Linda Godding - Colorado

Managing Partner

Colorado

Accounting

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Linda Godding
5414 Roma Valley Court
Fort Collins, CO. 80525
Home (970)449-9834 Cell (970) 227-3963
linda_godding@yahoo.com


WORK EXPERIENCE

Lindmar & Associates LLC Present


I work as an Independent Contractor for Biotivia. This company
manufacturer\'s raw materials and botanical extracts for the food, medical
and supplement industries.
Direct fulfillment house to ensure satisfaction to keep customer, retain
sales and satisfy inquiries.
. Expedites delivery to preserve customer loyalty and minimize complaints
. Responsible for announcement pull instructions, selections and approvals
. Plan and manages the process for customer shipments and billing
. Coordinates the printing and lettershop functions with fulfillment
vendors
. Ensures suppliers meet expectations set out in contract including
customer satisfaction and service levels
. Manage supplier financial performance, submits invoices for our client
.Oversee and approve physical inventory and submits to our client
Inventory analysis and Reporting
Will be the liaison between their clearing firm and the freight company.
Work on inventory audits as needed and provide financial reporting and
inventory analysis.
Work with their international customers.
Work on special projects as needed.

California State University, Fullerton
Director, Budget and Finance

Fullerton, CA
2004-2008

Preeminent four-year university offering undergraduate and graduate
programs with comprehensive research, teaching, and professional studies
programs. Manage finance and budgetary departments, information technology
team, and PeopleSoft conversion.

Responsible for financial and budget reports as needed by the University
and Extended Education. Provide cost analysis for the various courses
offered.

Develop organization-wide and administrative unit budgets based on
organizational goals and objectives in adherence to the University goals.

Responsible for admission and administration of international exchange
students. Responsible for organizing the educational programs, tours ,
lodging and airfare for the international students. Also, assisted our
students that were interested in the international programs.

Assist the Dean of Extended Education in managing complex projects that
will benefit the University.

Maintain the campus sections of the General Ledger, the official book of
accounts, and other required University and Auxiliary Organization
accounting records. This includes assigning account numbers, processing
budgetary, financial, and lien entries to properly reflect the transactions
of the University funds, directing the subsidiary ledger records maintained
outside of the accounting office be reconciled to control accounts, and
closing the General Ledger at fiscal year end.

Monitor all financial transactions to ensure compliance with CSU,
University and campus policies and procedures/regulations; adhere to the
terms and conditions prescribed by external funding sources, and with
generally accepted accounting principles

Reconcile the bank accounts; and maintain appropriate internal control.

Provide to management a meaningful interpretation and analysis of actual
financial performance, developing sound projections for financial success
including pricing strategies and competitive analysis.

Supervise accounting, financial service, and budgeting and information
technology staff. Inform the Dean of any departmental concerns and provide
a recommendation for the resolution of the issue.

Responsible for responding to issues and concerns related to the services
provided by the University of Extended Education. Provide recommendations
to the University Committee on improvements to the services provided by
various departments.

Responsible for the development of technological innovations and other
strategies toward the improvement of services and efficiency.

Work closely with the Information Technology with the primary
responsibility of transitioning the present financial systems to the
PeopleSoft system.

Primary responsibility in upgrading the Extended Education financial
systems to a University acceptable system.

Direct, oversee and coordinate the internal and external audits.

Oversee the development and management of grants and contracts with
numerous organizations. Requires close work with the appropriate university
and CSUF Foundation administrative units.

Responsible for establishing and implementing policies and procedures.
Review of policies and procedures with the University Committee.

Represent Cal State Fullerton and Extended Education in various ad hoc
committees.

Represent the University of Extended Education in interfacing with
appropriate University and CSU administrative and budgetary units.

Schering-Plough
Finance/Logistics Manager
Foothill Ranch, CA
2002-2004

International Pharmaceuticals Company with $10.2 billion in annual sales.
Manage financials for major brand names that include Claritin, Coppertone,
Dr. Scholl\'s, Tinactin.

Work cross-functionally with executives in every department to support the
development of the business.

Provide internal support to field sales. Direct financial and logistics
support to the sales team and the corporate finance department. Manage
spending targets and promotional budgets.

Create annual budgets, direct and implement the allocation of budgets to
various departments. Provide a current cross-functional analysis of
financial trends for markets, customers, and competitors as needed by
executive management and the sales team.

Responsible for financial reporting, forecasting and analysis. Direct the
monthly accruals and administer the authorization of promotional
activities.

Reporting of Key Indicators to management.

Developed financial models to assist in the monthly forecasting.

Provide monthly and quarterly sales targets by account to corporate
headquarters. Direct operational activities related to seasonal or new
product launches.

Assist in the reporting of the commission plan and oversee changes to the
commission structure. Manage the departmental budget, including T&E, fixed
and variable expenses, and variance analysis. Report spending targets
against the plan.

Analysis of Point of Sales data for major accounts. Support the Logistic
Manager in the financial forecast and analysis of our sales and returns
volume.

Evaluation of store performance. Working with Senior Management on
implementing an action plan to improve financial and operational processes.


Preparation of management presentations and presentation of annual business
reviews.

Responsible for the University call center that included 20 staff members.
The calls where primarily registration and questions on classes.


Canon USA
Costa Mesa, CA
Budget and Finance Manager II
2000 - 2002

Finance Planning Manager
1998 - 2000

Senior Finance/Budget Analyst
1996 - 1998

International electronics manufacturer with $1.2 billion in annual sales.
Managed financials for digital cameras, faxes, printers, scanners and ink
cartridges.

Managed budgets and forecasting functions, and supported various
departments.

Oversaw the creation and distribution of the annual budget. Managed all
updates and modifications to the budget. Integrated all financial plans and
reports, both internally and to parent company, Canon Inc. Responsible for
the reporting of accurate forecasts and adherence to company plans and
goals.

Provided current sales analyses of financial trends in markets, customers,
and competitors as needed by executive management and sales team.

Led cross-department teams to develop detailed forecasts and policy
modifications involving significant contact with internal executive
management.

Managed the creation, functional development and implementation of a new
software system solutions for forecasting and reporting. Managed functional
development and implementation of the new software system solutions for
accounting and sales.

Responsible for general ledger accuracy and interfaces, internal reporting,
and audit management. Managed data collection into PeopleSoft general
ledger accounting system. Verified accuracy and reliability of data from
interfaced systems. Reported financial results to internal management and
other Canon entities and assisted in research, reconciliation, planning and
evaluation of results.


Successfully created a market development and co-op tracking and reporting
system as a Project Manager, while working closely with IT and sales in the
on-going development of the system; supervised resolution, enhancement, and
training for the system.

EDUCATION

Pepperdine University
Masters in Business Administration, Finance emphasis
Irvine, CA
Graduated 2001


University Complutense of Madrid
Masters in Business Management
Madrid, Spain
Graduated 1992
University Vasco De Qurioga
Bachelors in Business Administration
Morelia, Mexico
Graduated 1990


SEMINARS


|Oxford University |Global Enterprise Management |
|Oxford England |Completed 2000 |
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|Antwerp University |\"Global Enterprise Management: |
| |Business in the European Union\" |
|Antwerp, Belgium |Completed 2001 |
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|Project Management Institute | |
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|Project Management and Control | |
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Languages: Fluent in Spanish