Primary on-site financial manager for company’s live entertainment show of 300 employees and their families while on tour throughout the USA via the Ringling Bros. Circus Train.• Reviewed and validated box office statements and complimentary ticket usage for each engagement to insure accuracy, and prevent fraud.• Prepared preliminary “pre-settlements” for engagements, covering contractual provisions, contractual issues, and anticipated costs. Collaborated with promoter on resolving any contractual or non-contractual financial issues to ensure all parties adhered to Feld / venue contracts, saving the company 1000’s of dollars per year.• Conducted final settlements for venues (ranging from $300K to $5M per engagement) and prepared post engagement reports to determine profitability of engagement and better prepare for other events.• Managed full accounting of all local expenses, taxes, petty cash, disbursement checks, performer fees, etc. for the show by maintaining accurate bookkeeping.• Assisted in the creation of yearly budgets for both show overhead and local engagement costs which supported the company in achieving their cost cutting goals.• Gained working knowledge of the Feld / venue contracts, Teamster Union Contract, Performer Contracts which greatly reduced or eliminated errors in settlements and payroll.• Supervised “Paymaster Employee” who was responsible for payroll, Workman’s Comp, new hires, monitoring visa / passport statuses, and cash payments, totaling up to $50K per week.• Oversaw auditing of profit and loss for 2 on-site restaurants and raised bookkeeping efficiencies and theft awareness within department.• Designed and implemented a training program for new Tour Business Managers which resulted in 80% being trained on actual show and enabled successful knowledge transfer in real time within a shorter period of time (4 – 6 weeks). Training included conflict resolution, support resources and progress tracking for management.

Primary on-site financial manager for live entertainment shows of 100 employees while on tour in the USA, MX and Canada.• Oversaw ticket issuance and reviewed box office statements to ensure proper handling processes and identify potential fraud. Collaborated with promoters on contractual provisions and financial issues, preparing “pre-settlements” that highlighted all areas of engagements and pinpointed cost saving items.• Conducted final settlements in both local and US currency with applicable taxes to accurately account for international engagements (ex. “PST” and “GST”).• Oversaw staffing and local labor figures and costs, ensuring contractual agreements were upheld while keeping expenses under control.• Managed all show related expenses, petty cash, checks and contractual payments for accurate financial reporting.• Created annual budgets for overhead and engagement costs that assisted company to find cost cutting measures.• Audited payroll for 60 employees on a weekly basis to identify discrepancies and reduce errors and cost to the company.• Gained working knowledge for all contract related issues, including domestic union (I.A.T.S.E.) and performer contracts, as well as international facilitator and box office contracts, preventing costly errors on settlements, payroll and international taxes.

After 4 months, promoted to process weekly payroll for domestic and international Ice Shows and Siegfried & Roy utilizing Lawson Software System.• Prepared monthly reports and maintained union dues for I.A.T.S.E. members and circus musicians for accurate financial records.• Created and maintained special project spreadsheets for various tasks that were used by management for improved decision making.• Calculated weekly foreign withholding and end of year summaries for a concise report for tax accountants.• Created consistency between the Ice Shows on the reporting of payroll to the corporate headquarters.

Assisted Payroll Manager with administrative support.• Composed letters for tax returns on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.• Prepared and maintained vacation and sick balances for 500 staff positions within the company.• Generated reports using Lawson Software System that were labor saving to other departments and provided isolated information required to efficiently get tasks done.