John Herndon
Interim Financial Controller at Private Equity owned $3B company for design and production of heavy-duty transit equipment
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolJohn Herndon is an accomplished finance and technical accounting leader with over two decades of experience implementing complex US GAAP and IFRS standards across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, with deep expertise in ASC 606/IFRS 15, ASC 326 and ASC 340. He has driven material tax and accounting savings—including multi-million euro deferred tax recoveries—and led IPO preparation, SEC filings and cross-border M&A diligence for both public and PE-backed companies. Fluent in English, French and Japanese, he combines hands-on ERP implementation skills (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle) with practical automation and integration work (APIs, Boomi, InsightSoftware) to shorten close cycles and tighten controls. Known for troubleshooting thorny inventory, FX and transfer-pricing issues, he has uncovered fraud and corrected multi-million-dollar valuation errors while building scalable close and reporting playbooks. He also teaches graduate accounting ethics and has a curious side interest in automation and machine learning visible through his GitHub bio, reflecting a blend of technical curiosity and rigorous financial stewardship.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science Accounting and Finance, Bachelors of Science Accounting and Finance at California State University - East BayMasters Degree Accounting and International Business, Masters Degree Accounting and International Business at Ellis University
English, French, Japanese
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Github Skills (6)
ansi9
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retrocomputing9
telnet9
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BitSavage/demoscene_javascript
Dec 2013 - Oct 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 2 pushes in 3 years 10 months
BitSavage/bulkpinner
Sep 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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