1. DONNA ZATORSKI SHEEHAN
Senior Analyst
Middlesex, NJ
(908) 208-4721
donnazat@yahoo.com linkedin.com
A highly motivated, results driven professional with diverse finance and accounting experience.
Solid performer and key contributor with a proven track record of leveraging professional
knowledge, systems experience, and valuable working relationships to make important
contributions to the success of the organization. Currently pursuing CPA certification.
• Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Reporting & Corporate Consolidations
• Monthly Financial Statement Reporting & Fluctuation Analyses
• Cash Flow Analysis & General Ledger Accounting
• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 302 Certification & 404 Compliance
• Capital & Expense Budget Forecasting & Planning
• SAP, Hyperion(Smartview), Archer, Peoplesoft
Professional Experience:
Verizon Communications Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ 2006 – Present
Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis, Network Operations (Wireless) –
responsible for providing financial support for the Network Headquarters organization
providing executive reporting packages , Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Asset
Management, budgeting, capital project creation and monthly accounting close utilizing
NCMS and Peoplesoft.
• Manage annual budget process for 30+ cost centers including creation/design of budget
templates used to communicate targets. Validate budget drivers comparing against current
trends and future plans. Consolidate overall rollup to HQ Network.
• Manage monthly forecasting and reporting including the creation/design of forecast
templates.
• Provide monthly YTD capital results reporting communicating results to all levels of
management in monthly budget review meetings. Strong Excel skills (Pivot, vLookups) are
required to manipulate large volumes of data where no standard reports exist.
• Responsible for Asset Management including CIP, write-offs/retirements, obsolescence,
reconciling Fixed Assets to Peoplesoft procurement and NCMS funding/spending to
Peoplesoft.
• Lead meetings with all levels of Network personnel to provide direction in decision making.
• Partner with Asset Management, Tax, General Ledger group and NCMS /Peoplesoft IT to
resolve issues.
Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Consolidations (Wireline) - Provide monthly, quarterly
and annual unconsolidated, consolidated and segment level financial statement reporting
and fluctuation analyses.
• Analyze the cash flow for over 35 legal entities with emphasis placed on the following key
transactions: acquisitions/mergers, debt, derivatives, dividends, fair value, hedges, interest
expense, investment/equity, leasing, mark to market, non-cash reclassifications, short term
investments, taxes, and treasury stock.
• Manage intra/inter-company elimination process. Successfully managed out-of-balances to
$5M or less.
• Successfully converted Summary of Significant Balance Sheet Accounts to a new
Smartview Hyperion format thereby improving accuracy, efficiency and reducing time for
verification.
• Participate in various adhoc projects. Recognized with Ovation award for CPM remapping
and Chart of Accounts testing projects.
2. • Provide management support for SOX 404 Compliance (Archer) for Corporate
Consolidations and SEC Reporting.
• Provide draft reviews for SEC reporting documents.
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Senior Financial Analyst, SEC Reporting (Wireline) - Provide monthly, quarterly and annual
unconsolidated, consolidated and segment level financial statement reporting and
fluctuation analyses.
• Prepared 10-Q, 10-K, Footnotes, Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A), Annual
Report, 11-K, Earnings Release (8-K, press release), reviewed SEC comment letters and
senior management presentations in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (GAAP) and SEC rules, regulations and deadlines. Provided valuable draft
reviews
identifying calculation, grammar and style errors improving the readability, clarity and
representational faithfulness of the filings.
• Analyzed detailed cash flow, prepared fluctuation analyses and provided support for
restatements on reported, adjusted and pro-forma bases.
• Managed quarterly/annual bondholder reporting process. Incorporated standard templates to
improve the efficiency of roll forward and utilized summer interns to complete reports on
time.
• Evaluated annual SOX 404 Compliance and 302 Certification processes for SEC reporting.
Successfully identified SOX 302 non-compliance and reduced the number of controls to
match changing processes without impacting risks.
Robert Half International, Woodbridge, NJ 2002 –
2006
Consultant - Provided long term Senior Accountant/Senior Financial Analyst services to the
following companies: Sandoz Pharmaceutical, Cordis (Johnson & Johnson), Cendant
Corporation (International & Car Rental Group (Avis/Budget)), PR Newswire, Vitaquest
International, Yamanouchi Pharma-America, Inc.
• Supervised 5 cash reconciliation clerks and 3 staff accountants.
• General ledger accounting including monthly close, journal entries, bank reconciliations,
account reconciliations, impairment testing, and auditing expense reports.
• Financial planning & analysis (FP&A).
• Financial statement reporting & variance analyses.
• Converted PC-based financial statement reporting system (Excel) to produce a SAP balance
sheet and income statement. Automated financial statements improved close process by
reducing the amount of days spent on spreadsheet input and manipulation.
• Participated in SAP “Go Live” project which included account & departmental mapping;
customers and vendors creation in receivable/payable modules; posting and reconciling
beginning balance entries; manual journal entries, vendor and customer invoice processing;
and documenting procedures for running financial reports.
Accounting Manager, Wireless/International - Provided monthly financial statement reporting
and analysis, general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations
receivable/payable and retained earnings analysis for 16 overseas subsidiary companies and
one domestic parent company. International coordinator for SAP table updates.
Financial/Budget Analyst, Corporate Finance
Prepared, tracked and analyzed budgets vs. monthly financial results. System Administrator for
Global Real Estate Budget System.
Education:
Master of Business Administration, International Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University
3. Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Rutgers University
Volunteer Work:
Volunteer, Verizon Foundation Charity Events, benefitting local charities in NJ
Member, Middlesex Elks, benefitting local charities in Middlesex County, NJ