Controller/Accounting Manager

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

OBJECTIVE Seeking a position within a growth-oriented company. Possess strong administrative and accounting skills to manage projects and initiatives with a positive outlook.

QUALIFICATIONS

Fourteen 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 skill

EXPERIENCE

10/06 – Present Staff Accountant, Life Technologies (formerly Applied Biosystems, Inc.)

Foster City, California

Process approximately $4.5M 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 – 10/05 Staff Accountant, Applied Biosystems, Inc.,

Foster City, California

Process royalty vendor payments using SAP 4.7

Prepare and record journal entries and reconcile for month-end, quarter-end and year-end

Responsible in quarterly Freight On Board testing

Assist in Sarbanes Oxley 404 project; develop and implement accounting internal control structure

Perform special projects

Demonstrated Noteworthy Achievement Award (DNA)

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

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

Expedited invoices per month-matching, vouchering, receiving memos, and generating checks into 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

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