SUMMARY:

• Hands - on accounting leader with 15+ years of general accounting and financial reporting experience and a proven ability to drive change by implementing automation and managing software implementations, conversions, and upgrades.
• Personal strengths include proven effectiveness in achieving deadlines on multiple projects, the skillful ability to build and maintain solid business relationships with partners on all levels, excellent written and oral communication skills, and a strong commitment to accuracy and detail.
• Core competencies include Budgeting, General Ledger, Month-end Close, Variance Analysis, Business Systems Analysis, Confidential, Internal Controls, Balance Sheet Reconciliation, Internally Developed Software Accounting under SOP 98-1, Multi-Company Financial Statement Consolidations, Foreign Currency Translations and Transactions, SEC Reporting experience including quarterly and annual filings (10-Q and 10-K), Advanced Microsoft Excel, Stock-based compensation accounting and administration and Tax Provision schedule preparation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided assistance with audit work paper preparation, deferred rent amortization calculations, research of tax filing requirements, account reconciliations, documenting of procedures and other ad hoc projects.
• Managed accounting close cycle. Prepared financial statements and variance reports and maintained continuity of the accounting function for corporate management post acquisition. Processed payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
• Worked with Great Plains, Lawson, Quickbooks, and Netsuite
• Clients include GitHub, Alibris, One Kings Lane/Bed Bath & Beyond, McKesson, and Kipp Foundation

Manager of Financial Reporting

Confidential, Emeryville, CA

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the consolidated balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and statement of equity as well as footnotes and other disclosures for SEC reporting (10-K, 10-Q and 8-K) purposes.
• Verified accuracy and maintained supporting documentation for all financial statements and related footnotes and disclosures.
• Maintained FRx Report Designer in Microsoft Dynamics SL.
• Provided ad-hoc reporting upon request by senior management and FP&A.
• Administered Stock Option Plan using Equity Edge in conjunction with E-Trade Financial Services including stock option grant processing and tax reporting. Prepared journal entries to recognize stock based compensation expense under FAS123R.
• Developed collaborative relationship with external auditors and tax accountants including communication and support of fieldwork and responding to audit requests.
• Prepared daily cash reports to facilitate senior management cash forecasting.
• Provided financial data and assistance in transition of accounting operations in connection with change in ownership due to acquisition.
• Increased accuracy of 10-Q and 10-K and facilitating XBRL tagging by integrating Rivet software with Microsoft Word.
• Reduced closing cycle from 9 days to 4.5 to meet parent company’s reporting requirement.

Director of General Accounting

Confidential, Emeryville, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed the monthly financial close process including preparing, reviewing, and posting journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations ensuring an accurate and timely close.
• Prepared journal entries to capitalize internal-use software in accordance with SOP 98-1. Partnered with IT to ensure accurate and timely reporting of project hours.
• Participated in SOX 404 control implementation and compliance testing.
• Converted fixed asset system from Excel based to Sage Fixed Assets System (FAS).
• Implemented Quickbooks Accounts Receivable to bill and track ancillary marketing revenue stream. Reviewed customer contracts to ensure proper monthly client billing.
• Partnered with FP&A by providing accounting support during annual budget process and forecasting cycles.
• Assisted Controller and Assistant Controller with other duties as needed and completed ad-hoc financial information requests from senior management.
• Reduced the closing cycle from 14 days to 9 days.
• Coordinated ADP General Ledger interface implementation which included mapping of payroll codes to general ledger accounts which shortened payroll journal entry process from 4 days to 5 hours.
• Implemented variance versus budget and flux analysis processes to verify accuracy of monthly financial statements and ensure that all expense transactions were recorded correctly.

Accounting Manager

Confidential, Oakland, CA

Responsibilities:

• Specific areas of responsibilities include managing General Ledger, Billing and Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, payroll, monthly close, and financial reporting.
• Audited and reconciled data from system databases to ensure timely and accurate customer invoicing. Developed reconciliation process.
• Managed client billing process and worked with sales staff to ensure prompt receivable collections.
• Prepared consolidated financial statements including 3 foreign subsidiaries.

Financial Analysis Supervisor

Confidential, Walnut Creek, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed staff of four financial analysts responsible for financial reporting, expense and revenue analysis, tax preparation, and budgeting.
• Prepared expense budgets for two administrative divisions.
• Participated in site conversion from Lawson Financial Accounting system to Oracle General Ledger accounting system. Rewrote accounting reports using Oracle Report Writer.