• Gathered, compiled and prepared year end auditing schedules and acted as liason with internal & external auditors.• Managed WIP reporting and revenue recognition, payroll, leases, capital expenditures, cash flow management and project profit forecasting.• Prepared networks milestone billings and inter-company bill-backs, reconciled show’s cash flows; worked closely with Production Accountants to facilitate end of month process and financial reports preparation• Managed month-end close process and preparation of accurate financial information including variance reports and financial statements• Prepared and monitored budgets and forecasts• Ensured compliance with local, state and federal reporting requirements.• Monitored payment of property, sales and income taxes • Prepared Financial Statement’s footnotes; made recommendations for streamlining accounting processes, policies and internal controls.• Improved accounting processes and month end closing by effectively motivating and training accounting staff.

Serves as a key senior financial executive responsible for the execution of strategic financial functions that drive organizational fiscal health and transparency. - Improved accounting processes and improved month end closing by effectively motivating and training accounting staff. - Ensured the organization achieved positive annual audits by preparing all required data. - Oversaw the execution of payroll, billings, capital expenditures, leases and budget preparation.- Contributed to the seamless acquisition and financial integration into a media conglomerate.

Led executive level finance functions that provided insight for company leadership on organizational financial performance for a broadcasting group of seventeen radio stations in addition managed day to day operations of one radio station’s accounting department.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:- Drove financial excellence throughout the organization by training and cross-training accounting staff on company policies, procedures and best practices. - Successfully prepared covenant, EBITDA and KPI reports and dashboards for company leadership. - Improved annual budget adherence and execution by revamping the annual budget preparation process in collaboration with department heads. - Achieved positive audits by partnering with independent auditors preparing Fls footnotes and schedules, weekly cash flows and monthly cash forecast. - Increased the accuracy of financial presentations by restructuring internal controls and implementing uniform internal quarterly financial statement back-up schedules for all markets. - Saved the company money by identifying discrepancies in retirement fund payments and reporting to the AFTRA (Talent’s union).- Effectively managed audit programs and schedules, capital expenditures, depreciation schedules, A/R reports, Collections, monthly bank reconciliations, and sales commissions. - Maintained a strong compliance record with local, state and federal regulato

Ensured accurate financial statements and contributed to the high sales performance by analyzing revenues, costs, expense and taxes for the parent company and six affiliates. - Presented executives with financial trends and accurate forecasts. - Served as a trusted advisor regarding how the company should invest in short and long-term opportunities. - Increased account collection by 30% by implementing new high bad debt collection strategies.- Improved financial reporting accuracy by 35% by restructuring internal controls and policies to manage inventory and financial analysis. - Helped the company reduce the amount of audit adjustments and New York State Sales tax reporting penalties.- Strengthened how the company managed inventory records. - Played an integral role in the recruiting, hiring and retention of company employees by managing the HR department and administration of employee benefits. - Accurately monitored A/R and Collections. -Facilitated management decision making process by streamlining budget reports and implementing periodic account analysis.