Ying Tao

About Ying Tao

CPA, MSA - Finance and Accounting Professional with over 15+years of experience in…

Experience

1. Sr Manager, Accounting

   Shield AI

   Dec 2021 — Present

   Lead the accounting/operation team comprised of 4 team members covering cash management, payroll, tax and purchase requisition; recruit, coach and develop a team of accounting professionals in alignment with organization strategies and values - In charge of Cash Management/Treasury activities and related accounting & reporting - Oversee Payroll services and related accounting & reporting - Manage taxes and related accounting including but not limited to Corp income taxes, payroll tax, sales and use tax, property tax, franchise tax, and UAE Corp tax, etc; and work with outside tax consultants (BDO) to ensure tax compliance - Manage lease accounting and reporting of ASC 842 leases - Manage debt financing and related accounting - Manage contingent liabilities resulting from acquisition - Drive intercompany efficiency and establish process & elimination rule; ensured the intercompany balances fully eliminated on various level of the consolidations - Heavily involve in AP process and related accounting - Provide accounting coding guidance to AP/AR and General Ledger teams; and in charge of purchase requisition process/approval - Provide accounting guidance for business operations - Involve in preparation of monthly and quarterly financial result package to the senior management - In charge of the employee company credit card application process - Involve in drafting the accounting operation policy and documentation - Support annual audit and directly work with external auditor - Led the ERP system conversion and implementation (from NetSuite to CostPoint)- Led the implementation of accounting close platform FloQast - Led and managed the AP, fixed asset, prepaid, stock based compensation and expense report - Led and implemented the company credit card program with SVB

Education

• San Diego State University

  Master’s Degree, Accounting, Emphasis on Auditing

  2002 — 2004

Skills

• Financial Reporting
• Account Reconciliation
• Internal Audit
• Technical Accounting Research
• Internal Controls
• Auditing
• Statutory Audit
• Accounting
• Variance Analysis
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Consolidation
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Accounting
• Analysis
• Management
• Process Improvement
• General Ledger
• Sec Filings
• Financial Statements
• Financial Analysis
• Finance
• Statutory Accounting
• Revenue Recognition