Project Clients & Past Employers

• Sempra Energy ($13B Fortune 500 Energy Services Company)
• Investment Placement Group ($1B Financial Services and Investment Advisors)
• Novatel Wireless, Inc ($160 million Wireless Technology Company)
• Preferred Bank ($50 million Commercial Bank)
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Clients included: Intel, Allegheny, Krispy Kreme, Sanyo, Cartier, Honeywell, Charles Schwab)

Functional Finance & Accounting Experience

Financial Reporting & General Accounting
• Hands-on and supervisory corporate controllership experience with several companies. Supervisory experience encompasses accounting, financial reporting and financial systems.
• Directed and participated in the monthly, quarterly and year-end close process for several business units, assuring the accuracy of the data and integrity of reporting in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Prepared and created an auditable monthly reporting package for the Board of Directors of a privately and publicly held company (including balance sheet, statement of income, statement of cash flows and footnotes).
• Prepared and created an auditable monthly reporting package for the Audit Committee of a publicly held company (including balance sheet, statement of income, statement of cash flows and footnotes).
• Created and established the corporate financial reporting technical accounting group for a Fortune 500 company. Responsible for the implementation and coordination of several accounting pronouncements. Specific projects included (SFAS 5, 13, 141R, 142, 143, 149, 123R, 160, 167 FIN 45-48, APBO 18, 23 & SAB 107)
• Prepared quarterly financial statements (e.g., 10-Q), including statement of operations and comprehensive income, statement of financial condition, statement of cash-flows, statement of equity, MD&A and all footnote disclosures for publicly held companies.
• Prepared various technical footnotes (e.g., new accounting standards, financial instruments) in the company's SEC filings (e.g., 10-K) as well as various sections of the MD&A.
• Prepared and documented several comment letters to the various accounting bodies (e.g., FASB, SEC and FINRA) in various industries.
• Served as key decision maker in all technical matters amongst peers and senior management.
• Responsible for monitoring emerging accounting guidance; including new exposure drafts, FASB minutes and SEC speeches. Attended several SEC technical accounting seminars.
• Reviewed quarterly reporting packages from various business units to ensure US GAAP compliance and document specific transactions. Presented findings to senior management teams.
• Experience researching and documenting financial accounting topics and making recommendations on US GAAP compliance and preparing memorandum documenting the company's position. Experience using PwC's Comperio, Deliotte's DART, KMPG's and E&Y's research tools (including the new FASB codification guidance).
• Functioned as the principal liaison with the external auditors in various entities. Coordinated and supervised year-end schedules and external audit packages for several departments (e.g., Treasury, Financial Accounting) and companies.
• Assisted the tax accounting organization with implementing and updating several accounting standards (e.g., FIN 48, SFAS 109 and APBO 23).
• Supported the company's non-US business units in the convergence to International Financial Reporting Standards. Assessed and presented the financial impact of such convergence to the business unit leaders.
• Negotiated a $6 million new lease agreement for a private company's new headquarters in downtown San Diego.
• Conduct several accounting training sessions and presentations to the business unit leaders and for over 200 accountants in the company.

Financial Planning & Analysis
• Hands-on and supervisory experience preparing annual operating plans, budgets and forecasts for a privately held company, utilizing top-down and bottom-up methods.
• Managed the 1-Year and 5-Year planning cycle for various business units in a Fortune 500 company. Presented results to senior management and made recommendations for prospective emerging accounting issues and proposed projects.
• Reviewed, analyzed and explained major variances and took corrective action in various business units.
• Performed financial analyses at an investment firm in a variety of areas, including financial accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accruals, benefits and payroll.

M&A Transaction Execution & Due Diligence Support
• Provided transaction-structuring advice on planned acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures and consolidation issues to various companies. Specific projects included (e.g., SFAS 141R, 142, FIN 46R, SFAS 144, and SFAS 167).
• Reviewed Purchase Agreements and ensured transactions were structured in accordance with US GAAP. Provided support to M&A teams for balance sheet management and mitigating income statement volatility.
• Reviewed individual business units' financial statements to assess potential accounting implications with respect to proposed M&A transactions.
• Assessed emerging accounting issues, US GAAP and SEC guidance for clients to successfully structure deals.
• Provided financial and operational due diligence for strategic and financial buyers. Included review of financial statements, interview and discussions with senior management teams.

Internal Controls & Business Process Re-Engineering
• Experience in streamlining processes/controls, cleaning up accounting records and enforcing US GAAP compliance.
• Improved the month-end close process to reduce the close process from 20 days to 14 days in a highly regulated environment and from 8 days to 6 days in a highly structured and mature organization.
• Supported the company wide initial implementation of SOX 404 for a Fortune 500 company.
• Participated and supported the company's annual internal SOX compliance review. This included review of journal entries and supporting documentation, demonstrating signoff at all levels of review and presenting to external auditors an audit request package.
• Documented the monthly, quarterly and year-end accounting close processes (e.g., business close cycle including tax provisioning) for the company's entire business unit's to ensure SOX compliant.
• Documented the monthly, quarterly and year-end (A/R and A/P) cycles for a privately held company. Implemented improvements in the internal control structure by creating a cross-training program, adding another layer of review and enhanced documentation of signoffs.
• Developed corporate financial policies (e.g., Capitalization of Fixed Assets, Procurement and Employee Expense) for a Fortune 500 company and a privately held company.
• Led a Task Force committee that included various members of the organization for the future development and maintenance of company policies.
• Performed all phases of financial audit including, planning analysis, review and reporting.
• External audit background in financial services, manufacturing, hotel and banking.

Systems Expertise: Selected Detail

Microsoft Excel
• Proficient Level Excel User including macro creation/modification, graphing presentations conditional formatting, name definition and creation, hyperlink creation, pivot tables, usage of financial functions (PMT, FV, PV, NPV, RATE, and IRR), date, and time functions, worksheet sharing and protection.

Microsoft PowerPoint
• Advanced Level PowerPoint User including, creating slide masters, working with templates and layouts, inserting objects (pictures, symbols, charts, sound), creating graphs and organization charts, working with embedded and/or linked objects, slide transition and animation as well as creating and running slide shows.

Microsoft Visio
• Proficient Level Visio User includes preparation of transaction process flow diagrams for several business units and review financial close process in accordance with SOX and company's policies.

Microsoft Word
• Proficient Level Word User including creation of tables graphs, inserting objects, creating charts, working with embedded or hyperlink objects, animation and complex graphics.

SAP
• Utilized SAP to review and approve journal entries, run data inquiries and review financial information.

Great Plains
• Utilized Great Plains to review and approve journal entries, run data inquiries and review financial information and run financial statements.

Oracle HFM Hyperion
• Utilized HFM to review, run data inquiries and review financial information and prepare financial statements.

Education & Credentials

• University of San Diego, School of Business
  • B.A. Accounting
  • G.P.A. 3.7 Cum Laude and Presidential Honors
• Duke University, Graduate School M.A. Economics
• Certified Public Accountant - California: AICPA (License is current)

Continuing Professional Education

• Complete CPA requirements (80 hours/2 years) of Continuing Professional Education
• Completed over 50 hours of tax accounting Continuing Professional Education

Languages

• Fluent in Spanish
• French (5 years of studies)