Harriet Dietz

Menlo Park, CA
hd6b06ea@westpost.net (650) 776-3227
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PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT & SOX-404 INTERNAL AUDIT PROFESSIONAL
More than 15 years experience in the Computer technology industry and CPA firms
primarily in SEC Reporting as a Controller / Principal Accounting Officer. Fast
-paced career in start-up, medium and large corporations. Two years as a Senior
Accountant with the City of Palo Alto. Skills include:
a Successful history of Controllership, resulting in demonstrated time managemen
t skills meeting deadlines for SEC reporting when a restatement of prior period
s was required. 10-K, 10-Q.
a Performed GAAP accounting and consolidated and reconciled fifteen Internationa
l subsidiaries..
a Reconciled fifty five capital funds including budgeting, researching contracts
, and matching expenditures, and producing financial statements. Reconciled Num
mias new year model capital project which required matching up purchases, expend
itures, and reconciling capital balances
a Participation in the creation of Narratives, Control Matrices, testing and rem
ediation for a SOX-404 .Internal Audit of a $7M client meeting deadlines and rev
iewing and redoing portions of other auditorsa workpapers
a Senior Accounting and Management experience in International Accounting, Fixed
Assets, Equity, General Ledger, Treasury, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable
, Credit/Collections and Human Resources
a Documentation of Oracle 11i computer financial application at Symantec Corp. a
nd QAD at Xtent, Inc.
a SAP, Oracle 11i, Hyperion, QAD, Microsoft Office Suite, Connex Sox-404, People
soft, Visio
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RICHARD MOORE, CPA, Redwood Shores, CA 2009-Present
(CPA firm services offering consulting services for public and private small and
mid-size firms)
ACCOUNTING MANAGER CONSULTANT
a Prepared quarterly and year-end financial statements for clients.
a SOX- 404 internal audits and tax accounting projects.
AVANEX, INC, Fremont, CA 2008 a"2009
($200M public Optical Wavelength Semi-Conductor company acquired by Oclaro, Inc.
in 2009)
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST AUDITOR
Delivered SOX-404 documents which included 159 key controls, and tested Thailand
, China, France and Italy subsidiaries completing 369 tests reducing annual test
ing time by 25%, adding two other financial positions to my responsibilities dur
ing a restructuring period resulting in a reduction of payroll costs by $217,000
.
a Audited Internal Controls over Financial and Computer (IT) reporting
a Delivered SAP Consolidated financial statements reducing cost during a time wh
en the consolidation Analyst position was eliminated
a Researched revenue recognition issues and updated quarterly revenue memos eli
minating all possible violations
a Documented FAS123R Accounting Summary Quarterly ESPP Expense, updated equity m
onthly reducing cost when the Equity Analyst position was eliminated
a Prepared SEC schedules for Restructuring, Equity, Consolidations and Revenue w
hen two Analyst positions were eliminated reducing cost
JEFFERSON WELLS, INTERNATIONAL 2004 a" 2008
SEC/ SOX-404 Internal Audit
Internal Audit/SOX Manager: (2006 a" 2008)
Clients: Nummi, Inc., $200M public Toyota/GM Joint Venture; Xtent, Inc., public
medical device company; Accuray, $140M public medical device company; Sanmina SC
I, $10B public semiconductor company; Hitachi Data Systems, $80B public computer
company; San Disk, $4M public flash memory company.
a Interviewed staff, wrote process narratives and created control matrices for H
itachi Database Systems meeting tight project deadlines contributing to company
savings of $350K
a Identified and documented internal controls, significant processes, accounts,
financial statement assertions and disclosures for all Processes and Sub-process
es
a Prepared narratives, flowcharts, control matrices, identified, prepared test p
lans and tested key controls, trained staff
a Identified design and operating deficiencies and remediated deficiencies
SEC Reporting: (2004 a" 2006)
Clients: Electronic Arts, $3.6B public software company;
Symantec, $1B public software company; Atel Capital Group, $200M public capital
equipment leasing; Babcock & Brown Capital, Ltd., public Fund and Asset Manageme
nt Group with $11B assets under management.
a Restated 10K and 10Q financial statements for Atel Capital Group, $200M capita
l equipment leasing company for a timely review by the external auditors and fil
ing with the SEC.
a Consolidated and reconciled 55 funds for Babcock & Brown Capital, Ltd, in the
business of funding windmill, under water cable, and airplane projects, reducing
costs by eliminating one additional accountant for this project.
a Performed International consolidations and reconciled variances of 15 European
entities for Electronic Arts
a Performed treasury functions for Symantec Corporation and wrote a user-friendl
y Oracle 11i training manual for the performance of the treasury function and tr
ained a staff position, improving the performance of the treasury desk by allowi
ng the staff person chosen for the position to advance quickly in her new job, e
liminating the cost of my consulting fees.

EUPHONIX INC. Palo Alto, CA 1995- 2004

($20M public Software/Hardware digital audio equipment company)
Corporate Controller / Principal Accounting Officer
a Principal Accounting Officer preparing all SEC quarterly and annual reports
a Implemented Revenue Recognition from approving the contract to recognizing rev
enue SAB 101, 104,
SOP 97-2, 98-9, and trained Sales Vice-Presidents
a Prepared the Quarterly Press Release and presented earnings report
a Directed Finance and Human Resources staff , maintained computer system for IT
a Budget Director a" prepared company-wide capital and operating budgets
OTHER SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE
Internal Audit, NUMMI INC.
International Accounting, IBM RATIONAL CORPORATION
Senior Accountant, CITY OF PALO ALTO
EDUCATION
MAC a" Master of Accountancy in progress; Golden Gate University, San Francisco,
 CA
CPA Candidate; Education and Experience completed, Elgible for testing
BA a" Major in Humanities / Minor in Business Finance, San Jose State University
, CA