Chief Financial Officer @ From August 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) VP, Controller @ From November 2011 to August 2013 (1 year 10 months) Greater Atlanta AreaVice President of Finance @ Expatriate member of Executive Team, intimately involved in business strategy and execution
Responsible for all day to day accounting and finance related activities for 8 countries with USD $110 Million of revenue for NYSE traded company
Lead a team of 5 direct reports with over 60 geographically dispersed personnel, focused on supporting our business partners within the organization.
Integral member of team to open gateway to doing business in China, building key relationships with local business partner , including contract negotiations, sales forecasting, and local employee requirements.
Implemented process improvements in all areas of business to increase efficiencies and cut costs, removing over $1.0M per year in operating costs and saving over $1.5M in taxation costs
Completed successful restructuring of finance teams, including centralization of billing and accounting into Hong Kong, and FP&A into Sydney Australia.
Successful outsource of Collections function, improving DSO's and reducing overhead costs
Negotiated numerous material multi-year contracts for vendors and customers, ensuring best result for business
Key local team member dealing with complex issues surrounding the disposition of material business segment impacting Asia Pacific.
Cooperated with Sales Operations to set commission plans and targets From February 2008 to April 2011 (3 years 3 months) Vice President, Corporate Controller @ Manager of accounting functions for all North American Operating Units, with 30+ accounting personnel.
Prepared monthly and quarterly consolidation processes including consolidated cash flow statements, equity rollforwards, and detail income statement and balance sheet reviews for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (19 individual countries)
Responsible for all SEC reporting functions, including 10-Q's, 10-K's, and all other filings (i.e. S-3 for bond placement and 8-KA for acquisition)
Executed all complex accounting transactions, including: purchase price allocations; debt issuance and repurchase; FAS 109 calculation, stock compensation expenses; equity accounting; bank debt covenant calculations; and mark to market investments
Key partner with COO, Business Unit Presidents, General Counsel, Treasury and all Regional Accounting Directors in strategic planning
Directed all audit committee presentations, and coordinating and communicating with external auditors
Previously responsible for overseeing internal staff to ensure companywide compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act; only two significant deficiencies and no material weaknesses were identified for 2004 year end, Company received unqualified opinion From April 2002 to February 2008 (5 years 11 months) Senior Associate @ Worked on technology/software, telecommunications and manufacturing clients acting as lead senior organizing and running an audit from the planning phase though filing of the year end financial statements, dealing with complex accounting issues including: revenue recognition, inventory, reserve analysis, asset impairments, restructuring charges and equity accounting
Supervise staff of up to four associates and seniors at one time to complete audit engagements
Ranked as a top performer all five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers From August 2000 to April 2002 (1 year 9 months) Senior Associate @ Volunteered to complete a tour of duty in San Jose working with one technology company in the process of going public. Led team through three year back audit and completion of files to prepare initial offering documentation. Gained experience with software revenue recognition, cheap stock accounting, and stock option and warrant accounting. From May 2000 to August 2000 (4 months) Senior Associate/Associate @ Lead senior for NYSE billion dollar multi-national manufacturing client, overseeing up to six staff at one time, coordinating both US and international audits, and seeing them to completion
Lead senior for NASDAQ Services Company who did several acquisitions and a secondary offering, including comfort letter. From September 1997 to May 2000 (2 years 9 months)
BSBA, Accounting @ John Carroll University From 1993 to 1997 Janine Seebeck is skilled in: Mergers & Acquisitions, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Consolidation, Auditing, Forecasting, Accounting, Cash Management, Process Improvement, SaaS, Finance, SEC filings, Financial Analysis, Fixed Assets, Team Leadership, Business Strategy, Restructuring, Tax, Strategic Planning, Treasury, Contract Negotiation