• Led the accounting team for a SaaS business which includes self serve customers and sales-assisted enterprise customers.• Completed a first year and subsequent audits with a big 4 accounting firm. Developed processes from the ground up to ensure GAAP compliance including capitalized software, deferred commissions, ASC606, stock based compensation expense and others.• Led global compliance and accounting for all foreign subsidiaries in countries including Canada, UK, EMEA and Israel.• Managed daily processes in accounting functions such as payroll, subscription billing, collections, equity administration, month-end close and ARR reporting.• Drove process improvements utilizing systems such as Zuora, NetSuite, Airbase, Navan, Sequoia, BambooHR.

• Led the finance systems team which owns NetSuite and all systems integrating into NetSuite.• Led the implementation and deployment on new systems to automate AR/Cash Application, Collections, AP/Procurement, T&E and provided finance requirements to NetSuite & MuleSoft developers to design, build and test custom features.• Partnered with accounting & finance team members to help identify solutions and prioritize opportunities to streamline and automate processes.

• Led a team of 4 accountants to complete all corporate accounting close functions including leases, prepaids, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, allocations, month-end accruals, FX and global consolidation.• Implemented process and system improvements to automate processes using NetSuite and other 3rd party systems which resulted in a shorter month-end close.• Led monthly financial review presentations to FP&A to provide flux explanations and insights on balance sheet and opex accounts.

• Led a team of 6 accountants to own the revenue/COGS month-end close cycle for over $1B in annual revenue with high revenue growth. Ensured systems and processes can scale and support the high growth.• Led financial review presentations to the business units and FP&A and provided analysis and insights on the financial results such as profitability and opportunities to reduce costs.• Completed audits with our big-4 accounting firm and ensured compliance with ASC606

• Designed and implemented accounting processes and systems from the ground up to support the launch of a complex revenue sharing ecommerce business and the growth from 12 to 200+ employees. Became a partner with groups such as marketing, partnerships, business systems and human resources to identify powerful solutions to enable a hyper growth environment.• Owned controllership duties and maintained a 4-day close while managing a lean accounting team by leveraging systems to automate processes. Complied with SEC reporting requirements and accounting standards to enable VIE consolidation into Illumina.• Completed 3 annual audits with EY while working through complex technical accounting areas such as ASC 606 revenue recognition adoption, ASC 842 lease accounting adoption, purchase accounting and stock-based compensation expense.• Leveraged consulting firms to provide expertise in areas such as technical accounting, partnership income tax, sales tax, gift card compliance and NetSuite implementation/development.• Became a NetSuite expert by transitioning from QuickBooks to NetSuite and launching advanced functionality over fixed assets, prepaids, allocations, revenue and a robust integration with the ecommerce platform Shopify. Attended SuiteWorld each year to learn advanced system features.

• Managed revenue recognition processes and controls over the Americas region to ensure revenue recognition principles were being applied to revenue driving contracts. Acted as the primary contact with EY auditors for all technical revenue issues and audit supporting documentation.• Reengineered revenue processes and controls by leveraging the cloud-based tool QuickBase to increase efficiency through automation and to improve documentation standards to comply with SOX.• Assisted the technical accounting team by writing accounting memos to document Illumina’s accounting position for complex investments citing the accounting literature as necessary. Worked closely with EY auditors and KPMG advisory to ensure Illumina’s position was supported by current guidance.• Worked closely with Deloitte Consulting during the ERP system transition to SAP to validate the data during the system cut-over and tested the new system to ensure it was designed properly to meet the requirements of the Company’s revenue recognition processes.

• Led the audit team on audit engagements in industries such as manufacturing, consumer electronics and life sciences. Developed strong professional relationships with clients by becoming a trusted business advisor.• Gained strong managerial skills by managing several staff concurrently on various audit engagements. Became an effective delegator by teaching staff the key accounting concepts and reviewed their work in detail in order to provide feedback which enabled them to become strong contributors to the team.• Constantly applied a process improvement mindset by challenging the prior methods used to complete tasks and developed more efficient methods to complete the workload. Developed a toolset of Excel macros to automate routine tasks that are completed during audits and shared these with my peers.• Gained a strong understanding of effective internal controls and SOX documentation requirements by working on several integrated audits. Worked extensively with clients and internal auditors to design and improve control documentation to meet the updated standards defined by the PCAOB.

Contributed to the development of production test automation for a digital military communication system. Gained experience troubleshooting different circuit boards using schematics and lab equipment while working in team in a large company.

Developed software and hardware for a new bench tester used to tune a new chipset using a microcontroller. Attended events and attended seminars to learn about the wireless communication industry.