•Responsible for month-end close, general ledger/COA management, consolidation, account reconciliation, treasury, financial reporting, sales/income tax preparation and filings.•Championed and redesigned the month-end close wing-to-wing process and shortened the period from 10 business days to 4 business days.•Implemented new account reconciliation processes with Blackline that are more detailed and structured.•Managed and motivated the corporate accounting team of five (Assistant Controller, Sr Accountant, Staff Accountant, Sr Tax Analyst, Compliance Analyst). Worked across other finance departments including FP&A and Billing departments for budget, forecast and contract review processes.•Designed, documented and implemented key internal controls around the financial close and reporting, revenue and receivables and procurement and payables processes for SOX 404 compliance.•Redesigned the chart of accounts and configurations of the new ERP (Microsoft Dynamics GP) and lead its implementation project. Successfully rolled it out within 6 months.•Supported the due diligence process and final valuation during the $290M acquisition by CBRE Group, Inc. and lead the post-acquisition integration into a $24B publicly traded corporation.•Completed successful annual external audits with Grant Thornton and semi-annual bank audits for debt covenants.

•Responsible for monthly/quarterly closing for the EM HQ books. Managed multiple accounting leaders within EM sub-businesses and successfully closed the EM books within strict corporate deadlines.•Worked closely with FP&A and Tax teams to post various accruals, prepaids, tax payments/adjustments and cross-segment intercompany transactions.•Worked with various shared service teams (AP, AR, Fixed Assets) and ensured underlying sub-ledgers adhered to the closing schedule and are tied with GL.•Reviewed the EM HQ BS and performed flux analysis to proactively identify issues and correct errors before closing the books.•Reviewed the local ledger TBs with finance leaders at international locations (EMEA, APAC, LATAM). Reviewed the flux for reasonableness and ensured intercompany transactions tie out and eliminate properly for successful GL consolidation.•Maintained the management entity landscape and added/merged/eliminated entities according to GE’s strategic changes in the legal structure.•Performed and reviewed BS account reconciliation for EM HQ. Completed reconciliation of ~500 accounts out of 1,500 in total on a quarterly basis. •Identified and lead value-add projects with multiple accounting leaders across businesses and drove efficiency in the matrix organization. Those projects included COA simplification, organizational realignment recast, inter-company reconciliation, legal/management entity simplification and process automation.•Worked with the SOX team and supported them in understanding complex automated/manual processes within various strategic ERPs and assisted in performing sample testing, documenting internal control processes and policies.•Developed and cataloged SOPs to ensure processes and quality are consistent. Challenged the status quo and eliminated unnecessary steps and automated processes (20% reduction in the number of closing process items).

•Managed a team of 4 degreed accounting professionals•Prepared US GAAP consolidated financial statements for US and Mexico operations•Drove efficient quarterly/annual closings within target timeline and completed annual audits with external auditors (PWC)•Implementation of J-Sox compliance procedures per corporate guidelines •Researched and implemented proper transactions involving percentage-of-completion (ASC 605-35, formerly SOP 81-1), capital lease, lease schedule, contingencies and all new pronouncements•Performed various financial analyses, job costing, IT implementation/improvement and budget vs actual analyses•Prepared data for federal and multi-state corporate income tax filings in US and Mexico•Reviewed and filed VAT taxes in Mexico

•Performed all accounting functions including preparation of monthly/annual financial statements, general ledger, federal/state tax filings, bank reconciliations, A/R, A/P, payroll, variance/budgetary analyses and cash forecasting •Researched and implemented stock compensation/option plans •Managed DCAA audits and interacted with DCMA•Prepared data for federal and franchise taxes •Prepared and filed sales tax and personal property tax •Compiled annual audit documents•Acquired by Invitrogen/Life Technologies in September 2008

•Managed a team of 3 accounting members and supervised A/R collections and income audit operations •Performed general ledger reconciliations and cash flow management •Assisted in preparing audit documents for annual audits •Coordinated with sales managers to keep A/R balance at the minimum level