Craig Murata, Cpa Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Santa Barbara, CA, US

Morrisville, NC, US

Morrisville, NC, US

Menlo Park, CA, US

Engagements:Oportun - Senior AccountantRocketship Public Schools - Director FP&AComplianceEase - Accounting Manager

• Supported Business Unit Senior Vice President (SVP). Provided business decision support to SVP and leadership team through various profitability and key metrics analysis to drive business growth. Performed monthly.
• Developed financial business plan for creation of Customer Success program, increasing license renewal rate to 80%.
• Implemented new bookings and revenue model to improve forecast accuracy, enabling detailed variance analysis.
• Educated business unit on processes and procedures, achieving strong internal controls.

Marlborough, MA, US

• Led all aspects of monthly close and planning for Electrophysiology Division and consolidation of reporting processes. Served as main financial consultant and business partner to Electrophysiology senior staff..
• Performed as finance lead in diligence and integration for 2 acquisitions, totaling over $500M.
• Refined revenue forecasting process with sales and marketing, driving improved quarterly forecast accuracy.
• Executed Product Health Analysis of portfolio for EOL products, increasing margin and lowering inventory scrap.
• Developed pricing analytics to monitor bulk pricing, achieving ~2% ASP erosion.

San Jose, CA, US

• Drove all financial planning and analysis for company’s largest division with annual revenue in excess of $1.0B. Partnered with business unit’s vice presidents and directors to manage revenue growth, margin.
• Established standard monthly close process and quarterly forecast process, along with standardizing financial metrics reporting for management, implementing financial phase review for new R&D projects for go / no go.
• Developed BOM cost model for business unit’s products, identifying areas for cost and margin improvement.
• Created financial models, driving gross margin improvement for 3 low performing product lines.

• Drove and managed all aspects of worldwide SOX compliance. Reported directly to corporate Controller. Collaborated with external auditors to leverage AS5 for maximum efficiency. Coordinated company-wide SOX compliance.
• Performed tops-down risk assessment, reducing number of key controls by 10%.
• Executed homogenous testing strategy, decreasing control testing by 25%.
• Eliminated segregation of duties conflicts with finance and purchasing SAP users, leading implementation of SAP GRC application, Access Controls, and Process Controls.

• Planned, conducted, and reviewed audits and business process reviews to ensure compliance with accounting and regulatory standards as well as identify process improvements. Reported directly to Director of Internal.
• Established and conducted enterprise wide risk assessment, evaluating and improving Company’s risk management and governance processes.

• Held financial responsibility and provided business partner support for Vice Presidents and Directors in areas of Quality Assurance, Sub-con cost accounting, WW Logistics, Facilities, Environmental Health and Safety.
• Developed forecast model, estimating WW logistics freight expense with less than 10% variance.
• Drove finance task force team to improve capital efficiency within company, resulting in new capital budgeting system.
• Implemented environmental reserve improvement process, leading to new processes to better evaluate and track environmental liabilities.

• Performed financial duties for division with worldwide operations and combined annual revenues in excess of $250M and multi-national operations. Partnered with group VP, general managers, and various business partners.
• Managed full P&L, inventory management and inventory accounting, manufacturing variances from standard cost.
• Created R&D expense tracking model for division, resulting in accurate spending allocations and project variance analysis, and improved R&D portfolio management.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba