Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Strategic and analytical finance professional, with 5+ years of experience in financial reporting, analysis and project management. Background in configuring/managing data analysis, and rapidly adapt to new technologies.
• Provide consistent and timely application support with minimal disruption to current processes and services of our internal customer base as determined by management. • Provide system requirements, priorities, and viable alternatives for enhancements to existing applications. • Coordinate the efforts of IT and departmental staff to locate, assess, install, test, and maintain computer software systems. • Ensure SAP interface files successfully migrate to Catalyst, and Master Data in SAP are in sync and accurate. • Prepare and distribute monthly Concur financial expense analysis reports to Project Managers and Department leaders for multiple business units. • Perform detailed reviews of monthly utility expense activity, including variance analysis, anomaly detection analysis, and processed payment reconciliations. • Perform completion of SAP Role Owners review cycle and compile documented support for Internal Audit. • Perform data analysis, and ad-hoc reporting from multiple financial systems, by modifying financial data for reviewable analyses as needed. • Provides technical training, guidance, and resource support for end users and Departmental staff for newly implemented financial systems and system enhancements. • Clean up and maintain data integrity from all data sources as necessary.
Perform monthly analyses of the Balance Sheet and Income Statement for financially material artist/labels, including variance analysis and develop expectations. Prepare monthly financial expense analysis reports for multiple business units, and provide artist, copyright/publishing, trend, and project forecasting analyses. Perform detailed reviews of monthly sales and expense activity, including variance analysis, anomaly detection analysis, top sellers contract reconciliations, and accrued expense. Update multiple business units' balance sheet and P&L account schedules, and other financial deliverables presented to the CFOs. Perform data analysis, and ad-hoc reporting from multiple financial systems, by modifying financial data for reviewable analyses as needed. Perform Sub-ledger and multiple financial systems reconciliations. Perform end-user testing for new financial systems. Prepare financial working papers for monthly, quarterly, and annually in adhering to Sarbanes-Oxley financial reporting binders for external audits. Create, prepare, and book standard general ledger journal entries (P&L and Balance Sheet Reclasses and Accruals relayed to financial close). Perform detailed reviews of assets and account receivables to determine and update statuses, including bad debt and write-off analyses.
Performed general accounting tasks such as account analysis, schedules, prepared workpapers, set up fixed assets, booked G/L entries, reconciliationed corporate banking accounts, created and presenting Ad Hoc reports requested by Regional Executive of 32 different branches. Provided month-end forecasting for Regional Operating Profits. Generated multiple cost containment/savings reports to maximize company assets, improved profitability and Regional Cash Flow. Developed a Training Guide which corresponded to current corporate policies and procedures, and trained 5 newly promoted Managers. Prepared and conducted internal audits in order to ensure policies, procedures and regulations were in compliance with company and GAAP guidelines.