Daniel Balinski, Cma Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Beverly Hills, California, United States

-Participated in rollover of previous financial system and was responsible for building our current reporting environment with minimal assistance from outside consulting services to ensure low cost impact-Manage consolidated reporting for month-end and monthly forecast from all business units and created reporting packages for executives and parent company-Responsible for system administrative duties for our SAP Analytics Cloud budgeting and reporting system which included ensuring data integrity, managing forecast versions, user security access, and proper integration with SAP accounting platform-Act as the finance business partner for our corporate divisions which included legal, HR, IT, operations, tax, and accounting. This includes cost management with our vendors and landlords, advising on expense processing, and providing detailed reporting and analysis for executives to ensure proper management of each corporate unit.-Provide forecasting figures and analysis for all facilities, travel & entertainment, general & administrative, sublease income, depreciation, and capex costs for the entire company-Collaborated with Operations team to complete an operational effectiveness plan for all accounting and finance functions to assist executives with resource planning and find efficient solutions for system and process hurdles-Assumed responsibilities for finance administration of Concur travel system completing an overhaul of the payment process as well as troubleshooting SAP system integration and user issues-Assisted in updating our Accounts Payable process from transacting over emails to a fully automated ticketing system with proper approval flows

Beverly Hills, Ca

-Prepare reporting for executives in preparation of quarter end earnings, board of director meetings, and investor presentations-Manage a staff of one senior financial analyst and assisted with on-boarding of new team members-Create ad-hoc reporting and analysis to assist executive team in creating narratives and detailed support during earnings and board meeting-Manage capital expenditure project creation process and related reporting-Liaise with divisional leaders and heads of finance to understand each business units needs and reporting processes to increase accuracy and efficiency of corporate consolidated reporting

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Leveraged my corporate finance and accounting experience to create new solutions for clients going through rapid business changes and quickly fill in roles without the need for significant training and on-boarding -Created new accounts receivable process for client that acquired new businesses that changed current company structure-Partnered with accounting team to help provide proper audit support for internal and external audit requests-Managed corporate budgeting process for non-profit client and assisted in updating executive reports-Assisted corporate reporting team with year end consolidated reporting to fill in gaps during period of turnover

Los Angeles, California

- Manage various aspects of the budget and quarterly forecasting processes including revenue, compensation uploads, and the build-up of non-compensation related expenses- Prepare reporting for board presentations as well as ad-hoc analysis for C-level executives- Partner with accounting department to provide detailed variance analysis for budget and prior year variances- Provide monthly reporting for business managers which includes year-to-date and forecasted full year financials as well as detailed breakouts of specific expenses, headcount, open positions, and technology development costs by product- Prepare quarterly reporting for consolidation with majority shareholder as well as updates for minority owners- Assisted in implementing an Oracle financial system as well as the Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) component which is now the primary source of reporting for the company

Greater New York City Area

- Managed various aspects of the budget and quarterly forecasting processes including revenue, compensation uploads, and the build-up of non-compensation related expenses- Prepared reporting for board presentations as well as ad-hoc analysis for C-level executives- Partnered with accounting department to provide detailed variance analysis for budget and prior year variances- Provided monthly reporting for business managers which included year-to-date and forecasted full year financials as well as detailed breakouts of specific expenses, headcount, open positions, and technology development costs by product- Prepared quarterly reporting for consolidation with majority shareholder as well as updates for minority owners- Assisted in implementing an Oracle financial system as well as the Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) component which is now the primary source of reporting for the company

Greater New York City Area

- Work with team to perform operational audits focused on wireless finance and marketing- Collaborate with business units to focus scope around internal controls and business risks- Executed audit tests and noted potential business efficiency opportunities and observations- Assist in developing value-add management action plans- Perform Sarbanes-Oxley testing while assisting external audit partners- Prepared final internal audit reports and presented findings to the business

Greater New York City Area

- Updated key reporting packages to highlight valuable reports and consolidated or deleted less frequently used sections- Supported group with ad-hoc report requests from Essbase database during month end close- Participated in monthly account reconciliation and reporting process to help communicate results with senior management- Created reporting for monthly and quarterly senior executive reviews of trending or variance against goals

Schaumburg, Il

- Built financial models and new credit programs to forecast program cash flows- Oversaw various credit initiatives and worked with appropriate departments - Performed analysis on results of credit initiatives - Provided recommendations and gave feedback on effectiveness and cost benefits of initiatives- Managed indirect agent credit lines and worked with sales teams on agent issues- Worked with customer service departments to see the impact of policy on the customers- Reviewed store and customer service operations to ensure compliance with credit policy

Greater New York City Area

- Responsible for monthly energy reporting including variance analysis and trend reporting for engineering team- Supported ongoing budget and forecast processes to assist with the planning of future capital projects- Prepared monthly accrual and roll forward financials for company energy spending- Worked with Energy Engineering team to create business cases for energy efficient capital projects- Provided building level budget detail for each area to show monthly energy spend

Alpharetta, Ga

- Responsible for monthly HQ Allocations process- Prepared monthly variance analysis for direct phone sales for acquired and retained customers- Prepared monthly account reconciliations for receivable and receivable reserve accounts- Performed reporting and monthly vendor credit entries for receivable accounts and receivable reserve accounts- Monthly entries for intercompany transactions and inventory reclass activity- Sarbanes-Oxley testing on Blackline system controls- Cycle count review of forward distribution center- Prepared a departmental disaster recover plan

Greater New York City Area

- Internal auditing and project management for market acquisitions and divestitures.