Celeste Rogers Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca

Hired as Finance Manager and promoted to VP Finance in new start-up that develops leading edge technology for Packet over All Optical Switch. Responsible and provided support for Financial, Accounting, Administrative/Operational matters and the financial interface with sales and engineering.- Responsible for the full spectrum in Accounting (consistent with regulatory reporting-GAAP), HR, Finance, Legal & Administrative functions which are GL, Journal entries, Month-end close, Accruals, Fixed Assets, S179, foreign currency, consolidation, FASB123R, AR, AP, PR, PO, Payroll, Employee Benefits, FSA125, HSA, 401(k), Form 5500, W2, 1099, HIPAA, etc. - Created internal controls, policies, procedures, templates and processes and implemented systems.- Provided full visibility to offshore Deputy-CEO & Board of Directors in all aspects of reporting, forecasting, financing, administration, management and budgetary functions.- Collaborated, Interacted on all corporate levels, cross functions, organized office functions, ad-hoc projects, management, external auditors, vendors, specialists, and regulatory compliance. - Promoted efficiencies & improvements; budgetary resources & constraints; dynamic balancing of requests and requirements with available resources in capital, manpower and skills.

Irvine, Ca

Served as Accounting Manager in a small start-up that provided leading-edge technology to Retailers in Loss Prevention. Responsible for and provided company-wide support in Finance, Accounting, Administration except for sales, engineering and legal functions.- Responsible for the full spectrum in Accounting (consistent with regulatory reporting-GAAP), HR Finance and Administrative functions.- Responsible for data migration, multi-states payroll, month-end close, payroll, schedule preparation for audit.- Provided full support to the CFO in the legal, legislative, lobbying, financing, forecasting and budgetary functions and assisted with Monthly presentations to Board of Directors.- Interacted on all corporate levels and across functions in a venture-capital-backed environment.- Provided continuous improvements for internal controls, resource allocations and general operational support.

Newport Beach, Ca

Related companies were start-ups in the secured high memory card & reader/writer space using biometrics for verification & identification.- Provided general administrative support, managerial and internal control systems, assisted in private placements, wrote business plans, resource prioritization and provided logistics to the CEO/Chairman- Prepared financial reports, budgets, cash flow forecast, bookkeeping, analyses, memos and minutes- Research patent, trademark filings, formation of companies, stock issuance and shareholder relations.- Provided engineering support services, budgets coordination, strategic planning, forecasting and marketing.- Responsible for the preparation of Qs and Ks; Securities Acts and GAAP fluency.- Coordinated and participated in meetings with engineers, vendors, investors, distributors and shareholders.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Multi-divisional manufacturing & multi-national entities in clean room, health care products, latex gloves manufacture & conveyor belt system.- Coordinated logistics of raw materials to finished latex gloves; facilitated trouble-free manufacturing - Provided management with status on inventory, suppliers, customers, shipments, A/R, A/P, Cash flow, forecast and management reports.- Managed payroll of 300 factory workers, assisted in coordination of labor requirement, safety & environmental regulations.- Responsible for Malaysian operations, improved sales, reduced cost and implemented internal controls, assets protection, budgetary controls and managerial support.

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Multi-entities with interest in timber extraction & saw-milling, gold and coal mining, transportation and aquaculture.- Reported to Managing Director on the daily financial, operational, accounting and administrative functions- Oversaw internal controls, recommended efficient and effective operational measures, regulatory compliance and assets management, logistics and resource allocation, budgetary measures, and financial analysis.- Maintained firm profitability measures in shifting market dynamics, foreign exchange controls, environmental and political issues, liaised with expatriates, public relations, team building, assets and resource allocation.- Prepared minutes and month-end close, liaised with auditors, managed A/R, A/P.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Top 5 Auditing firm, I was one of two graduates hired in a school of 300 upon graduation from Tunku Abdul Rahman College.- Assisted Tax Manager in the preparation of personal taxation of expatriates, local and corporate taxation.- Assisted Corporate Secretary in audit of stock transactions of public listed companies.- Assisted Audit Managers in the year-end audit of private and public companies.

Financial Accounting

(Chartered Association of Certified Accountants: Professional Equivalent of CPA in the US)

Degree, Financial Accounting;

Three Year College in Financial Accounting leading to The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, UK

General Paper, Biology; Chemistry, Physics, Additional Mathematics

Highest School Certificate from University of Cambridge, A-Levels

English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, History, Geography

O-Levels, Senior Cambridge