Candidates About

Gao, Lihong (Catherine)

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking for a full-time or part-time position located in Manhattan that can leverage my interpersonal bi-lingual skills, international background and provide a good work-life balance. 

PERSONAL

·         US Permanent Resident, Authorized to work in USA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Smart University—Action Health Center, East Harlem                          Jan, 2018--Present

Association Benefit to Children New York                                                                                                                                 2011 -- Present

Volunteer, Daycare and After School Program

·         Organize and planning for curriculum offered to Children study group

·         Coordinate with the Staff members to manage the weekly supply for the After school classes

·         Liaison with the management office to plan and develop the diverse culture programs

Chinese Community Church of New York                                                                                                                                  2010 – Present

Trust in God Baptist Church Chinatown                                                                                                                                   2015 – Present

·         Parenting Group Champion

·         Chinese Language Teacher for Children’s Sunday School

HANA BANK CHINA                                                                                                                                                                           2008 -- 2010

Project Manager – Treasury & International Department

·         Responsible for international settlement, examination of transaction documents, foreign exchange policy and regulations, compliance management of branches and provides trainings to junior staffs.

SAFE/PBOC, Beijing, CHINA                                                                                                                                                  2006 -- 2007

Project Manager, Current Account Department

·         Responsible for the border trade management and control, drafting documents and managing the implementation between central bank and the provisional branches.

·         Foreign exchange management including policies drafting, branches implementation, internal control and participating in the construction of new regulations.

PBOC Branch, North China, CHINA                                                                                                                                        1996 -- 2005

Examiner, Foreign Exchange Management

Foreign exchange administration, Current Account and Capital Account Internal Control

·         Manage account payables and receivables of currency exchange risks and coordinating necessary actions for the bank

·         Monitoring and researching abnormal trends to foreign exchange banks, identifying problems and reporting to upper management for action.

Examination and approval of opening RMB accounts

·         Conduct the KYC process, auditing and granting of RMB licenses to companies opening RMB accounts.

·         Examination of RMB accounts in local banks which violated regulations and recommend the actions taken,

Examination and approval of establishment of savings bank

·         Establish specific measurements and standards for savings banks

·         Auditing financial control, identifying issues, drafting resolution plan for the bank’s executive management.

EDUCATION

·         MBA, Accounting and Financial Control                                                                                                                    2002 – 2003

Hague University (Haagse Hogeschool), Holland

·         BA, Economics and Management,                                                                                                                                    1988 – 1992

University of Science and Technology Beijing, CHINA                                                                                   

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATES

·         English Translation, Project Management, and Accounting/Financial Control.

·         MS Office and Work including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project and Database.