Samson Kam Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Foster City, Ca, Us

- Defined Workday change management controls and audit process- Streamlined and consolidated notifications design- Enhanced Workday to improve data accuracy in a complexly integrated downstream environment- Managed data conversion and configuration activities in acquisitions- Provided training to internal team members about Workday functionalities and capabilities- Redesigned various security groups to comply with data privacy requirements- Supported Workday in areas including Core HCM, Security, Onboarding, Reporting, and Recruiting.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Part of the Workday Financials implementation team as a BSA and solution architect; Taking ownership of our FDM and business requirements and co-designing solutions with the Workday Professional Services consultants to ensure that all the designs are scalable, future-proof, and conforming to our data model and business requirements.- Influenced the FDM design to account and solve for possible post go-live operational challenges faced by my prior financial implementation by fully analyzing financial reporting requirements and accounting close efficiency.- Successfully implemented Workday HCM, Payroll, Absence Management, and Time Tracking on time and on budget as the PM and BSA working with Workday Professional Services.- Actively managed project risks, and escalated issues to management as needed to ensure project success.- Prioritized business requirements to stay on budget for the implementation, and pushed out lower priority configurations to early production sprints.- Actively engaged with multiple vendors in the integration building, testing, and transition phase (Benefits / Payroll Tax / Direct Deposit integration).- Kept business stakeholders and users engaged throughout the project with frequent testing and training sessions.- Managed the testing plan, training, and change management plan.- Worked on the security design to account for segregation of duties and compliance with SOX.- Provide production support and run enhancement meetings with business stakeholders to continually improve processes.

- Provided support in Workday Financials, HCM, and Payroll in business process configuration, security configuration, report writing, process improvement/design, and troubleshooting.- Created and maintained Financial Statements in Workday for both SEC reporting and internal management reporting such as GAAP Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Non-GAAP Income Statement, DSO, etc.- Created and modified customer invoice layouts using Workday Studio / BIRT to conform with foreign government requirements and customer needs.- Partnered with consultants to configure direct ACH integration to the bank that eliminated manual processing of NACHA files.- Created and redesigned department, ledger summary, and cost center hierarchies to enhance management reporting in Workday.- Provided creative solutions to process and reporting challenges provided by users.- Customized and designed security groups within Workday for SOX controls and data sensitivity requirements across Workday Financials and HCM.- Part of the implementation team for Workday Time Tracking.- Hands on user experience in Workday Procurement, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Business Assets, Cash/Banking, Customers Accounts, Payroll, and Payroll Accounting.- Trained on Workday Composite Reporting.

- Performed flux analysis for P&L and balance sheet accounts.- Performed analysis on cost reclassification and posted entries after major reorgs of departments.- Posted monthly entries related to deferred rent and capital lease.- Posted monthly accruals related to compensation, benefits, and professional services.- Posted entries related to stock based compensation and ESPP purchases.- Reconciled various accrued liabilities and compensation accounts on a monthly basis.- Prepared fixed assets roll forward schedules and performed depreciation reasonableness testing on a monthly and quarterly basis.

- Assisted in the preparation of SEC financial reporting and 10-K tie out.- Successfully transitioned and gained in-depth understanding of the staff accountant role, and became a critical team member in converting our financial system to Workday.- Worked with Workday implementation team to discuss our business needs and ensured that Workday financial will be able to handle our accounting and financial analysis needs.- Responsible for conversion of Business Assets, Banking, spend category accounting, and payroll accounting.- Worked with the implementation team to design custom validation rules, asset accounting rules, and business processes in accounting to make Workday financial consistent with our company policies.- Provided support and training for our accounting and finance teams overseas after our system conversion.- Worked with the Product Management team in Workday after our go-live to give suggestions on improving Workday financial.- Prepare month-end journal entries for amortization and depreciation for prepaid assets and fixed assets.- Review prepaid and fixed assets sub-ledger monthly to ensure accurate information is presented for audit and financial analysis.- Reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly.- Post cash transactions and reconcile bank accounts daily.- Report cash balances to Senior Accounting Manager daily to ensure that all bank accounts have sufficient cash.

- Performed monthly account reconciliations and analysis for balance sheet accounts.- Prepared general and month end closing journal entries to post or upload to GL.- Processed payroll of over 1000 US employees in multiple states through ADP Pay eXpert.- Processed and verified overtime and PTO submitted through spreadsheet, ADP EzLabor, and E-mail.- Performed quarterly reconciliation for payroll related expense accounts in the GL.- Responsible for reconciling worldwide headcount of over 2000 employees to ensure accuracy of cost allocation.- Audited employee expense reports.- Assisted in the preparation of various external audits.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration: Corporate Finance

Mechancial Engineering