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Nicholas Silano

Boca Raton

Summary

Nicholas is an accounting student at Florida Atlantic University pursuing a B.B.A. with finance leadership experience in Student Government, supporting allocations for an $11.5M budget and managing a $350K+ budget impacting 30,000+ students. He is an advanced QuickBooks user with experience in multi-account expense tracking, budget compliance monitoring, and maintaining audit-ready documentation. He also brings policy, legal, and government experience through internships with the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) and the office of Palm Beach County Commissioner Maria Sachs.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Intern

Commissioner Maria Sachs
01.2026 - Current
  • Assist Commissioner Sachs and staff with any tasks or assignment.
  • Assist in helping come up with Solutions to help the constituents in District 5
  • Assist in office tasks, filing, organizing, and planning projects
  • Assist in any administrative or financial tasks that the office requires

Boca Campus Treasurer

FAU Student Government
11.2025 - Current
  • Managed the allocation of funds to various initiatives, leveraging collaborative decision-making and strategic financial planning to maximize impact and resource utilization.
  • Assisting the Governor and Governors Cabinet with allocation of resources to various departments, programs, and events.
  • Assisting in the Allocation of $11,500,000 supporting 30,000+ Students.
  • Directly managing Student Government Programs Including Free Tri Rail for Students, Free Printing, and more
  • maintained a QuickBooks-based budget control and audit trail across dozens of accounts/classes, monitoring transactions for policy compliance, producing monthly reporting, and flagging exceptions for corrective action.

Chief Financial Officer

FAU Student Government
05.2025 - 11.2025
  • Managed the allocation of funds to various initiatives, leveraging collaborative decision-making and strategic financial planning to maximize impact and resource utilization.
  • Managing a $350,000+ budget supporting 30,000+ students.
  • Directly managed multiple Student Government Programs including, Parking Citation Forgiveness, Combatting food insecurity, free Grammarly premium for Students, Discounted Lyft Rides for Students, Free Canva Pro for Student Organizations, and more.
  • Assisting in the Allocation of $11,500,000 supporting 30,000+ Students.
  • maintained a QuickBooks-based budget control and audit trail across dozens of accounts/classes, monitoring transactions for policy compliance, producing monthly reporting, and flagging exceptions for corrective action.

Policy & Legal Intern

American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI)
06.2025 - 07.2025
  • Research proposed legislation or regulations to present information to be used to determine significance to ACLI members
  • Assist in creating state legislative advocacy materials on Supplemental Benefits including Dental
  • Assist Supplemental team with creating agendas, distributing minutes and other communications to members
  • Assist in drafting Supplemental Benefits newsletter
  • Assist in presentation materials for Benefits Forum (slides or leave behinds)
  • Assist in creating materials for the June Group Insurance Executive Council in-person meeting and Hill Day
  • Assist in advocating for policies that the industry believes would help them better serve the American People

Accounting Assistant

Bill Trochiano CPA
01.2025 - 04.2025

Assist with phones, scanning documents, emails, preparing completed tax returns to be either mailed to or picked up by clients.
Assist with Monthly/Quarterly/Annual bookkeeping for multiple clients, including entering transactions into either Quickbooks desktop or Quickbooks Online, reconciling bank and credit card accounts, communicating with client for more information or clarification as needed.
Federal & state tax return preparation for both individuals and businesses, quarterly employment tax returns for both federal and state, year-end preparation of W2/W3 for multiple clients.

Chief Justice

FAU Student Government
07.2024 - 05.2025
  • Have answered legal questions regarding Student Government laws and its constitution and loopholes that currently exist in the law.
  • Have reviewed and studied previous cases and previous interpretations of statutes.
  • In charge of filing and recording any bills, statute changes, and cases done by student government into public record.
  • Oversees the entire Judicial Branch for Student Government, including chairing any court cases.
  • Have issued decisions on cases and written multiple legal opinions.

Cashier/Trainer/Manager

Chuck E Cheese
01.2023 - 07.2023
  • Handled currency and credit transactions quickly and accurately to prove quality service to customers.
  • Trained 6 cashiers on sales processing for games and promotional items.
  • Supervised front employees to achieve sales goals on promotion items.
  • Conducted customer advertising and upselling during transactions.
  • Counted Cash in registers to ensure registers weren’t over or under the required amount.
  • Went from Cashier to Trainer to Front Manager

House Ways and Means Committee Chair

FAU Student Government
06.2024 - 07.2024
  • Spearheaded a team of representatives within the Boca Raton Campus House of Representatives, guiding strategic initiatives and fostering team cohesion.
  • Managed the allocation of funds to various initiatives, leveraging collaborative decision-making and strategic financial planning to maximize impact and resource utilization.
  • Conducted comprehensive reviews of legislative impacts, assessing short-term and long-term outcomes of enacted initiatives to inform future policy development while helping manage a budget of $48,000

Campus Budget Allocation Committee (CBAC) Member/house member

FAU Student Government
09.2023 - 07.2024
  • Allocated nearly $1 million in activity and service fees.
  • Planned spending for SG departments for fiscal year 2024-2025.
  • Made necessary cuts to departments and increased funds for departments.
  • Drafted and proposed legislation/policies and reviewed bills for budget allocations.

Campus Representative

The James Madison Institute
10.2025 - 01.2026
  • Publicize JMI events in the area and monitor and share posts from JMI’s social media platforms
  • Host JMI events on campus and foster collaborative relationships with like-minded campus and national organizations
  • Promote the ideas of JMI on campus and talk to students about the ideals and beliefs of JMI

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
07.2026

Skills

  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Quick learner
  • Attention to detail
  • Creative and resourceful
  • Interpersonal and social skills
  • Public speaking
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Project management
  • Strategic planning and analysis
  • Spreadsheet tracking

Accomplishments

Started a Free Tri Rail Program for Students to help lower the costs of traveling for Students.

Started a Free Printing Program for Students to help Students with costs associated with Classes

Timeline

Intern

Commissioner Maria Sachs
01.2026 - Current

Boca Campus Treasurer

FAU Student Government
11.2025 - Current

Campus Representative

The James Madison Institute
10.2025 - 01.2026

Policy & Legal Intern

American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI)
06.2025 - 07.2025

Chief Financial Officer

FAU Student Government
05.2025 - 11.2025

Accounting Assistant

Bill Trochiano CPA
01.2025 - 04.2025

Chief Justice

FAU Student Government
07.2024 - 05.2025

House Ways and Means Committee Chair

FAU Student Government
06.2024 - 07.2024

Campus Budget Allocation Committee (CBAC) Member/house member

FAU Student Government
09.2023 - 07.2024

Cashier/Trainer/Manager

Chuck E Cheese
01.2023 - 07.2023

Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting

Florida Atlantic University

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

Dean’s List Fall 2023

Bright Futures Florida Medallion Scholars Award

Recipient NMUN Leon Charney Diplomacy Program

Distinguished Delegations Award

Position Paper Award 

Honorable Mention Delegations Award