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DIANA WALES
123 California Court
Santa Clara, CA 95148

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

An accounting and financial professional with 13+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis and accounting principles GAAP. Proven capacity to improve and maximize overall business and finance function integration through effective communication processes. An experienced self-starter, team player and problem-solver with keen attention to customer needs and details. An innovator with creative skills and experiences to improve overall business processes.

Professional expertise includes:
  • Business & Investment
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Business Modeling
  • Financial Analysis & Reporting
  • Risk Management
  • Cost Price Margin Profitability Variance Analysis
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ABC CORPORATION, Cupertino, CA
2000-2002

ADVISOR / LEAD FINANCIAL ANALYST, Business & Investment
  • Provided competitive, business and investment analysis as well as recommendations and contingency actions for concurrent business cases and presented to Executives to make strategic, operational, capital expenditure, resource allocation and critical projects decisions.
  • Created and customized financial models using wide range of the interrelationships data, historical trends, marketplace factors and product assumptions to develop return on investment ROI analysis for new and special bids business cases.
    1. IRR and NPV
    2. P&L and Cash Flow
    3. Break Even Parameters
    4. Sensitivities
  • Constructed pricing strategy, pricing master book and special bids matrix for the quarterly auditing package according to Corporate requirements and guidelines.
  • Finalized Mylex Pricing Process and Procedures including below cost pricing for Business Control Documentation and Division Group.
  • Integrated Mylex financial function into ABC Corporate functional standard by providing Project Management and Team business controls guidelines and measurements.
TWILIGHT CORPORATION, Cupertino, CA
1999-2000

WAFER FAB CONTROLLER Promoted from Senior Financial Analyst
  • Oversaw manufacturing wafer fab processes and expenditures direct and indirect to ensure financial transactions were accurate and complied with GAAP and company policy.
  • Set up quarterly standard costs for local and offshore sites according to MPS and various factors raw materials cost, wafer and slider yields, operating expense and capital expenditures ; maintained and updated standard cost due to changes of wafer processes and operations.
  • Interfaced with Operation, IS/IT, Engineering and R&D managers, directors and VP s to provide guidance in ongoing spending control and identify cost efficiencies. Worked with system programmers and planners to enhance WIP system and continue to improve WIP process in wafer fab.
EXPLORING AMERICA, INC., Cupertino, CA
1997-1999

STAFF ACCOUNTANT
  • Established, proposed and streamlined new business protocol for alternative risk exposure process involving areas of ordering, purchasing, shipping, receiving and payment transactions.
  • Initiated and documented policies and procedures for the accounting and finance department for business control, preventing and avoiding risk exposure and potential auditing.
  • Developed corrective actions to improve financial and business process controls including implementing new accounting application and networking system preparation for Y2K.
WARREN CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA
1996-1997

FINANCIAL ANALYST SUPERVISOR
  • Formulated queries to track the commits vs. actuals for 200+ tools for the 355M project; revised and enhanced Account Payable and Purchasing Department process for the Facility Construction Technology FCT Group.
  • Forecasted non-capital expenditures and budget and reconciled with actuals for the functional group; prepared monthly accrual, G/L, ad hoc, and account reconciliation.
ABC CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA
1995-1996

CAPITAL PLANNER/FINANCIAL ANALYST
  • Generated and analyzed month-end financial reports for capital control measurements and presented financial data to site finance controller. Assisted each individual business group with the quarterly capital budget request before submitting to HQ.
  • Prepared capital expenditures financial reports for 14 different organizations including WIP and ongoing projects; performed business individual group s financial performance on monthly spending actuals vs. forecast vs. budget.
MSO INTERNATIONAL, Santa Fe Springs, CA
1994-1995

COST ACCOUNTANT
  • Reviewed, analyzed and updated standard costs, product margins and cost variances; suggested and deployed actions to improve revenue and profits.
  • Performed inventory control on a daily basis; recommended alternatives to avoid surplus and cost savings by improving the Purchasing Department strategy.
  • Prepared profitability analysis and evaluated new products including pricing relative to the market as well as setting up appropriate markups.
EDUCATION

B.S. Finance Minor: Psychology Santa Clara State University Santa Clara, CA

SOFTWARE SKILLS
  • Access
  • ADP
  • Agile
  • AS 400
  • Ask-Manman
  • ASRS
  • Certified QMF
  • Dejaview
  • Essbase
  • Excel
  • Freelance
  • Hyperion
  • JD Edwards
  • Lotus 1-2-3
  • Lotus Notes
  • PAR
  • PeopleSoft
  • Platinum
  • PowerPoint
  • Profs/VM
  • RR Reporter
  • SAP
  • Workstream
  • WS
  • WS Ad-Hoc Reporting System Wars


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