CPA, CMA
Professional Skills: Sarbanes-Oxley Experience, GAAP and SEC Technical Accounting Experience, ability to manage cross-organizational issues, ability to manage a large team, and significant project management skills for systems integrations and new product launches.
Specialties:GAAP, Financial Planning & Analysis, Strategic Planning, ERP implementations.
Director of Financial Compliance, ERP, Sox and Audit @ Responsibilities include managing the Worldwide compliance, including Sarbanes Oxley 404 certification, Global Trade and Ethics compliance, managing Internal and External Audits, and deployment of our Worldwide ERP implementation for Finance. Also responsible for overall professional development of Solar's Finance and Accounting staff and managing the recruiting and development of professional accountants. From October 2010 to Present (5 years 1 month) Director - Central Finance @ Responsibilities include consolidations and reporting of financial results for multiple legal entities and complex legal structures, including the month, quarter and year end reporting of actual results, as well as, the Quarterly Forecasting, Annual Planning Process, and Strategic Reviews for the Executive Office.
-Directly responsible for preparing and conducting detail review of financial reports prepared for management, Board of Directors, shareholders, regulators, and the SEC
-Prepare supplemental information for SEC reports, regulatory financial filings, Board of Director reports, and earnings releases
-Lead daily activities of the Consolidations group and Financial Planning & Analysis group.
-Responsible for internal financial analysis, variation analysis, special packages for Board of director meetings, segment report analysis, and financial statement footnotes
-Assist in formulating and drive execution of month-end corporate close process to achieve both internal and external filing deadlines
-Act as key coordinator across all business units to ensure timely and accurate flow of information
-Serve as liaison for the Company’s external auditors
-Ensure SOX 404 compliance for Central Finance.
-Manage and help in the professional development of two direct reports and a full team of 8 accountants. From June 2007 to October 2010 (3 years 5 months) Technical Accounting Manager @ Responsibilities include research, interpret and document technical accounting issues and development of company policy on GAAP, FASB standards and compliance with SEC accounting rules and regulations for Solar and its subsidiaries for a business unit with complex accounting issues dealing primarily with revenue recognition, inventory valuation, and appropriate treatment of intercompany transactions. Promoted to Director of Consolidations and FP&A just a little after one year with the Company. From March 2006 to June 2007 (1 year 4 months) Assistant Controller @ Responsibilities include Revenue recognition and assurance, Receivables management, and cash collections process. Ensure process for invoicing and billing customers is accurate, timely and has the appropriate level of internal controls. Ensure process for interfacing customer contracts is accurate and has the appropriate revenue recognition. Responsible for overall Sarbanes Oxley compliance for Revenue cycle and receivables reporting. Ensure appropriate Sales & Use tax compliance. Special projects included an asset based securitization and acquisition by a privately held equity company. Overall Staff of 16 FTE. From 2004 to 2006 (2 years) Asst. Controller AT&T Consumer Services @ Assistant Controller, AT&T Consumer Services
-Sarbanes-Oxley Act and 404 Certification, including documented process flows and testing for all of the accounts on the P&L and Balance Sheet.
-SEC experience, including filing of 10Q and 10K for Business Unit.
-Financial Reporting experience, including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash flow statements in accordance with GAAP.
-Technical accounting experience, including FASB’s, Fin 45 & 46, EITF 99-19, 00-21, 01-9, SAB 100, 101, 104.
-Internal Control structure experience, including management comments from external auditors, and interfacing with Internal Audit on process audits.
-Investor Relations experience, including review and preparation of Business Unit earnings commentary and analyst preparation.
-Accounting Policy experience, including overall end to end implementation of new market offers for Business Unit and compliance with GAAP and SEC Accounting standards.
-Financial systems integration of AT&T Subsidiary onto core AT&T processes, to enhance overall control environment.
-Proxy Statement filings, including Lead Controller in filing SEC Proxy Statement for AT&T Consumer Services Tracking Stock.
-Other experience, including Business Restructuring case review, Schedule of Authorizations.
-Special project of working on asset based securitization.
-Span of Control - 8 professionals. From 1997 to 2004 (7 years) Senior Auditor @ Senior Auditor, Commercial Accounting Division
Significant SEC experience. Industry concentrations include manufacturing (largest SEC client, AMP Incorporated, now part of Tyco International), real estate (largest client, Brandywine Realty Trust), and services.
Implemented technical accounting standards and compliance with GAAP.
Experience also includes several business consulting projects and employee benefit plan audits. From 1994 to 1997 (3 years)
MBA, Finance @ St. John's University, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business From 1998 to 2001 BSA, Accountancy @ Villanova University From 1990 to 1994 Craig Goida is skilled in: GAAP, Strategic Planning, ERP, Financial Planning, SOX, Financial Reporting, Audit, Consolidation, SEC reporting, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Budgeting, Forecasting, Internal Controls, Six Sigma, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Auditing, Budgets, Strategic Financial...
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