Brooklyn, New York, United States
Experienced Owner with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry. Skilled in Sales, Management, Social Media, Auditing, and Finance. Strong business development professional graduated from College of Staten Island.
- Industry exposure includes, domestic food service corporation, national technology services provider, onshore/offshore IT Staff Augmentation and Consulting Services in the Areas of Data Warehousing, Web Development, Infrastructure Management, domestic ambulatory and specialized transportation companies, medical and corporation 401K retirement fund audits. - Prepare drafts and review financial statements, footnote disclosures, partnership agreements, partnership allocations and performance appraisals, including accounting policy and regulatory footnote disclosures of compilations, reviews and audits in a time sensitive environment. - Assist in tax preparation of partnership, corporate, and multi-state returns. - Responsible for coordination (budgets), management (staff), administration and performance of year end audits and business advisory engagements. - Review daily booking activity of varying clientele business fields. - Evaluate internal control structure and interact with all levels of client management. - Identify performance risks and worked with client management to find solutions for those risks. - Maintained daily relations with board of directors, CFO’s, bookkeepers, and legal representation regarding client activity and business related issues.
- Event planning with strong emphasis on budgeting/forecasting of expense related activities regarding requisitions of venues, liquor sponsors, advertising, model payroll, and various other expenses. - Talent placement for all varieties of model focus (FIT, Runway, Promo, Ad Campaigns, acting roles, co-host opportunities, music videos, etc.). - Fostering relationships with major PR firms and engaging in multi-platform projects - Maintenance of company contacts and nurturing the growth of new prospective clients through due diligence of company policies, while delivering desired level of output requested per client on a timely basis. - Management of company photographer and model schedules. - Preparation and execution of guest speaking engagements.
- Prepare drafts and review financial statements, footnote disclosures, partnership agreements, partnership allocations and performance appraisals, including accounting policy and regulatory footnote disclosures in a time sensitive environment. - Industry exposure includes domestic country clubs, offshore entertainment/media companies, domestic construction corporations, medical and corporation 401K retirement fund audits, major food chain inventory tests as well as year-end audit. - Responsible for coordination (budgets), management (staff), administration and performance of year end audits and business advisory engagements. - Review daily booking activity of varying clientele business fields. - Evaluate internal control structure and interact with all levels of client management. - Identify performance risks and worked with client management to find solutions for those risks. - Maintained daily relations with brokerage houses, CFO’s, bookkeepers, and legal representation regarding client activity and business related issues.
- Prepare drafts and review financial statements, footnote disclosures, partnership agreements, partnership allocations and performance appraisals, including accounting policy and regulatory footnote disclosures in a time sensitive environment. - Responsible for coordination, management, administration and performance of annual year-end audits. - Preparation of form 1120 corporation, “S” corporation, 1065 partnership & K-1, 1040/1040-EZ personal and 1041 fiduciary tax returns. - Manage daily booking activity of varying clientele business fields. - Evaluate internal control structure and interact with all levels of client management. - Identify performance risks and worked with client management to find solutions for those risks. - Analyze purchases and sales of all private client transactions. - Supervise and conduct audit of religious institution.
- Industry exposure includes commodity Pool Operator (CFTC and NFA regulations), domestic and offshore collateralized debt obligation funds, domestic and offshore hedge funds, master-feeder offshore hedge fund, private equity funds, ship leasing entity responsible for transport to major petroleum companies (heavy emphasis on FIN 46, FAS 13 and 157), and broker dealer. Primary Focus on Public entities (quarterly 10-Q’s, annual 20-F’s and 10-K’s). - Responsible for coordination (budgets), management (staff), administration and performance of audits and business advisory engagements services for the financial service industry, specifically annual year-end audits. - Performed Sarbanes-Oxley 404 internal control testing of Accounting Policy and Futures/ Options obligations, and SAS 70 testing (Citigroup) amongst other smaller clients. - Product exposure includes OTC derivatives (i.e., equity swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, credit default swaps, repurchase/ reverse repurchase agreements, options, futures, forwards, structured notes and short sales), corporate debt, equities, and pipes.Off-season specialized projects included broker dealer analysis of Haircuts and Focus report review. - Acted as the downtown office representative of the Senior Associate Advisory Committee (SAAC) which is a wellness (work/life balance) group designed to aid other seniors and associates in their career paths at Grant Thornton LLP as well as serving as a device for review, research, public speaking, and group projects.