Manager, Financial Controls and Compliance at DemandTec
San Francisco Bay Area
Manager, Financial Controls and Compliance at DemandTec
San Francisco Bay Area
Over twelve years of accounting and business management experience. CPA in California and Singapore.
Currently managing the SOX program in a SaaS company in a fast-growing niche.
Seven years of Big 4 experience of financial audit (10-K, 10-Q), SOX advisory, internal audit, and IPO and merger filings (S-1).
Five years of corporate finance and business operations for a multinational corporation, with responsibilities and experiences covering Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Japan and HK operations.
Risk Advisory, SOX, Internal Audit, business process improvement, project management
(Public Company; DMAN; Computer Software industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Managing the SOX compliance program and special projects for business process improvements.
(Partnership; Accounting industry)
October 2005 — February 2009 (3 years 5 months)
Providing advisory services, with a focus on SOX processes, controls optimization, process improvement and internal audit.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SCHW; Financial Services industry)
October 2007 — September 2008 (1 year )
Part of the EY team providing internal audit services to the Charles Schwab organization, focused on financial processes.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)
February 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Providing SOX advisory services to Cisco, in testing and controls optimization projects.
(Food & Beverages industry)
May 2001 — August 2005 (4 years 4 months)
Part of the Senior Management team that helped expand this specialty coffee chain in Malaysia, and expansion into the region: Singapore, Philippines, HK and Japan. Setting up financial reporting structures and point-of-sale systems in cafes that reports back to HQ.
Was also the Country Manager for the Singapore operations, overseeing all aspects of operations.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
November 1998 — April 2000 (1 year 6 months)
Provided financial audit services for the internet/technology and bio-technology industries. Assisted three clients through the IPO process and two clients through the merger process.
Left the firm to pursue MBA studies.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
July 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 3 months)
Financial auditor for clients in the trading industry to manufacturing industry. Main clients include major listed corporations. Also worked on foreign assignments in Indonesia for Singapore subsidiaries.
Promoted to Senior and was selected for transfer to the US practice, in Palo Alto, California in 1998.
MBA , Business Strategy , 2000 — 2000
Msc Fin , Finance , 1997 — 1998
B.Acc , Accountancy , 1993 — 1996