1. NICHOLAS J. TAYLOR
3050 Rue Dorleans, Unit 250
616.745.5489  nickjtaylor1@gmail.com
SUMMARY
● Passion for quantitative methods, valuation, financial modeling, financial analysis, cash flow analysis,
financial planning, budgeting, financial forecasting, research, and strategy
● Education in finance, accounting, and economics
● Technical expertise in revenue accounting standards and analysis
● Manage offshore team successfully, meeting deadlines and challenging status quo
● Multi-functional and skilled at managing projects simultaneously with timely and quality results
● Use new and existing software to improve analysis, metrics, and insights
● Results-driven complex problem solving and results
● Team player with effectiveness collaborating, communicating, and providing support
● Work independently to analyze, gather information, and improve processes
TECHNICAL SKILLS
● Excel (pivot tables, arrays, and advanced nested formulas), Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Oracle,
SQL, Spreadsheet Server (SQL-based Excel plugin), VBA, and Basic Python
WORK EXPERIENCE
LPL Financial, San Diego, CA
Accountant (Lead Revenue Accountant/Analyst) 2014 – Present
Responsibilities:
● Fund accountant and administrator for funds of hedge funds
● Analyst, lead, and technical accountant for $150M/year net revenue and 13 programs
● Financial reporting using SQL
● Responsible for Gross Margin PowerPoint presentations for 20 revenue programs which explain financial
performance in terms of key revenue drivers
● Research and speak to P&L revenue variances to budget, trend, and prior month at monthly close meetings
with senior management and FP&A
● Review contracts, and actively communicate questions, answers, and commentary to sales, FP&A,
operations, and legal
● Work closely with FP&A to build and update the forecast by providing insights into what drives revenue
and balance sheet account balances
● Provide reporting to sales identifying pursuable opportunities
● Reviewer of journal entries and controls prepared by offshore
● Preparer of subsidiary journal entries and controls
● Assist with updating budget data
● Record revenue and expenses
Accomplishments:
● Built macro to scrape technology business case data from files and aggregate into database, coordinated
with teams to gather commentary, and created slides to include in deck for Technology Investment and
Strategy Committee
● Flow-charted and detailed new workflow for Operations and Accounting for the recording and
reconciliation of receivables, revenue, and payouts
● Trained offshore accounting on responsibilities, and managed performance
● Consulted with FP&A, High-Net-Worth group, Legal, and bank to assist upper management in buyout of
investors
● Assessed risks and costs of administrating funds of funds for finance

2. ● Prepared deck detailing types, percentages, values, and liquidity of investments
● Helped manager and VP create procedural checklist and timeline for buyout
● Assisted controller with the distribution of funds to investors
● Prepared proposal and IRR analysis of scalable revenue management software for advisory revenue
(ongoing)
● Assessed risks and costs of current system and workflows
● Met with software provider to assess suitability, costs, and benefits
● Automated and enhanced reconciliations, controls, and journal entries with SQL tool, and Excel for self
and team
● Automated monthly close metrics for management with VBA and SQL
● Presented new reporting comparing actual to budget rates, AUM, volume, and revenue
● Enhanced Oracle reporting and drill down functionality for $100M/year revenue program (ongoing)
● Created database to perform SEC compliance audit of $100M/year revenue program
● Audited annuity revenue programs to ensure product completeness with sales and business unit (ongoing)
FICO, San Diego, CA
Revenue Accountant 2011 – 2013
Contracts Booking Specialist 2011
● Technical accountant for software license, maintenance, and royalty revenue recognition
● Worked closely with Assistant Director of Revenue Accounting to lead integration of acquired company’s
revenue accounting by planning deadlines, testing system, training coworkers, and executing
● Performed unearned and unbilled reconciliations and actual to budget variance analysis
● Supported clients, revenue department, FP&A, sales, and collections by providing reporting, answering
questions, and gathering information
Ace Relocation Systems/Atlas Van Lines, San Diego, CA
Accounting Specialist 2010 – 2011
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
● Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program
● Passed CFA Level II exam and sitting for Level III June 2017
● Alternative investments, equity valuation, corporate finance, financial reporting and analysis,
quantitative methods, portfolio management, fixed income, derivatives, ethical and professional
standards, and economics
● Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Program
● Passed Level I exam and sitting for Level II after completing CFA program
● Real assets, structured products, private equity, hedge funds, commodities, and risk/portfolio
management
● University of California (13 accounting credits)
● University of Michigan
● BA with Dual Major in Economics and Spanish
● 12 accounting credits with Ross School of Business
● Extracurricular leadership with Relay for Life, dormitory hall council, Michigan Entrepreneurs,
and Sigma Pi Fraternity
ACTIVITIES
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), San Diego, CA
Member 2016
● Organization primarily focused on middle market M&A activity