SUMMARY:

• Expert CPA Professional with over 20 years of General Ledger, Tax, Revenue, SOX/IA, Budget management, SEC reviews
• Familiar with IFRS, COSO and COBIT guidance
• Familiar with ASC 606 and preceding revenue guidance
• Supervised complex accounting conversions / system integration projects
• Reduced audit fees and internal audit costs of a leading public company by over 1.5 million

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle 12 and 11 i
• SAP
• NetSuite
• Microsoft Dynamics
• RevPro
• Vistex
• ProLaw
• Quick Books Pro
• Lawson
• PeachTree
• Deltek
• Navision
• ADI
• Equity Edge
• Hyperion
• DCMS
• Access
• MS Office
• SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Accounting Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Review and reconcile complex Payroll, GL, Cash and Tax accounts, propose adjusting entries
• Reestablish certain reconciliatory activities lost during conversions and transitions
• Review various tax returns with Federal, State and local agencies
• Complex multi - layered bank recons and fraud examination
• External audit support and preparation, SOX controls review, documentation, testing
• Advice on improvements to accounting processes with SAP
• Interpret GAAP in light of highly unusual and unguided business events.

Accounting Manager

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

Responsibilities:

• Design IT/Finance technical solutions for Infrastructure / Lab IT assets controls and tracking
• Identify, track and approve software and hardware transactions that qualify as CAPEX
• Review fixed assets, leases, real estate holdings, related state and local taxes filings
• Review of client arrangements, contracts, delivery / ship dates, Inventory I/C transfers, revenue impact of certain transactions
• Execution of a variety of month-end and quarter-end activities and controls, including flux analysis, accruals, expense reviews, reconciliations, approval of JEs and roll forwards.

Sr. Manager SEC Accounting

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Review and reconcile Revenue, Cash, FA and A/P modules / sub-ledgers
• Review complex reconciliations (deferred revenue, revenue, goodwill, intangibles, PP&E, tax, etc.)
• Special project related to the minimum obligations disclosures world wide
• Provide advice to management regarding proper classification of various accounts and positions.

Sr. Manager Revenue Accounting

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Review complex multiple element hardware and software arrangements, interpret contracts, amendments, SOWs, acceptances, establish fair values for undelivered elements, re-allocate based on contingent elements, as prescribed in ASU 605-985, 605-25, etc.
• Identify and prepare complex GL revenue entries for world-wide entities using SAP / internal systems
• Prepare and review allocation files and revenue deferral waterfalls
• Multi-currency translations and accounting for long term arrangements
• Budgeted and forecasted revenue analysis against actuals, forecast activities - “drumbeat”, SFDC quotes review, upside analysis.

Accounting / Audit Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• CAPEX /Budget /Tax analysis for a major data storage provider, assistance with conversion from GAAP to REIT.
• Recognition and re-valuation (royalties / licensing, patents, support, warranties) project
• SaaS review for Saba Consulting, a revenue restatement project
• Review and reconciliation of A/R / revenue / Deferred Revenue using Oracle
• SOX testing and documentation for revenue cycles (royalties and licensing, consulting, education / training) for a software gaming manufacturer

Revenue Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• SAP R3 (Vistex, comparable to RevPro) revenue module implementation and conversion from legacy accounting software, building test cases, developing software solution in test environment (directing programming effort), implementing in test environment, moving / testing in production
• Complex multi - layered software and hardware contract arrangements for licensing and royalties issued to manufacturers (Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, others), new contract reviews, audit of contract implementations / pricing models in the new environment
• Warranties and post-sales support deferrals and recognition
• Various revenue and COGS accounts analysis - deferrals and recognition, including patents and royalties as well as hardware and software products and services, flux analysis.

Accounting Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Forensic (up to one year old) and current reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts, including A/R, Cash, other Current Assets as well as Revenue balances (Solar Net)
• Supervision, consulting and technical accounting and management support to local Controller and Accounting Managers in regards to external audit items (Solar net)
• Worked with VP of sales to establish proper framework for commission accounting (Fluidigm)
• Full revenue recognition cycle GL management (Fluidigm)
• Multi-currency parent / sub analysis (Fluidingm).

Accounting and Compliance Manager

Confidential, CA

Responsibilities:

• Internal control testing management including design, planning, testing, documentation, conclusion on all significant controls that management relied on for financial reporting
• Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly controls over Inventory, US and Canadian Tax filings, AP, AR, Payroll / HRIS subsystems for divisional and corporate entities
• Review of SEC Reporting requirements including the 10Q, 10K, 8K, material disclosures
• Review and analysis of material month end transactions for corporate and divisional entities
• Reviewed new contracts for non-standard terms to ensure proper accounting treatment / cutoff
• Margin analysis, COGS, Transfer costs, cost plus analysis, standard costs and variances
• Major savings in external audit fees - over 1.5 million saved in audit costs.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Revenue Compliance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated revenue recognition for on-line transaction processing systems (HotJobs, Small Business, Personals, etc.) for compliance with revenue recognition principles, including SOP 97-2 and EITF-0021 pronouncements
• Management of SOX / internal audit projects for Sec. 404 compliance, including time and budget
• Gap remediation / analysis and recommendations related to potential weaknesses in control
• Directed international finance compliance projects for European subsidiaries of Confidential
• Developed, trained and implemented various business project methodologies.

Confidential

Accounting and Controls Consultant, Bay Area, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed full scope audit projects for a variety of public clients such as Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, others
• 10K / 10Q preparation of footnote disclosures and other investor information, as well as mapping, accounting cycle analysis and client advise as to proper cycle testing design
• Walk through and documentation / Narratives for Revenue Recognition, GL Accounting, SEC Reporting, Payroll and HR, Taxes, A/R, Treasury, Credit, Marketing, IT General Computer Controls
• Designed, documented and improved controls using latest AS 5 interpretations.

Confidential, CA

Controller

Responsibilities:

• Reported directly to Managing Partner / CFO
• Managed financial reporting process, with full responsibility for monthly income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, billing and collections, payroll, business and partner taxes, debt / bank management, audit / outside CPA review
• Worked with other Attorneys on various billing / case tracking issues and milestones
• In house software capitalization, other asset capitalization, donations, client trust liability, personal expenses, tax liability analysis, leases and other real estate transactions
• Created a unique forecast model, achieved 99% accuracy levels for net income and gross profit
• Managed multiple accounting system conversions towards a single ERP system
• Assisted Partners in divorce litigation support, including property / business claims
• Supervised a team of up to 15.

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Period end close activities, review of G/L entries and financial reports, A/P, A/R, labor costs analysis
• Complex financial support for major contract negotiations, budget and variance analysis, inter -company billings and receivable analysis and reconciliation

Confidential, San Rafael, CA

Sr. Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared budgets and forecasts for a health insurance provider
• Participated in integration of newly purchased corporations.