Benoit Lazzarotto

- Administrated Private Equity Funds (Worldwide Insurance and Private Equity firm)

Middle-Office position, in behalf of two investment vehicles owned by a Private Equity company. Part-time work for 12 months in a complete English environment:
Initiated daily wire transfers to the Treasury Department
Monitored Gains / Losses incurred from investments realized from Funds’ notices, in a Access Database
Performed daily, monthly and quarterly reporting on Funds’ performance, unfunded position and geographic distribution in liaise with Front office managers
Contacted Fund representatives for any relevant issue concerning administration: banking details, payment issues, notices.
Developed or enhanced Excel and PowerPoint-based reporting tools.

- Audited stocks and sales (Car manufacturers)

Performed a thorough and exhaustive research within the sales’ reporting database to achieve three goals:
To assist managers’ opinion about the client profitability (including the “going concern” issue)
To comply with legal requirements
To cover fraud aspects.

Analyzed stocks’ value:
Compared reporting database results with accounting figures
Considered depreciations

Documented cash recording and payment procedures.

- Participated in legal audit procedures (Food Suppliers, Press and Entertainment)

Prepared year-to-year comparisons
Controlled accounts: Taxes, Wages, Properties, Bank, Suppliers
Reviewed and/or documented procedures related to charges’ recording
Performed substantive testing

- Prepared balance sheet account reconciliations and financial statements

- Created and enhanced program tools for Excel (Car manufacturers, Insurance)

To meet new requirements for auditors on fraud issues, implemented Excel-based solutions to perform a thorough analysis of bookkeeping entries and to detect nonrecurring items.