Experience

Eleven Australia
• Australia
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Global Controller

  • Nov 2022 - Present


Iridium Technology, now part of BigHand

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Finance

  • Jan 2021 - Oct 2022

  •Complete ownership of all accounting, operations and HR processes for a $15+ million organization. •Managed multi national team of accounting professionals •Bank covenant reporting •Managing external audit and implementation of ASC 606) •M&A (Due diligence through integration) •ERP implementation and migration

• Controller

  • Jun 2019 - Jan 2021

  o Coordinate and prepare monthly financials for both internal and external reporting o Facilitating annual budget process and managing quarterly budget changes during the year. Provide monthly budget variance analysis o Oversee month-end close processes inclusive of preparing/reviewing all balance sheet reconciliations o Overseeing annual audit and tax process, including revenue taxes for the states where we do business o Preparing any analytics necessary for company, such as KPIs… Show more o Coordinate and prepare monthly financials for both internal and external reporting o Facilitating annual budget process and managing quarterly budget changes during the year. Provide monthly budget variance analysis o Oversee month-end close processes inclusive of preparing/reviewing all balance sheet reconciliations o Overseeing annual audit and tax process, including revenue taxes for the states where we do business o Preparing any analytics necessary for company, such as KPIs and any other ad-hoc requests o Manage all AP/AR functions and reporting, including invoice creation and collections calls for late payments


Private
• United States
• Real Estate
• Controller

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2019


Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Oct 2015 - Jul 2016

  Full cycle P&L ownership (Budget, Forecast, Actual) for global execution at Microsoft. Power BI dashboard creation, modeling and analysis. Contract modeling for RFP process for new/existing outsourcing contracts that delivered over $75M in savings to Microsoft.

• Accounting Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Oct 2015

  Control and compliance owner for Procure to Pay (P2P) for global display and search advertising at Microsoft as well as North and South America licensing activities. Total of over $7B annual payouts. Green SOX audits for all tier one and tier two SOX controls. Owner of purchase order and T&E policy for North America regional operations center. Successfully implemented a global shared services BPO model cutting cost per transaction and increasing SLA for cusomter inquiries while… Show more Control and compliance owner for Procure to Pay (P2P) for global display and search advertising at Microsoft as well as North and South America licensing activities. Total of over $7B annual payouts. Green SOX audits for all tier one and tier two SOX controls. Owner of purchase order and T&E policy for North America regional operations center. Successfully implemented a global shared services BPO model cutting cost per transaction and increasing SLA for cusomter inquiries while implementing a robust KPI suite for senior management. Monthly controllership/ close cycle. JE/Recon Review, Controller sign off (Three statutory entities within Microsoft). Inter-company royalty accounting for multiple legal entities Monitored and reported on monthly OPEX figures for management and provided valuable input on variances to budget. FP&A work including budget restatements and fiscal year forecasting. Cash forecasting for global advertising business New venture integration work with Skype and Microsoft. Process mapping for all accounting flows as it relates to Skype for Business (Formerly Lync). PM for financial framework engagement

• Sr Accountant

  • Jan 2010 - Sep 2014

  Responsible for transitioning of third party publishers from aQuantive to Microsoft. Full cycle of vendor on boarding (SAP ERP) to purchase order set up to invoice portal login and invoice approval. In addition owned T&E for advertising employees as well as the procure to pay process for display publishers and the Y!-Bing search alliance. Focused on display advertising traffic acquisition costs (TAC). Full accounting cycle, dashboards and metrics to senior leadership teams.… Show more Responsible for transitioning of third party publishers from aQuantive to Microsoft. Full cycle of vendor on boarding (SAP ERP) to purchase order set up to invoice portal login and invoice approval. In addition owned T&E for advertising employees as well as the procure to pay process for display publishers and the Y!-Bing search alliance. Focused on display advertising traffic acquisition costs (TAC). Full accounting cycle, dashboards and metrics to senior leadership teams. Streamlined payout process for global publishers. Went from a PO/Invoice model to a royalties model with no purchase orders, no invoice requirements and cut down on time to pay partners over 66%. All while ensuring financial accuracy in books and records and compliant processes by design.



Accountant's International

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• License and Controls Analyst

  • Jul 2009 - Jan 2010

  Responsible for out of cycle software royalty audits for authorized replicators. Gathered data for audit preparations and partnered with external audit firms to provide data and information. Gained vast knowledge on Microsoft Supply Chain Assisted in bringing in over $200M in royalty settlements from audit findings. Responsible for out of cycle software royalty audits for authorized replicators. Gathered data for audit preparations and partnered with external audit firms to provide data and information. Gained vast knowledge on Microsoft Supply Chain Assisted in bringing in over $200M in royalty settlements from audit findings.



Accountant International

• Accounting

• Staff Accountant

  • Sep 2008 - Jan 2010

  Responsible for out of cycle software royalty audits for authorized replicators. Gathered data for audit preparations and partnered with external audit firms to provide data and information. Gained vast knowledge on Microsoft Supply Chain Assisted in bringing in over $200M in royalty settlements from audit findings. Prepared and process journal entries for fiscal month end. Performed bank and GL account reconciliations. Responsible for processing and auditing AP… Show more Responsible for out of cycle software royalty audits for authorized replicators. Gathered data for audit preparations and partnered with external audit firms to provide data and information. Gained vast knowledge on Microsoft Supply Chain Assisted in bringing in over $200M in royalty settlements from audit findings. Prepared and process journal entries for fiscal month end. Performed bank and GL account reconciliations. Responsible for processing and auditing AP transactions Start to end processing of multi state payroll for hourly and salary employees. Executed quarterly SAP software testing to ensure quarterly releases would work in a live environment. Show less Responsible for out of cycle software royalty audits for authorized replicators. Gathered data for audit preparations and partnered with external audit firms to provide data and information. Gained vast knowledge on Microsoft Supply Chain Assisted in bringing in over $200M in royalty settlements from audit findings. Prepared and process journal entries for fiscal month end. Performed bank and GL account reconciliations. Responsible for processing and auditing AP… Show more Responsible for out of cycle software royalty audits for authorized replicators. Gathered data for audit preparations and partnered with external audit firms to provide data and information. Gained vast knowledge on Microsoft Supply Chain Assisted in bringing in over $200M in royalty settlements from audit findings. Prepared and process journal entries for fiscal month end. Performed bank and GL account reconciliations. Responsible for processing and auditing AP transactions Start to end processing of multi state payroll for hourly and salary employees. Executed quarterly SAP software testing to ensure quarterly releases would work in a live environment. Show less



Simple Fuels Biodiesel

• United States
• Oil and Gas

• Office Manager

  • Apr 2007 - May 2009

  Performed scheduling and hiring of all drivers and staff. Filed all federal, state, county, city requirements Processed multi state payroll for company Responsible for all accounting functions including AP, AR, and Recons. Assisted in grant writing for renewable energy grants both state and federal Performed scheduling and hiring of all drivers and staff. Filed all federal, state, county, city requirements Processed multi state payroll for company Responsible for all accounting functions including AP, AR, and Recons. Assisted in grant writing for renewable energy grants both state and federal



Wachovia Securities

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Administrator

  • Sep 2004 - Apr 2006

  Assisted in preparation of marketing material for clients Processed applications and created client accounts Answered all account set up related questions for clients and walked the through the application process. Increased the amount of clients in targeted mutual fund portfolios. Assisted in preparation of marketing material for clients Processed applications and created client accounts Answered all account set up related questions for clients and walked the through the application process. Increased the amount of clients in targeted mutual fund portfolios.