Sean Hickey
San Francisco,CA
Summary
Experienced leader with strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Interim Controller
CFOs2Go
08.2025 - 10.2025
- Delivered more efficient accounting and payroll process capabilities while implementing key controls for Jifco Pipe.
- Collaborated across finance, accounting, operations, and IT to ensure all results had a measurable impact across the company.
- Worked directly with the external CPA firm at a technical level to ensure the quarterly and annual financial statements were GAAP, ICFR and FASB/ASC compliant.
- Implemented new financial reporting capabilities for the leadership team and the Board of Directors for driving growth and profitability.
Interim Controller
Armanino LLP
06.2024 - 09.2024
- Delivered externally audited financial statements, (P/L and Balance Sheet) for University Games.
- Working with the CFO, accounting staff and the external auditor, technical lead for consolidation across multiple entities, (U.S. U.K. and Australia).
- Delivered lease conversion to ASC 842 and revenue recognition to ASC 606.
- Drove completion of accurate account reconciliations for cash, AR and AP.
- Recommended and implemented basic controls for the accounting close to meet ICFR and SOX 404 compliance standards.
Consultant
ZRG Interim Solutions (RoseRyan)
09.2023 - 05.2024
- Demonstrated history of results with high-tech manufacturing to include cross border contract sub assembly and final assembly and test.
- Experience with cost accounting, inventory, intercompany transfer pricing, general accounting close, revenue recognition, account reconciliations and SEC reporting.
- Compliance results for both SOX 404 and IT General controls.
- Key client was Cytek, a medical device manufacturing, sales and distribution corporation.
Senior Consultant
CIO Professional Services
01.2023 - 08.2023
- Delivered effective integration between Finance and IT to improved return on IT investments.
- Extracting more value from client's existing ERP investments to include ICFR controls.
- Other areas of focus were Finance transformation, order to cash, ERP implementation project rescue, business process outsourcing and external benchmarking for both cost structure and operational capabilities.
Senior Consultant
Gerson Lehrman
11.2008 - 10.2022
- Subject matter expert for corporations and consulting firms for revenue recognition, entity level risk control assessments, compliance, ERP implementations, order to cash, business process outsourcing, pricing, supply chain, IT managed services, SAAS solutions and finance organizational effectiveness.
- Regular clients included McKinsey & Company and Bain.
Internal Audit Consultant
Recology
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Reviewed the end to end Procure to Pay process for IT Professional Services.
- Delivered an audit report of findings to the Head of Internal Audit for presentation to Legal, the CFO and the Board of Directors.
- Provided recommendations for improving key controls, process efficiencies and for expanding the use of the procurement module in JD Edwards.
- Recology is a West Coast waste management and recycling company.
General Accounting Consultant
Accela
05.2021 - 11.2021
- Responsibilities included monthly close, accounts reconciliations, accruals, and cash forecasting.
- As interim Accounts Payables Manager teamed with procurement, legal and professional services for exception handling.
- Reduced exceptions through process improvements and implementing process performance metrics reporting. Result was to reduce the size and complexity of the month end AP accrual.
- Accela is a SAAS solution provider to State and Local governments.
Revenue and Cost Accountant
Sensei Ag.
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Led all aspects of revenue and cost accounting for the end-to-end farm to retail sales process for greenhouse grown produce, (lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers). Delivered the first annual company revenue, cost of sales and gross margin budget. Implemented in NetSuite the cost accounting monthly close process, delivered inventory unit costs for the farm production, and integrated a recently acquired farm into the cost accounting process. Proposed an integrated SKU format to enable an integrated sales and production bill of materials for use across sales, marketing, procurement, farm fulfillment and finance.
- Sensei is food producer and agriculture technology solutions provider.
R&D Business Consultant
Change Healthcare
11.2019 - 03.2020
- Collaborated with R&D senior leaders to improve operational effectiveness while providing financial planning, reporting and analysis.
- Provided recommendations for improved processes and systems while reducing costs.
General Accounting Consultant
Ellie Mae
12.2018 - 03.2019
- Provided revenue recognition, fixed asset, lease accounting and accounts payable support to successfully close the 2018 fiscal year.
- Delivered SOX 404 and ASC compliant process improvement recommendations in Workday for SAAS software capitalization.
Revenue Recovery Consultant
Accela
04.2017 - 08.2017
- Recovered $955K in revenue for Accela by reconciling 450+ SAAS and Cloud software sales contracts against order to cash transaction history in NetSuite and Salesforce.
- Utilized SQL to analyze large and complex data sets across multiple ERP platforms to include NetSuite and Salesforce.
- Provided SOX and ASC 606 compliant revenue recognition process improvements.
Senior Consultant
Financial Executive Consulting Group
10.2016 - 03.2017
- For a large non-profit charitable organization, Catholic Charities of San Francisco, created risk prevention policies and procedures across IT and operations to certify with the Council on Accreditation.
- Defined the Board of Directors and Sub-Committee governance structures, IT security, use of social media, client confidentiality, incident reporting, medication control/administration, EH&S and standards of business conduct.
- Identified key areas in need of improvement and implemented plans to rectify issues.
Supply Chain Consultant
Fish and Richardson
02.2016 - 05.2016
- Provided expert consulting and testimony across the order to cash and manufacturing processes for successfully resolving a patent infringement case.
- Scope of work involved quote, configuration, order management, factory bill of materials, build instructions, outbound logistics, product data and invoicing.
SOX 404 Auditor
FLY/BBAM, Diamond Foods and Leap Frog
10.2011 - 02.2016
- Delivered SOX compliance to include walk throughs, writing test scripts, defining new key controls, IT General Controls and testing.
- Performed SOX testing across SEC reporting (10Q and 10K), income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, inventory, tax, revenue recognition, treasury, banking, marketing coop, financial reporting, fixed assets, accounts payable, inventory, foreign currency, cost accounting, fixed assets, lease accounting and stock compensation.
- For identified deficiencies, recommended immediate and effective solutions, which brought business and IT processes into compliance. Met all Big Four external audit review standards with no exceptions noted.
- At FLY/BBAM, completed an Entity Level Controls Assessment to include a presentation to the Board of Directors. Performed an IT test of all Excel spreadsheets used by accounting. Created and executed a fee audit of the subsidiary management servicing company on behalf of the Board of Directors Audit Committee.
Vice President and Controller Americas Region
Hewlett Packard
05.2004 - 11.2008
- Led all aspects of financial and accounting operations to include analysis, reporting, budgeting, financial statement integrity, revenue recognition, tax returns, cash, intercompany cost accounting, inventory, financial close, credit, collections, SOX compliance and business controls.
- Delivered GAAP and SEC (FASB ASC) compliant statements across 14 countries with no exceptions noted by external audit, (EY). This involved the company’s entire range of product lines across multiple of channels of distribution to include direct, consumer, retail, distributors and value-added resellers. Annual revenue was $39B with an Accounts Receivable base of $4.5B.
- Led the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for HP’s three Business Groups across multiple distribution channels to include consumer retail, wholesalers and direct sales. Collaborated with Business and Finance Group VPs to drive profitable growth and for meeting quarterly revenue and profit targets.
- Successfully delivered SOX compliance and certification for two years across for 154 key controls for business and IT with no exceptions noted by Ernst and Young.
- Implemented an effective country-by-country business control environment that met all external and internal audit standards. Responsible for Standards for Business Conduct/Ethics implementation and compliance to include fraud investigation and resolution.
- Significantly improved the predictability of revenue for Hewlett Packard’s Americas Region with quarterly results not deviating from forecast by more than 5%. This was achieved through more accurate processes for financial planning, reseller inventory reserves and revenue recognition.
- Improved collections performance for the Americas Region by reducing 90 days past due from 4.5% to .9% while not being an inhibitor to sales. This was accomplished through implementing improved credit approval methodologies, streamlined order to cash processes and early adoption of ASC 605/606.
- Board of Directors – Addison Avenue Credit Union.
Vice President IT - Finance, HR and Order to Cash
Hewlett Packard
01.2000 - 04.2004
- Led an international team of IT professionals responsible for delivering new finance systems applications and for application support across 32 countries.
- Reduced annual costs by $30M or 25% for achieving a world class IT cost structure as measured by Hackett external benchmarking.
- Implemented a single global financial reporting system for orders, revenue, and margin on a daily, monthly, quarterly and YTD basis. This self-serve capability resulted in the significant reduction in the use of Excel.
- Led the business and IT implementation of financial reporting, accounting, order to cash, manufacturing and HR ERP systems across multiple geographies and countries.
- Reduced annual Finance costs by 25% at Hewlett Packard by implementing SAP for the general ledger, accounts payables, accounts receivables, and fixed assets. This was accomplished in 18 months while shutting down 32 legacy general ledger systems. Reduced the monthly financial close by five business days.
- Improved on time delivery from 75% to > 95% for enterprise high performance servers through the global implementation of the SAP for the Order to Cash process. Eliminated 14 legacy systems.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MIBachelor of Arts - Accounting
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MISkills
- General Ledger & Close
- SEC Reporting
- SOX 404 Compliance
- Internal Audit
- ICFR & GAAP
- Revenue Recognition (ASC 606)
- Financial Planning
- Analysis & Reporting
- Credit & Collections
- Order to Cash
- Procure to Pay
- Manufacturing
- Distribution
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Account Reconciliations
- Cost Accounting
- Inventory
- Sales Contracts
- Intercompany Transfer Pricing
- Consolidation
- Fraud Investigation
- Business Process Outsourcing
- Corporate Governance
- Entity Risk Assessment
- Business Conduct & Ethics
- ERP Implementation
- IT General Controls
Accomplishments
· As the Americas Controller and Vice President at Hewlett Packard, (HP), delivered GAAP, SEC (FASB ASC) and ICFR compliant financial statements across 14 countries with no deficiencies identified by external audit, (EY). Annual revenue of $39 Billion and an A/R base of $4.5 Billion.
· Led the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for HP’s three Business Groups across multiple distribution channels to include consumer retail, wholesalers and direct sales. Collaborated with Business and Finance Group VPs to drive profitable growth and for meeting quarterly revenue and profit targets.
· Significantly improved the predictability of revenue for Hewlett Packard’s Americas Region with quarterly results not deviating from forecast by more than 5%. This was achieved through more accurate processes for financial planning, reseller inventory reserves and revenue recognition.
· Improved collections performance for the Americas Region by reducing 90 days past due from 4.5% to .9% while not being an inhibitor to sales. This was accomplished through implementing improved credit approval methodologies, streamlined order to cash processes and early adoption of ASC 605/606.
· Delivered the first annual company revenue, cost of sales and gross margin budget at Sensei Ag. Implemented in NetSuite the cost accounting monthly close process, delivered inventory unit costs for the farm production, and integrated a recently acquired farm into the cost accounting process.
· Compliance and audit experience of 10 years to include working with external auditors at a technical level. Delivered SOX 404 and IT General Controls compliance for multiple companies.
· Implemented a single global financial reporting system for orders, revenue, and margin on a daily, monthly, quarterly and YTD basis. This self-serve capability resulted in the significant reduction in the use of Excel.
Recovered $955K in revenue for Accela by reconciling 450+ SAAS and Cloud software sales contracts against order to cash transaction history in NetSuite and Salesforce.
· Reduced annual Finance costs by 25% at Hewlett Packard by implementing SAP for the general ledger, accounts payables, accounts receivables, and fixed assets. This was accomplished in 18 months while shutting down 32 legacy general ledger systems. Reduced the monthly financial close by five business days.
· Improved on time delivery from 75% to > 95% for enterprise high performance servers through the global implementation of the SAP for the Order to Cash process. Eliminated 14 legacy systems.
SYSTEMS
NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, JD Edwards, Sage, FloQast, Blackline, Salesforce, Workday, RevPro, QuickBooks, PeopleSoft, SEC Edgar, SQL, and Microsoft Office, (advanced skill level for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel).
Timeline
Interim Controller
CFOs2Go
08.2025 - 10.2025
Interim Controller
Armanino LLP
06.2024 - 09.2024
Consultant
ZRG Interim Solutions (RoseRyan)
09.2023 - 05.2024
Senior Consultant
CIO Professional Services
01.2023 - 08.2023
Internal Audit Consultant
Recology
03.2022 - 08.2022
General Accounting Consultant
Accela
05.2021 - 11.2021
Revenue and Cost Accountant
Sensei Ag.
10.2020 - 03.2021
R&D Business Consultant
Change Healthcare
11.2019 - 03.2020
General Accounting Consultant
Ellie Mae
12.2018 - 03.2019
Revenue Recovery Consultant
Accela
04.2017 - 08.2017
Senior Consultant
Financial Executive Consulting Group
10.2016 - 03.2017
Supply Chain Consultant
Fish and Richardson
02.2016 - 05.2016
SOX 404 Auditor
FLY/BBAM, Diamond Foods and Leap Frog
10.2011 - 02.2016
Senior Consultant
Gerson Lehrman
11.2008 - 10.2022
Vice President and Controller Americas Region
Hewlett Packard
05.2004 - 11.2008
Vice President IT - Finance, HR and Order to Cash
Hewlett Packard
01.2000 - 04.2004
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Michigan State University