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San Francisco, CA, US

• Lead team of 15+ employees in a rapidly growing business and industry to improve organization-wide efficiency via improvements to processes and technology with a focus on development, management and adoption of the.
• Member of company’s Business Improvement Committee (BIC), working with management and key process owners to develop and roll out a project management framework for the identification, prioritization and management of.
• Involved as a stakeholder and leader in numerous BIC initiatives including cross functional reporting standardization and organizational realignment, creation of management reporting dashboards utilizing Power BI.
• Ensure optimal user adoption of technology through change management and training initiatives and process optimization assessments in conjunction with system implementations.
• Integrated new team members through multiple organizational realignments, ultimately establishing a structure that aligns business stakeholders with designated technology team counterparts for optimal business end user.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Lead team of 10+ employees to manage the company’s ERP and finance systems applications landscape within a dynamic and constantly shifting business environment with numerous M&A transactions.
• Core link between IT, systems applications end users, company transformation needs and the impacts/requirements of corporate office departments.
• Project managed and architected technical solutions for process improvement & automation initiatives including more than 100 initiatives within the company’s global accounting department of 60+ people. Key initiatives.
• Designed and led a re-implementation of Blackline’s account reconciliation and task management modules, utilizing key system automation features including set up of account rules, template governance and introduction.
• Completed a re-implementation of HFM to support a new consolidation structure resulting from a large corporate merger transaction in 2020.
• Formed and managed a Business Intelligence team that utilized Power BI to elevate key business insights through strategic data initiatives and eliminate significant amounts of spreadsheet reliance across the.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Internal business owner and lead for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) and HFM 11.1.2.4 implementations to support company’s ERP upgrade initiative with Q1 2019 go-live.
• Directed internal and external resources and architected solutions and key decisions throughout all project phases from selection process through go-live.
• Responsible for creation of new chart of accounts and data model that allowed for easier drill up/down into financials.
• Managed large data migration and mapping effort for transaction and master data within the ERP and HFM including GL history, Fixed Assets, Cash & Bank, etc. ensuring optimal SOX compliance procedures.
• Worked with developers to design and test key integrations between the ERP and HFM, Blackline and other systems.
• Managed remote team in Japan to complete local aspects of the implementations.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Responsible for managing monthly consolidation process in HFM for 300+ subsidiaries and validating results including proper inflow of data from the company’s ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics AX2009) and accounting for.
• Managed staff that performed daily system administration duties for AX2009, HFM and Blackline.
• Maintain metadata in HFM for multiple applications with unique sets of metadata per application including numerous alternate hierarchies to support GAAP, IFRS, Tax and FP&A. Set up and utilized ownership matrix forms.
• Guided staff and developers to build several custom rules including automated cash flow, and non-controlling interest entries and to develop a real-time ERP data sync.
• Built and maintained library of end user reports in Financial Reporting Studio and Smart View including upload to Workiva to support SEC reporting needs.
• Responsible for chart of account maintenance and restructuring to support streamlined reporting into the company’s financials and footnotes.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Full accounting responsibility including preparation of audited standalone and consolidated financial statements for multiple local and foreign corporate subsidiaries.
• Completed monthly consolidation and translation processes of constantly changing legal entity tree inside ERP system, AX2009.
• Member of Hyperion 11.1.2.2 system implementation team which involved design of system hierarchies, data conversion process and all system administration duties. Once live, Hyperion resulted in approximately 1000 hours.
• Responsible for all accounting components related to the company’s IPO transaction and significant corporate restructuring in October 2013.

US

• Responsible for all accounting functions for operating lease business units.
• Coordinated statutory, GAAP, and IFRS audits to lead to issuance of final audited financials.
• Efficiently performed all functions of consolidation necessary to roll subsidiary financials up to parent companies in USD and AUD in Peoplesoft.
• Executed accounting for multiple corporate restructures due to project acquisitions, and disposals.
• Implemented Peoplesoft billing module in 2008.
• Managed and trained staff to complete accounts payable/receivable, billing, and general ledger accounting.