American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants - Los Angeles Affilaite

WELCOME!

The Los Angeles Affiliate is committed to bringing women in the accounting profession together in a stimulating environment filled with networking events and valuable continuing education opportunities.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President - Usha Murthy, umurthy@lafoodbank.org
Secretary - Louise Teeter, lteeter@roadrunner.com
Treasurer - Inna Littwin, ilittwin@rsjcpa.com
VP Programs - Irene Perer, iperer@aol.com
VP Membership - Karen Ton, karen.ton@alumni.usc.edu  
VP Publications - Geralyn M. Ryan gryan@tarzanacpa.com

SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

The American Woman's Society of CPAs, Los Angeles Affiliate, gives accounting scholarships annually to qualified local applicants with 60 or more completed units in the accounting track. Preference is given to student members of ASWCPA who live locally. Applicants should apply through their college scholarship office. If you wish for AWSCPA to send applications to your particular local college of interest with an accounting program, please send the contact information in an email to losangeles@awscpa.org.

Press Release: American Woman’s Society of CPAs Los Angeles Affiliate held their 2008 Scholarship Award Banquet

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

ELIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

  • Accounting Major
  • Minimum of 60 hours college credits
  • Willingness to participate in activities of AWSCPA of Los Angeles through membership and meeting attendance
    (Membership Application available at time of scholarship application)

DUE DATE OF APPLICATION: APRIL 1

Scholarship Application (PDF Format)

RETURN THIS APPLICATION TO:
P.O. Box 64922
Los Angeles, CA 90064

MEETING SCHEDULE

  • ANNUAL TAX UPDATE
    Wednesday, January 21, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Kip Dellinger, CPA
    Joint meeting with American Woman’s Society of CPAs, American Society of Women Accountants, California Society of CPAs Members in Industry, and Institute of Management Accountants. **Qualifies for 2 units of CPE credit


  • Monthly Lunch Meetings
    Would you like an opportunity to meet and network with members and friends of AWSCPA ? Los Angeles Affiliate in your area? Or just a chance to get out of the office? Come to a lunch group meeting:

    The Westside lunch group meets at noon, on the first Friday of every month at a Westside location. For more information e-mail Louise at: lteeter@adelphia.net or call (310) 823-2234.

    The Valley lunch group meets on the third Thursday of the month at noon. For restaurant location and more information contact Carolyn Fox: CarolynFox@gmail.com

    These locations not convenient? How about forming your own lunch group meeting in your area, downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, South Bay or West Valley? If you are interested in starting a local lunch group meeting, contact Louise Teeter or Jenny Bolsky for details.


NEWSLETTERS


JOB BANK

Toyota Financial Services
Currently we are sourcing for an Accounting Policy Manager, an Assistant Controller in our Insurance Group, a Corporate Senior Internal Auditor, an Internal Audit Manager in our Corporate Compliance Department, a Field Senior Internal Auditor, a Senior TMIS Accounting and Reporting Supervisor and a Valuations Manager.

Since 1983, TFS has grown from a small company of eight associates to more than 2800, with over $43 billion in managed assets, serving 2.3 million customers under the Toyota Financial Services and Lexus Financial Services market brands. At TFS, tomorrow means rising to the challenges of a changing marketplace by promoting a high-performance culture that will allow us to develop better solutions, programs, and services for both existing and new customers. Our commitment to delivering extraordinary customer care creates the trust and loyalty that drives our business.

To learn more about us, please visit: www.toyotafinancial.com/careers. To view our current accounting and finance positions, please visit www.toyotafinancial.com/jobs and enter job numbers,
TFS0016V, TFS000V2, TFS00153, TFS00157, TFS0013O, TFS000ZJ, TFS0016U.


Senior Manager
My client is a $1 + Billion commercial real estate services company. They are a powerhouse throughout the world. Offerings range from real estate brokerage to property management to asset services. They manage hundreds of millions of square feet of commercial space. The company also offers mortgage and advisory and management services for private pension funds and large investors.

Located in their office near LAX the Senior Manager, Management Reporting will report to the Director of Management Reporting

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Recommend and design management reports focused on analyzing the business and the relationships between results (such as how commissions and bonuses respond to related results or changes in operating margins), as opposed to reporting that simply shows where something occurred
  • Directly manage two Senior Financial Analysts
  • Support Director of Management Reporting in daily management of department totaling 25
  • Mentor managers within the Management Reporting department
  • Partner with line of business and regional leadership to enhance customer service and lines of communication
  • Creation of monthly management reporting package, analytics, and executive summary
  • Support Financial Reporting department in preparation of reporting to major investors, Board of Directors, and SEC
  • Review supporting schedules for inclusion in consolidated reporting to major investors
  • Use of exception reporting processes to identify and resolve unusual variances during the close process
  • Manage the production and distribution of all field reporting
  • Special projects with an emphasis in reporting or analytics
  • Review policies and procedures for overall efficiency and process improvement opportunities

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • CPA preferred
  • 10+ years of experience in public and private industry
  • 5+ years of supervisory and management experience
  • Financial analysis and/or management reporting experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Working knowledge of PeopleSoft or other ERP system
  • Proven success in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment
  • Real estate brokerage experience desired but not necessary

Total confidentiality will be respected.

Please have anyone you can recommend contact me directly at (310) 618-0441 or email their resume to: cziel@essentialsearch.net Please feel free to pass this along to a colleague!


If you would like to become a member of this dynamic chapter, visit the national website www.awscpa.org for an application!