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Belmont, CA

• Responsible for counseling current and prospective students and parents with tuition and housing cost estimates, less any financial aid, while providing guidance on Business Office billing and payment policies.
• Responsible for daily payment processing, adjustments, and review of charges to student accounts to ensure accurate recording of transactions. Invoices 3rd party payers.
• Reconciles and analyzes general ledger accounts, related to student activity, including tuition & fees, housing & meal plans, financial aid, amortization, revenue recognition, and payment arrangements.
• Ensures compliance of all Finance and Administration policies and FERPA guidelines while maintaining professional standards and ethics of confidentiality with commitment to the seven Hallmarks of the Notre Dame de.

Palo Alto, CA

• Managed day-to-day accounting and HR operations, overseeing outsourced accounting, payroll, and HR services requiring a high degree of organization and attention to detail. Responsible for GL, AP, AR, payroll.

San Jose, CA

• Initially hired as Accounting Manager at Composite Software overseeing AP, AR, GL, fixed assets, payroll, account reconciliations, monthly and quarterly close, and financial statement preparation. Promoted to Assistant.
• Significantly contributed to due diligence activities related to acquisition by Cisco Systems, working closely with CFO, General Counsel, and Director of HR in 2013.
• Facilitated integration of Composite Software’s payroll, accounting, and reporting into Cisco’s financial systems and operations during acquisition, beginning July 2013. Fulfilled transitional employment contract in.
• Led the selection of new audit firm, replacing PWC with Grant Thornton in 2012.
• Led implementation of accounting software from Peachtree to NetSuite in 2011.

Sunnyvale, CA

• Responsible for general ledger, monthly and quarterly close, fixed assets, financial statement preparations, and overseeing payroll and accounts payable.
• Heavily involved with S1 filing of Company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) in March 2001.
• Planned and implemented Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2004 with 3rd party consulting firm in the areas of accounts payable, payroll, and month end close processes.
• Contributed to financial software conversion from QuickBooks to Oracle 11i and led subsequent conversion to Solomon Software during rebranding of company to Opsware.