Vera Ko

Experience

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  PwC

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  Audit and Assurance Service Intern

  • Financial Statements: Prepared financial statements for clients in various industries. • Substantive Tests: Conducted substantive tests of year–end transactions by dollar amount.• Confirmations: Verified account receivables, payables, and balances by processing and sending confirmations to several banks and attorneys.

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  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Treasury Services: Acknowledged and effected payments under rigorous review and thorough control. • Price Negotiation: Quoted rate for FX deals with Sales and negotiated with clients.• SWIFT: Sent and reverted SWIFT messages to other financial institutions and provided excellent client service.• Risk Management: Identified potential issue to mitigate risk in control improvement meeting.• Monthly Report: Consolidated and prepared OBU monthly report by remittance region and client identity. Show less

  • Professional Exempt (Operations - Credit and Rate)

    Jun 2014 - Oct 2015

  • Temporary Assistant (Accounting)

    Oct 2013 - Jun 2014
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  Taishin International Bank

  Nov 2015 - Aug 2021

  Assistant Manager (Accounting)

  • Monthly Closing Report: Prepare independent and consolidated month-end closing report, including balance sheet and P&L. • Regulatory Reports: Consolidate regulatory reports to ensure compliance with regulations and submit reports to local authority before deadline.• Statutory Audits: Liaise with local authorities (Financial Examination Bureau, CBC and CDIC), internal auditors and accounting firm for statutory audits.• Financial Analysis: Evaluate performance from financial statements and compare with competitors.• Annual Budget: Coordinate with MIS team to complete annual budgets and forecasts and highlight key opportunities to help managers drive more savings.• Cost Monitoring: Review monthly report of expenditure to detect unusual expenses and propose appropriate adjustments to future annual budget accordingly.• BEPS Action 13: Compile transactions with related parties to prepare Master File, Country-by-Country Report, and Local Transfer Pricing Report. Show less

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  Oracle

  Sept 2021 - now

  Financial Analyst

  • AR Adjustment Report: Provide instructions to AR team to include discount, interest and reserve in AR invoice for different types of deals.• Delinquency Report: Consolidate deals with payments due in different buckets for controllers to produce bad debt reserve forecast.• Payment Posting Monitor: Create template recognized as best version and widely used within department to effectively monitor payments.• Problem Solving: Review contracts and summarize the deal profile to help manager resolve issues and close invoices.• Report Enhancement Project: Modify templates and system to automate process in reporting. Show less