CAREN RUBIN-BROWN
Vallejo,CA
Summary
My personal and professional objectives are to help people collaborate more effectively for increased productivity in our workplaces, our relationships and in our lives.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Billing Analyst
Twist Bioscience
2021.05 - 2024.06
- AR, SOX compliance
- Month end close reconciliations, prepare/communicate schedule, reconcile balance sheet accounts
- Reviewed, investigated, and corrected errors & inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reporting
- Utilized ERP system to facilitate/improve processes and maintain records Improved processes: credit, collections, tracking and aging report updates; collection to remittance Lead analyst: collecting data, preparing audit & tax information, internal control procedures & policies, and state sales tax report creation (state, local percentage tracking)
- Improved and restructured credit memo process increasing accessibility company wide by 80%, reducing credit memo approval process by 6 weeks
- Invoice discrepancies; liaising with sister teams for process improvements root cause analysis, and troubleshoot software enhancements
- Primary liaison between AR and sales, VAT and science team for EMEA, APAC and AMER
Billing Analyst
Stripe
2019.01 - 2020.01
- Partnered with internal systems, deal desk, sales, and accounting teams to build scalable processes for contract reviews and to anticipate and support changing business requirements Improved processes: created workflow of Billing Operations processes and design of controls, VAT calculation that reduced seasonal employee onboarding time by 2 weeks
- Assisted external audit support Assisted billing cycles and reporting build financial contracts, pricing, implementation and monitoring.
Tax Specialist
Credit Karma
2016.12 - 2018.08
- Certified in 13 states and federal tax preparer Provided software fixes and member support to tax related issues (VMWare) Drafted, wrote, edited and compiled over 30 tax support articles, trained 400 seasonal tax employees and reduced customer support complaints by 30% reducing employee response time to customer by 3 days Research tax related issues regarding software changes and tax accounting Advised front end software engineers improving user experience
AP/AR Specialist
SynBio
2016.05 - 2016.12
- Full Cycle AP/AR, SAP, Quickbooks
- End of month reporting and reconciliation, matched and Coded purchase orders
- Utilized Accounting Software and Microsoft Office
- Expensed and reconciliation of accounts with over $3 million balances
Tax Manager
H&R Block
2015.12 - 2016.05
- Responsible for office administration, marketing planning and implementation processing 200 tax returns a week and meeting seasonal revenue of 1.4 million in tax return revenue
- Managed staff of 15, including 2 EAs and 3 senior tax preparers
- Budgeting, bookkeeping, project management, financial reporting and scheduling
- Change management implementation through coaching and team meetings
- Preparer 1040, Schedules A-S, Interests, Dividends, municipal bonds, trusts and estates
- California Tax education Council registered tax preparer
Education
Masters of Science in Organizational Development -
New School University
New York, NY05.2013
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Affairs -
William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA05.2006
Skills
- SAP
- Salesforce
- SAP 2000
- Oracle
- NetSuite
- Advanced Excel
- SFDC
- SalesForce
- Quickbooks
Timeline
Senior Billing Analyst
Twist Bioscience
2021.05 - 2024.06
Billing Analyst
Stripe
2019.01 - 2020.01
Tax Specialist
Credit Karma
2016.12 - 2018.08
AP/AR Specialist
SynBio
2016.05 - 2016.12
Tax Manager
H&R Block
2015.12 - 2016.05
Masters of Science in Organizational Development -
New School University
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Affairs -
William & Mary
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