JAMIE WILLIAMS, CPAjthomassunshine@hotmail.com

Cell: (408) 857-3688

QUALIFICATIONS Wide-ranging experience in project management, fit-the-business analysis, and implementation of various software. Extensive experience in cost accounting, FP&A, A/R, A/P, fixed assets, payroll, equity, stock comp expense, documenting procedures,

journal entry preparation, general ledger reconciliations, financial statement preparation, and SOX 404. Excellent knowledge of manufacturing operations, variance analysis, margin planning, and inventory demand forecasting. Strong, technical accountant with an “active” CPA license. Heavily used software: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, QAD, Visual Mfg, Quickbooks, Vertex, Equity Edge, CapMx,

Shareworks, iPurchase, Concur, Sage FAS and ADP PayExpert. Additional software: Microsoft Access, Visio, Filemaker, Lotus Notes, MFP. Successfully prioritize competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment, with excellent attention to detail.

EXPERIENCEJune 2012 – Present Benvenue Medical Inc. (medical device manufacturer in the spine industry) Santa Clara, CA

Sr Cost Accountant & Financial Analyst Key Job Duties:

o Perform work order accounting close weekly. Research manufacturing variances to identify root causes and provided guidance to Operations for corrective action, as applicable. Prepare reclass entries to offset erroneous variances caused by user errors.

o Research purchase price variances and determine standard cost implications. Provide a summary to Purchasing for further review. o Monitor the manufacturing scrap account and work closely with Operations to ensure proper processing of rework work orders. o Accurately maintain standard costing for all inventoried parts in QAD. Proactive in obtaining material and subcontract cost from

Purchasing for new parts, and part revisions. Work closely with engineers to ensure accurate manufacturing labor times are entered in QAD.

o Assist VP with various elements of margin planning, including the calculation of the overhead pools, required labor hours, projected standard costs by product line, and forecasted inventory demand.

o Analyze inventory valuation reports and assist Operations with identifying inventory that may be ready for write-off.o Responsible for the monthly inventory close and other GL areas. Responsibilities include LCM reserve, E&O reserve, full

absorption, stock comp expense, depreciation, payroll allocations, department accruals, inventory and reserves reconciliation, investments rollforward, and equity.

o Work with department managers to prepare detailed annual budgets for Operations, R&D, IT, and facilities (total 14 departments budgets), and prepare the consolidated annual capital budget.

o Responsible for consolidating the inventory demand forecast on a quarterly basis, and loading the demand forecast into QAD. o Prepare various supporting schedules and flux analysis to assist with financial and tax audits. o Mentor accounting staff and act as backup for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.o Oversee one junior cost accountant.

Key Accomplishments : o Played a key role in the migration from Quickbooks to QAD. Ensured all standard cost elements were accurately loaded and

maintained in the new ERP system. Became well-versed in QAD workflows and prepared key procedures for the Operations team including the work order process, purchase order process, cycle counts and annual physical, subcontract manufacturing process, product structure (BOM) maintenance, routing maintenance, and alternate BOMs and Routings. Trained the Materials and Operations team on their manufacturing menus in QAD. Worked diligently with the implementation consultants post “go-live” to troubleshoot cross-functional issues and implement best practices. Set up and maintained Product Line Maintenance, which drives all inventory accounting. Worked with consultants to implement custom QAD browses and reports that would become instrumental in identifying and reconciling variances between the GL and subledgers.

o Finance lead in the integration between Omnify (PLM system managed by Quality) and QAD. Prepared and executed validation test scripts to ensure new inventoried parts, product structures (BOMs), and routing operations properly loaded from Omnify into QAD. Post “go-live” (and as part of my daily routine now), review and approve Document Change Orders in Omnify, and cross-reference to QAD to ensure BOMs and routing operations are accurately loaded.

o Finance lead for transferring a portion of manufacturing operations to Costa Rica. Created flowcharts for the new processes and provided guidance on the implications in QAD. Assisted Operations management with consolidating product structures and routing operations of multiple parts in QAD. Prepared detailed explanations for method variances, and updated margin calculations based on the manufacturing split between U.S. and Costa Rica.

o Responsible for implementing CapMx (web-based equity system). Loaded historical equity transactions and reconciled to both the general ledger and the attorney records. Configured CapMx to accurately calculate and forecast stock compensation expense (ASC718). Prepared procedures for GL accountants and trained staff.

o Currently project manager for implementation of Wavemark (“field based” inventory management system that automates “field” trunk stock sales, cycle counts, inventory transfers, and demo/training dispositions). Provided “fit-the-business” analysis to determine which customizations would be required in Wavemark, and worked diligently with implementation consultants to troubleshoot coding bugs. Prepared validation test scripts, and once executed, will be responsible for training Customer Service and Operations on the procedures related to Wavemark.

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Sept 2006 – June 2012 Acclarent Inc. (medical device manufacturer in the ENT industry) Menlo Park, CASr Financial Analyst – 2 yrs

Key Job Duties :o Prepared detailed financial budgets throughout the year for the Operations team. Provided monthly budget-to-actual analysis and

met with department managers to review results and discuss areas for potential cost reduction. o Prepared journal entries for labor and overhead absorption in WIP, cross charge direct labor hours spent on R&D projects, and

inventory reserves such as full absorption and excess capacity.o Prepared monthly analysis of CNIS (Other COGS), PPV, inventory turns, components of gross inventory, and production hours

to spend.o Managed company-wide capital budget, and provided budget-to-actual analysis on a monthly basis.o Responsible for fixed assets SOX cycle. Prepared fixed assets DCM, test scripts and flowcharts.

Key Accomplishments : o Developed and implemented a new trunk stock inventory reconciliation model in excel, which would be used to reconcile

140+ “field” locations. The new model automated the reconciliation process so that only two exports would be needed (one from QAD and one from the Sales website). Trained Finance staff how to use the model and improved reconciliation time from an average of 10 days, down to 2 days.

o Developed a detailed capital BVA reporting model in excel that met internal management needs, as well as reporting requirements for Corporate. Improved efficiency by no longer maintaining two separate capital files. Consolidated the two files into one and was able to link each tab to a single source tab.

Accounting Manager – 4 yrs Key Job Duties :

o Supervised the work of eight direct reports while managing the day-to-day operations in accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll (for approx. 480 employees), fixed assets, and the financial close process.

o Coordinated and facilitated financial close to ensure timely posting of journal entries and completion of general ledger reconciliations. Prepared various journal entries and GL reconciliations for cash, investments, bad debt reserve, depreciation, amortization, accruals, deferred revenue, sales return reserve, payroll, equity, etc.

o Prepared timely and accurate financial statements ensuring movement between the Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flow, Statement of Shareholders Equity and Statement of Operations tied out.

o Liaison for all external financial audits, workers compensation audits, income tax compliance, sales and use tax compliance, and payroll tax compliance.

o Performed quarterly flux analysis for applicable accounts on the trial balance.o Prepared various footnote disclosures for investments, accounts receivable, inventory, fixed assets, accruals, notes payable,

common stock, preferred stock, stock options, stock-based compensation, earnings per share, etc.o Responsible for SOX 404 documentation and compliance related to revenue, payments, payroll and fixed assets.o Prepared detailed financial budgets for G&A, Clinical, Regulatory and Medical Affairs. Performed monthly budget-to-actual

analysis and met with department managers to review results. Key Accomplishments :

o Finance lead for migration from Quickbooks to QAD. Responsible for preparing and executing validation test scripts for all QAD processes related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger. Prepared SOPs for all aspects of accounts receivable (including RMAs), accounts payable, and month-end close processes in QAD. Trained the Accounting team on their applicable menus in QAD. Worked with consultants to implement custom QAD browses and reports that would become instrumental in identifying and reconciling variances between the GL and subledgers.

o Project leader for implementation of Concur (web-based expense reporting solution) and integration with QAD. Responsible for accurate set-up of employee profiles, approval workflows, and T&E expense reimbursement rules in Concur. Performed validation testing to ensure Concur expense reports were properly loading into QAD’s Voucher Maintenance. Prepared all training materials and User Guides. Conducted training for 400+ employees via live, remote training sessions and pre-recorded videos. Improved employee expense reimbursement processing from an average of 15 days, down to 5 days.

o Project leader for implementation of iPurchase (web-based procurement requisition system) and integration with QAD. Worked diligently with consultants to customize iPurchase to meet business needs. Responsible for accurate set up of employee profiles, approval workflows, and purchasing rules in iPurchase. Prepared and executed validation test scripts to ensure purchase requisitions were properly loading into QAD’s Purchase Order Maintenance. Prepared all training material, and conducted training for 400+ employees. Improved purchase requisition approval time from an average of 10 days, down to 4 days. Additional efficiency was gained due to Buyers no longer having to enter the purchase requisition data into QAD (it automatically pushed from iPurchase).

o Responsible for implementation of Vertex (sales tax software) and integration with QAD. Within Vertex, responsible for setting up nexus by state and city, and entering tax exempt products by state. In QAD, responsible for setting up geocodes (which were the primary mapping mechanism between Vertex and QAD). Prepared and executed validation test scripts to ensure sales tax was properly calculating on customer invoices in QAD. Ran monthly updates to Vertex, which would update QAD with the most current tax rates.

o Responsible for implementation of Equity Edge (stock compensation software). Entered and maintained employee profiles, new hires, option grants, RSU grants, vesting schedules, exercises, terminations and cancellations. Set up Black Scholes assumptions and calculated annual forfeiture rate. Prepared quarterly stock comp expense calculation in Equity Edge, and generated supporting documentation for journal entry postings to the GL. Calculated taxable spreads related to ISO disqualifying dispositions and NSO exercises.

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June 2005 – Sept 2006 Ernst & Young LLP (public accounting) San Jose, CA Federal Tax Accountant/ Auditor

Audited temporary and permanent book/tax differences to client source documents and the GL. Audited contingency rollforward schedules: traced movements in contingency to the tax payable rollforward schedule, and then traced

movement on the tax payable schedule to the rate reconciliation. “Loaned out” to a large high-tech international firm (working directly under the International Tax Director) to prepare international tax

workpapers and summary lead schedules in preparation of various tax forms for their numerous controlled foreign corporations and foreign disregarded entities.

Responsible for accurately preparing tax forms, including state extensions, 5471s, 8858s and 926s. Performed year-end financial statement audits: tested a variety of significant GL accounts such as Cash & Cash Equivalents, Fixed Assets

& Accumulated Depreciation, Intangibles and Accumulated Amortization, Inventory & COGS, Accounts Payable & Expenses, etc. Performed tax related SOX 404 audits: reviewed key internal controls for reasonableness, tested internal controls, and prepared extensive

documentation for test results/conclusions.

Dec 2003 - May 2005 Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc (equipment mfgr in the aerospace defense industry) Santa Barbara, CA Staff Accountant

Oversaw one staff in accounts payable. Prepared and posted a variety of journal entries, including amortization of prepaid expenses, payroll accruals, revenue recognition, accounts

payable accruals, corrections of any erroneous transactions that may have occurred during the period, etc. Reconciled general ledger accounts including the cash accounts, revenue, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, other current assets, other

long term assets, fixed assets, intangibles, etc. Reconciled bank statements, credit card statements and expense reports. Prepared accounts receivable invoices and processed customer payments. Prepared elaborate fixed asset request forms and submitted to corporate for review and approval. Manually calculated depreciation expense each month, and prepared the fixed asset and accumulated depreciation rollforward schedules. Maintained the capital budget to monitor YTD spending and remaining capital needs.

Aug 2001 – Dec 2003 Protective Financial & Ins. Services, Inc. (insurance brokerage firm) Santa Barbara, CA Accounting Assistant

Calculated commission splits for multiple insurance agents. Reconciled and recorded commissions payable to the GL. Projected trailer commissions for executive management.

Responsible for accounts payable including coding vendor invoices, entering invoices in Quickbooks, and processing timely check runs. Accounts receivable responsibilities included creating sales invoices, processing cash receipts, and reconciling commission checks from

multiple insurance companies. Reconciled general ledger accounts for employee health benefits, pension plans, deferred agent compensation, and the agent bonus pool. Presented management with weekly cash flow projections and current monthly earnings. Managed the agent bonus pool and entered commission data into various databases for reporting purposes.

EDUCATIONUniversity of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA

B.A. in Business Economics with an emphasis in Accounting B.A. in Psychology

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