Laura Chen Summary Corp. Controller of a public c
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Corp. Controller of a public company, prior Big 4 Audit Manager, CPA & MBA, with 7 years’ public accounting experience & 12 years’ industry accounting management knowledge:
1. IPO / Start-up Company Accounting Re-Engineering:
- Successfully supported GoDaddy's IPO via improving its subsidiary's accounting and internal control;
- Led 4 companies' pre-IPO or post-IPO by preparing FS / SEC reports, finishing audits, & implementing internal control.
- Completed M&A due diligence, acquisition accounting, and subsequent integration for 2 mergers by current public company.
2. Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting:
- Preparing / reviewing SEC filings including 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K;
- Worked with auditors globally including Big 4 for opening balance sheet audits of Pre-IPO, purchase accounting, statutory audit, & consolidated audit;
- Great experience with consolidated & statutory financial statements for $100M - $1B revenue global companies;
- Preparing / reviewing Tech. Memos on revenue, equity, purchase accounting, etc.
- Performed U.S. GAAP training for 12 finance teams from staff to VP Finance.
3. Operational Accounting Management:
- Led global ME close including consolidation of 12 global entities in U.S./Europe/Asia/Australia/Latin America.
- Performed monthly review of JE / reconciliations / consolidation / reporting package / board package;
- Supervised 20 personnel from Accountant to Controller and 9 foreign accounting teams;
- Built up stronger teams via recruiting and training.
4. Internal & External Audit:
- Performed Financial Audits / Internal Control Testing for 20 tech. companies in Silicon Valley, including Intel, AMD, Intuit, Credence, SGI, San Disk, Actel, etc.
- Manage SOX and Operational & Financial Audit for a $2B revenue company.
5. System Implementation:
- Experience with NetSuite, QB, Great Plains, Oracle, MaxxVault, Ultipro, Concur.
6. Tax & TP:
- Experience with Federal/State/Sales/Property/Payroll Tax, 1099 filing, and Transfer Pricing.