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Penny Yip
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

303 242 5414

penny.yip@hotmail.com

Summary
Number 1 job and location: senior accountant specialized in reporting or fund
accountant in Denver area.
As manager in accounting for non-profit organization for over four years plus nine
years of experience in banking industry financial control team.
Provide quality of work and service that gain respect and rapport from
management, colleagues, staff and customers.
Contribute to businesses by being a thinker and seer that enjoys a greater clarity of
complex processes and issues than others.
Benefit business by my natural and special aptitude for accounting and computing.

Education
2005 Certificate in Theology Moore Theological College Sydney NSW
Australia

Moore Theological College is a tertiary academic institution opened at NSW in 1856

providing the ministers for the Anglican Church in Sydney and also training pastors who
serve other denominations.

1996 Bachelor of Science in Computing Science (sub-major Business Law &

Accounting) University of Technology Sydney Sydney NSW Australia
The subjects that I completed were equivalent to a double degree of computer
science, finance and accounting.

Experience
2009 to present Manager, Senior Fund Accountant OMF International (U.S.A.)
Littleton CO
OMF International (formerly CIM) is a missionary organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
church status.
I have four staff. My responsibilities also include managing missionaries budget, the
international financial system for the U.S. National Office, month-end, year-end and
budget schedules, audit schedules, financial and management reports, and financial
policies and procedures.
Achievements:
As a result of creating a new position, redefining roles within the finance team and
establishing procedures, it brings clarity and improvement of financial functions in
the organization.
Being a patient and open listener for my staff, it helped to affirm their ownership and
value of their roles in times of transition.

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Established a budget module that collects, consolidates and analyses financial

information, and supports leaderships decision making.
Established monthly departmental and management reports.
As a result of revising budget processes and procedures, it reduced budget
variances and improved accuracy, in particular, on SECA tax withholding.

2008 to 2009 Project Accountant (Technical Accounting) OMF International

(U.S.A.) Littleton CO
I was part of the migration and implementation team for a new International financial
system for the U.S. National Office. I became a key player especially during
implementation.
Achievements:
Created account payable, interoffice transfer clearing processes, etc. of the new
system catered for the U.S. National Office.
Established access controls and review procedures in compliance to audit standard.

2006 to 2008 Program Coordinator OMF International (Australia) Sydney

NSW Australia

I joined as an Associate in June 2006 and took up this Members position, a national
coordinator. My responsibilities included recruiting and training short-term workers,
coordinating programs, and building partnership with churches and groups.
Achievements:
Established a solid team for the ministry that led several committed to long-term field
service.
Brought awareness of the mission to new groups.

2001 to 2006 Reporting Accountant HSBC Bank Australia Sydney NSW

Australia
This was a specialist position in the Financial Control Department. Regulatory
Management and Information Database was an international in-house system that
supports financial and regulatory reporting. I was responsible for maintenance,
reconciliation, monthly reporting and development of the system for Australia.
Achievements:
Streamlined processes and created automatic functions that significantly reduced
reporting process time.
Assigned by the International Headquarter to implement new processes at the New
Zealand Office.

2000 to 2001 Reporting Accountant Baptist Community Services Sydney

NSW Australia
My roles included utilization and integration of their financial systems, and reports
development for management accounting.
Achievements:
Created automatic functions that significantly reduced reporting process time.

1997-2000 Assistant Accountant Citibank Australia Sydney NSW Australia

This was an Assistant Accountant position in their Financial Control Department of
Corporate Banking. My roles included maintenance and reconciliation of their general
ledger systems, ad-hoc reporting and projects.

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Achievements:
Created a database program that produced monthly headcount report.

Skills
Top skills
Financial accounting, reporting, financial statements and analysis, policies and
procedures writing, managerial finance.
Fund accounting, allocations, account reconciliation.
Financial and accounting systems conversion and implementation, development
and modelling.
Budget management, monitoring, preparation and process.
General ledger, trial balance.
Month-end and year-end closing process, internal controls, financial audit.
Training and presentation.
Other skills
Leadership, management and coaching.
MS Excel, Access, VBA and SQL.
Bank reconciliation, fixed assets and depreciation, accounts payable and
receivable.

Interests
Banking industry, financial services, natural gas & oil industry.
Bible, Fox News, conservative advocacy, history, wine, country rock music, Broncos,
racquetball, tennis, hiking & camping, chess, art, Downton Abbey, M.A.S.H.

References
References can be provided by request.