Los Angeles, California, United States
Experienced Accounting Manager with a demonstrated history of working in various industries. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Analysis, Collaboration, Communication, and Accounting. Strong finance professional with a Master’s Degree in Accounting from University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business.
• Developed implementation plan to transition AMASS Brands from Quickbooks to Netsuite and managed progress via meetings with internal stakeholders and Netsuite consultants • Coordinated Month-End accrual meetings with various department leads and prepared necessary journal entries • Prepared entries and reconciled over 50 Balance Sheet accounts such as Fixed Assets, ASC 842, Prepaid Insurance, Notes Payable, Line of Credit, Depletions and Incentives, Royalties, Freight and Shipping, Breakage, Software and Web Development, and Intercompany • Managed cash reconciliation for multiple bank accounts on a weekly basis
• Prepared Quarter-End and Year-End consolidated reporting financial packages for the Corporate office, including cashflows and supporting schedules/footnotes. • Responsible for annual audit report/requests, tax packages, quarterly debt covenant reporting requirements, and Government Surveys • Managed implementation of ASC 606 Revenue Recognition and ASC 842 Lease Accounting guidance in collaboration with the Corporate office and Deloitte consultants, including reviewing and maintaining all lease terms within Lease Accelerator and disaggregated revenue • Managed project successfully testing/implementing new Lawson software upgrade for Accounting department • Prepared Month-end journal entries and accruals, reconciliations, and cashflows
• Initiated project with Financial Systems Team to design, test, and validate an Oracle program to automatically calculate complex fee rates, eliminating two-day task of manual calculations and reducing potential for human error • Collaborated with Financial Systems and Engineering Teams to structure and test an Oracle upload program for publisher earnings statement adjustments, consolidating a data entry task from two days down to twenty minutes and effectively maximizing clawback potential from a threshold of $25 down to $0 • Prepared monthly fluctuation analyses, roll-forwards, reconciliations, and journal entries in accounts such as revenue, bad debt, sales tax, and publisher payable • Validated hundreds of client contracts to ensure accurate accounting for fee rates, bad debt, fraud, and recommended true-up calculations for any discoveries • Presented key findings from various reconciliations and analyses in Month-End close meetings with CFO and CAO • Assisted internal audit team with creating proper SOX controls and provided external audit team with support