LORNA A. QUITORIANO
Las Vegas, Nevada 89178
*****.**********@*****.***
510-***-**** (cell)
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
QUALIFICATIONS
Twelve years experience in responsible administrative and accounting
positions
Ability to learn new computer programs and applications quickly with little
instructions
Reliable until a task is successfully completed
Goal oriented, motivated, ambitious, and excellent organizational skills
EXPERIENCE
04/13 – Present Staff Accountant II, Tronox LLC
Henderson, Nevada
Prepare monthly account accruals and reconcile financial statement accounts
Oversee the plant’s Sarbanes Oxley 404 Internal Audit Compliance, quarterly
control testing, and wrote the process documentation flowchart; develop and
implement business processes
Maintain the day to day activities for Mn Ore inventory including tracking
rail/truck logistics
11/08 – 11/11 Staff Accountant, Life Technologies (formerly Applied Biosystems, Inc.)
Foster City, California
Process approximately $10M royalty payments per quarter using SAP 4.7,
Business Objects, and Microsoft Access
Maintain 55 active In-License Agreements
Assist in $2M annual cost savings opportunities
Prepare monthly and quarterly account accruals
Maintaining, reconciling and analyzing financial statement accounts
Responsible in quarterly Revenue Recognition Support - Freight On Board
testing
Assist in Sarbanes Oxley 404 Internal Audit Compliance
Perform special projects
07/04 – 11/08 Staff Accountant, Applied Biosystems, Inc.,
Foster City, California
Review out-license agreements, determine accounting treatment of any back
royalties, issue fees, running royalty rates, etc
Work with FP&A teams for monthly /quarterly forecast and book into SAP
including cash base adjustment
Maintain Cash Receipt & Royalty Revenue Tally log
Process $20M royalty receipts per quarter using SAP 4.7
Prepare, record journal entries, and reconcile royalty revenue including
prepaid and patent accounts for month-end, quarter-end, and year-end
Co-ordination of customer account setup and files on network and in SAP for
new licensees
Responsible in quarterly Freight On Board testing
Assist in Sarbanes Oxley 404 project, monthly self-testing; develop and
implement accounting internal control structure
Perform special projects
05/01 – 06/04 Accountant III/HR Administrator, Solid Data Systems, Inc.,
Santa Clara, California
Oversee all accounting day-to day activities
Process semi-monthly payroll in Automatic Data Processing, Accounts
Payables and Accounts Receivables using Made-2-Manage.
Prepare and record journal entries for month-end, quarter-end and year-end
Interact with other departments and customers for timely billings
Responsible for accounts receivable collections, daily cash receipts and wire
activity
Reconcile customer/vendor account and manage petty cash
Assist in Customer Service and Sales Support
Prepare, maintain, and book amortization schedules
New hire orientation & set up
Benefits: Liaison with employees, insurance providers and 401K company
Perform all bookkeeping and administrative functions and maintain, organize
customer, vendor and employee files
Schedule worker’s comp and EDD audits
10/98 – 01/99 Inventory Administrator, Adecco, (Consulting at Sony Electronics, Inc.)
Fremont, California
Analyzed inventory reports to determine transfers
Processed data using Sony transfer system software for inventory transfers
Assisted other departments and provided load numbers used as a tracking
system in receiving merchandise for returns and repairs
09/96 – 08/98 Accounts Payable Representative, Stormedia Inc.,
Santa Clara, California
Process Accounts Payable using ASK MANMAN
Personally organized and maintained electronic filing system
Successfully resolved vendor inquiries concerning payment
Generated month end accrual and posted to general ledger
Assisted Payroll department with special projects
EDUCATION B.S., Business Administration, DeVry University
Fremont, California, March (2002)
Honors Cum Laude. GPA: 3.69 (A=4.0)
COMPUTER Computer MS Office-Project, Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook;
SKILLS Database-Access, Business Objects, SAP
ADP Payroll Software Certificate, Norcal Workshop, Santa Clara, CA, May 2002
RECOGNITION Distinguished Noteworthy Achievement Award (DNA) – June 2005
Nominated for the Vegas 40 under 40 Award – January 2014