SUMMARY:

• Consolidations, close, SOX, intercompany, fixed assets, and variance reporting
• Over 8 years of overseas business experience in 5 countries
• Managed department of 9 people in 3 different countries
• M&A evaluation, due diligence, integration & FAS 141R & 144 and IAS 39 & 27 accounting
• Improved transfer pricing processes in two large corporations
• Highly talented problem solver dealing with issues across business units
• Managed the restructuring of a large Internet company’s global consolidated reporting structure and reducing cost by millions of dollars
• Prepared financial statements for over 70 companies in 10 countries
• Lead manager responsible audit and SOX for Intercompany, acquisition and restructuring activities
• Extensive experience in FAS 52 (FX & CTA), FAS 91 (Deferred Costs), IAS 18 (Revenue Recognition)
• Several years of experience & formally educated in IFRS, UK GAAP and Irish reporting standards
• Lead manager on 3 major accounting and finance projects resulting in successful implementation
• Accounting system design & internal control implementation. Preparation of companies’ most complex journal entries

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Ramon, CA

Professional Service & Product Manager

• Worked directly on daily basis with customers to implement Confidential ERP and Financials
• Researched large numbers of accounting issues and regulations to come up with design to implement
• Played an important role in designing and testing Confidential Financials on the cloud
• Design and Developed processes to Confidential Financials, in AP, AR, CR, FX, CTA, VAT and Consolidations
• Extensive testing of Confidential ERP and Financials

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Product Manager

• Played an important role in designing and creating an accounting engine for an ERP on the cloud.
• Design and implemented an automatic reconciliation tool, financial reports, void/cancel, FX software.
• Managed developers, QA and documentation during the design and coding development.
• Designed & implemented a single process Intercompany system.
• Designed & implemented sales tax, VAT and cross-border trade systems.
• Involved in designing and implementing order-2-cash products.

Confidential, Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, CA

International Accounting Manager & Close Process Specialist

• Managed month-end close for multiple International entities.
• Improved International reporting process
• Prepared quarter-end transfer pricing calculation and entries.
• International lead for auditors for year-end and quarter-end audits.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Financial Specialist 

• Worked on project to implement Oracle R12 and improve reporting systems.
• Worked on project to standardize and improve FX and CTA process.
• Worked on post M&A integration accounting and restructuring.

Confidential, San Francisco & Toronto, CA

International Financial Specialist

• Managed the development of new business operations and established new Canadian Bank Branch license.
• Worked on several projects to merge Confidential and newly acquired Wachovia Securities systems into one.
• Converted existing Canadian operations from Canadian GAAP to IFRS standards, including writing new IFRS policies and procedures for Confidential International operations.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Senior Manager 

• Designed and drove Yahoo ’s global initiative to reshape the company’s international consolidation structure through merger integration of acquired companies.
• Co-managed a large project to correct and simplify the International transfer pricing to meet both US GAAP and local reporting standards.
• Improved FX accounting and reporting standards based on US GAAP and IFRS standards.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

International Financial Specialist 

• Improved International consolidations reporting systems for cross-border transfer pricing and International tax strategies.
• Prepared multi-national consolidations and inter-company accounts for the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 audits of the International affiliates.
• Prepared several International audited financial statements in compliance with Irish GAAP, UK accounting standards, and IFRS reporting requirements.

Confidential, Hayward, Hayward, CA

Financial Specialist

• Reconciled the Transnational MBA program’s financial books that were spread over 3 separate accounting systems.
• Designed and implemented a new computer accounting system.
• Designed and implemented procedures to improve accounting transparency and key controls, SOX 404.
• Redesigned the program’s reporting and performance standards.

Confidential

Managing Director

• Designed a dynamic real-time electronic system for trading commodity derivatives, payments, movement of physical commodities cross-border between Central and Eastern Europe and the West.
• Managed a 7-person team that recruited several Central and Eastern European companies to participate in the Exchange. Companies have combined reported revenue that exceeded $50 billion. This includes 32 of top 100 Russian companies.

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Global Financial Consultant & License Compliance Auditor

• Negotiated the recovery of over $7.5 million in unreported license and support fees. Maintained at least a 300% return on the costs incurred.
• Conducted site visits to review third-party applications, system architectures, and business models to determine compliance with contractual agreements and enforce proper Oracle licensing policy.
• Developed licensing evaluation strategies and revenue reporting policies for the UK market, which were adopted across Europe.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Auditor

• Accumulated over 2,500 audit hours spread over 50 clients. Progressed very quickly during tenure in public accounting.
• Managed audit planning, audit set-up, and first year employees.
• Tested client’s internal control structures, conducted walk-throughs of the four accounting cycles, and assessed the effectiveness of computerized accounting systems.

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

International Tax Accountant Intern

• Worked in a team to develop corporate international tax strategies for several large high tech companies.
• Prepared corporate and multi-state tax returns.
• Reviewed tax issues and prepared tax positions for clients.