Accounting Management

summary

Financial executive with diverse blend of experience working for large

global companies, a successful internet start-up, and public accounting

firms.

Experience

February 2010 - Current

Consultant, Resources Global Professionals

Currently consulting at Ask.com

September 2007 - October 2009

Controller, Gensler - a $700m privately held global design firm with offices

in the US, UK, Asia, India and the Middle East

Responsibilities:

Led a team of sixteen finance staff and managed all accounting and financial

processes including strategic planning, global consolidation, management

reporting, treasury, general ledger, accounts payable, payroll, and

compliance.

Set strategy for the finance team including prioritization of financial

system implementations and corporate initiatives.

Responsible for setting corporate accounting policies and liaising with

regional finance directors to insure consistent application of policies.

Prepared financial reporting analyses for quarterly Board meetings and work

with the executive team to refine metrics targets and measurement tools.

Managed annual corporate review and U.S., local and international regulatory

filings.

Accomplishments:

Developed forecasting models for regional finance directors to project

monthly results and to analyze the impact of a proposed executive stock

compensation plan on company's cash flows.

Developed flash reporting for forecast results and key productivity

statistics

Developed and implemented investment and hedging policies and diversified

$90million investment portfolio. Implemented monitoring and board reporting

process to insure compliance with investment policy and risk minimization.

Managed RFP process to change accounting and tax service providers in both

China and the UK.

Led systems implementations to change accounting revenue recognition

methodology and to upgrade to a multi-currency and multi-company platform.

Streamlined tracking process for system enhancement requests.

Consolidated international banking operations to one service provider which

streamlined reporting and cash management.

October 2000 - June 2007

Director of Accounting, Hotwire, Inc. - a $700million online travel company

launched in 2000 and acquired in

2003 by InterActiveCorp/Expedia (EXPE)

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all aspects of financial reporting including the financial

close process, management reporting, budget vs. actual variance analyses,

and subsidiary reporting to parent company.

Managed Hotwire's SOX compliance process and liaised with parent company's

internal audit team and SOX team to resolve control issues.

Ensured company was in compliance with accounting standards and researched

new pronouncements to determine impact to company. Provided guidance and

worked with engineering team to track development costs per SOP 98-1 and

EITF 00-2.

Managed accounting for offline, online and affiliate marketing programs and

worked closely with internal and external marketing team to insure accurate

reporting of costs.

Responsible for quarterly reviews, annual audits and all tax compliance

matters including research and development tax credit study.

Managed accounting and reporting for cash, advertising revenues, accounts

receivable, accounts payable, and payroll processes.

Worked closely with in-house Oracle Financials support team to develop and

streamline financial systems and processes.

Accomplishments:

Developed company's closing and reporting processes and reduced financial

close to four business days by training entire finance team including

non-accountants on financial close tasks.

Developed Hotwire's Oracle reports and handled mapping of Oracle to Hyperion

and Peoplesoft for parent company reporting and accounting.

Established processes and created a team to handle customer chargeback

claims. Increased company's chargeback win percentage 20% by working

closely with the credit card companies to educate them about Hotwire's

products and policies.

MARCH 1998 - OCTOBER 2000

Manager, Accounting and Consulting Services, Burr, Pilger & Mayer, San

Francisco, CA

Managed financial statement audits, reviews, compilations, tax and

consulting projects for publicly traded and privately held corporations,

non-profits and employee benefit plans.

Managed the firm's largest corporate account on all consulting, audit and

tax work for its U.S., London, Hong Kong and Tokyo operations. Developed

internal audit programs for this client and performed accounting and

operational reviews in all major U.S. and international offices. Prepared

findings and presented recommendations to management.

Led accounting system documentation project for a client preparing for a

major system conversion.

Prepared forecast models and assisted corporate clients in long-range

planning.

Participated in valuations and litigation support projects.

Coordinated monthly department meetings and integrated with staff training

curriculum.

Recruited and trained staff.

January 1995 - March 1998

Audit Senior, Windham Brannon, P.C., Atlanta, GA

Supervised financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations for

corporations and financial institutions.

Responsible for all audit and tax work for the firm's two largest corporate

clients.

Supervised and participated in internal audit and agreed-upon procedures

engagements.

Reviewed and prepared multi-state corporate, partnership, individual,

employee benefit plan and not-for-profit tax returns.

Developed time saving efficiencies for audits, presented the changes to the

audit partners, and helped integrate the changes into the firm's audit

policy.

Selected by the partners to be part of a team aimed at improving the

management of client and administrative projects.

November 1992 - December 1994

Senior Analyst/Accounting Officer, Wachovia Corporation, Atlanta, GA

Coordinated and analyzed the monthly allocation of overhead expenses from

corporate operations to the various business segments of the company.

Presented cost reviews and rate proposals to senior management, including

communication of budget and monthly variances to operations and business

segment managers.

Prepared graphs and variance analyses for monthly management package.

Provided support for operations managers during the budget process.

Led cost study projects to develop cost allocation methodology which

included coordinating a cross-functional team to analyze various aspects of

each product.

Handled acquired bank's conversion to Wachovia's cost allocation system.

Education

University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL

Bachelor of Science, Commerce and Business Administration, Accounting -

1992, cum laude

Honors: J. Hubert Scruggs, National Honor Society, and Beta Club

Scholarships

Dean's List, Outstanding College Students of America

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