5479 Spinnaker Walkway #1, San Jose, California

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Barbara Mills -- Accounting Professional

Objective	Challenging, energizing finance and accounting position that will use my knowledge and skills and present opportunities to improve and increase them.
Experience	May 2001-June 2001 Management Solutions San Jose, California Senior Financial Accountant; ADAC Laboratories § Reconciliations for RTP Division; special projects; ASK software Jan 2001-Apr 2001 Accountemps Fremont, California Accounting Manager; SCM Microsystems § Inter-company transactions and reconciliations § Establish SAP inter-company procedures and policies § Property taxes
	Senior Financial Analyst; Solectron, Inc. § Inter-company transactions and reconciliations; BAAN software § Identify sources of inter-company differences
	Senior Financial Accountant; PC Tel, Inc. § Formatting of documents for SEC response; create and insert tables and charts
	1999-2001 Adaptec, Inc. Milpitas, California Senior Financial Analyst § Invoicing of miscellaneous expenses to and recording of invoices from subsidiaries in Asia and Europe; determine inter-company payments to be made and subsequent applications of payments; reconcile receivables & payables among all subsidiaries; maintain on a monthly basis SAP exchange rate tables for over 15 currencies § Working with controllers in Japan, Singapore and Europe, obtained coordination of all currency rates and posting dates among all subsidiaries in order to reduce or eliminate currency rate differences. Coordinated uniform data entry to obtained zero exchange rate differences § Established standard distribution procedures for exchange rates. § Trained G/L analysts in bank reconciliations, invoicing and cash applications using procedures developed by me. 1995-1999 Accountants Plus San Jose, California Senior Accountant; Trimble Navigation § Bank and G/L account reconciliations including hypothetical tax and expatriot/inpatriot tax accruals; ASK software Fixed Asset Analyst; Adaptec, Inc. § Maintained world wide fixed assets for all Adaptec entities; ASK software Accounting Manager; Hitachi, Inc. § Quarterly budgeting § Accounts Receivable; accruals; cash applications; ASK and Excel software Senior Accountant; Edify Corporation § Multi-state sales tax analysis and payment 1995-1999 Rainbow Carpets, Inc. Watsonville, California Controller § Working with the owners of this Retail floor coverings and flooring contractor: § Chose new computer equipment and installed new computer network § Reviewed and chose new industry specific software § Upgraded the telephone system § Wrote Illness and Injury Prevention Program to bring business into compliance with California law § Supervised A/R, A/P, Payroll, Collections, Order Entry, Inventory § Reviewed commissions for accuracy 1992-1995 Sigma Circuits, Inc. East Palo Alto, California Assistant Accounting Manager § Supervised A/P, Payroll, and Fixed Assets; MAS90 software § Facilities manager § Managed $5M portfolio increasing interest income five fold § Consolidations for four Sigma Circuits locations using Excel § Fleet manager; insurance manager including workers’ compensation § Commissions  1990-1992 Dudley Cowan, CPA Mountain View, California Senior Staff Accountant § Maintained the books for a variety of small business including not-for-profit, retail and wholesale. § Conducted audits of not-for-profit entities under supervision of Dudley Cowan 1989-1990 Robb-Jack Corporation Mountain View, California Controller § Working with the owners of this manufacturing company: § Supervised A/R, A/P, Costing (both job and process), Fixed Assets and Payroll § Reviewed software packages; chose and installed Peachtree Accounting § Recreated three years cash receipts due to failure of predecessor to understand cash applications. § Managed insurance and workers’ compensation
Education	1991 Golden Gate University San Francisco, California § MBA, Finance 1960 Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio § Bachelor of Arts in History with concentration in Far Eastern History

Background Software Construction Experience Inter-company

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