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Work History

• Spherion
• Audit Analyst
• Febuary 2008 to Present

• • Created SOX audit of invoice pricing and revenue recognition for WHV, following up with Sales Administration and Order Management to ensure integrity of internal controls of financial reporting via daily SOX pricing audits
  • Documenting procedures of various positions for SOX purposes
  • Cash reconciliation and AR support
  • Analyzed damage claims, researched price protection and shipment issues
  • Utilized SAP, Business Objects & VDOE for analyses of above

• Nielsen Entertainment
• Accounts Receivable Supervisor
• April 2006 to November 2007

• • Revenue recognition of invoices, contracts and projects; contract audits and reconciliations
  • Cash reconciliations, billing and collections for three companies – improved collections by 45% for all companies
  • Reconciled customer accounts, audited cash applications, created custom reports on AR as necessary
  • Auditing and monitoring financial statements and budgets for foreign affiliates.

• Disney Corporate Credit and Collections
• Credit and Collections Administrator
• August 2005 to March 2006

• • Reviewing credit reports, bank and trade references, evaluating financial statements to determine creditworthiness of existing and potential customers
  • Collections, reconciliation of customer accounts, resolving claims, negotiating settlements.
  • Monitored delivery of product, damage claims, short shipments and resolved as necessary

• Warner Bros.
• Financial Analyst
• November 1997 to April 2005

• • Auditing of contracts - invoices, windows, license fees, and payments for WB titles shown throughout Domestic Pay TV, Cable and Network markets.
  • Wrote credit policy for department.
  • Internet research on clients (finances, ownership, etc.)
  • Analyzed D&B reports and LexisNexis research to advise on client credit risk.
  • Monthly bad debt analysis detailing status and actions taken on all outstanding amounts, recommendations on actions to take on all accounts.
  • Journal entries to transfer cash and record HBO payments, quarterly bad debt reserve schedules and recommendations.
  • Monthly balancing of cash posted from various companies to cash reports, maintenance and updates of client database.

Education

• Columbia Southern University
• B.S. Business Administration
• 2009 - 2011

• Five courses to completion, GPA 96%

• California State University at Northridge
• B.S., Physics
• 1990 -