TARA MALEKSAEIDI
Orange,CA
Summary
Highly-motivated, result oriented and organized Finance and Accounting professional with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethics, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Seeking to leverage entrepreneurial experience of managing daily operations of a successful business with accounting experience in financial reporting, financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Small Business Owner
Targar Corp
09.2015 - 12.2022
- Managed all aspects of business, including accounting, inventory, payroll, marketing, and customer service
- Analyzed financial statements and trends to manage cash flow and make business decisions and prepared state and federal business tax returns
- Established and maintained favorable relationships with vendors and contractors
- Conducted extensive analysis of contracts to ensure quality service and competitive pricing for business
- Managed and resolved escalated customer concerns to increase satisfaction
- Increased sales by 45% and reduced cost 20% by implementing effective marketing strategies and cost-cutting measures
- Operating results increased annually resulting in 40% gain in business valuation.
Senior Investor Reporting Analyst
Carrington Mortgage Holdings
02.2013 - 05.2015
- Forecasted principal and interest advance for securitization on monthly basis, using specified pooling and servicing agreement; ensured that reports were prepared within timeframes and other terms established in servicing agreement
- Created and distributed monthly loan-level remittance reports to appropriate Trustee, including Loan Modification Report, REO Liquidation Gains and Losses, and Stop Advancing Report
- Audited pool to security reconciliation for discrepancies of loans to make necessary corrections
- Analyzed remittance differences between investor accounting reports and remittance reports to maintain cash in custodial account
- Investigated data coming from other departments and worked with those departments to resolve any discrepancies, e.g., modification reports and liquidation reports.
Senior Investor Reporting Analyst
Aurora Bank (Lehman Bros.)
07.2006 - 08.2012
- Responsible for timely and accurate preparation, analysis and distribution of monthly securitization of investor reports to Indentured Trustees
- Coordinated and assisted Servicing department in research and correction of loan report discrepancies
- Performed Monthly valuations of securitization and other monthly reporting
- Reconciled cash received to amounts being reported in Investor Reports
- Coordinated with accounting on reconciliation of G/L to Servicing reports
- Performed daily loan level analysis for Trading Desk
- Translated legal documents
- Provided audit support information to internal auditors
- Responded to Grant Thornton audit inquiries during annual audits and quarterly reviews
- Coordinated outgoing wires for divisions
- Participated in weekly Management meetings
- Key Contribution: Reconstructed and resolved five years of SBA loan variances which resulted in proper application of borrower funds and improved USAP audit violation by 27 percent.
Senior Accountant
Fluor Corp
06.1997 - 07.2006
- Performed Analysis of General Ledger Accounts
- Prepared quarterly consolidations
- Prepared various banking and foreign currency analysis reports
- Prepared quarterly Standard Trial Balances and Tax Provision work papers
- Prepared various U.S
- Government reports and supplemental work papers
- Responsible for accurate and timely completion of monthly and quarterly account reconciliations, re-class journal entries and closing journal entries
- Prepared annual tax information for outside CPA firm
- Interfaced with other departments, locations and internal/external auditors to provide requested information
- Maintained positive relationships with outside bank representatives
- Key Contribution: Took initiative to research and identify millions of dollars of unidentified funds residing in Suspense account resulting in increased revenue.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration with Concentration in Accounting
California State University Fullerton
Fullerton, CA12.2005
Languages
English
Persian
Timeline
Small Business Owner
Targar Corp
09.2015 - 12.2022
Senior Investor Reporting Analyst
Carrington Mortgage Holdings
02.2013 - 05.2015
Senior Investor Reporting Analyst
Aurora Bank (Lehman Bros.)
07.2006 - 08.2012
Senior Accountant
Fluor Corp
06.1997 - 07.2006
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration with Concentration in Accounting
California State University Fullerton
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