Sales Accounting

ELENA CRISTEA

Ridgefield, CT *****

Home: 203-***-****

E-mail:********@*******.***

Qualifications:

. Strong accounting technical knowledge, including Financial Statements

preparation and analysis, Internal Controls (including SOX),

accounting applications development, project coordination

. Hands on experience with financial systems and business process

improvements

. Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with attention to

details, and big picture view

. Strong PC and technical skills, including proficiency with Excel,

Power point, databases, accounting software applications

. Team player with exceptional work ethic, cross functional leadership

and international experience

. Good communication skills with all levels of management, supervisory

and training experience

. Self starter with ability to juggle different functions, and ability

to work in fast paced environment

Experience:

Viridian Energy & Environmental LLC - 3/2009 - 6/2009

Business Consultant (Temp)

. Identify Assets subject to Property and Equipment classification,

prepare reconciliation and depreciation schedules, journal entries

. Review Equipment Lease contracts, calculate values and prepare Leased

Assets Schedules (asset, interest and principal amortization); set up

initial and periodic related journal entries

. Analyze Building Lease Contracts and Prepare the corresponding Payment

and Amortization Schedules

. Audit professional services Projects and related Contracts to ensure

the revenue and cost were correctly calculated and recorded; review

the recognition method, and the reconciliation of work in progress and

direct labor time sheets to billings and contract values.

. Review Professional Services Vendor Contracts for correct calculation

and recording.

International Business Machines Corporation - 1/1996 - 2/2009

Adviser Lead Financial Analyst - Global Sales & Distribution Finance

Coordinator - 8/2006-2/2009 - IBM Systems & Technology Group F&P - Global

Business Partner Channel

. Coordinate the $21B World Wide Business Partner Channel Sales Revenue,

budget and forecast consolidation, measurements reporting, variance

analysis, prepare quarterly security analyst package for review with

Global Business Unit Executives

. Participated in the weekly S&D operations performance review calls

with the General Manager of the Global business unit and global and

regional Vice Presidents, CFO's, Directors, brand managers of sales

operations, marketing, finance, supply chain, opportunity management;

the review included trend analysis and executive recommended actions

related to: performance outlook, targets, roadmaps, actions to close

gaps, such as sales promotions, marketing programs, sales incentives,

pricing strategies, major competitor targeted actions, supply/demand

analysis, inventory management, customer satisfaction issues

. Manage the $500M Global Business Partner distributor inventory and

weeks-of-supply reporting; provide guidance to the global teams for

consistent inventory level measurement; identify inventory level

fluctuation drivers; Led monthly/weekly optimum inventory level

management calls with the regional brand managers to identify excess

and aged inventory, gap to targets, actions to close gaps and

monitoring the execution progress

. Coordinate the $350M World Wide Business Partners channel organization

SG&A expense measurements and reporting, and expense (marketing

programs, sales operations, finance) pre-approval process; actively

participated in the monthly resource efficiency and productivity

analysis including gaps and actions to close gaps progress review.

. Manage/Participate in other special projects such as Distributor

Inventory reporting and weeks of supply calculation methodology

assessment, Distributor optimum inventory level study Department &

Business Controls Lead - 1/2004-8/2006 - IBM Corporate Accounting -

Americas Accounting Sub Ledger Financial Systems

. Supervised team of 10 people in running day to day operations for 14

sub ledger financial systems supporting the Corporate Hardware Gross

Profit and the B/S reconciliation process

. Implemented the department Internal Controls and testing procedures,

including SOX

. Coordinated the periodic internal controls assessment and testing for

systems and processes

. Improved systems functionality by helping the system administrators to

identify the problems, write the change requirements and testing the

changes

. Managed cross functional projects such as: sub ledger to ledger

accounts reconciliation system, legacy reconciliation system changes

for IBM Personal Computers Division divestiture to Lenovo.

Application Development Business Analyst - 3/2001-8/2006 - IBM Global

Financing - Asset Financing SAP Project - Lease Accounting: analysis,

design, configuration, documentation, testing, user training.

. Analyzed asset financing and leasing business processes and accounting

local and US GAAP requirements (including IBM Global Financing

offerings, pricing, products, T&C's)

. Defined requirements for SAP CRM to SAP R3 interface process and data

definition, development and implementation of SAP based solutions;

detailed development specifications for programmers

. Designed and configured SAP R3 (Lease Accounting Engine) business and

accounting processes (value id determination rules, classification

rules, posting rules, periodic recognition rules for new, mid and end

of lease transactions for multiple books and countries), user training

documentation (work flow -Visio, InfoPack), BW Reporting Req's

Specifications.

. System configuration, testing and debugging, defined applicable GL

accounts and interfaces (including AR, AP, FA), and portfolio

conversion mapping

. Created the testing matrix, expected test results templates; planned

and coordinated test execution.

. Travelled to Germany to work with the SAP and IBM teams for system

developing and testing, including User Acceptance Testing.

Professional Accountant - 1/1996-3/2001 - IBM Global Financing -

Remarketing and Investor Accounting

. Coordinated $470M Lease Portfolio conversion (acquisitions: Comdisco,

LeaseTec)

. Executed secondary lease FMV/RV review and value adjustment

. Performed Lease Assets Financial System problems identification,

documentation, working with remarketing operation managers and system

developers for proper setup of financing related transactions in terms

of value calculation, recording, reporting (leases, loans, rental)

. Improved internal financial processes: example: automated the A/R

reconciliation process

. Reviewed monthly sales and operating lease B/S and P/L with Planning

and Accounting management

. Acted as the department accounting and technical adviser, providing

guidance to accountants to using financial systems and tables, on

accounting methodology and treatment for sales, inventory, leases,

loans, rentals.

. Performed AP, AR, Inventory, bank reconciliations, journal entries,

leased assets, Fixed Assets depreciation.

. Prepared yearly sales revenue, cost, and sales and use tax schedules

. Performed Partnership accounting and reporting for IBM partnerships

(Cargill, GE Capital)

Rychlik /Tudor Builders, Inc. Westport CT, 1996 (P/T)

. Installed QuickBooks application and set-up the company books

. Prepared the company pro-forma Tax Returns and F/S.

. Prepared the schedules for the company periodic filings for property,

quarterly payroll tax and 1099 forms.

Education:

BBA /Accounting 1996 Ancell School of Business, Western Connecticut State

University, Danbury, CT

MBA /Finance 2011 Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa

Skills: SAP, PC, Excel, Power Point, Access, Lotus Notes, Lotus 123,

Freelance, Word, Outlook, Hyperion Essbase, Quickbooks, Deltek, QMF /SQL

Affiliations: AICPA, IMA

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