Ana Perez Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

A leader in the Technology Advisory practice, responsible for developing and delivering solutions for clients across various industries and domains to implement new methodologies, tools and processes. Manage and develop client relationships. Collaborate with Account teams on business development efforts. Responsible for providing support, guidance, growth and development for Senior Consultants. Project & Client Experience:Solution Owner - Cloud Migration from an on prem datacenter to AWS Cloud. Lead an engineering team of 5 and a Technical Writer to support migration of over 1200 servers, manage communication across 60+ teams to complete discovery, infrastructure planning, migration and decommission of the servers. Royalties Subject Matter Expert - Implementation of a royalties and revenue share (R&R) accounting system that would automate the royalty expense calculation and statement reporting processes. Assisted in developing the future state business processes and documentation including business process flows and Confluence pages to support the future operations, training and onboarding of R&R Accounting staff.Solution Owner - Cloud Strategy and Business Case for a major sports media company. Lead a team of 3 including a Solution Architect and Business Analyst to complete an application assessment and rationalization, total cost of ownership analysis to complete the cloud strategy and business case for the IT department to secure C-suite support.Solution Owner - Transformation of Global Program Management for a major entertainment studio. Assisted with the implementation of a unified planning process, and integrated reporting tool with technology enablement via Smartsheet tools including Dashboards, WorkApps and Data Shuttle. Volunteer ActivitiesCo-Lead for LA Slalom Women ERGCo-Lead for Unidos LA, Latino employee ERG & Latinas Unidas sub-committeeTechnology Advisory Learning & Development ChampionMentor Method - Mentor

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

As a Consulting Manager I am responsible for managing projects, resources and clients in the Communications, Media and Technology (CMT) industry. I assist clients in the area of project management, business analysis, system implementation, change management and organizational leadership. I supervise and manage performance for a group of staff and assist with the overall operations and development of the CMT business consulting practice.Project Experience:-Implementation of Salesforce for Workflow Management for the Participations & Residuals Business functions-Workflow Management Orchestration Discovery for the Participations & Residuals Business functions- Residuals System custom build for a major entertainment studio and data conversion from legacy system. -Record Maestro Application Implementation for Soundtrack Music Royalties for a major entertainment studio. -MS Dynamics Navision ERP System Upgrade from 2009 to 2015 Version at a major entertainment studio.-MS Dynamics AX ERP System Audit of General Ledger Posting, Implementation Automated Bank Reconciliation Process, and Automated Electronic Payment Processing for a major talent agency-Leadership Development & Management Training Program for new and mid-level management at a major entertainment organization-Performance Management Process Implementation for major entertainment organization*North America Leader for Rights and Royalties Center of Excellence - Develop Go-To-Market Strategy, Thought Leadership and Knowledge Sharing *Co-Chair, So. California Executive Council, Cognizant Women Empowered (WE) - WE is a key diversity program, that aims to attract, develop and promote qualified female employees.*Onboarding Squad Leader - develop and manage onboarding program and activities for interns and new hires.Rewards & Recognition: GEM Award: Going the Extra Mile (4th Qtr 2016)

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Volunteer Non-Profit Organization

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Streamlined accounting processes for non-profit organization implementing Quickbooks Online and reconciling all historical transactions for proper designation to financial statements. Implemented eCommerce faciliating electronic transaction processing via WebSite. Negotiated merchant fees and managed all bank relationships. Managed all financial business for the organization.

Accountable for strategic planning, development and leadership of the entire participations function as well as day-to-day operations management of the company’s external reporting to film producers and third party distributors. System Administrator and project manager for Alliant Royalty & Participations System to automate manual business processes. Recruited, developed and managed a team of entertainment accounting and finance professionals including managers, independent contractors and other support staff.-Managed the conversion of over 2000 contracts with a catalog of over 3000 titles from a manual process and streamlined procedures that significantly improved efficiency while reducing costs.-Championed installation of leading edge participations systems technology resolving long-standing inaccuracies in external reporting, risks to litigations and created an infrastructure to support corporate growth.-Streamlined operations and business processes that decreased salary expense by over $250,000 annually.-Reduced month end close process from 3 weeks to 5 days facilitating a more efficient work environment.-Developed and documented new business process with solid internal controls to meet SOX 404 requirements.-Instrumental in developing interface models to properly merge financial data from new third party distributors and acquired new companies.

Miami, Florida, Us

Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations management of royalty accounting and reporting to artist and music publishers for 5 record labels. Project liaison for royalty system conversion from legacy system to Counterpoint.

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Glendale, California, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Formerly "American Association of Hispanic CPA's"