LYNN SALMON

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CAREER PROFILE

A highly efficient and trusted Financial and Accounting Manager with over

** ***** ** ********** ** finance, accounting, internal auditing,

budgeting, revenue, payroll and staff benefits, integration of acquired

companies, implementation of accounting systems and consolidations. A

highly organized, reliable and skilled leader able to manage staff and

proficiently orchestrate and manage challenging projects - providing

quality results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FINANCIAL CONTRACTOR

Northern California - USA 2007 to

Present

Worked independently and through various Consultancy Companies in the Bay

Area as a Financial Consultant/Contractor. The majority of these projects

lasted for more than 4 months.

Assignments Included (list of larger projects):

o Finance Department of Virgin USA Airlines - prepared financial

statements, footnotes, cash flow and all reports and documents for the

annual auditor. Reconciled all accounts dealing with leased and purchased

aircraft. Helped controller and FP&A department with all duties.

o Controller of COMPOSITE SOFTWARE - replaced assistant controller on

medical leave

o Seagate - revenue department and consolidation department.

o Project in AMPRO - prepared audit papers, financial statements and

footnotes going back to the year 2002.

o Controller in SOLARCITY - worked on a system upgrade from QuickBooks to

Great Plains and filled in as controller until permanent controller was

hired.

o Payroll Department of NetFlix - filled in for HR manager and other staff

terminated until new employees hired. (Headcount of approx. 2000

employees - executive, salaries, temp and hourly).

CORPORATE CONTROLLER

Retalix USA, Inc. - USA 2001 to 2007

o Part of team sent to USA to set up USA subsidiary of overseas parent

company. Installed HR, finance and accounting system and hired staff

o Selected key service providers (bank, payroll, insurance, travel, stock

option broker) and managed ongoing relationships.

o Was instrumental in setting up budgeting, forecasting and variance report

system for managing revenues and costs.

o Redesigned accounting systems for acquired companies that were deficient

in several critical areas. Integrated them into HQ system

o Reviewed, monitored, and participated in all aspects of financial

reporting for the subsidiaries to the parent company.

o Revenue - performed period-end reconciliations, accruals, returns and

recognition.

o Managed all aspects of the general ledger

o Coordinated the activities of the external auditors and served as liaison

with them

o Participated in the preparation of consolidated financial reports and

quarterly/annual reports to the SEC.

o Supervised and trained the Finance Department staff (approx 30 employees)

ensuring current knowledge of applicable accounting software. Provided

hands-on guidance and advice for all new applications

o Evaluated processes and determined more efficient methods to ensure

timely submission of management information reports and to upgrade and

improve existing applications

o Reviewed and approved all payroll (including employees relocated from

overseas) and employee benefits and health insurance.

o Established and maintained internal controls and SOX compliance

o Prepared annual/quarterly and monthly budget, forecast and variance

reports

o Managed all cash / bank transactions and liaison with the bank

representatives.

o Managed salaries, accounting and financial reporting of all the USA

subsidiary companies (Headcount grew from 150 in 2001 to over 600 in

2006).

ASSISTANT CORPORATE CONTROLLER

Retalix LTD - Israel 1998 to 2001

o Reviewed, monitored and participated in all aspects of financial

reporting for the parent company and overseas subsidiaries (in USA,

England, Europe, South Africa and Australia).

o Prepared annual budgets and monthly / quarterly variance reports -

totaling millions of dollars.

o Met with auditors and bank representatives and maintained liaison with

them

o Managed payroll, accounting and financial reporting for the worldwide

subsidiaries

o Participated in the preparation of consolidated financial reports.

o Managed all software applications, hardware and equipment in the Finance

department. Troubleshot and resolved problems or tasked the IT department

for resolution of issues. Created reporting templates.

o Evaluated processes and applications and determined more efficient

methods to ensure timely submissions of management information reports

and to upgrade and improve existing applications.

CONTROLLER OF OVERSEAS SUBSIDIARIES AND INTERNAL AUDITORS

Paradigm Geophysical, LTD - Israel 1995 to 1998

o Reviewed, monitored and participated in all aspects of financial

reporting, payroll and accounting of the worldwide subsidiaries.

o Participated in the preparation of consolidated financial reports

o Developed and implemented financial control systems for the head office

and international subsidiaries. Identified deficiencies and made

recommendations.

EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, Ministry of Education, Israel

Bachelor of Commerce Degree of Auditing, Accounting and Management

Accounting,

University of Natal, Durban, South Africa - Graduate Studies in Accounting

Expert experience in Great Plains

Other Experience - Windows, Microsoft Office, ADP, Reportsmith, Ceridian,

FRx, FAS,

QuickBooks, Peachtree, Oracle, Essbase, Hyperion.

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