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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, Support.com, SMART, Bloom Energy, Castlight Health and Audentes.• 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 Accruals, fixed assets, foreign currency, inventory and cost of goods, order to cash, procure to pay, income tax, treasury and investments, Acquitions and mergers, Significant and Unusual Transactions and equity.

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 identify areas of improvement• 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.• Monitored progress of execution of implementation steps in project plan documents by the various F&A team members assigned.• Coordinated with Blackline implementation specialists for key project deliverables by Blackline to ensure NPTN is ready for such steps and Blackline delivers on requirements.• Coordinated with NPTN IT team members on required integration steps between NPTN IT | Oracle to help ensure and facilitate integration of such systems.• Proposed training courses in which NPTN F&A and IT team members should enroll during the implementation project and provide tracking and reporting of completion of such courses by NPTN team members.• Provided basic deck side assistance to F&A team members learning and implementing the BL reconciliation tool during the project.

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 auditors, and performing audits/reviews of processes and procedures as needed.• 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.• Ensured compliance of company policies and procedures across the company.• Supported mergers and acquisitions financial due diligence.• Served on the company confidential hotline team to ensure all ethical or fraud matters or concerns are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.Key Accomplishments:• External auditor reliance on internal testing was 85%. • Streamlined and reduced number of SOX 404 keys controls by 49%.• Developed walkthrough documentation and testing methods.• Created the Internal Audit Charter, Policy and Procedure.• Identified opportunity to save operations three days per year by replacing wall-to-wall physical inventories with cycle count programs.

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.• Developed specialized reports for executive management using FRX report writer and Solomon.• Led SAP beta site implementation project.

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.• Conducted classes on accounting definitions and reports for senior management.• Created new audit schedules including sales analysis, gross margin reports and DSO reports.

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.• Created desktop procedures to comply with ISO-9000 requirements.

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.• Responsible for annual roll over of standard cost at year-end.• aintained all cost elements, employee labor rates and overhead rates on the ASK system.• Conducted wall-to-wall physical inventories and cycle count programs.• Maintained multiple G/L databases on ASK system and reconciled all prepaid, accrual, inventory and fixed asset accounts.• Responsible for all depreciation schedules for fixed assets and personal property tax filings. Achievements:• Implemented new division onto ASK and participated in the conversions to new software releases.• Streamlined the monthly financial package for internal and external reporting by 33%.• Developed and implemented stores and receiving inspection cycle count procedures.• Calculated costs for engineering projects and calculated the cost for an IBM contract proposal.

Accounting And Finance, 3.54

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

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Accounting And Finance