SUHAIL SHAIKH
7002 Blvd. East, #10E
Guttenberg, NJ 07093
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347.324.6958              
 

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Honest, confident, hardworking leader with more than four years of progressive
accounting and auditing experience.  Background in hedge fund and broker-dealer
audit for a top rated Hedge Funds, CPA firm.  Also had the opportunity to work
for fortune 500 company while an accounting consultant at Robert Half
International.  Excellent communicator and proficient in NT/2000/Me/98/95, Mac
Operation Systems, Microsoft Office, Quick Books, Solomon, Go System Audit/Tax. 

 

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Rothstein Kass and Co, New York, NY              2008 – 2009

Staff Auditor

Provided audit services for a variety of hedge funds and broker-dealers with
various investment strategies which included the confirming of account balances
and holdings as well as financial statement preparation
Experience with various hedge fund structures including master-feeder, fund of
funds and side-by-side
Reviewed all client work papers which included equity reconciliations, general
ledger, proposed journal entries and review of client and broker comparisons with
independent pricing services such as Bloomberg
Prepared trial balance and associated journal entries
Performed client walk through regarding internal controls for SAS 112
regulations
Responsible for communicating with clients to get the work papers necessary to
complete the audit
Assisted in the preparation of tax filings including K-1’s for hedge funds
Reviewed fund structures for accuracy of allocation and compliance with offering
documents
Assisted in the preparation of financial statements and ensured adequacy of
required disclosures
 

Arjay Telecommunication, Inc, New York, NY              2006 – 2008

Staff Accountant

Audited daily sales transactions for 25 retail locations remotely using Work
Wireless (Point of Sale System) 
Prepared various analytical reports including Inventory Aging Report, Profit &
Loss Report and Sales Trend Report
Maintained  Expense Reports and monitored inter-company transfers
Performed inventory control on a daily basis; recommended alternatives to avoid
surplus and cost savings by improving the purchasing department strategy
Tracked and managed inventory worth $5 million and audited retail locations for
shrinkage
Reviewed and reconciled vendor credits
Worked with accounts payable, expense reports, internal financial statements and
statistical reporting for management
 

Robert Half International, Inc, New York, NY              2005 – 2006

Accounting Consultant

Client: Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc / Target Corporation / Covington
Industries Inc., New York, NY

Reconciled bank accounts for the Kennedy family members, trusts and
partnerships
Prepared and posted journal entries into Solomon 
Processed daily wire transfers and funded cash accounts to cover disbursements
issued
Prepared and maintained  monthly expense reports
Updated cash journals and assisted in individual taxes (calculated deduction
amounts)
Prepared domestic budget review reports inclusive of domestic travel expense
analysis to be used by Senior Management in their review of domestic budgets
Tracked  worldwide variances in the budget amendments in corporate reserve
analysis and reconciled approved rolled budget for domestic expense centers
against budget balances in general ledger
Updated and reconciled the corporate reserve and capital expenditure schedule as
well as monthly payroll bank reconciliations
Prepared reconciled daily cash flow report and assisted controller with the
sales tax audit
Prepared various management reports used high level excel functions (pivot
tables, v-lookups) as well as posted journal entries into the General Ledger
system
 

 

EDUCATION & HONORS

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, KEAN UNIVERSITY, Union, New Jersey 
            
Bachelor of Science, Accounting Major, 2005

Deans List / Magna cum Laude
Member of Golden Key (National Honor Society) 
Member of International Student Association (ISA) at Kean University
Candidate for the CPA examination in 2009