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Hong has more than 10 years of experience providing professional services to both public and private multinational companies.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Huron, Hong was a corporate accounting manager at IBM. Previously, he was a vice president of finance at LNL Technologies, a MIT start-up. Before that, Hong was in consulting and audit practice at both KPMG and Arthur Andersen.
Representative examples of Hong's engagement experience include:
Assessed and interpreted ramification of EITF 00-21 guidance and implemented process deployment and review the compliance of the standard in Asia Pacific geography. Educated region CFOs and planning team as a participant of Worldwide EITF 00-21 Project Office.
Managed Sarbane-Oxley control review process for Asia Pacific headquarter and helped resolve any key control issues in geography. Performed peer review and process re-engineering in Regional Accounting Centers.
Managed dissolution of a joint venture and segment divesture project by formulating exit strategy and perform transition to acquirer.
Helped a start-up raise $7.2M equity funding from renowned angel investors and managed investor relations.
Implemented overall cost reduction strategy and saved the company over $600,000 by obtaining vendor financing, vendor consolidation, and government subsidies and grants.
Assisted a multinational company migrate legacy general ledger system to new web-based general ledger system and develop new corporate structure and business processes.
Provided guidance and assistance to a German bank in New York Stock Exchange listing project. Guidance and assistance activities included review of current International Accounting Standards (IAS) financial statements and perform conversion to US GAAP format and ensure the integrity and completeness of statement of cash flow and disclosure.
Planned and established business requirement and user acceptance testing of performance measurement system for a wealth management firm applying Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR) Performance Presentation standards.
Completed annual financial statement audits and review of related SEC filings. Reviewed reporting requirements of the state and federal regulators.
Planned, supervised and managed all phases of audit engagements, including performing risk analyses, preparing audit programs, budgets, supervising staff and interacting with internal audit departments.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Boston University School of Management
Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts Board of Accountancy
Professional Associations
Member, Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants
Fellow Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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