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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Carpinteria, California, Us

Strategic and tactical planner of best practice and organization in policy planning and operations. Top level External Reporting, Corporate Accounting, Compliance, Global Business Process improvement and Financial Reporting Systems to the CEO and Board of Directors.Daily interaction with management teams, external audit and investors. Sole responsibility for all public filings and oversight of all accounting policy and procedures, as well as the development and maintenance of SEC, SOX & IFRS compliance for several SME of apparel and health and beauty enterprises. Oversight of all general accounting and reporting to daily, quarterly, and annual audit and operations.System used: SaaS, (MAS) Net-suites, Full Circle, Shopify, Amazon, Paypal, Magento, Quickbooks Online, Retail-Ops

Established stronger financial reporting for U.S. capital markets, enhanced cost controls, and developed multi-company financial accounting and reporting systems, pre-implementation to post-implementation. Coordinated start of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 for 2018 compliance. Developed compliance requirements for retail and distribution cpg through implementation of new audit processes and reports, that mitigated punitive time-wasting processes and procedures.

North Hollywood, Ca, Us

Controller elevated to CFO for a manufacturer and distributor of Airbrush Make-Up. Onboard required restructuring of accounting operations and reporting, including legal reporting requirements to the IRS and institutions of compliance and controls. Navigated change management, ERP Implementation and procured leads and resources for private equity funding. Successfully executed strategy from IRS receivership and facilitated the CEO's exit strategy as a designated Advisory Member. System used: Sage/MAS 500, E-Bridge, Magento, Amazon, and Crystal Reports

Los Angeles, California, Us

Managed all areas of accounting, including royalty, license and capital financing for Playboy Cosmetics and subsidiaries. Supplier relations, ar accounts, and BOM of 128+ sku's. Statutory compliance of all tax and insurance matters. Reported to VP of Finance monthly, quarterly and annual reports. Payroll and Fixed Asset Management. Systems used: Quickbooks Manufacturing, Fishbowl, EDI Lockbox

Accountant for a entertainment company of short films and producer of books on tape with $11MM in annual revenue. Hired into a receivership to administer forensic deliverables to board of directors and to establish financial reporting compliance with GAAP and AFP’s, and SOX-404. Reported to the CFO and Bankruptcy Court Agent on a monthly basis. Core duties involved managing the GL custodial duties, Investment Wires, F/S, and monthly Statutory reports to the Bankruptcy Court. Key Achievements:1. Established a forensic approach to detail misstated financial statements for prior year-end filing.2. Decentralized royalty contracts and payments to establish exact receivables on Balance Sheet.3. Remediated erroneous JE, Reconciled Asset Accounts, and true-up process of unpaid statutes.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

Reported directly to the Chief Accountant, for a $470M not for profit foundation 501(c) (3) office. CSUB, Foundation controlled the fund balance and cost systems with regards to 182 programs, grants, and scholarship dependents. • Point of contact and reporting agent to fiscal service, external audit, state and 990 filing. Annual review, FS monthly prep, review and reporting. • Directed staff of 6 employees, treasury, a/p/ payroll/ staff accountants (2); posted batch entry of all JE’s, BS recs, cash postings and foundation payroll.• Provided regular and comprehensive analysis and reporting of fund accounts, budgets & key financial indicators to fiscal service and program and activity directors, receipt of funds and disbursements. • Batch review and posting of JE’s, BS Recs, AP, AR and cash management office. Fixed Asset management, tag, location and entry to FA software and reconciliation to ERP PeopleSoft.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance - 1995

Certification In Management Accounting, Accounting, Management & Reporting / Business Process Mapping - 1999

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Business/Management - 2001