Elyse Raimo Email & Phone Number

I work in overseeing the financial aspects of creating a book from beginning to end.-Calculating quarterly royalties and residuals for over 500 IPs of licensed, Boom owned and foreign titles. To include companies such as Disney, Cartoon Network, Hasbro, Jim Henson and WWE.-Understanding large corporate contracts for all IPs and implicating complex terms into forecasting, purchasing and reporting.-Handing weekly bill pay for hundreds of independent contractors as well as opex, T&E and inventory purchasing while managing cash flow and bank balances.-Weekly cross team collaboration to project the potential profit margin of a book over a 12-18 month period considering marketing, sales, editorial, operations and financial impacts.-Weekly determination of purchasing quantities for both front and back list titles based on market, comps, current inventory and price.-Quarterly forecasting for licensed partners budgeting 12-18 months out.-Financial overview and analysis of highly successful independent web store and Kickstarter campaigns. -Corporate card and expense management.

Burbank, Ca

- Assist in intricate monthly/quarterly/yearly reconciliation from diverse sources for month close - Run reporting and analysis for world-leading entertainment accounts such as: Warner Brothers, Fox, Sony, AMC, Sega, Turner Broadcasting, National Geographic and HBO. - Calculate quarterly royalty statements for licensed clients. - Conduct cost/benefit analysis for inventory, marketing and shipping.- Lead our west coast expense program through Concur as a super-user and peer consultant. - Create monthly presentations of business statistics for teams to evaluate progress regularly. - Identify opportunities for improving business processes/efficiency based on returned data. - Create proposals to develop new systems and/or operational changes.-Manipulated over 300,000 lines of excel data, between unconnected systems, to find a $100,000 vendor error that had been occurring for over 3 years without notice.

Burbank, Ca

- Oversee production, staffing, finance and accounting for high-end animation, projection, live event, and interactive projects including multiple installations for Freemont St. In Las Vegas, Princess Cruise Lines, Great Wolf Lodge and Busch Gardens, Tampa-Complete bi-weekly payroll through ADP online portal-Interpret market value for, and negotiate, vendor and employee contracts to complete entire scope of work within budget. - Daily business operations for multiple ventures to ensure positive cash flow while continuing to oversee company infrastructure. - Prepare and analyze P&L reports and organize cost comparison to initial budgets - Full accounting and reporting to owners and financial institutions about project progress.

North Hollywood, Ca

- Assist in the core management functions within a music technology start-up and being able to pilot and pivot goals and tasks with flexibility-Conduct over 6 weeks of beta testing with over 200 participants to gain perspective of market interest and usability.- Manage coordination of event sponsorships within the music industry, including estimation of cost, setting up travel, hotels and rental cars, full budgeting and follow through.- Relay full growth reports based on advertising metrics from Facebook, Twitter, Email and Google. - UI/UX understanding and integrations to the platform. - Manage team of 3-5 while cross-functionally communicating my teams’ progress to other department heads.