Senior Accountant

Thuy Tran

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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY:

Over ten years of progressive experience in both private and public

corporations in high-tech as well as health care industries.

Extensive experience with fixed asset, expense allocation, month-end

close, reconciliation, intercompany accounting,

elimination and consolidation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Intuitive Surgical Inc. Santa Clara, CA.

November 2007 - Current

Design & manufacture robotic surgical equipments

Senior International Accountant (2010 - current)

. Partner with subsidiaries' accounting and finance teams as well

as outside accounting service providers to ensure financial data

reported is in accordance with GAAP, accurate and timely for the

month/quarter/year-end closes.

. Review and reconcile balance sheet accounts for international

entities and US related intercompany accounts.

. Work with finance team and foreign subsidiaries' accounting

teams on P&L actual to budget and trend analysis.

. Execute foreign currency revaluation and translation.

. Perform financial consolidation for the entities in Americas &

Asia-Pacific regions. Responsible for the

worldwide elimination & consolidation.

. Lead cross-functional projects such as automation of global

consolidation programs. Also automated reporting tools to

capture incomplete, duplicate intercompany postings and the

intercompany details for monthly cash settlement.

. Handle departmental (IT, HR, Benefit & Facility) expense

allocations and the related intercompany cross-charges.

. Interface with external auditors on foreign subsidiaries'

statutory audits.

. Prepare PBCs schedules for quarter, interim and year-end

corporate financial audit.

Accountant (November 2007 - 2009)

. Performed complete Fixed Asset cycle included physical Fixed

Asset inventory count and related write-off.

. Worked with functional financial teams monthly on actual to

budget Fixed Asset purchases and depreciation expense analysis

. Owned and reconciled cash, prepaid, ST & LT asset as well as

liability accounts

. Handled department expenses allocations

SideStep Inc. Santa Clara, CA. Travel search engine

April 2006- November 2007

Staff Accountant

. Responsible for the complete Accounts Receivable cycle consisted

of billing, collection, cash application, reconciliation and

close the Accounts Receivable module.

. Managed new customers' set-up included performing credit check

using Dun & Bradstreet service, recommending credit limit to

grant, reviewing and adjusting credit limit accordingly based on

payment history. Managed the weekly collection status meeting

with the CFO. In addition, worked with the external collection

agency to recover serious delinquent accounts

. Handled the complete cycle of Fixed Assets such as addition,

disposition, depreciation, reconciliation, annual physical Fixed

Asset inventory count and write-offs

. Closing activities: expense accruals and allocations, prepaid

amortizations, reconciling checking, payroll and balance sheet

accounts

. Other project: Filed sales/use and property taxes for state of

California

SkyStream Networks Inc. Sunnyvale, CA. Develop IP video platforms

January 2004 - April 2006

Senior Accountant

. Performed the full Accounts Receivable cycle: billing,

collection, cash receipt application, reconciliation & closing

the module.

. Responsible for all aspects of the Fixed Assets cycle, which

included addition, disposition, depreciation, semi-annually

physical Fixed Assets inventory count, reconciliation and write-

offs

. Handled the complete cycle of payroll for multi-states

. Closing activities: payroll and checking accounts

reconciliation, amortization of prepaid insurance, other prepaid

as well as other payroll related accounts i.e. Health Spending

and Depend Care Accounts

MIPS Technologies. Mountain View, CA.

January 1999 - January 2004

Develop processors for home entertainment & communications products

Staff Accountant

. Reviewed financial reporting from eight European international

subsidiaries, translated and consolidated to corporate ERP system

. Recalculated cost-plus 10% charges, examined the supporting

documentations for accuracy and compliance with the corporate

policies. Analyzed financial data to identify problem areas.

. Performed manual monthly elimination & consolidation.

. Involved in the Accounts Receivable process which included: invoicing,

collection, cash receipts application, and assisted with the credit

check process

. Reviewed Accounts Payable Specialist work for account coding and data

entry accuracy

. Close activities: closed and reconcile AP module, reconciled bank

accounts as well as other asset & liability accounts

. Prepared month-end related journal entries and analyzed the salary

expenses as well as accrual accounts.

. Other projects: Filed sales & use taxes in CA, MA, TX and WA states.

Assisted with the interim and year-end financial audits as well as the

annual property & corporate tax returns.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

MBA in Finance, California State University of Hayward, 2003

Bachelor of Science in Finance, San Jose State University, 1996

COMPUTER LITERACY: SAP, ADP, Equity Edge, Platinum, FAS for Accounting, FRx

Reporting.

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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