Allie Shaw Money
Skilled, creative and practical financial professional with over 10 years
experience in financial analysis, revenue recognition, audit, forecasting,
budgeting, and all aspects of business unit finance. Expertise includes
Internal Audit and SOX Auditing, Sales FP&A: budgeting, deal analysis and
pricing and development of sales commission plans for channel and direct
sales organizations. Industries include Software, Networking, and Semi-
conductor Equipment Manufacture.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Accretive Solutions, Mountain View, CA 2007 - 2008, 6-
7/2011, 6-12/2013
FIELD CONSULTANT, ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE AND FP&A
. Sarbanes Oxley Testing for a Medical company, non-accelerated filer
and Software Security company, also non-accelerated filer. Used
electronic work papers in most recent assignment.
. Sarbanes Oxley implementation for non-accelerated filers using AS 5.
Completed narratives for entity level controls and process level
documentation. Documented test procedures and completed testing for
non-accelerated filers.
. Established revenue recognition procedures, including a revenue
recognition checklist, in accordance with SOP 97.2
. Analyzed budgets, actual spending and forecast for Marketing Division
of a software company.
. Account Reconciliations and month end close activities for small
company.
DELL / Force 10(Secure talent) 2011-2012
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
. Prepared Weekly Revenue Analyses, Monthly and Quarterly Reports for
Dell management
. Facilitated transition of Force 10 Customer records to Dell
. Reviewed revenue transactions for commission and sales management
reporting
. Managed a system improvement project to enhance the reporting of
Bookings and Billings
Force 10(Cypress Partners) May - Nov 2010, Feb-Apr 2011
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
. Designed System Generated Booking, Billing and Backlog Report
. Reconciled Backlog, including Customer Service Contracts
. Prepared Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Sales Management Reports
Allie Shaw Money Consulting 2009 to 2010
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
. Designed Sales Commission Plans for reseller in the Networking
Industry;
. Reviewed monthly revenue and calculated commissions;
. Reconciled Shipments to Revenue, which involved extensive data mining
Extreme Networks, Santa Clara, CA 2005 to 2007
MANAGER, INTERNAL AUDIT
Focus on Internal Audit for Sarbanes Oxley AS2 (SOX) compliance testing and
reporting, worldwide.
. Reviewed the following processes: Revenue, Accounts Payable,
Inventory, Fixed Assets, Payroll and Human Resources, and Equity.
Successfully followed up on any deficiencies. Achieved over 95% of
satisfactory tests completion, in all quarters.
. Performed annual internal audit of Inventory, Fixed Assets, Payroll
and Human Resources, and Equity. Coordinated worldwide physical
inventory of third party warehouses. Personally audited physical
inventory of finished goods.
. Instrumental in conversion of Internal Audit database to a work flow
system (Metric Stream), simplifying Sarbanes Oxley processes while
improving control and reporting.
Americas Sales, Extreme Networks, Santa Clara, CA 1999 to 2005
CONTROLLER, SALES
. Partnered with Americas Sales Management to provide deal analysis in a
timely basis, making a significant contribution to the division's
margins, which were the highest in the company.
. Designed order flash reports, critical to managing sales commits for
Americas managers, tracking weekly, monthly and quarterly sales
activity for bookings, discounts and margins.
. Managed annual worldwide commission process and the development of
compensation plans for all geographic regions. As Commission Process
Owner for Sarbanes Oxley, ensured that SOX control points were met
monthly.
. Prepared monthly and quarterly reports, monitoring the sales business
plan and identifying deviations from quarterly P & L forecasts. Won
awards for forecast accuracy.
. Responsible for deal analysis and approval of non-standard
transactions.
. Contributed to the system conversion from BAAN to Oracle 11i (Order to
Cash Track)
Concentric Network, San Jose, CA 1998
STAFF FINANCIAL ANALYST (CONSULTANT)
Assisted controller of Concentric Network with annual plan and special
projects
. Reviewed provisioning processes and developed inventory methodology to
support provisioning
. Provided comprehensive cost analysis to support annual planning
process
. Designed report that allowed product management to analyze utilization
of frame relay products
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, San Jose, CA 1994 to 1997
DIRECTOR OF FP&A, CUSTOMER ADVOCACY DIVISION,
Directed annual budgeting and monthly profit forecasting processes for
worldwide customer satisfaction division with over $50M in service revenue
and 300 customer service employees. Responsibilities included Serviceman
Systems Development. Managed staff of 3
. Achieved 98% accuracy in monthly P & L forecast as a result of
personal diligence and training field managers in finance for non-
financial managers
. Designed forecasting model, allowing management to strategically plan
revenue, expense, and inventory by product and geographic area
EDUCATION / CREDENTIALS
. BBA, University of Texas. Denton, Texas
. CPA, Texas (License No. 21016 inactive)
. CIA (Certified Internal Audit) 2007. Certificate No. 69121
SKILLS / SOFTWARE
. Microsoft Office 2010, Oracle 11i, Great Plains, QuickBooks, Siebel
CRM