Nina Brody, Cia Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, CA

• Provide SOX audit service to clients in the software, semiconductor, Pharmaceuticals and insurance industries, for clients including Fluidigm, Rigel, Monolithic Power Systems, Immersion, Iovance Biotherapeutics.
• Preform walkthroughs, manage teams, design controls, prepare testing plans and test internal controls for numerous processes including financial statement close and reporting, Worldwide consolidations, revenue, R and D.

San Jose, CA

• Provided SOX consultancy:o Reviewed internal control documentation and risk control matriceso Performed internal control testing and control rationalizationo Reviewed documentation of existing testing template and.
• Researched on SOX, SEC, PCAOB latest guidance and application.
• Identify areas of improvement for operational effectiveness and efficiency.BlackLine Project Leader:
• Provided project management support to the VP Finance and VP Corporate Controller in conjunction with the implementation of the Blackline (BL) Financial Close Management (FCM) tool.
• Prepared a detailed project implementation plan.
• Made assignments of implementation steps to various members of the Finance and Accounting (F&A) team associated with plan.

San Jose, CA

• Responsible for managing, planning, organizing, and coordinating the functions of VTA’s audit program, including tracking the status of implementation of open recommendations, coordinating audits conducted by external.
• Acts as liaison with external regulatory agencies, performs a variety of ad-hoc internal audit activities including creating policies and procedures for the Finance team.

San Jose, CA

• Micrel, Inc. (Acquired by Microchip on 08/03/15), San Jose, CA (July 2004 to February 2016)Senior Internal Audit Manager (4.5 years), Internal Audit Manager (2 years), Senior Internal Auditor (5 years)
• Preformed the planning, execution, testing and evaluation of the company’s SOX compliance and internal audit programs.
• Presented to the audit committee and senior management key findings and recommendations for remediation and opportunities for continuous process improvements.
• Directed all third party audits – distributors, sub-contractors and subsidiary office audits; managed budget.
• Worked with legal counsel in the implementation and maintenance of corporate governance best practices.
• Audited SEC reports, press releases, conference call scripts, annual reports and corporate presentations prior to being released to the public.

Mountain View, CA

• Key Accomplishments:
• Reduced DSO from 107 days to 52 days and over 90 days past due balance by 50%.
• Decreased the worldwide month-end close from 10 days to six days.
• Conducted fixed asset physical inventory which resulted in a 56% reduction of yearly property taxes.
• Developed and implemented purchase order system.
• Converted employee expense reimbursements from AP system to payroll system.

Fremont, CA

• Key Accomplishments:
• Developed the company’s first 10-Q, 10-K and Proxy reports.
• Decreased the cost accounting month-end close time by 50%, while increasing the amount of detail reporting and accuracy of inventory valuation.
• Implemented QAD modules - Sales Order, Inventory, Purchasing and Physical Inventory.
• Implemented cycle count programs.
• Maintained policies and procedures to comply with ISO-9000 requirements.

Milptas, CA

• Key Accomplishments:
• Implemented multiple currency G/L databases and standardized reporting for worldwide consolidation to reduce consolidation time by 30%.
• Developed consolidated gross margin report by product line, with eliminations prepared by instrument to identify specific instrument performance.
• Decreased month-end close time by 50%, while increasing the amount of detailed reports.
• Set up proper currency accounting – FAS 52.
• Implemented new accounting procedures for three corporate mergers.

Santa Clara

• GENERAL LEDGER/FIXED ASSET ACCOUNTANT (3 years) - COST ACCOUNTANT (5 years)
• Cost accountant for several divisions in standard cost, actual process cost, and weighted average cost environments.
• Prepared monthly financial statements, detailed budget versus actual expense analysis reports; prepared and calculated corporate budgets; created monthly P & L Forecasts.
• Specifically assigned to develop quiz reports to standardize and reduce process time of reports for accounting and manufacturing.
• Prepared monthly product line P & L’s, product yields, sales mix analysis, reserve analysis, inventory trends and activities reports.
• Analyzed work orders, BOM’s, routings, and direct labor costs; Set standard cost for all new parts.

Accounting And Finance, 3.54

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies, 3.58

Activities and Societies: Band Sports

Accounting And Finance