Hi, I’m
MaryAnne Castillo
Denver,CO
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Summary
Experienced Financial Services Professional – I excel in revamping and enhancing processes to achieve maximum efficiency. Proven track record of developing accurate spreadsheets, maintaining financial records and delivering organized reports. Accomplished in taking on multiple tasks within strict deadlines while prioritizing urgent needs. Expertise in account reconciliation and month end reporting. Proficient in MS Office, QuickBooks, Google Suite and SharePoint.
Overview
26
years of professional experience
1
Certificate
Work History
Homestead Title And Escrow
Escrow Accounting Assistant
08.2021 - 12.2022
Job overview
- Performed daily reconciliations of Escrow and Operating bank accounts
- Handled reconciliation of Recording fees, HOA charges and Outstanding Escrow File balances
- Reviewed, approved, released wires for loan payoffs, proceeds, commissions, etc
- Researched, reviewed, resolved Positive Pay and bank exception items
- Performed weekly account sweeps for underwriting accounts, operating accounts, recording accounts
- Calculated and processed shareholder and joint venture quarterly distributions
- Processed Construction Draws on new builds, including balancing with bank, issuing and signing checks
- Completed daily review of large balance files and negative balance files
- Conducted month-end reporting and processing
- Conducted year-end review of 1099 files
State Of Colorado/DOLA
Accounting Technician - Contract
12.2020 - 03.2021
Job overview
- Conducted financial reviews in accordance with State and Federal Regulations of payments to grantees
- Verified that payment requests from grantees were eligible for reimbursement, ensuring that work was completed within the contract dates and requested amount did not exceed contract balance
- Processed reimbursement requests for disaster recovery grant in CORE (State Accounting System)
- Updated HUD's Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting system which tracks utilization of disaster recovery grant funds
- Compiled financial data from various state agencies and internal reporting systems to develop monthly and quarterly progress reports
Bank Of The West/KYC Operations
Compliance Analyst - Contract
12.2019 - 01.2020
Job overview
- Conducted customer due diligence and high-risk reviews in accordance with Bank of the West's AML policy
- Performed Compliance screening for PEP, sanctions and adverse news, formally documented findings
- Prepared written reports for high-risk reviews, identified areas of risk and made recommendations for customer onboarding, retention and closures
Jacobs Engineering/Finance Dept
Credit Card Support - Contract
02.2019 - 08.2019
Job overview
- Performed audits of corporate travel cards to ensure compliance with company regulations
- Worked as a liaison between employees and US Bank regarding matters of fraud and suspicious activity
- Notified employees of past due accounts, worked with them and their management team to ensure timely resolution
- Collected unpaid balances from former employees
OppenheimerFunds/Monetary Control
Oversight Analyst & Wire Desk Releaser
07.2007 - 03.2017
Job overview
- Ran daily reports to monitor suspicious activity/red flags (AML, Fraud, etc.)
- Conducted retail and institutional account reviews based on alerts generated from AML system
- Researched using LexisNexis to verify CIP information in accordance with the USA Patriot Act
- Conducted OFAC reviews prior to wire release
- Conducted FinCen reviews, ensuring compliance with BSA
- Maintained compliance with FINRA prompt transmission rule by instructing fund and shareholder wires daily prior to 12:00 PM MST
- Ensured funds in our settlement account were adequate to settle with the NSCC daily by 1:30 PM MST
- Monitored balances in various bank accounts to determine overdraft coverage
- Monitored and instructed hourly IMMF purchases and redemptions
- Instructed payroll wires, Commission and 12B1 wires to firms, vendor payments, tax and Blue-Sky payments
- Worked with multiple banks and technical interfaces to ensure wires moved as expected/instructed
- Worked with UMB to return or recall wires as requested by our business units
- Researched and provided requested information for yearly KPMG audit
- Provided Fed Reference numbers and ACH Tracer #'s for multiple business units upon request
- Updated and reviewed procedural guidelines
Jack Henry & Associates
Senior Banking Processor - Team Lead
02.1999 - 07.2007
Job overview
- Prepared daily spreadsheet for JHA management detailing each bank's deposit totals and processing workload
- Calculated billing spreadsheet for services provided to various banks
- Trained and on-boarded new hires
- Reviewed and approved debit/credit adjustments to ensure bank accounts remained in balance
- Completed cash letter deposits for each bank's total dollar amount of daily work
- Logged into various bank's databases for end of day (EOD) processing
- Exported Proof of Deposit (POD) files to FED via Core Exchange
Merrill Lynch/Group Employee Services
Stock Option Plan Administrator
05.1997 - 12.1999
Job overview
- Calculated shares, plan reimbursement and taxes for each plan
- Prepared share letters for company and transfer agent using above calculations
- Balanced shares sold from Broad-Base Report with Stock Option Report
- Processed sale of shares on settlement date
- Processed outgoing wires
Education
TVIAlbuquerque, NM
from Paralegal Studies
Skills
- Financial Reporting
- Fund Management
- Risk Assessment
- Fraud Review
- Accounting and Bookkeeping, GAAP
- Compliance & Regulatory Affairs
- Anti Money Laundering (AML)
- Account and Ledger Reconciliation
- Shareholder Distributions
- Wire Transfers
Certification
- Series 6 - CRD 5395784
Timeline
Escrow Accounting Assistant
Homestead Title And Escrow
08.2021 - 12.2022
Accounting Technician - Contract
State Of Colorado/DOLA
12.2020 - 03.2021
Compliance Analyst - Contract
Bank Of The West/KYC Operations
12.2019 - 01.2020
Credit Card Support - Contract
Jacobs Engineering/Finance Dept
02.2019 - 08.2019
Oversight Analyst & Wire Desk Releaser
OppenheimerFunds/Monetary Control
07.2007 - 03.2017
Senior Banking Processor - Team Lead
Jack Henry & Associates
02.1999 - 07.2007
Stock Option Plan Administrator
Merrill Lynch/Group Employee Services
05.1997 - 12.1999
TVI
from Paralegal Studies
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