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CHAU TRAN

Braintree,MA

Summary

Fund Accounting professional with comprehensive experience in financial reporting, reconciliation, and regulatory compliance. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in all tasks. Expertise in managing varying demands and adapting to changing needs. Proficient in investment accounting, NAV calculations, and financial analysis with keen ability to streamline processes and enhance productivity. Reliable and flexible, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Fund Accountant

BNY Mellon
04.2022 - Current
  • Leverage expertise in hedge fund accounting by calculating, reviewing NAV, consistently meeting strict reporting deadlines and maintaining 99.5% accuracy rate.
  • Review and validate financial schedules for capital activity, income or expenses accruals and investment transactions to strengthen accuracy and competency.
  • Calculate, prepare and post management, performance and other fees to reduce discrepancies and ensure accuracy of complex investment transactions.
  • Perform reconciliations, monitor across multiple funds to ensure the ending cash balance for the operating accounts.
  • Complete fund accountant daily checklist in accordance with established procedures.
  • Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams to maintain and manage accounting records for high-complexity funds, contributing to a 10% reduction in record-keeping errors and upholding the highest industry standards set by AICPA and PCAOB.
  • Evaluate trade impacts and issue reports on progress and variances.

Tax Preparer

Viet Center
12.2024 - 04.2025
  • Interview clients to obtain their income, expense and other pertinent details necessary to prepare tax returns.
  • Complete and prepared basic tax returns, applying tax deductions and credits based on federal tax guidelines.
  • Handled complex cases involving self-employed individuals, and those with investments or rental properties, showcasing versatility in expertise within the field of taxation.
  • Maintained high levels of confidentiality when dealing with sensitive client information, fostering trust and loyalty among clients.

Account Payable Specialist

The Norfolk
09.2021 - 04.2022
  • Receive, review and process 100+ invoices daily in accordance with established procedures. Resolves issues of complex and problematic invoices.
  • Check invoices for accuracy and input information into Bistrack and Great Plain.
  • Maintain communication with vendors to reconcile differences between purchase orders and invoices, answers question and obtain information.
  • Manage corporate credit card portfolio including reconciling expenses in credit card statements to expense reports.
  • Calculate figures such as discounts, percentage allocations, and credits. Calculate the gross profit margin for each closed job and customer.
  • Process payment, prepare checks and send it to proper vendors.

Pricing Specialist

State Street
07.2019 - 12.2020
  • Analyze competitive pricing to make recommendations for the improvement of company's pricing levels and profitability.
  • Check for missing prices, stale prices, or unusual fluctuations against tolerance thresholds.
  • Compare vendor prices with internally derived or broker-supplied prices; investigate and resolve breaks.
  • Reconcile several accounts and gain experience using MCH, Bloomberg Terminals, and pricing vendor websites.
  • In charge of training for Indian team via telephone calls and Zoom.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
05.2020

Associate of Arts Degree - Business Transfer

Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, MA
05.2017

Skills

  • Skilled in MS Office applications
  • Bilingual in English and Vietnamese
  • Deadline oriented
  • Accounts receivable and payable
  • Financial reporting
  • Accounting software
  • Fund accounting
  • Equity investments
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Bookkeeping and reconciliation

Timeline

Tax Preparer

Viet Center
12.2024 - 04.2025

Fund Accountant

BNY Mellon
04.2022 - Current

Account Payable Specialist

The Norfolk
09.2021 - 04.2022

Pricing Specialist

State Street
07.2019 - 12.2020

Associate of Arts Degree - Business Transfer

Bunker Hill Community College

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

University of Massachusetts Boston

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