DeloitteAudit Assistant
Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2016New York, New York• Plan, perform, and review financial statement audits within the financial services industry in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP).
• Specialize in the financial service industry including investment banking, cash and derivative trading, with exposure to net asset valuations.
• Assess client financial statements and perform testing in the following substantive areas: partnership allocations, management fees, performance fees, income and expenses, realized and unrealized gains and losses, confirmations, bank reconciliations, and cut-off testing.
• Daily correspondence with Morgan Stanley operations team retrieving and requesting support for control testing for end of year reporting.
• Carry out detailed financial statement analysis procedures for sufficient and appropriate presentation and disclosure in the footnotes, cash flows, and financial highlights in accordance with GAAP while meeting tight deadlines with both the SEC and Morgan Stanley.
• Develop effective working relationships with client personnel as well as with my peers, managers and partners; and utilize these relationships to complete complex tasks, learn about the client, resolve discrepancies, and address open items and questions.
• Product exposure includes private equity investments, various swaps (credit default, interest rate, total return), bank debt/private loans, asset backed securities, options, futures, warrants, repos and reverse repos, bonds, and equities