Contribute to the overall success of the organization by utilizing an in-depth understanding of accounting principles and company practices to perform complex accounting activities, financial planning, and analyses. Responsibilities include:• Manage day-to-day accounting operations• Reconcile and review all General Ledger accounts• Calculate and record month-end accruals and other journal entries• Help drive the financial planning and analysis process by developing financial models, budgets, and forecasts• Prepare financial statements including balance sheet, profit and loss, and cash flow• Analyze business performance using variance analyses, KPI's, and insight• Internal and external financial audits• Ensuring compliance with company accounting policies, statutory requirements, GAAP, and IFRS standards.• Documenting and monitoring internal controls• Coordinating more complex accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments• Capital expenditures and fixed asset management• Selected Human Resource functions including payroll• Training and mentoring junior staff• Utilizing SAP BusinessObjects and SAP EPM Solutions to update and review financial reports• Leveraging advanced knowledge of Excel to analyze complex financial reports and records

Privately held distributor of pet supplies with $41 million in global annual revenues. Contracted to support overall business operations, financial, and accounting responsibilities for the U.S. headquarters. Applied a strong work ethic to support the changing needs of the business, ensuring relevant finance and accounting issues were identified, resolved, and appropriately documented.Select Accomplishments:• Facilitated an international ownership restructuring project by developing consolidated financial reports, budgets and forecasts for multiple companies.• Helped establish a new 3rd party EDI solution that dramatically improved the accuracy and timeliness of sales order entry and invoicing through automation.• Helped implement business intelligence and financial reporting software and prepared ad-hoc analysis as needed.• Developed weekly financial management reports and financial ratios to help determine performance trends.Finance and Accounting Functions:• Assisted in all aspects of the accounting functions of the organization• Prepared and presented monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial statements to business partners• Prepared cash flow forecasts for auditors and lenders • Supported annual financial planning cycle to align with sales forecasts and business plans• Analyzed weekly financial management reports and ratios to help determine performance trends• Ensured accurate and timely monthly close activities and account reconciliations• Analyzed and interpreted revenue and expense accounts• Prepared annual budgets and reviewed variances against actual results• Developed and reviewed financial models to ensure they are both accurate and updated• Provided group oversight to ensure accurate and timely completion of financial planning requirements• Reconciled balance sheet accounts• Communicate variances and cost explanations to management team

Worked with various online retailers to provide expertise related to business operations, finance, and accounting functions.Select Accomplishments:• Managed multiple international projects including the successful expansion into Europe and Canada that led to a significant increase in market share and revenues. I was responsible for supporting all aspects of the business plan, due diligence and negotiations.• Mapped, identified, and resolved key performance issues that included an increase in on-time deliveries by over 38%.• Successfully implemented financial and operational controls that helped several small businesses achieve and exceed annual goals.Finance and Accounting Functions:• Supervised accounting and finance roles• Helped prepare business plans and strategic initiatives by developing annual forecasts and budgets• Generated and presented variance vs. budget vs. forecast analysis• Prepared and presented monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial statements and various ad-hoc reports• Ensured accurate and timely monthly close activities and account reconciliations• Developed cost / benefit analysis for new products, projects and capital expenditures• Conducted monthly inventory reconciliations and audits• Established cost accounting models and provided product cost, pricing and margin analysis• Developed systems for establishing economic order quantities and determining standard yields

A technology consulting company with revenues of $7 million in 2009. Specializing in the benefits analysis, expert design, and implementation of IP communications technologies, core infrastructure, and computing solutions.Directed all aspects of financial management, operations management, and service management. Supervised the daily activities of 12 engineers, 4 sales executives, and 5 office staff. Helped improve performance, accountability, and teamwork through ongoing training, mentoring, and project reviews. Developed project and service strategies for top 20% of key clients.Select Accomplishments:• Identified and corrected over $600,000 in budget variances related to billing discrepancies.• Achieved billable utilization rates above 85% that resulted in a 12% increase in profits.• Responsible for developing and managing budgets, forecasts, payroll, benefits, taxes and financial statements.• Leveraged database expertise to help provide business analysis and insight regarding costs and potential project risks.

Corsair is a leading provider of enthusiast-grade PC components and peripherals utilizing a global operations infrastructure with $450 million in revenues and distributors and retailers in over sixty countries worldwide.Directed the information technology department during revenue growth from $20 million to $400 million annually. Supervised various personnel and contractors to ensure successful development and implementation of network infrastructure solutions and business applications. Collaborated with Marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance, HR, and Sales executives to provide business analysis and solutions.Select Accomplishments:• Directed a broad range of finance, marketing, operations and IT project initiatives that provided real-time financial and business analytics that helped manage costs and drive over $100 million in both domestic and global growth.• Implemented custom electronic data interchange (EDI) solutions to help secure almost $80 million in new revenues with Walmart, Best Buy, and several key European retailers.• Provided analysis and support for a broad range of finance, marketing, operations and IT project initiatives including the migration to the Oracle E-Business Suite.• Worked on several cross-functional teams to analyze and improve processes that included financial reporting, marketing analytics, inventory tracking, quality control processes, and sales forecasting.