Manager Project

SEAN NGUYEN

Email: aczsrg@r.postjobfree.com

Orange County, CA Phone: 714-***-****

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Corporate Controller with 20+ years of experience. Comprehensive background directing all facets of FP&A, accounting and administration management with a hands-on management style. Strengths in contact negotiations, cost control/cash management, process improvement/automation of internal controls and staff development. Experienced in various levels of system implementation including design analysis and scope development.

9 years as Corporate Controller with Paciolan/Spectra Ticketing & Fan Engagement with revenue growing from $30M to $65M due to extension and acquisition.

Experience with three Merger & Acquisition projects and one Consolidation/Integration.

Extensive experience with multiple ERP / SAAS implementations.

Extensive interaction with sales on a daily and weekly basis regarding commissions, payroll, and business contracts including how to structure deals.

Worked with 25 outside and 10 inside sales people with varying commission plans and tiers.

Led staff of 2 to 11 reports including a Tax Manager, Payroll Manager, Revenue Manager, Purchasing Manager, Staff Accountant, Project Accountant, A/R, and A/P.

Managed all facets of accounting department including General Accounting, A/R, A/P, Project Accounting, Payroll, Tax, Financial Reporting and Purchasing Department.

Implemented processes, procedures, controls and templates to provide accurate financial statements.

Reduced month end closing from 15 to 4 days.

STRENGTHS:

SEC Financial Reporting.

Budgeting / Forecasting

Merger & Acquisition / Due Diligence.

Statements Preparation / Financial Analysis / Ad-Hoc Analysis.

Internal / External Reporting.

Purchase Accounting (Purchase Price Allocation), Business Combinations ASC805, Goodwill Impairment Step 0 and 1, and Valuation.

Corporate Insurance Audit / Renewal.

Strategic Planning of Income / Sales & Use / Property / B&O Tax.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Analysis.

Tax Assets (NOL Summary) Valuation Allowance and Section 382 Limitation Analysis.

Government Requirement Compliances – Payroll, SDI, SUI.

Revenue Recognition ASC606, ASC605, ASC985 – VSOE, BESP.

Inventory Control / Distribution Systems / Warehouse Management Systems.

A/P, A/R, G/L, Payroll, Purchasing, M/E Closing / Cost Accounting.

Capital / Fixed Asset Management / Software Capitalization ASC350-40 or ASC985-20.

Accounting Software Implementation.

ERP: Intacct, SAP, MAS500, MAS90, Platinum.

Oracle, Netsuite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Microsoft Business Enterprises, FRx and FAS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PACIOLAN/SPECTRA TICKETING & FAN ENGAGEMENT – IRVINE, CA MAR 2007 – JUL 2016

$65M, Private Held, Entertainment Ticketing Software & Consulting

Controller

Ensure all GAAP/IFRS compliances - Revenue Recognition (ASC606, ASC605 & ASC985), Leases Accounting (ASC842), fixed assets, etc.

Design and implement revenue recognition template, KPI, VSOE, TPE, BESP model, to establish key controls on revenue recognition

Optimize revenue recognition policies by working closely with sales organization and outside legal on software (ASC985), multi-element (ASC605) and sales contracts (ASC606).

Evaluate, scope, design, implement, and test SaaS ERP of Intacct.

Map Chart of Accounts using dimension base Saas ERP of Intacct.

Implement GL, AR, AP, Purchasing, Inventory, Projects Accounting, Budgets & Forecasts, Reporting, Dashboard, and Revenue Recognition modules.

Manage all facets of accounting department – revenue accounting, general accounting, A/R, A/P, project accounting, payroll, tax, financial reporting and purchasing.

Develop process control and consolidation during three mergers, and business combination of sister company and an international subsidiary using ACS805 Business Combination and Purchase Price Allocation.

Weekly meeting to review and signoff with area managers on revenue recognition contracts, billings, collections, project accounting status, AP checkrun, cashflow, taxes inquiries, etc.

Ensured government compliances and managed tax reporting and audit.

Analyzing deferred tax assets & liabilities and Goodwill valuation using step 0 & 1.

Yearly FASB 109, NOL summary valuation allowance, and Section 382 limitation analysis.

Develop, document, and train all staff members on accounting and tax policies and procedures.

Prepare and consolidate monthly Financial Reporting for two locations and an international subsidiary using SEC guidelines.

Manage Fixed Assets from external purchases and internal software develop using ASC350-40 vs ASC985-20 including yearly cycle count, inventory control and monthly physical count.

Managed external, banking and insurance audit.

Controlled, designed and managed monthly closing process.

Managed and controlled all expenses reports according to company policies.

Implemented processes and templates to provide accurate financial statements, revenue recognition policy reporting, and reduce month end closing from 15 to 4 days.

Develop control process for A/R, A/P, Purchasing, Payroll, Tax and Accounts Reconciliation.

Design and automate template to reduce billing cycle from 14 days to 2 days and improved cash flow of $3M.

Establish collection policy and procedure and reduced DSO from average 90+ days to 35 days.

Implement R&D credit program and received over $1M from Federal government.

Implement paperless system reduced $10K annually.

PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS/AVID BIO – TUSTIN, CA SEP 2004 – MAR 2007

$5M, Publicly Held, Cancer Research & Bio Services

Controller

Sarbanes Oxley implementation team member with 1st phase implementation within 3 months.

Financial planning of budget and forecast.

Standard cost system implementation.

Daily activities included Accounting, Purchasing, Inventory Control and Receiving Department.

Project Manager of Platinum System resulting in 1st phase implementation within 2 months.

VSK PHOTONICS, INC. – LAKE FOREST, CA NOV 2001 – JAN 2004

Startup Intel Venture Back, Telecom Fiber Optic Design & Manufacture

Controller

BEST ERP System implementation – Project Manager.

Coordinated corporate leases with leasing companies.

Managed annual corporate audit and corporate tax with Deloitte & Touché.

Managed various corporate annual insurance audit and renewal.

Initiated the manufacture R&D sales tax rebate with the State Board of Equalization resulting in $150K cash refund

Project Manager of the BEST System resulting in on-time implementation.

AMERICAN SPORTING GOODS – IRVINE, CA JAN 2001 – OCT 2001

$100M, Private Held, Apparels and Shoes Distribution

Assistant Controller/ Inventory Control Manager

Managed, controlled and reconciled $35M of inventory and 3 warehouses

Analyzed back order inventory.

Reconciled and controlled raw material and outside process vendors used for proper bill of materials (BOM).

Maintained proper inventory costing system using FIFO and average costing method.

Organized the yearly physical inventory and maintained the Cycle Count Program.

B. BRAUN MEDICAL INC. – IRVINE, CA NOV 1996 – JAN 2001

$600M, Private Held, IV Solutions and Medical Device Manufacture

Inventory Logistic FP&A Controller

Financial reporting for logistic segment with total yearly expenses exceeding $32M.

Yearly capital budget, budget planning and forecast for logistic segment.

Monthly variances analysis between actual vs plan.

Coordinated M/E closing (3 days closing) and monthly G/L account analysis and reconciliation.

Controlled and managed $32M budget resulting in no increase in two years.

Traffic Manager

Negotiated contracts with various carriers.

Analyzed and proposed savings for warehousing and freight costs.

Analyzed inventory placement strategy to optimize cost savings.

Ad-hoc analysis and reporting to VP of Finance.

Negotiated contracts with carriers resulting in $400K savings annually.

Inventory / Cost Accountant

Managed and organized the yearly physical inventory for 35 warehouses.

Audited the raw materials cycle counts and location checks.

Prepared yearly inventory roll forward and reconciled $100M inventory over 35 warehouses.

Quarterly inventory E&O reserves and turnover analysis.

Implemented Cycle Count Program which resulted in $500K savings in Y/E write-off inventory.

Implemented inventory and turnover control resulting in reduced inventory by $15M.

EDUCATION

BS Business Administration

University of Phoenix

COMPUTER SKILLS

ERP: Intacct, SAP, MAS500, MAS90, Platinum

Familiar with Oracle, Peoplesoft, J.D. Edwards, Netsuite, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point), FRx, FAS

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