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SINDY CHOU

Plano,TX

Summary

Self-Motivated treasury professional with 6+ years of experience in Treasury Management and 10+ years of experience in Corporate Accounting field is seeking opportunity to leverage my technical and professional expertise to grow in the new role of Senior Cash Management Analyst at Toyota Financial Services.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Reconciliation Analyst

Forex Capital Markets
Plano, TX
05.2016 - Current
  • Daily analysis G/L entries such as CreditPay, BPay and UnionPay with Microsoft Dynamic GP and FRX
  • Monthly G/L reconciliation report, month end closing and research outstanding entries
  • Approve and release domestic and international wire/SEPA/BACS/EFT/EFD payments Approve Positive Pay in BOA Cashpro
  • Prepare daily and monthly inter-company transfers report Review and approve adjustments requests in Salesforce
  • Research internal and external audit inquiries and resolve complex/escalated Accounting issues 

PROJECT

  • Credit Payment Reconciliation enhancement.
  • Collaborate with Project Management and Treasury Management to review settlement report from new merchant services and venders to enhance current procedure for reconcile increasing volume of incoming and outgoing Credit Pay transactions.
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  • Enhanced procedure has reduced processing time in front office by 20%, reduced error rate by 50% and greatly prevent regulatory violation for the company.

Forex Capital Markets
Plano, TX
06.2009 - 08.2017

Senior Treasury Analyst

06.2011 - 03.2016
  • Review and process client payment request such as wire and Credit Pay.
  • Resolve escalated and returned items Initiate intercompany FX transfers in between entities to meet cash flow requirement and operating needs Supervise Global Team in Israel and Hong Kong on coordination of treasury tasks and new product training Collaborate with Trading Desk in review of Collateral accounts to ensure all accounts are replenished on time Foster strong relationship with financial institutions for transaction issues and onboard testing new products and services Daily cash allocation report to ensure fulfill segregate account reserves Liaised with Bank Access Team and Project Management Team to evaluate payment channel to improve funds movement efficiency Execute overnight investments throught HSBCNet to maximize ROI on available funds PROJECT.
  • Daily Currency Exposure Analysis.
  • Consolidate information from all entities to provide daily cash allocation for holding company.
  • Ensure sufficient capital reserve for all entities for operation and Collateral/Margin needs.
  • In consider with business planning and market movement to prepare Cash Flow Forecast.
  • Provide trade suggestion to confirm multi-currencies balances comply with internal capital reserve policy for all entities.
  • Payment reconciliation procedure.
  • Redesign and implement payment reconciliation procedure with Project Management Team to prevent monetary lost due to duplicate transaction.
  • Integrate data from FXO and bank with Microsoft products to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of reconciliation process and reduce processing by 30%.
  • Electronic File Delivery system.
  • Transit transactions to batch upload in bank.
  • Utilized Electronic File Delivery system (EFD) provided by banks and consolidated single manual payment to batch process.
  • Prepare data exported from FXO with crystal report and direct upload batch data to bank platform.
  • Eliminate excess manpower and human error and 40% processing time reduction.
  • Automated Clearing House (ACH) Chargeback/Bounce Back.
  • Coordinate with BOA regarding to ACH transaction chargeback and standardized procedure to meet ODFIs requirement and NACHA rule.
  • Prevent capital lost causing by fund returned to both Chargeback and Bounce back request during the gap period.
  • AML and compliance investigation.
  • Coordinate with AML, Compliance, and Production Teams to investigate incoming funds from high-risk countries or large dollar wires against internal Back Office entries in terms of depository trends to proactively detect suspect activities.
  • Heavily Investigate payment systems used in Asia countries.
  • Chargeback and returns has been reduced by 30%.

Operation Associate

06.2009 - 06.2011
  • Review and processing new account application.
  • Perform due diligent check on new clients Verified that client documentation to meet compliance and regulatory agency requirements Research, analyze, and escalated issues/inquiries to management related to new account application Interfaced daily with General Operation, Institutional Client Relation, Management and Compliance regarding options/foreign exchange documentation issues Prepared Daily workload shift report to management.

Senior Staff Accountant

07.2000 - 03.2009
  • Integrate sales reports from multiple location and final report to the President and sales manager Lead for accounting functions including A/R, A/P, inventory control and cash management Analyze the cost and profit margin and design commission structure for sales department.
  • Optimized database usage, cut 50% preparation time on monthly commission report Lead for domestic procurement department, handling 10+ million purchasing budget.
  • Control annual marketing budget and coordinate tradeshow Work with IT team to convert accounting system from R-base to SBT Accounting System.

Dalton Medical Corporation
Carrollton, TX
06.1996 - 03.2009

Accounting Clerk

06.1996 - 06.2000
  • Coordinate approval processes for all accounts payable invoices Reconcile multiple bank accounts.
  • Research and resolve all payment issue Vender account reconciliation for payment approval Coordinating with multiple departments to ensure the inventory data accuracy in account system Processing 100+ daily invoices and key in supporting reference information for each invoice.

Education

MBA - Finance

Oklahoma City University

B.S - Business Administration

Oklahoma City University

Skills

  • Proficiency with usage of multiple banking platforms such as BOA CashPro, Wells Fargo Electronic office CEO and Citibank CitiDirect and various other domestic and international online corporate banking system
  • In-depth knowledge of varieties of payment channel processes and collateral account management
  • Excellent research and financial analysis skills; innovative in improving business process
  • Strong technical accounting skills and knowledge of accounting regulations and standards
  • Ability to multi-task; detail-oriented with high level of organizational and leadership skill

Skills

account management, account reconciliation, Accounting, accounting system, accounts payable, A/P, agency, banking, budget, business planning, business process, Cash Flow, cash management, Credit, crystal report, Client, clients, database, Delivery, detail-oriented, documentation, financial, financial analysis, foreign exchange, front office, funds, inventory, inventory control, investments, leadership, marketing, market, Microsoft products, Access, Office, month end closing, organizational, processes, procurement, profit, Project Management, purchasing, R-base, requirement, Research, sales, sales manager, sales reports, SBT Accounting, Treasury

Timeline

Account Reconciliation Analyst

Forex Capital Markets
05.2016 - Current

Senior Treasury Analyst

06.2011 - 03.2016

Forex Capital Markets
06.2009 - 08.2017

Operation Associate

06.2009 - 06.2011

Senior Staff Accountant

07.2000 - 03.2009

Dalton Medical Corporation
06.1996 - 03.2009

Accounting Clerk

06.1996 - 06.2000

MBA - Finance

Oklahoma City University

B.S - Business Administration

Oklahoma City University
SINDY CHOU