Sales Finance for the Clinical Diagnostics business unit, with 2 direct & 2 matrixed reports.Drove several business process improvements: 1. Customer Quote/Contract review, including gross margin forecasting & IT tool revamp, requiring explanations for deviations from standard. 2. Pricing process engaging IT, Customer Service, Sales & Field Service, as well as Volume compliance reporting to Sales/Customers.3. Project management of the Annual price increase process including pricing analytics & customer communication.

Responsible for all revenue, accounts receivable and accounts payable accounting and process improvements for the Clinical Diagnostics business unit, with revenue of $60M per quarter, > 1000 customers & 7 direct reports.Drove several business process improvements to completion, resulting in significant labor savings: Invoicing Automation project including batch overnight invoicing & auto-emailing to customers, new customer set-up, customer PO new requirement & storage in ERP, & milestone revenue recognition accounting for R&D customer projects.Managed the successful transition of accounting functions to a Shared Service center offshore, as part of a company-wide initiative, announced August 2017 & completed April 2018. This included cross-training & documenting all business processes, while maintaining staff morale.

Responsible for all revenue, credit management and accounts receivable accounting, processes & (management & SEC) reporting, for equipment sales, refurbished tools, spares/service & royalties worldwide.Created Investor Relations analysis for potential acquisitions, including diligence for Mattson’s final acquisition by Beijing E-town Dragon China Semiconductor Industry Investment Center.Drove automation of SAP customer invoicing to maximize efficiencies & timeliness, reducing time spent on invoicing by 40%. Drove SAP upstream process improvements to reduce manual finance intervention (eg Material Master or Order management causing incorrect revenue assignment).Successfully implemented Host Analytics for consolidations & significantly enhanced management reporting (replaced Hyperion Enterprise) in 2015. Successful implementation in 2015 of Blackline for online account reconciliations.Review and approve sales contracts for revenue recognition and policy compliance, including implementation of accounting guidance such as ASC 605-25. Hired & trained new Revenue Accountant.Created & presented revenue training sessions for sales, and rewrote revenue recognition policy.Drove accounting for volume purchasing agreements with top 3 customers.Implemented new processes for forecasting cash collections/DSO, bad debt methodology & revenue and gross margin analysis by end use technology, product, customer, region.Business partnering with global sales, manufacturing, business operations, IT and legal.Interface with external auditors and SOX internal controls audits, including integration of new audit firm in 2014.

SOX program management for worldwide processes including corporate governance & special emphasis on SAB104 revenue recognition processes, Responsible for scoping, planning, risk assessment using Auditing Standard AS 5, documentation, management testing, reporting, and managing KPMG through audit execution and walkthroughs.

Full P&L and balance sheet management for the North America sales, service & spares organization,with revenue of $1.2B per year and 1300 headcount

Led a group of 9 people responsible for total corporation reporting, consolidations & Finance IT systems.Member of SAB101 implementation taskforce, responsible for successful establishment of processes necessary for SAB101-compliant forecasting & reporting.

Responsible for order & revenue recognition, installation & warranty, accounts receivable for a >$1.2B revenue organization.