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Sarah Choi

Sarah Choi

Mountain View,CA

Summary

Skilled Principal Accountant with robust understanding of financial management, accounting regulations, and business operations. Experience includes overseeing all aspects of financial planning, budget management, and cost control. Demonstrated ability to streamline processes for enhanced productivity and efficiency in previous roles. Strong leadership skills with proven track record in problem-solving and strategic decision-making. Successfully drove fiscal integrity by implementing stringent compliance measures.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Accountant

Workday Inc.
Pleasonton, US
11.2022 - Current
  • Ensure precise payroll benefit accounting through collaboration with various cross-functional teams for multiple international regions
  • Created GL reference matrix to enhance invoice coding accuracy for AP team
  • Conduct comprehensive reconciliations for various financial accounts, from payroll liabilities to general ledgers
  • Analyze balance sheets for mistakes and inaccuracies
  • Create a comprehensive spreadsheet for severance and benefits accrual calculations
  • Trace back excessive benefit payments totaling millions
  • Streamline backlog reduction by updating account systems
  • Drive important accounting-related project efforts
  • Responsible for benefits accounting in the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing
  • Collaborate with external partners to complete audits
  • Trained team members, enhancing payroll benefits accounting

Financial Reporting Accountant

Moody’s Corporation
Newark, US
05.2022 - 11.2022
  • Assist the Director of Financial Reporting to ensure timely submission of financial statement
  • Review and post journal entries in Oracle; Open and Close accounting period
  • Responsible for all cash accounts for five international entities including US

Financial Accounting Consultant

Financial Accounting Consultant
San Francisco Bay Area, US
10.2018 - 04.2022
  • Company Overview: San Francisco Bay Area
  • Own the treasury accounting and bank book
  • Develop and improve accounting schedules and accelerate monthly closing time
  • Prepare income statement and balance sheet flux analysis
  • Review and approve journal entries submitted by India team (including cash, fixed asset, prepaid, commission accrual, payroll taxes and ad hoc adjustments)
  • Assist the FP&A team with the preparation, consolidation, and monitoring of capital and operating budget
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Clients: Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO); Chinook Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KDNY); Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE: ICE); Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT); Snowflake (NASDAQ: SNOW) & Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC)

Senior Accountant

Backblaze Inc.
San Mateo, US
03.2018 - 07.2018
  • Reviewed lease documents and responsible for finance lease accounting (ASC842)
  • Key contributor of RFP process for the planned ERP system upgrade
  • Prepared the audit schedules related to fixed assets, prepaid and payroll
  • Responsible for fixed asset accounting and physical counts in multiple data centers
  • Upheld and ensured compliance of SOX 404 key controls

Senior Accounting Analyst

Smith’s Detection, Inc.
Newark, US
04.2017 - 03.2018
  • Worked with big four auditors in the annual audit, due diligence audit, and the post-acquisition audit; provided all working schedules per PBC list including five intercompany entities
  • Completed the spinoffs for one manufacturing site per EU’s request
  • Trained the team members to guarantee a smooth ownership transaction

Senior Accountant

Safran
Newark, US
09.2013 - 04.2017
  • Company Overview: Newark, CA (Morpho Detection was acquired by Smiths Detection, Inc
  • In April 2017 and job responsibilities remained the same)
  • Completed workflow design, system testing, data migration, data validation of fixed assets module for the ERP system conversion from Oracle to Microsoft Dynamics
  • Owned full cycle of fixed asset accounting including capitalized expenditure request review, budget approval, asset addition, disposal, transfer and impairment, Prepared consolidated roll forward, CIP dashboard and PPE dashboard
  • Reviewed inter/intracompany transactions and ensured those activities are adherence to the company policy
  • Assisted the internal control manager for SOX compliance and developed internal control
  • Newark, CA (Morpho Detection was acquired by Smiths Detection, Inc
  • In April 2017 and job responsibilities remained the same)

Senior Accountant

ARC Solutions Inc.
Austin, US
10.2011 - 05.2012
  • Prepared monthly DIR reports for the State of Texas, as well as vendors
  • Participated in month, quarter, and year end closing
  • Responsible for inter-company transactions
  • Calculated, processed, and filed sales & applied taxes in multiple states
  • Prepared journal entries and amended related accounts
  • Acted as backup for payroll accountant, revenue accountant and A/P accountant during their absence

Accounting Manager

Architectural Energy Corp. (A Carrier Subsidiary)
Boulder, US
11.2009 - 05.2011
  • Completed month, quarter, and year end closing
  • Completed supplemental check file and worked with CFO on the uploading of Hyperion Financial Management
  • Prepared journal entries and maintained general ledger; oversaw the processing of A/R and A/P
  • Operated cash, payroll, and balance sheet reconciliation
  • Generated various reports and provided financial reporting to the management
  • Maintained and reconciled Inter-company accounts with corporate and other divisions
  • Assisted the CFO to prepare annual budget along with monthly latest estimates
  • Enforced GAAP and SOXA compliance

Staff Accountant

US Foodservice
Salt Lake City, US
10.2005 - 05.2009
  • Conducted and coordinated month and year-end closings, thoroughly researched income statements as well as balance sheets and finished necessary corrections to ensure all transactions were recorded in the right accounts
  • Performed balance sheet reconciliation
  • Generated various financial reports and prepared monthly financial statements
  • Performed internal control based on Sarbanes-Oxley guideline from corporate office
  • Audited contracts to ensure the compliance and processed various customer incentives and surcharges
  • Active in asset management; tracked and reconciled fixed asset accounts
  • Prepared amortization schedules for prepaid accounts

Education

MS - Accounting

University of Utah

BS - Accounting – Cum Laude Honor

Utah State University

Skills

  • Flux Analysis
  • Financial Reporting
  • Month End Close
  • SOX/Internal Control
  • ERP System Conversion
  • Lease Accounting (ASC842)
  • Payroll/Benefits (US & International)
  • Projects/Programs
  • Cash/Bank Reconciliation
  • Inter-company transactions
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • Cost Analysis
  • Account Reconciliations
  • Sales/Use Taxes
  • AP/AR
  • Multi-Tasks
  • ERP systems proficiency
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Workday
  • Adaptive
  • Hyperion
  • Great Plains
  • Microsoft Dynamics AX
  • QuickBooks
  • Blackline
  • Deltek Vision
  • Cost Point
  • Coupa
  • PeopleSoft
  • Microsoft 365
  • Smartsheet
  • Front
  • Asana

Timeline

Principal Accountant

Workday Inc.
11.2022 - Current

Financial Reporting Accountant

Moody’s Corporation
05.2022 - 11.2022

Financial Accounting Consultant

Financial Accounting Consultant
10.2018 - 04.2022

Senior Accountant

Backblaze Inc.
03.2018 - 07.2018

Senior Accounting Analyst

Smith’s Detection, Inc.
04.2017 - 03.2018

Senior Accountant

Safran
09.2013 - 04.2017

Senior Accountant

ARC Solutions Inc.
10.2011 - 05.2012

Accounting Manager

Architectural Energy Corp. (A Carrier Subsidiary)
11.2009 - 05.2011

Staff Accountant

US Foodservice
10.2005 - 05.2009

MS - Accounting

University of Utah

BS - Accounting – Cum Laude Honor

Utah State University

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