Provide technical accounting revenue guidance for Azure Cloud commercial volume licensing to ensure the accuracy of external reporting. Azure Close Lead - Manage Azure cloud consumption-based revenue recognition and review manual portfolio adjustments such as unbilled, latent and forfeited revenue, SLA credits and system errors to match timing of recognitions to usage. Azure Product Launch Systems Lead- Provide system requirements and revenue timing for Azure offers such as MSFT Fabric, Azure Orbital and Azure OpenAI Services to ensure alignment with ASC606 and internal standards and policies. Ensure that offerings meet finance requirements for system configurations through UAT testing. SOX Compliance Lead - Lead testers and control owners in compliance documentation and testing standards for unearned revenue controls. Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure compliance and timely completion of control documentation.

Perform assistant controller function for the Americas region of a midsize software technology corporation responsible for the general ledger and reconciliation and reporting of financial results, with an emphasis on ASC606 revenue recognition, reporting to regional accounting controller.

Manage ASC606 Revenue transactions and provide guidance on the correct application of revenue recognition standards, including the disaggregation of revenue into appropriate categories. Approve journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations prepared by regional accountants and financial planners for US, Canada, Central and Latin America. Provide monthly analysis of revenue and accounts receivable provisions by customer.Prepare quarterly revenue reports and balance sheet package for stakeholders.

Provided governance to corporate accounting and oversee continual improvement for accounting procedures, processes, and systems that enable the achievement of the organization's vision and goals. Identify opportunities for automation of manual processes using system enhancements or Robotics Process Automation to ensure the best accounting solution is created, implemented and adopted by benchmarking best practices company wide. Conducted process analysis regarding accounting topics such as process review and automation of escheatment accounting and reconciliation, financial statement standardization, payroll process standardization, modeling and improvement. Managed Robotics Process Automation projects such as creating a robotics solution for posting of approx. 5000 intercompany journal entries per period for the Americas region across 9 FTE’s.Instructed end users, accounting and system support on implementation of changes to US tax law treatment regarding deductibility of business meals and entertainment expenses in Concur. Guided decisions regarding appropriate account usage, expense types, and communication of ERP system changes. Integrated collaboration between technical support and accounting regarding software functionality by creating automated balance sheet flux reports in SAP and AR sales reports using HANA reporting tools.Aligned across divisions to create standardized financial statement reporting templates and established thresholds for reporting and auto population of summary tables.

Responsible for managing production cost related to the creation of on air series for Adult Swim, truTV, CNN and HLNReview, calculate and record residual payment for affiliate Time Warner related to Cartoon Network and Adult Swim episode airingInitiate payment approval for production contract milestones such as execution of contract, delivery of script, and delivery of fine cut for 3rd party production companies upwards to $3M through Turner’s automated payment system.Work closely with finance, business affairs and programming to review status of series development to determine timing of accounting transactions as necessary to explain variations from forecast.

Ensure the accuracy of the production expenses for entertainment and news divisions, primarily truTV original and licensed series expense. Track budget related expenses incurred during the creation of a project for truTV, includes development deals, pilots, and series, through contract review and usage of Mesmo database Review, calculate and record truTV programming rights and music license accruals, amortization of annual music license prepayments, intracompany transfer of assets to film management, write offs and estimated final cost adjustmentsReconcile related inventory, asset, and expense accounts such as program rights, music license liabilities and music composers cash accounts.Create payments for music publishing rights to BMI, ASCAP and smaller companies; approx. $4M monthly based on revenue reports and allocated by usage.Prepared expense related accounting schedules for Audit, Compliance & Reporting and TaxAssist senior management on process improvements such as the restructuring of CNN’s music composer fund and accounting treatment of capitalized costs.

Maintained general ledger for multiple regional sales entities in the advertising division of cable broadcasting companyReviewed P&L and balance sheet accounts integrity for 4 regions with estimated revenues of $10MUsed sales reports to create journal entries to book national, regional, and local revenue, adjustments, bad debt, intercompany payments and fees Prepared affiliate payment calculations based on revenue generated per networkPrepared monthly and quarterly balance sheet account reconciliationsPrepared variance analysis of P&L actual versus budget and forecastWorked directly with finance team to create monthly budget expectations based on actual sales activity, contract guaranties and expensesTracked daily close analysis for unexpected fluctuations against forecast for each business entitiesCalculated and reviewed commission payments for 40 account executives and division managersProvided monthly commission package to account executives with explanations