Andy Lancaster Email & Phone Number

Olathe, Ks, Us

Overland Park, Ks

Responsible for management of all aspects of Regulatory Reporting at Sprint. Report inter/intrastate telecommunications revenue for wireless/wireline entities to FCC and state PUCs on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Manage regulatory reporting requirements of Assurance Wireless and LifeLine products. Provide monthly and quarterly USF expense forecasts and variancing to upper management. Report international activity and company regulatory fees to the FCC on an annual basis. Manage all regulatory related audits, liasing with Tax, Regulatory Affairs and Legal departments on an as needed basis. Review and approve monthly account reconciliations. Lead a team of five individual contributors. Utilize Microsoft products daily, with experience in Access. Able to multitask and prioritize as needed. Able to learn new systems and tasks quickly. Excellent data mining capability.

Responsible for the day to day accounting operations of Sprint's 35 offshore wireline entities. Liaised with offshore accounting provider and various Sprint groups in all aspects of accounting: month-end reporting, accounts receivable/payable, general ledger, cash management and tax functions. Led a group of four individual contributors. Assisted with offshore audit requests as needed. Used PeopleSoft to run queries, post journal entries and approve reconciliations. Worked with Tax on indirect tax compliance and Legal & International Regulatory teams on annual surveys and compliance. Also worked with HR on employee related accounting issues and our external auditor on income tax payments and inquiries.

Responsible for the accounting of Sprint-Nextel intangibles, including all definite and indefinite life intangibles and goodwill accounting. Accounted for spectrum swaps, rebanding costs and spectrum costs by type. Responsible for monthly journal entries and processes. Reviewed and approved account reconciliations. Was a main point of contact for intangible issues regarding the Clearwire/WiMax deal. Tracked and reported on consolidated WiMax costs.

Responsible for supervising the Sprint-Nextel corporate allocations group. Responsible for SUMC management fee, Sprint to Nextel cross-charging and other various allocations. Review and approve account reconciliations. Track and report on 4G, cost-to-achieve and integration costs on the Legacy Sprint ledger.

Responsible for supervising the Local Telecom Division (LTD) allocation processes of Overheads and ICAP. Supervised a team of two individuals. Worked with team to update desk procedures in Sarbanes-Oxley compliant formats. Created new reporting tools to clear uncleared overhead dollars on a monthly basis. Reviewed and approved account reconciliations.

Reported interstate telecommunications revenue for GMG/PCS entities to FCC on a quarterly and annual basis. Paid associated USF invoices, approx. $48M per month. Reported, accrued and paid annual FCC regulatory fees for entire company, approximately $17M. Provided monthly and annual GMG/PCS USF expense forecasts to upper management and explained variances. Reported international activity to the FCC on a quarterly basis.

Created new PeopleSoft layouts for monthly financial results, reducing process time. Explained monthly expense variances to upper management. Enhanced utilization, gross margin and customer revenue reports, making them more user friendly. Responsible for the direct expense forecast for the consulting business.

Explained monthly income statement variances to upper management. Used PeopleSoft daily, ran queries, uploaded journal entries, modified report layouts and ran reports. Assisted in the forecasting of departmental budget. Reconciled accounts for multiple business units.

Ensured the integrity and accuracy of the monthly financial statements. Responsible for providing monthly financial analysis of income statements, cost of revenues and operating expenses to management. Provided monthly reports to internal customers. Researched variances, performed detailed balance sheet reconciliations and uploaded journal entries on a weekly basis. Assisted management regarding confidential and highly visible projects.

Processed the payroll function for the publishing division. Entered exception reports and downloaded hours to corporate on a bi-weekly basis. Assisted Human Resources in calculating short-term disability payments. Provided monthly sales and vacation accruals to corporate payroll. Ensured accuracy of the corporate HRIS system and the internal FoxPro Payroll system. Provided monthly reports to several internal customers. Worked as a member of the Y2K contingency planning team.

Provided directory variance analysis reports to executives and product managers as needed. Maintained a cost data base system for use by other departments and helped maintain the current fixed asset system. Distributed several monthly and quarterly reports to various internal customers. Participated on the Sprint Values Excellence BIT.

Masters, Business Administration; An Emphasis In Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting & Finance