TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• SQL+ Query
• Business Objects
• MicroStrategy
• Oracle Data Browser
• Oracles Enterprise Data Warehouse
• Data Schematic
• Erwin system software and National Association of Insurance Commission Risk - Based Capital modules

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SEC Financial Reporting Consultant

Confidential, Santa Monica, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed the entire financial section of the Offering Memorandum (OM) including collaborating with company’s executives, underwriters, auditors (PwC) and the counterparties legal counsel. Managed the OM team to successful issuance of the debenture to raise $150 Million.
• Recast the prior two years consolidated financial statements to comply with Confidential and mortgage banking industry standards and presented recast in OM.
• Devised, established and implemented a paperless e-filing system in support of consolidated financial statements and footnotes.
• Produced interim consolidated financial statements and prepared all required company’s financial covenants.

Interim Controller

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed property acquisitions accounting via broker sales and trustee sales.
• Managed 120-150 monthly bank reconciliations for 60+ legal acquiring entities for a privately held real estate trust company.
• Completely renovated company’s fixed assets accounting system within the ERM systems (MS Great Plains (GP) and CRM).
• Managed the interim and year-end audit working with independent accountants (Grant Thornton).
• Produced consolidated financial statements using GP’s Smartlist and FRx Reports.
• Managed staff of 7-10 accounting and IT professionals.

Interim SEC Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted with the SEC S-1 application and successfully filed the initial version.
• Received only minimal comments from SEC. Developed, prepared and published all internal and external/SEC financial reports in accordance with current established accounting principles and practices ( Confidential and IFRS). Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial reports and footnotes.
• Prepared monthly management reporting package and quarterly Board of Directors package.
• Managed the year-end audit collaborating with independent accountant (PwC).
• Produced China operations’ financial statements, consolidated financial statements, proforma financial statements, footnotes, financial tables and for the S-1 filing.
• Wrote white papers on foreign currency translation, JV and variable interest accounting and purchase accounting.

Senior Financial Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted VP of Finance and company’s independent accountants on the year-end audit. Produced consolidated cash flow statement, and FP&A discounted cash flow statements.
• Prepared 10-Q, 10-K, and XBRL filings with SEC.
• Prepared long-term contractual commitment schedule (leased equipment, property rental agreements and long term notes payable obligations) in connection with various footnotes.
• Gathered and compiled missing information on company’s stock option plans.
• Rebuilt company’s stock- based option plan database and recalculated the stock-based compensation expenses based on ASC 718 (aka FAS 123) guidance for proper accounting and reporting in financial statements.
• Accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities for oil and gas companies.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Director

Responsibilities:

• Using Oracle, Essbase and Hyperion software, prepared a suite of reports used by management concerning the year-end audit by PriceWaterhouseCooper.
• As result of auditor findings, participated in the restatement of prior years’ financial statements and footnotes to comply with SEC regulations.
• Designed and developed a consolidating financial engine for the restatement process, including how to handle the discontinued operation activities separately within the model.
• Prepared company’s consolidated financial statements and filed 10-Q, 10-K and XBRL with SEC, ensuring company's taxonomy and tagging is up to date and managed interim and year end audit (PwC).
• Assisted the Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer with technical financial memos utilizing Financial Accounting Standards Codification.
• Assisted the Treasurer in analyzing covenant requirements to ensure compliance with bank credit agreements.
• Worked with the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer on all transactions concerning compliance with the renewal of corporate liability and workers’ compensation insurance policies.
• Assisted with the preparation of corporate federal and state tax results.
• Researched, selected, purchased and utilized SEC Publisher software in the preparation of all SEC filings.

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer with improving the month-end closing process for a $100 million, social networking startup company.
• Devised a step-by-step monthly close procedure that reduced closing time from two months to two weeks.
• Performed a financial due diligence concerning a $20 million acquisition.
• Prepared federal and state tax filings, and saved $250,000 in franchise tax.

Interim Corporate Controller

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the Chief Financial Officer in consolidating all global operations into headquarters' accounting and the preparation of the Annual Report for a privately held international women's apparel manufacturer and distribution company with more than $1 billion in sales.
• Created a management, financial and statistical package on a consolidated basis and by individual companies for all domestic and foreign entities.
• Prepared consolidated banking financials that were compliant with the covenants of the company's credit facility.

Confidential, Santa Monica, CA

Director

Responsibilities:

• Using Financial Accounting Standards Codification, calculated the company’s stock-based compensation expense for 500 employees.
• Collaborated with senior management and prepared and published the quarterly stockholder press release.
• Complying with GAAP new guidance releases, prepared internal accounting procedures for the Accounting Department. Resources included FASB Statements, FIN, EITF, SEC Staff Accounting Bulletins and AICPA Statements of Position.
• Reviewed company contracts and licensing agreements for proper accounting management. Prepared summaries of each contract for later publication in financial reports.
• Working with the Sarbanes-Oxley Department, ensured that accounting procedures and reporting were in compliance with its directives.
• Reviewed and changed the month-end closing process, reducing the time from 45 days to 20 days.

Confidential, Calabasas, CA

First Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Prepared monthly profit and loss variance analyses with narratives for all segments.
• Prepared the quarterly accounting package consisting of operational financial statements and loan statistical analyses for the Board of Directors’ meeting.
• Prepared quarterly mortgage banking financial reporting forms for Confidential, Confidential and Confidential .
• Prepared various annual mandatory web-based filings for the Federal Census Bureau.
• Researched newly issued accounting guidelines to determine if any changes had to be made to the company’s accounting operations. Assisted with accounting procedural changes needed throughout the company.
• Collaborated with company’s accounting units in streamlining the close process to accelerate SEC filings and managed the interim and year end audit (PwC).
• Participated in implementing Sarbanes-Oxley procedures to comply with regulations 302 and 40 4.
• Played a key role in the successful conversion of legacy systems to a new PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Management System.

Confidential, Van Nuys, CA

Corporate Controller

Responsibilities:

• Restructured the department closing process from 28 days down to 5 business days.
• Produced month-end financial reports and operational statistics for senior management.
• Implemented the MS Great Plains Accounting Package to replace the existing QuickBooks Pro software.
• Balanced the daily cash collection activities and reported results to senior management.
• Worked closely with the company’s bank in automating the daily deposits.
• Automated the general ledger interface between the operating system and Great Plains software.
• Provided management with a comparison of the five-year forecasted financial statements versus actual results.
• Assisted the president in analyzing possible mergers and acquisitions.

Confidential, Woodland Hills, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed PeopleSoft nVision reports that improved management reporting capabilities.
• Reduced the month-end close process from ten to five working days.
• Participated in the construction of a new data warehouse using MicroStrategy and SQL scripts.
• Automated general ledger and COGEN (a CSC product) interface by writing a complex SQL script and placing it in a Korn-shell (scheduler) for month-end posting. This project saved the company more than $1 million.
• Automated the first 15 pages of the Statutory Casualty Annual Statement using nVision reports.
• Developed nVision reports to produce SEC financial statements for 10-Q and 10-K reporting.
• Liaisoned between the Finance and Information Technology Departments to capture and record accurate data from the operating systems (COGEN/PMS legacy).
• Implemented and maintained new financial systems.

Confidential

GAAP Financial Reporting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the independent auditor and the State of California Department of Insurance audit.
• Prepared flash reports on the company’s workers’ compensation results on a weekly basis for senior management.
• Prepared GAAP to SAP reconciliations.
• Prepared treaty re-insurance accounting to recover losses and settlement of ceded payables.
• Participated in the installation of the general ledger and the cash disbursement system.
• Designed a new vendor coding system to retrieve vendor information more efficiently.
• Developed risk-based capital ratios and National Association of Insurance Commission financial ratios for management review and statutory reporting.