualty insurance, consumer products, government, and benefit plans. •Member of the Real Estate group, a subdivision of Financial Services which consists of employees who specialize in the audit of real estate fund companies. •Developed experience with commercial real estate property valuation using multiple valuation methods. •Tested and evaluated accounting operations and internal control environments by applying knowledge of US GAAP, STAT and other frameworks. •Perform comparative analysis of financial statement data to identify amounts, ratios and trends that have financial statement impacts or audit implications.•Collaborate effectively with team members and train junior associates in a deadline-driven environment.•Develop meaningful relationships with clients and attend regular meetings with company personnel, including both C-suite executives as well as those directly involved in the audit.•Introduce clients to new methods developed by PwC to facilitate the transfer of PBCs (Provided By Client files for the audit).•Participate in recruiting efforts and corporate responsibility events and help new hires get familiarized with the firm.•Consistently received “High Performer” designation in performance review cycles. 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