SUMMARY:

• Leverage my accounting, finance, marketing and IT expertise, while utilizing my CPA license, to secure a challenging career role with an organization mutually dedicated to achievement and professional growth.
• ERP systems PC/MAC: SAP/R3/FICO, Oracle/Hyperion, AX Dynamics, Great Plains, JDE E1/Insight, QuickBooks Pro/Premier/Mac, AS400, Platinum, FRx, Crystal Reports, Peoplesoft, and Netsuite
• Lead Financial PM on two SAP Implementations/upgrades, maintained numerous SAP Modules,
• Expert in database management, mining and manipulation, ODBC, Access, File MP, CRM, BW, Essbase
• Expert in MS Office Suite; Power user of MS Excel; macros, pivot tables, arrays and complex functions
• SalesForce.Com CRM Implementation/Customization/Administration, SAP CRM, MJ Plus (RHI)
• Distiller - AP Processing, Globalbrain-Enterprise Search; implementation, admin, and training
• Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver; Mac OS Lion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Management Consultant Contractor

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development, implementation and management of year end closing process
• Prepared Management Reporting with full sales, returns, cost and margin analysis at the sku/item detail level
• Prepared Financial Statements, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statements; Developed custom profit/cost center reports; quickly assumed a leadership role providing strength and expertise to team
• Managed AR and AP teams, treasury function, and prepared FY 2013 Fiscal budget by department

Confidential

Director of SEC Reporting

Responsibilities:

• Leading resource responsible for all current and future SEC filings, pre - IPO S1, 10-q, 10-k, 8-K including amended returns; prepare, document, and present all high profile research projects on technical accounting
• Developed linked financials using excel and word XBRL language, quickly and effectively updating entire financial package subsequent adjustments, reclassifications or agreed upon changes prior to filing with SEC
• Developed automated SEC compliant reporting process, linking the ERP data to financial note disclosures
• Researched, identified and integrated select content from SEC databases as required by specific technical accounting treatment and business processes; referenced financials with respective ASU codification
• Prepared concise accounting memos on current complex technical accounting treatments used to support footnotes disclosures prepared and presented on a quarterly, yearly and amendment SEC filing basis.
• SEC Reporting subject matter expert; led team skill building sessions on; Excel, GAAP, and Financial Ratios

Confidential

Assistant Controller

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all month end and closing process journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting packages for a $125 million North American division of the Public Australian Parent Company; BRG: ASX
• Perpetually managed Balance Sheet, Profit/Loss & Cash Flow statements; worked closely with Controller and CFO to ensure that all balances are prepared and presented in accordance with current GAAP and IFRS rules
• Completed annual budget plan for next fiscal year at the Customer-Category-Sub Category-SKU detail level
• Managed AR and AP team, managed cash flow, approved AP coding and payment, reviewed return authorizations, approved credit memos and write down of aged determined uncollectable receivables

Confidential

Assistant Controller Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Prepared quarterly month end financial statement account reconciliations, preparing all reconciling, reclassification, depreciation, amortization, prepaid and accrual entries as required
• Reviewed and approved payroll, timecards, overtime, deductions and accruals for ADP payroll system
• Prepared quarterly federal and state income tax provision, reviewed monthly sales and use tax filings
• Worked closely with Controller and Management team on strategic initiatives, budgeting & forecast
• Point of contact for external auditors, conducted technical accounting regulation research for team training
• Developed Internal Audit program; assessing account risk, effectiveness of controls and SOX compliance

Confidential

Financial Reporting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Completed and filed year end Consolidated Financial Statements with full footnote disclosure and SOX assessment; successfully met both internal and regulatory deadlines with limited resources
• Coordinated with external auditor during year end review; preparing disclosure schedules as required
• Provided technical accounting research, update of reporting process and necessary adjusting entries for outdated accounting practices; applying FAS 91 effective interest rate to recently restructured long term debt

Confidential

Senior Accountant - Assistant Controller Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Owned Month End close process, including a full review, reconciliation and adjustment of all Balance Sheet and Income Statement Accounts; prepared, reviewed and posted all general ledger journal entries.
• Prepared monthly variance analysis report, recorded quarterly re-forecast and yearly budgeting plan
• Developed Daily Sales Analysis report, provided to International Management/Sales teams; sales reporting for month/year actual to Date vs. Budget/Forecast at the customer, product category, and SKU level
• Daily inventory management; adjustment activity, product warranty analysis, month end inventory adjustments and ad hoc inventory analysis reports; prepared and filed all monthly sales and use tax returns
• Using MS Excel prepared extensive data manipulation and management financial models, for ad hoc analysis projects for management, department managers and executives; Presented results live in front of management

Confidential

Senior Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Value added process improvements contributed to a significant increase in receivables previously considered uncollectable or aged; prepared a document package illustrating the receivable issue (audit trail) and fully substantiated a claim on $1.2 million in additional receivables from the prior two years
• Interfaced with entire accounting, finance, marketing, sales, operations and implementation teams providing oversight on business process integration of SAP ERP system, guided consultants with best practice recommendations for most effective and efficient SAP implementation until project completion
• Passed all four sections and the ethics portion of the Maryland exam.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Senior Accountant - Internal Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Prepared three sets of financial statements and performed a complete general ledger; prepared Balance Sheets and Income Statements, reconciled respective accounts for proper posting and prepared all month end or reconciling/adjusting journal entries; presented monthly results and relevant adjustments to Controller, Internal Audit, and Management teams
• Performed all financial reporting and consolidations in accordance with GAAP, FASB and recent IFRS
• Designed quarterly internal audit testing program; control documentation, testing and implementation
• Monthly foreign currency translation for all International accounts; recorded FX account gain/loss
• Headed Audit team in International VAT tax return foreign expense reconciliation process automation
• Supported International external audit teams through effective and efficient communication, supporting documentation and preparation of QE/YE audit schedules (BS, IS, SOCF, FAS, Inter-Company, etc.)
• Supervised team of three to document and refine business processes in preparation for May 2009 implementation of SAP ERP system; involved risk assessment derived from internal audit program results and completed VAT reconciliation automation project findings; streamlined business processes
• Headed AS400 to SAP ERP GL replacement project, duties included; GL mapping, transfer of historical data, transfer of fixed asset data, transfer of customer information, Sales AR and Cash Receipts process work flow, interface effectiveness, custom reports for various user types, and budgeting/forecasting module
• Reviewed SAP ERP conversion budget to actual, reported on work in process, reviewed dual reporting results for variance analysis, fine tuned system until project completion, went live with SAP in May 2009

Confidential, Ashburn, VA

Senior Financial Analyst, Sales - Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided accounting support ranging from AP invoicing, AR collections, Balance Sheet and Income Statement preparation with monthly/quarterly/yearly account reconciliations and variance analysis
• Process and control documentation, control identification and testing; ensure SOX 404 compliance with continual process improvements and control implementation to meet needs of an aggressively growing start-up company; lead contact for year-end external audit procedures; filed all sales and use tax returns
• Developed prospecting tools, return on investment proposals, and valuing pricing models to analyze and internally validate potential sales opportunities; reported World wide sales activity and pipeline forecasts directly to Executive Management Team; prepared monthly sales commission calculation for 40 reps
• SalesForce.com Customer Relationship Management web application Administrator; custom CRM solution

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Senior Financial Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Provided Audit, M&A, and IPO-S1 due diligence leadership as a Senior to multiple engagement teams
• Executed E&Y audit engagement methodology strictly adhering to GAAS; scoped engagement; assessed account/client risk; documented business processes; identified controls; tested controls; designed and executed year end substantive tests based controls testing results and SOX compliance review
• Maintained testing results in detailed work papers supporting E&Y audit opinion report on client SEC filings; 10-Q and 10-K; appropriately communicated deviations from US GAAP, FASB and SOX 404
• Directed Audit and Consulting engagement teams specializing in the following industries; Financial Services/Banking, Manufacturing/Distribution/Retail, Broadcast/Entertainment, Hospitality, Health Care/Insurance, Bio-Tech, Hi-Tech/Software, Government Contracting, Construction and Real Estate