Erez Friedman Email & Phone Number

Cedarhurst, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

• Conducts full-cycle accounting, applying generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to analyze financial information and prepare both external and management-based financial reports• Prepares or reviews all payroll processing• Monitors progress on program budget and provides timely report to the Executive team• Prepares weekly forecasts• Reviews all accounts payable in a timely manner; records transactions with correct class code associations to provide accurate cost reporting• Prepares and analyzes monthly financial and management reports, including income statement, balance sheet, budget and variance, projections, and forecasts• Completes month and year-end close process, general journal entries, accruals, account analysis and reconciliation of accounts• Conducts internal audits, completes special projects for executives and leads process improvement initiatives for the department• Develops, documents and updates internal financial policies and procedures for as necessary to ensure efficiency and continuity of operations• Provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing strategy and provide guidance and analysis to executive and operational management to improve results• Documenting procedures for the core functions of this position• Advising company leadership of any concerns, trends, or best practices which should be addressed to ensure success• Coordinates the preparation of all financial audit activities including the annual independent audit and other audits as required• Assist with the implementation and monitoring of internal control procedures• Timely filings such as CFR, payroll, Lobbyists and moreExtra: the company heavily relies on my excel and VBA skills to produce reporting and analysis to owners and supervisors in other departments.

New York, Ny, Us

B&H is the largest in selling Videography and Photography products, B&H has over $4 billion in annual revenue. My responsibilities included:• Prepared and recorded asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.• Maintained and balance subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.• Maintained general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries. • Oversaw Monthly closings of GL and Financial statements.• Instituted and implemented policies and procedures to ensure internal control of finances. • Organized different Excels and Macros for reporting and to hasten the accounting information required to be imported into the finical software. • Assisted in the completion of the annual audit.

• Managed a team of Accountants/Bookkeeper and a portfolio of over 200 clients for all back office and CFO accounting • Oversaw and assisted in the completion of all accounts payable and accounts receivable. This included, but not limited to, monthly closings, aging reports, credit/debit memos, write offs, investigate and resolving differences between banks and general ledgers with adequate supporting documentation.• Daily cash management reports. Reports were especially needed for clients with cash flow issues.• Created budgets and projections based on historic financial statements and performed variance analysis of actual forecast results against budget.• Performed monthly cash flow analysis and bank reconciliations• Performed close process for Monthly, quarterly, and annual financials. Included, review of write offs, accruals, fixed assets, depreciation and amortization entries and schedules.• Responsible for all balance sheet reconciliations to ensure financial accuracy• Client financial statements and detailed reports• Daily GL management and journal entries • Instituting and implementing policies and procedures to ensure internal control of finances and GAAP compliance.• Helped to improve overall financial reporting for the clients • Created Macros and excel spreadsheets for the purposes but not limited to: analyze and consolidate data from various sources, mass journal entry uploads (such as payroll) Etc.

New York, New York, Us

S.U.S is a large organization that has over $200 million in different grants. My responsibilities include:• Managed the financials of multiple grants and programs• Projected and managed budgets and CFR’s for multiple programs• Responsible for year-end closing and audit• Created daily GL entries • Prepared and analyze financial statements• Prepared all invoices for multiple programs for the corresponding government agency• Oversaw all AP and AR to ensure within budget regulations• In addition, helped organize and create multiple Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to assist directors and colleagues

Responsible to oversee, analyze, record and report financial information for multiple state and city grants.Oversaw all accounts payable activities which includes but not limited to;Overseeing and processing all invoices, payrolls for over 350 employeesEnsuring correct allocations to the funding source/ program (ACS, UPK, CACFP, SEIT, HRA, DYCD, Etc.)Tracking expenses to ensure grant compliancePrepared and analyzed financial statement to the general ledger. Strategized and implement different policies and procedures for accounts payable internal controlsResponsible for Fixed Assets schedule, work updates, process schedules, entering new assets, booking depreciation and completing the Fixed Asset roll-forwardResponsible for processing all company payrolls using Brands, BDB, or ADS payroll systems and preparing all necessary reports for the controller or auditor review. Booking all payroll entries into FundEZ accounting system. Responsible for many parts of accounts receivable activities which includes but not limited to;Monitored and tracked revenue, cash receipts, and voucher and claim-based billing for multiple government funders (ACS, CACFP)Conducted monthly analysis and reconciliations of contractsOversaw the preparation of monthly grant reports to the various funding sourcesPrepared for audits performed by governmental agencies and organizations annual auditCompleted the monthly, quarterly, and annual GL close process and ensure balance sheet entries are reviewed, reconciled, and have appropriate supporting documentationRecorded daily entries (regular, intercompany and adjusted) in the general ledger Assisted in preparing the organization $21 million operating budget for all company daycares and state and city grantsPerformed quarterly variance analysis with explanations of balance sheet and income statement for interim and annual reportingUse Excel to create spreadsheets for analyzing information by use of formulas, pivot tables, and macros

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Business/Management

Accounting And Finance