Senior Revenue Accountant

Mehdi Benkirane

** ****** ****

Framingham, MA **701

cell: 617-***-****

ab4hqt@r.postjobfree.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am seeking a contract position in revenue accounting, which will allow me

to utilize, challenge and expand upon over 16 years of professional

accounting experience. I have previously worked in the capacities of a

Senior Revenue Accountant, Senior General Accountant and Controller.

Additionally, I have experience working in several industry sectors,

including hi-tech/software. Furthermore, in addition to having extensive

experience and knowledge in Revenue Accounting/Revenue Recognition ASU-2009-

2013 (EITF 08-01 and EITF 09-03, SOP 97-2, SOP 81.1, SAB 101, FASB), I

also have a solid background in GAAP/general accounting, as well as

experience in Sarbanes-Oxley and Federal Taxation.

On a personal level, the ideal position would allow me to utilize my

revenue accounting experience, my background in general accounting and my

strong experience working with financial/accounting software packages such

as Oracle, Excel, Great Plains / FRX, etc.

I feel my qualifications may be an ideal match for the position you are

seeking to fill. I look forward to learning more about the position and

your company. I can be reached at the phone numbers above or via e-mail to

ab4hqt@r.postjobfree.com.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely,

MEHDI BENKIRANE

Mehdi Benkirane

14 Alfred Road

Framingham, MA 01701

cell: 617-***-****

ab4hqt@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Strong knowledge of GAAP, G/L, Revenue Recognition ASU 2009-20013 (EITF 08-

01 and EITF 09-03, SOP 97-2, 81-1, Services, VSOE, implicating EITF 00-21

[Revenue Arrangements with multiple deliverables]), AP/AR-Billing, Accounts

Reconciliation, Payroll, Budgeting and Financial Statements (preparation

and analysis). Possess advanced accounting software skills in packages

such as Oracle, Great Plains/FRX, Salesforce.com, QuickBooks, etc. Also

have experience with Sarbanes-Oxley.

Education

Bentley University, Waltham, MA

Advanced Accounting Courses

BA in Accounting, (IMT), Casablanca, Morocco

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Oracle, RevPro, Excel, Great Plains/FRX, Cognos ReportNet, SAP, Intacct,

Salesforce.com, Sage, TestTrack, QuickBooks, Skyline, ProTour, RBase,

Travelware, Tram, Trustware 11, PowerPoint, Word, Lotus 1-2-3, Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sonus Networks, Westford, MA

June 2013 - Present

Revenue Recognition Consultant (Contract Role)

Winter-Wyman Contracting, Waltham, MA

March 2011 - June 2013

Client: Acquia, (makers of Drupal software), Burlington, MA

Revenue Recognition Consultant (Contract Position)

Revenue Audit Project

This was an audit project to produce the financials for audit for revenue

recognition based on ASU 2009-13.

Responsibilities:

. The project entailed going through the deferred revenue sheet, going

through all the software contracts and setting up a matrix that

supports what was sold, the price hierarchy, and third party evidence

for the fiscal year 2012 working with Excel, Salesforce and Intact.

. This project required going through the history of active and inactive

customers and putting together a road map for the auditors that will

describe what the company sold, when, and at what price.

. I was required to interact with a variety company personnel including

sales and other accounting staff.

Client: SeaChange, Int'l, Acton, MA

Senior Revenue Accountant (Contractor)

SeaChange is a publicly traded software/hardware company and the company

was looking to review the way it has recognized revenue and make changes

based on the 0801 guidelines that were just issued at the end of 2010.

This required going through all of their sales transactions which are large

dollar amounts and low volume to make sure that the revenue is recognized

correctly through the new guideline. The changes and updates were entered

into Excel spreadsheets.

Responsibilities:

. Review the way revenue is recognized and make changes based on the 08-

01 guidelines.

. Participate in the monthly close process.

. Assist in the support of quarterly revenue reporting activities and

external audit requests and SOX compliance.

. Work with foreign currencies.

. Assist with RevPro implementation (revenue recognition software made

by Leeyo) to automate the revenue recognition process.

Edge Technology Services, CT

Client: Aspect Software, Chelmsford, MA

February 2010 - May 2010

Senior Revenue Analyst (Contract Position)

. Reviewed customer contracts for revenue recognition (SOP 97-2) issues

and ensure proper revenue recognition in accordance with GAAP and

FASB.

. Communicated with various internal groups to gather relevant

information for decision-making.

. Responsible for booking a large volume of contracts having large

dollar values using Oracle.

. Performed special projects or duties as required within the finance

department.

. Handled VSOE.

COGNOS CORPORATION, (an IBM Company), Burlington, MA

Senior Revenue Accountant June

2006 - February 2009

. Review customer contracts for revenue recognition issues and ensure

proper revenue recognition in accordance with GAAP and FASB.

. Communicate with various internal groups to gather relevant

information for decision-making.

. Responsible for booking a big volume of contracts ranging between 100k

and multi-million dollar arrangements.

. Gather data and prepare related schedules for the Company's quarterly

reviews, annual audits and SEC filings.

. Update and strengthen internal controls and procedures.

. Assist the team in automating manual processes.

. Apply SOP 97-2 & Cognos software revenue recognition guidelines to all

sales order agreements.

. Apply service accounting guidelines to all service order agreements.

. Assist the Legal Department with the compilation and review of license

and service order agreements in accordance with revenue recognition

guideline.

. Perform quarterly VSOE audits.

. Assist in educating the sales staff on SOP and related revenue

recognition issues.

. Assist in the establishment of formal policies and procedures for the

field sales/services organization.

. Assist in the improvement of current policies and procedures in

connection with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

. Ensure changes to the Cognos pricing model are understood and conveyed

to the order admin team.

. Perform special projects or duties as required within the finance

department.

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA December 2005

- March 2006

Senior Accountant (Contract Position)

. Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation.

. Reviewed Accounts Payable.

. 10-Q review.

. Prepared 1099's.

. Other misc. accounting projects as needed.

TRANSACTION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTS / ACI, Framingham, MA September

2005 - November 2005

Senior Accountant (Contract Position)

TSA/ACI is a publicly traded software manufacturer for monetary transaction

and messaging technology for banking institutions and other financial

companies.

. Supporting the Divisions' accounting functions by following and

enforcing GAAP and established company procedures.

. Interpret and apply SOP 97-2 and SAB 101.

. Assist in the revenue recognition process.

. Liaise with Project Managers and Billing to ensure invoices are

prepared in accordance with the contract and the understood agreement

between parties.

. Special projects as necessary.

. Utilized Oracle Financials 11i.

NOVATIONS, Brighton, MA

August 2004 - July 2005

Senior Staff Accountant

Novations (www.novations.com), is an HR management consulting company

specializing in providing training programs for Fortune 500 companies.

. Worked under the direction of the VP of Finance and the Controller

utilizing Great Plains / FRX and Excel.

. All journal entries related to Month-End Closing (Accruals,

Allocations, COGS, Amortizations & Depreciations, Deferred Revenue,

Inter-Companies, Prepaid, Work in Progress / Contra Cost Method, Re-

class & Adjustments).

. Revenue Recognition (Interpret and apply SOP 97-2) / Deferred Revenue

Reconciliation & Analysis.

. Update, Reconcile and Analyze schedules.

. Financial Reporting to the VP of Finance - Monthly Review (Cash Flow,

Employee's headcount, Balance sheet accounts reconciliation summary,

License revenue schedule, Top Clients and Statistics).

GENERAL TRAVEL, Boston, MA November

2002 - July 2004

Controller

General Travel is a travel tour company that specializes in operating tours

and vacation packages to Italy.

. Supervised Accounting Staff / Delegate duties.

. Month End Closing.

. Year End Closing.

. Budget Forecasting.

. Bank Reconciliation.

. Fixed Asset Accounting.

. AP/AR.

. Payroll (ADP).

. Monthly Reconciliation of 15 Cash Accounts and for International

Accounts (conversion of Euro to U.S. dollars).

. Reconciliation of Solomon Smith Barney Investment Accounts.

. Property Accounting for Investment Properties.

. Accounting for (Italian Restaurant) IL Bico, owned by Donna Franca

Tours

. Used several accounting software packages including ProTour, RBase,

Travelware, Tram, and QuickBooks.

ORBIT COMMUNICATIONS, Sudbury, MA July

2001 - October 2002

Senior Accountant

Orbit Communications is an e-retailer of electronics such as Satellite

television systems. The company has a location in the U.S. as well as

abroad. The company has a fast-paced high transaction environment.

. AP/AR/GL (using QuickBooks).

. Supervised Customer Service Personnel/1 Staff Accountant.

. Ported previous accounting package software and spreadsheet data from.

. QuickBooks into a custom software developed specifically for

eRetailers, which is completely online and all transactions are

internet based.

. Intensive accounting work on numerous Excel spreadsheets.

. Payroll Processing (ADP).

. Bank Reconciliation.

. Financial Statements.

. Monthly Sales Tax Returns.

. Processing of RMA (Return of Merchandise Authorizations) from

customers.

. Acted as liaison with vendor companies regarding shipments for payment

approval, etc.

. Acted as a liaison for the Customer Service department as their orders

from customers relate to Back-Office accounting functions.

. Extensive experience with online credit card transaction processing

using ICVerify.

. Processing of orders from online Order Entry system into other systems

for shipment.

. Preparation of documents for legal matters for the company.

. Handling of international wire/bank transfers to offshore

office/accounts.

. Interacting with overseas employees on accounting matters.

VAULTUS, INC., Boston, MA

August 2000 - June 2001

Controller

Vaultus (formerly EyeShake) is a wireless software development company

incorporated by a team of MIT engineers and with offices in Denver, New

York and Boston.

. Setup an Accounting Department/Accounting Procedures for the recently

formed Eyeshake

. Supervise Accounting Clerk/ HR Admin.

. Installed BusinessWorks (Sage) software and created new company

account.

. Documented company's internal procedures and policies.

. Assisted founder, financial analyst and auditors in preparing company

for strategic acquisition.

. Reconciled Monthly Bank Statements.

. Prepared Month End Closing.

. Prepared and analyzed the hiring budget for H/R department.

. Prepared Income Statements.

. Accounts Payable.

. Intensive accounting work on numerous Excel spreadsheets.

. Prepared and Approved Travel & Expense reports.

. Handled budget accounting for the software division and cost

accounting for the sales office in Denver.

. Assisted engineering department in testing of hand held device

software applications using an automated testing tool and reporting

defects/bugs.

. Installed client and server side software (Sun Solaris 2.6 Server).

CONTEMPORARIES, Boston, MA

January 1999 - July 2000

Staff Accountant (Contract)

While working as a contract accountant for clients in a broad range of

industries including Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge (a trust company),

Harvard University, Boston Consulting Co., Harvard-Pilgrim Healthcare, my

responsibilities have included:

. Accounts Payable processing.

. Accounts Receivable processing.

. Intensive accounting work on numerous Excel spreadsheets.

. Accounting for 42 Property Accounts for Real Estate Development and

Asset Management Firm

. Bank Reconciliation.

. Collections.

. Executing, posting and reconciliation of daily Fidelity Shadow

Accounts.

. Fiscal Year Budget Forecast.

. G/L - (basic analysis, journalizing, posting, adjusting, etc.).

. Month End Closing.

. Mortgage Payments.

. Payroll calculations.

. Preparation of Financial Statements.

. Reconciliation of Mutual Fund Income, registration and holdings.

. Reviewing and processing of trade confirmations and affirmations.

TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS November 1997 -

January 1999

Worked as a contract accountant for the following clients; Westin Hotel,

Brandegee Office, Cambridge Housing Authority, Cubist Pharmaceutical. My

main responsibilities were:

. General Ledger.

. Intensive accounting work on numerous Excel spreadsheets.

. Manual Accounting Procedures (entered accounting transactions manually

in the journal and posted manually to the ledger and prepared trial

balance).

. Trial Balance.

. Reconciliation.

. Financial Statements.

. Accounts Receivable.

. Accounts Payable.

. Payroll Calculations.

. Cash Flow Statements.

. Basic Bookkeeping Functions.

. Inventory Analysis.

ESPACE TRANSIT January 1993 -

September 1996

Accountant

Espace is an import/export operation.

COLLEGE LASALLE July 1992 -

December 1992

Accountant/Bookkeeper

FIDUCIARE CONTATEC January 1992 -

June 1992

Jr. Accountant (internship)

An accounting firm with clients in both the private and public sectors.

Languages

Fluent in English, French

OTHER

U.S. Citizen

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