Alvin Montgomery Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca

Consulting services for accounting reporting and compliance issues.ASC 606 implementation; review sales contracts; prepare SSP analysis; and recast commission costs for clients.ASC 842 implementation; review lease contract; prepare lease summaries; prepare lease calculations; and prepare 842 adoption memo for clients.

Sunnyvale, Ca

A publicly traded company with $1.2 billion in annual sales that provides UC solutions based on its premise and cloud based phone systems.Knowledge transfer because position was being terminated due to their headquarters located in Canada.

A publicly traded company with $320 million in annual sales that provides UC solutions based on their premise and cloud based phone systems.Responsible for annual budgets and quarterly forecast, analyzed variances and presented that analysis to department leaders. Strong user of Microsoft office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access).

A publically traded company with $320 million in annual sales that provides Unified Communication solutions based on its IP business phone systems and cloud phone systems.•Monthly close work:• Reconcile investment accounts• Reconcile inventory, prepaid, deposits, intangibles, deferred rent, payroll liabilities, accrued expenses, and inter-company accounts• Maintain avalara sales/use tax software• Update standard cost and reconcile the PPV account monthly• Supervise relationship with international accountants and prepare consolidated financial statements using AX accounting software and Frx.• Prepare consolidated financials and management reports for monthly and quarterly review meetings.• Work with and provide appropriate documentation to Deloitte & Touche for quarterly and annual audits.• Transitioned accounting functions from M5, a cloud based communication company that was acquired, into Shoretel's close schedule• Re-established policies and procedures for processing their world wide cash applications for product sales and training within the AX accounting software.• Performed an in-house audit of their expense report system.• Assisted in preparing for their CA use tax audit which reduced their liability by $30,000.• Assisted in preparing for their IRS tax audit.• Assisted in preparing for their WA sales tax audit.• Re-established policies and procedures for their fixed asset audit and conducted the audit accordingly.

A publically traded company with $140 million in annual sales that provides Unified Communication solutions based on its IP business phone system. •Monthly close work: o Reconcile investment accounts o Reconcile prepaid, deposits, intangibles, deferred rent, payroll liabilities, and inter-company accounts o Supervise relationship with international accountants and prepare consolidated financial statements using AX accounting software and Frx. o Prepare consolidated financials and management reports for monthly and quarterly review meetings.•Work with and provide appropriate documentation to Deloitte & Touche for quarterly and annual audits.•Re-established policies and procedures for processing their world wide cash applications for product sales and training within the AX accounting software.•Performed an in-house audit of their expense report system.•Assisted in preparing for their CA use tax audit which reduced their liability by $30,000.•Assisted in preparing for their IRS tax audit.•Assisted in preparing for their WA sales tax audit.•Re-established policies and procedures for their fixed asset audit and conducted the audit accordingly.

An agency providing high quality accounting/finance personnel on a contract basis.

• Provided support for their 2005, 2006, and 2007 audits by locating and reviewing sales contracts to substantiate recognition of revenue in accordance with SAB 104 for each of the applicable periods.• Performed monthly accounting functions for CustomerSat.com, Inc a newly acquired entity of Markettools.• Prepared roll forwards for 2008 audits for both CustomerSat and Markettools’s auditors.• Located all CustomerSat.com’s sales contracts and reconciled deferred revenue balances and uploaded that information into Markettools’s accounting system.• Responsible for the transition of CustomerSat.com’s accounting functions to Markettools accounting department. Converted accounting system from Quickbooks to Great Plains 10.0.

• Assisted the finance managers with their daily and monthly responsibilities while the finance managers focused on the implementation of Peoplesoft.• Reviewed accounts payable batches• Reviewed monthly cash entries• Reviewed billings to the Federal government and state of California• Prepared cash flow statements for BART and Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority

• Prepared the following for 10Q & 10K reporting:o Footnote disclosures for loan related activitieso Cash flow statements• Developed management reports within Frx• Assisted in monthly close processo financial statement preparation including preparing elimination entrieso budget to actual expense variance analysiso Reconciliation of cash, principal, interest, premium amortization, & deferred financing cost, preparing accruals worksheets, and working with PA office to identify miscellaneous deposits from servicers• Prepared schedules for quarterly and annual audits and assisted auditors with audit inquiries

• Assisted with the monthly close process due to a change in their accounting management.

• Managed accounting functions while client down-sized due to acquisitiono Prepared consolidated financial statementso Prepared account reconciliationso Assisted upper management with any projects• Assisted with closing the office and winding down the company once the merger was complete

• Identified and recovered $5.5mil of equity for one of their bonds that allowed them to issue $750mil in additional bond financing• Developed and implemented the following reconciliation procedures for their new AZ servicing center:o Analyzed the process flow of the Charter/Helms student loan processing softwareo Developed procedures for reconciling borrower payments on a daily and monthly basiso Developed procedures for reconciling loan disbursals for FFELP, CEL and consolidation loans originated through either HELMS, NDN, or LFM.o Developed procedures for reconciling refunds of all the loan types that were disbursedo Provided written procedures for all the above-mentioned reconciliations.• Trained new employees on systems and procedures• Analyzed document flow and established procedures to properly account for cash, student loans, and interest accruals• Assisted the data warehouse mapping team and was responsible for the following:o Identifying which fields or combination of fields from the servicing data was an appropriate match for the warehouse fieldso Developed checks and balances, utilizing Microstrategy, Access, TOAD and Excel to ensure that the data produced by the warehouse was accurateo Developed reports with Microstrategy to satisfy request submitted by finance and accounting personnel.• Prepared schedules for new auditors, Ernst & Young

Project: - develop standard cost model in MS Access• Met with department managers to prepare requirements• Create tables based on the requirements• Built queries and macros to feed reports• Designed reports based on management needs• Provided training to help staff implement database

• Developed management reports to track revenue growth and retention on a semi-monthly basis.• Managed conversion of accounting software from Great Plains to Oracle• Managed the development of a report writing system, an AR module and an interface to the accounting software in Oracle 8i.• Prepared budgets for $2.5 million second round of funding and a $600,000 lease line.• Established cost reports to track sales performance and burn rate.• Managed all monthly accounting functions.• Arranged first year audit with Price Waterhouse Coopers

• Established accounting system to track the operations of this newly formed corporate subsidiary, which previously was a division of the Dutra Construction Company.• Improved cost controls by working closely with operations management to establish standard costs and reports for management to review on a weekly and monthly basis.• Managed cash flow, line of credit and all bank/financing issues.• Supervised four employees comprised of the following; Assistant Controller, Credit Manager, A/P Clerk, and Payroll Clerk.• Established system to track equipment utilization and R&M for standard cost purposes and equipment replacement decisions