Cornelius Popoola

Address: 284 Jelliff Avenue, Newark, NJ 07108. Tel: (848) 702-1109.

Email: cp110bae0@westpost.net
EDUCATION New Jersey Institute of Technology, (NJIT) Newark, NJ
Albert Dorman Honors College
B.S Business with emphasis in Finance and Accounting 05/2010
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.
Licensing and Registration Services
Manhattan, NY
LICENSING COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST, Temporary
10/10 - 01/11
*Responsible for processing transactions associated with state licensing, state
appointments and contracting producers with Prudential.
*Independently decides appropriateness of producer's appointments based on infor
mation received compared to regulatory requirements and established company guid
elines.
*Maintain in-depth knowledge of securities and insurance licensing laws that gov
ern the sale, solicitation and servicing of all Prudential products.
Treasury Operations
Iselin, NJ
TREASURY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, Temporary
06/10 - 10/10
*Assist in month end close, quarterly and year-end audit and tax processes
*Manage and update the process/ procedures of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) documentation
and reporting.
*Reconcile bank accounts, balance sheet accounts.
*Daily reconciliation of bank to ledger accounts, process inter - company reconc
iliations,
*Prepare ad-hoc reports and develop cost and funding analyses.
*Review, Identify and implement improvement opportunities relating to the teams'
current processes and come up with recommendations for saving/reducing cost.
Investment Management Services
Newark, NJ
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
04/08 - 12/09
*Preparing daily reconciliation for Mutual Fund accounts.
*Follow up on exceptional clients account and break resolution for all open item
s with the brokers or clients
*Responsible for the back end operations of processing all Daily Trade, mutual f
und distributions, position and cash reconciliation.
*Researching complex issues related to accounting entries and pricing procedures
*Providing day-to-day securities related support.
*Completing various ad-hoc requests that are received from clients.
*Reviewing items and documenting procedures for any new reporting requirements.
*Generating daily dividend report using Microsoft excel, database management
MIKRON INFRARED INC. / MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL Oaklan
d, NJ
ACCOUNT RECONCILIATION SPECIALIST
09/07 - 04/08
*Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such
as general ledger accounts, and document business transactions.
*Monitor and review financial reports for accuracy and completeness in adherence
 to General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
*Prepare and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and oth
er accounting documents.
*Supervise the input and handling of financial data and reports for the company'
s automated financial systems.
*Ensure compliance with appropriate accounting policies and processes
UMDNJ AND RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Newark, NJ
ACCOUNTING AND STATISTICS TUTOR/MENTOR (Internship)
06/06 - 12/06
*Taught student proper technique on how to apply GAAP to analyze financial infor
mation.
*Coach students on Valuation, depreciation, and administering the preparation of
interim, year end and comparative financial reports with emphasis given to stan
dard costs, cost estimating and budgets.
*Taught elements of probability and random variables with their distributions al
ong mean and variance.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
*Member of Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM)
*Member of National society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
*Monster Diversity Leadership Program (DLP), Participant
SKILLS
MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Blackrock, Oracle, Bloomberg, Omgeo,
Lotus notes and Microsoft outlook.