Address: Brentwood, NY 11717 Telephone: (631)-839-5463

Email: Yojanciacosta@gmail.com
Yojanci Acosta

Objective: A position where I can utilize my experience, education and professional skills to service the financial
needs of the organization.

Experience: Bank Leumi USA

Expense Management & Reconciliations Controller Vice President (2015Present)
Head of the Expense Management Department in Finance with responsibilities for invoice payments,
expense Balance Sheet/PNL General Ledger allocations/reconciliations and Month End Closing for
third party vendor charges. Innovated systems enhancements & strengthened controls fostering an
environment of transparency/accountability with focus on cost savings opportunities. Successfully
streamlined the work environment with the innovation of new technology and efficiencies.

Managed all cash management functions including wires and account funding. Ensured adequate
liquidity for working capital needs.
Hired employees. Trained- enhanced their performance, development and work product.
Developed, implemented and maintained systems, procedures and policies.
Managed accounting functions including maintenance of general ledger, AP and projects.
Reviewed/approved all daily wire transfers to vendors/employees, funding of accounts, intercompany
money movements and clearing reconciliations versus bank DDA accounts.
Ensured vendor on-boarded inventory was maintained current with correct banking/1099 W9/1042
W8 IRS data.
Analyzed and reported accrual amounts impacting the month end closing
SME and point of contact for internal/external clients, audits and escalations.

Projects/Systems enhancements-Concur SME:

Successfully spearheaded the bank wide People Soft Ledger conversion.
Eliminated all paper invoices by migrating all vendors to Concur. Enforced systematic approval flows
with strict controls segregating end user's requests for payment from approvers.
On-boarded all employees to Concur for T&E out of pocket enforcing systematic audit approval flows
prior to the execution of payments.
Successfully launched the Bank Leumi Employee Corporate Card plus system interface with
MasterCard enabling employee's T&E expenses to auto feed Concur.
Upgraded from Concur standard to Concur PRO for added controls and reporting options.
Eliminated >4000 manual journal entries by implementing an FIS People Soft to Concur interface
applying auto journal entries of expenses/PNL to the general ledger for payments made from Concur.
Created various Concur reports providing within 30 seconds year to date budget analysis in addition to
proper month end accruals and other highly impacting financial data used for reconciliations, T&E out
of pocket/credit cards, employees on-boarded/terminated plus vendor tracking inventory.
Innovated an end to end 1099 W9 and 1042 W8 record retention and maintenance for all vendors
enabling proper year to date reportable amounts to the IRS.
Adhere to all internal/external audits, maintain standard operating procedures current and train all
Concur users.
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JPMorgan Chase
Billing Operating Unit Expense & Receivable Controller Vice President (20102015)
Managed global employees for the Expense Management Department located in Brooklyn, NY and
Bangalore India, with responsibilities to validate, pay and allocate invoice trade executions and invoice fee
charges providing global support to the ECS, EDG, PBS, PB, BDS, WSS, and PCS Lines of Businesses.

In 2013 traveled to Bangalore India to assess the expansion of the Expense Management North
America footprints. Expanded the business from ~210 million paid/allocated in 2010, to ~1.2 billion
in 2015 by centralizing all functions EMEA/APAC/WHEM under one reporting business line
structure.
Mitigated risk by transitioning all US Listed traded invoice charges with ~ $100 million in manual
payments to the Corporate Accounts Payable CONCUR SAP system a centralized and robust payment
tool that can capture potential duplications and incorrect wire instructions.
Global partnership with Finance, Business Managers, Product Controllers, Middle/Front office, met
Month End Closing and provided Trend/MIS metrics reporting.
Reviewed and approved wire payments made to Exchanges, Agent Banks, Prime Brokers and FINRA
for Equities, Options, and Fixed Income trade execution and regulatory fees.
Successfully collected ~$52 million every year in brokerage fees ~99% of receivables.
Enforced all SOP procedures were current and certified General Ledger balances.
Recognized as a highly effective leader, subject matter expert, excellent problem solver, client focused
with the ability to successfully communicate and partner with stakeholders.
Excellent project leader with focus on delivery of efficiencies, lowering risks and adding controls.

Goldman Sachs &Co.

Futures Fixed Income- Reconciliations/Collateral Funding - Senior Associate (20072008)
Responsible for the US Treasuries, Money Market pledges/recalls for customer/house accounts used
as collateral at the OCC, NYMEX, CME, Clearing Corp Corporation, and the Bank of New York.

Reviewed and determined overnight deficit or excess balances at the exchanges and published results
to senior management.
Booked trades in the Futures Exchanges systems for the overnight margin requirements and afternoon
margin calls. Worked closely with Treasury and the Funding Desks to ensure accuracy of settlements
of trades booked. Daily US market value ~10 billion.
Wired payments and created cash receipts to/from the Futures Exchanges in GTOS with a US daily
market value ~1 billion.
Booked journal entries in GMI & GOJAM for the pledges/recalls made to the exchanges.
Daily reconciled over 1000 fixed income customer/house securities and cash accounts and ensured
accuracy of trades booked vs. the inventory held at each exchange. Escalated exceptions.
Extensive telephone/email contact with banks and Futures Commodities Exchanges personnel.
Worked with the Regulators and provided assistance and back up documentations as necessary.

Goldman Sachs &Co.

Global Control Intercompany Cash and Securities Controller Senior Associate (20002007)
Managed a team of twelve in Bangalore and six in New York with responsibilities for the
reconciliation of over 1,000 Fixed/Equity, Futures, FX, Options, Stock Loan, Swaps, securities and
cash accounts.

Wrote procedures, added and strengthened controls, and enforced cross training.
Approved exception highlights with a US market value of 100 million or higher with focus on the root
cause of the issue and required controls added to avoid future reoccurrences.
Spearheaded the Goldman Sachs Bangalore India Brokerage intercompany migration project. In 2005
traveled to the GS Bangalore Office 3 times. Hired new candidates and strengthened controls.
Migrated all intercompany functions to the Bangalore office.
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Education: BS, Accounting, Herbert H. Lehman College

FINRA Series 99 certified-Operations Professional

Technical Skills: MICROSOFT OFFICE: EXCEL, WORD, and POWERPOINT

Clearing and Reconciliations Systems:

Concur T&E, Concur Invoicing, People Soft, FED, CHIPS, SWIFT Wire Transfers, DTC, NYSE, AMEX,
CME, OCC, BATS, ARCA, JEMS, MIMA, Global Recon, GOCARS, SPL, GMI, GOJAM, CASA,
MPRS, COOL, CSW, BAPR

Languages: Fluent in Spanish

Interests: Tennis, softball, baseball, golf, basketball
References: Furnished upon request