Greater Chicago Area
Senior Manager in the STS SALT group that handles unclaimed property issues including: -Compliance: Manage team that handles due diligence and annual reporting requirements for over 50 clients and their entities. Industries we aid clients in include Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Retail, Entertainment, Insurance, Manufacturing, Construction and Distribution to name a few. -Voluntary Disclosure Agreements: Consult with clients and aid them to come into compliance via state voluntary disclosure agreements. -Feasibility Studies: Review client records to determine best options for coming into compliance. -Audit Defense: Aid clients during unclaimed property audits to help mitigate exposure and lower potential findings. -Policy & Procedures: Aid clients in developing internal policies and procedures on handling transactions that result in unclaimed property .
Manager in the STS SALT group that handles unclaimed property issues including: -Compliance: Manage team that handles due diligence and annual reporting requirements for over 50 clients and their entities. Industries we aid clients in include Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Retail, Entertainment, Insurance, Manufacturing, Construction and Distribution to name a few. -Voluntary Disclosure Agreements: Consult with clients and aid them to come into compliance via state voluntary disclosure agreements. -Feasibility Studies: Review client records to determine best options for coming into compliance. -Audit Defense: Aid clients during unclaimed property audits to help mitigate exposure and lower potential findings. -Policy & Procedures: Aid clients in developing internal policies and procedures on handling transactions that result in unclaimed property .
Senior Associate in the STS SALT group that handled unclaimed property issues including: -Compliance: Handled due diligence and annual reporting requirements for over 50 clients. -Voluntary Disclosure Agreements: Consulted with clients and aided them to come into compliance via state voluntary disclosure agreements. -Feasibility Studies: Reviewed client records to determine best options for coming into compliance. -Audit Defense: Aided clients during unclaimed property audits to help mitigate exposure and lower potential findings. -Research: Conducted research on current Unclaimed Property trends and updates to state legal changes to aid our clients
- Handled unclaimed property management for pre-merger items for United Air Lines, Inc. and Continental Airlines, Inc. as well as post merger of the new United Airlines, Inc. - Handled all unclaimed property management including outstanding bank data, due diligence, phone and mail inquires for claimants and agents for jurisdictions, payment of claims and annual reporting for 54 jurisdictions. - Coordinated with multiple departments including Cash Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Revenue Accounting and United We Care to receive and verify outstanding items that qualify as abandoned property and procure funding to report the property when required. - Reconciled unclaimed property general ledger accounts quarterly using Blackline. - Headed working group implementing a new unclaimed property software solution, Ryan LLC Tracker. - Worked with a variety of departments including Payroll, Accounts Payable, Revenue Accounting, Legal and Information Technology to implement, test and utilize the solution. - Trained on Ryan LLC, Tracker unclaimed property software. - Reported payroll tax for United Airlines, Inc. in a back-up capacity.
Voluntary Disclosure Agreement Program / formerly Amnesty & Awareness Program: Helps businesses meet Illinois Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act requirements while avoiding fees and penalties. - Approval/denial authority for participation in the VDA Program. - Conducted research on companies interested in joining the program to see if they are applicable. - Tracked the success of the Voluntary Disclosure Agreement Program. - Answers Holder’s questions regarding the Voluntary Disclosure Agreement Program. - Conducted presentations for various business groups regarding the details of the Voluntary Disclosure Agreement Program. - Participated in the creation of the Amnesty & Awareness Program. - Created several databases of holders to be sent information regarding the Amnesty & Awareness Program. - Tracked the success of the Amnesty & Awareness Program. - Answered Holder’s questions regarding the Amnesty & Awareness Program. Administrative Controls and Oversight - Acted as the Third Party Vendor auditor’s liaison for the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office. - Researched and selected audit exam candidates. - Signed-off on all examination engagement letters, payment demand letters and examination release agreements. - Reconciled cash and securities from Third Party Vendor examinations. - Created and maintains third party vendor examination fees database. - Helped to develop system to check third party vendor stock turn over. - Assisted in training examiners to use the new reporting system. - Worked with MIS to create reports for the new Wagers system. - Conducted miscellaneous research on effectiveness of internal information to help streamline the selection of exam candidates. - Supervised 3 - 7 employees who handled outreach and claims information for the Unclaimed Property Division. - Researched and selected audit exam candidates and coordinated schedules of former in-house audit staff of 10 statewide auditors.