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Cypress, Ca, Us

Cypress, Ca, Us

Burbank, California, Us

Burbank, California, Us

About Loop Media, Inc.Loop Media, Inc. (“Loop Media”) is a leading multichannel streaming platform that provides curated music video and branded entertainment channels for businesses. Through its proprietary “Loop Player” for businesses, Loop Media is a leading company in the U.S. licensed to stream music videos directly to venues out-of-home (“OOH”).Loop Media’s digital video content reaches millions of consumers in OOH locations including bars/restaurants, office buildings, retail businesses, college campuses, airports and on free ad-supported TV platforms like Roku, and at local gas stations on GSTV terminals in the United States.Loop is fueled by one of the largest and most important libraries that includes music videos, movie trailers and live performances. Loop Media’s non-music channels cover a multitude of genres and moods and include movie trailers, sports highlights, lifestyle and travel videos, viral videos and more. Loop Media’s streaming services generate revenue from advertising, sponsorships, integrated marketing and branded content from free-ad-supported-television (“FAST”) and from subscription offerings.To learn more about Loop Media products and applications, please visit us online at Loop.tvFollow us on social:Instagram: @loopforbusiness Twitter: @loopforbusiness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/looptv/

Long Beach, Ca, Us

- Interim Corporate Controller- Oracle EPM Cloud Implementation Lead- ASC 842 Lease Accounting Implementation- ASC 606 Revenue Recognition- ASC 805 Business Combinations- Mergers & Acquisitions- Purchase Price Accounting- Debt refinancing and accounting thereof- Treasury and Cash Flow management- Lender Reporting including covenant calculations, EBITDA reconciliation and lender presentations - Discontinued operation, entity carve-out, consolidations, and equity shareholder reporting- Preparation of monthly financials including: balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow- Audit Liaison with external auditors including compilation of PBC requests and writing the notes of financial statements. - Training and management of accounting and finance personnel

Los Angeles, California, Us

Entrepreneur | Founded CLA with minimal capital contribution. With my business background, I was responsible for setting up all of the city, state and federal tax and licensing requirements, banking, and payroll. I also set up the accounting software (QuickBooks) to properly track revenues and expenditures. Accounting & Finance | Responsible for all monthly, quarterly and annual accounting and reporting. Including: reconciliation of all accounts, preparation of tax returns, compiling annual budgets and reconciling with actuals. Human Resources | Created the Employee Handbook and all related policies and procedures, review resumes to ensure compliance with minimum requirements, create offer letters, process weekly payroll and deposit monthly, quarterly and annual payroll taxes. Arrange business and workers compensation insurance. Information Technology | Set up servers and backup systems, manage all system software.Operations | Created and continuously manage the Operations Manual including writing and implementing of policies and procedures. Write the business plan and revise the short and long term planning goals. Conduct an annual “all-hands” meeting to communicate these goals to all staff and faculty.Marketing & Advertisement | Manage the company website, hired international sales reps to increase our presence worldwide, manage agent agreements, commissions, marketing materials and attend recruitment fairs worldwide.Commercial Lease negotiation | Negotiate lease space and expand as necessaryNational Accreditation | Managed ACCET accreditation process including writing of the 800-page detailed documentation, compiling exhibits and working with the accreditation board to become the youngest school in ACCET history to be approved. We received authorization by USCIS to issue I-20s for student visas.San Diego Expansion | With the success of our Los Angeles operation, I lead in the expansion of our second location in San Diego, California.

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Director of Finance - Mar 2011 - Jun 2015- Promoted to Director of Finance to oversee all aspects of finance including cash flow management, annual, quarterly and monthly budgeting and reconciling budgets vs actual, client profitability maintenance and communication with the account directors of each client segment in order to increase profitability.-Monthly reporting to CFO and COO and recommendations on increasing revenues and decreasing expenses in order to increase profitability. Helped increase profitability by 50% based on recommendations that I made.Interim CFO - Sept 2011 - Nov 2011- In September of 2011, The CFO of our company parted ways. I have been unofficially promoted to interim CFO as the search for our new CFO continues.- I am expected to run and maintain the finance department and help make business impacting decisions.Corporate Controller - Apr 2010 - March 2011-Promoted to Controller in early April after only 3 months with the company due to my high attention to detail. -Responsible for month end close process which includes:Month end journal entries,reconciliations of all general accounts (including cash, accounts reciavable, accounts payable, accruals, intercompany, fixed assets, prepaids, revenue and expenses, month end reporting including balance sheet, income statement, budget vs actual, revenue by client, p&l by client, hours reporting, variance analysis, fte reporting, liquidity analysisReport directly to CFOManage a 9 person finance and accounting team.Financial Planning & Analysis Manager - Jan 2010 - Apr 2010- Responsible for all aspects of financial reporting including budget vs actual reconciliation, balance sheet & liquidity analysis, profit by client, segment, and division, and variance analysis.- Compiled monthly financial reporting binders and presented them to the CFO. Detail knowledge of each gl line item was crucial as I was expected to know answers to all of her questions on the spot.

•Adaptability| Due to the nature of the consulting industry, I had to quickly adjust to new clients, different software programs, changing management styles and new tasks.•Clientele | Served clients in the technology industry around the Silicon Valley from Mountain View to San Francisco with various consulting projects. •Initial Public Offering S-1 for Fluidigm | Responsibilities include: preparation of the S-1 document, conversion of equity shares to account for reverse stock split, be a liaison between the company and the auditors, act as the first defense for changes to be made to the document, preparation of the S-1 tie-out binder and supporting schedules, and presentation to the corporate controller and account manager on the final document to be submitted to the SEC.•Integration of newly acquired company for Symyx | Responsible for integrating Integrity Bio Solutions, a small Bio-Tech company, into the parent company Symyx, worked directly with the Corporate Controller and Revenue Manager to research accounting guidance and recognize revenue of the newly acquired company accordingly, prepared a detailed waterfall schedule to forecast revenues until 2010, worked with the Account Manager and CFO of the acquired company and helped ease the acquisition process. •Revenue Recognition Contract Review for Symyx,| Performed revenue recognition review procedures in accordance with accounting guidance under SOP 97-2 and 81-1, teamed with the revenue manager to prepare post-deal accounting summaries to be reviewed by the auditors until a permanent account manager was hired.•FAS 123R for Free-Flow Packaging| Accounted for Employee Share Based Payments under the guidance of FAS 123R including preparing a formal implementation memo, calculating the following key assumptions: expected term, expected volatility, and risk free interest rate, and calculating SFAS 123R Stock Compensation Expense and the related journal entry to record the transaction.

Santa Clara, California, Us

•Responsible for performing revenue recognition review procedures in accordance with accounting guidance under SOP 97-2 and 98-9, teamed with sales for pre-sales deal review as well as post-deal accounting review, processed and recorded any necessary accounting adjustments directly in Oracle.•Prepared deferred revenue balance sheet account reconciliations, prepared and posted journal entries for revenue accounts, prepared and reviewed in-depth analysis of accounting treatment based on specific deal attributes, and tested SOX controls.•Teamed with FP&A, Sales, and other departments to assist with forecasting, statistics, and revenue-related reporting. Tested and assisted in preparing VSOE analyses and stated renewal rate compliance. •Prepared and presented revenue recognition training to Sales Contollers and other departments regularly. Helped prepare a playbook of software revenue recognition scenarios and proper accounting treatment to be considered in contract negotiation.

London, Gb

•Responsible for all aspects of corporate audits from planning to execution, including budgets, scope determination, international coordination, researching technical accounting issues, financial reporting, managing multiple staff members on concurrent engagements, and serving as a key client liaison for client relations and internal communication.•Analyzed and reviewed information supporting financial statements and disclosures (Form 10-Q, 10-K, and S-1) and ensured compliance with GAAP.•Designed and executed audit procedures for significant accounts with emphasis on revenue and revenue-related accounts.•Prepared and reviewed business processes, flowcharts and test plans for major multi-national public clients for compliance with SOX.•Served clients in the Technology industry (Semi-Conductor, Software, and Hardware sectors).• Lead senior on the UC Santa Cruz recruiting team, Member of the EY San Jose Office recruiting team, New Hire & Global Exchange Program peer advisor.

Msa, Accounting

Ba, Business Management And Economics

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