Résumé

September 2024 — Present

United States

Career Break / Work Authorization & Professional Development

Relocation & Professional Development

• Relocated from China to the U.S. and completed the work authorization process; available to start immediately.
• Upskilled in data and reporting tools — Python and SQL for data cleaning, analysis, and reporting automation — while staying current with accounting knowledge.
• Maintained Excel-based bookkeeping for household spending, including categorised entries, monthly summaries, and variance tracking.
• Built and shipped several working applications, each with a written spec and a phased plan: a multi-bank statement processor in Python, a local-first iOS journal in React Native, and smaller learning tools.

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August 2018 — August 2024

Shanghai, China

General Ledger Advanced Accountant

General Electric

• Led an end-to-end general ledger migration from Oracle CCL to Oracle RACES, working across finance, IT, and project teams on data mapping, validation, and cleansing. Ran UAT to keep workflows aligned as business needs shifted mid-project.
• Integrated renewables wind projects and service contracts into the Oracle project module, making operating expenses, cost drivers, and project-level performance individually visible. Automation here cut cost accrual and revenue recognition processing time by 75%.
• Owned the general ledger for the Australia Wind division — 10+ large-scale onshore wind projects with $200M+ in contract value. Ensured ASC 606 compliance for revenue recognition and accurate cost allocation against operational plans.
• Supported FP&A with monthly forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis reported to management under tight deadlines.
• Moved the close from quarterly to monthly through process redesign, consistently hitting LCD+1 for the project module and LCD+2 for trial balances.
• Maintained 50+ reconciliation accounts with zero unreconciled balances straight through the system transition.
• Designed the technical approach for physical inventory management in the Japan warehouses, including automated reporting for forecasting and cost visibility.

July 2016 — July 2018

Shanghai, China

General Ledger Accountant

General Electric

• Ran general ledger operations across the Mongolia, Thailand, and Vietnam ledgers — monthly closes and quarterly reconciliations, with zero unreconciled balances.
• Partnered with the Bank, AR, AP, Payroll, and Fixed Assets sub-ledger teams on data integrity and US GAAP compliance.
• Supported audits by preparing documentation and turning around auditor queries quickly.
• Built automated Excel templates for financial reporting that shortened the path from data to decision.
• Wrote the SOPs used during work transitions so handovers did not lose institutional knowledge.

September 2012 — June 2016

Guangzhou, China

Sun Yat-Sen University

Bachelor of Economics, Finance · International School of Business & Finance

• GPA 3.9/4.0 — ranked 3rd of 204
• National Scholarship — ranked 1st of 367
• First-Class Scholarship of Sun Yat-Sen University, two consecutive years
• AEON Scholarship — top 1%

September 2014 — February 2015

Taipei, Taiwan

National Taiwan University

Exchange student, Finance · College of Management

• GPA 3.9/4.0
• Xian Weijian Outstanding Undergraduate Overseas Study Scholarship, First Prize