Principal Financial GroupAccountant
Jul. 2006 - Jul. 2013o Set up revenue for new investment, fund family agreements or agreement changes, interpreting agreements to ensure revenue was set up correctly at the share class level. o Prepare, review and send monthly and quarterly fund family billing. o Maintain all client and investment agreements for reference and SOX compliance. o Prepare monthly aging of receivables and comment on follow up and action to provide to upper management. o Train and educate new hires on departmental policies and procedures, as well as job-related tasks and on-going projects. o Research and analyze revenue results and provide feedback to upper management, including investment and contract level account value and revenue detail. o Prepare monthly and quarterly calculations and reports for contracts with special budgets. Work with project team on automation of monthly and quarterly tasks, periodic reports and payment of invoices in order to accommodate increasing demand for this product. o Collect and record cash payments. Research any differences or outstanding fees owed o Build and price custom investments. o Provide monthly accrual information for various revenue types. o Build queries in Access and SQL (Forest and Trees), both for individual work and for others on the team who need a more efficient way of gathering data. o Perform account reconciliation; as well as educate others on proper reconciliation procedures. o Prepare yearly financial statements for Registered investments. o Comply with SOX standards on revenue reporting; provide quarterly reports to department liaisons and semi-annual reports to external auditors.