Javier Alvarez Email & Phone Number

Newport Beach, California, US

• Promoted to executive team reporting to President/CEO. Responsible for strategic and financial planning, mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, management and SaaS/KPI reporting. Oversaw finance, accounting, human.
• Built strategic plan with leadership team, identifying key growth initiatives, including technology & product investments, to drive double-digit growth and improved margins.
• Improved monthly reporting by identifying and adding SaaS/KPI metrics, providing insight to performance.
• Implemented price modeling process to ensure client projects achieve financial goals.
• Identified and led sale negotiations of non-strategic assets to inject cash and streamline operations.
• Increased efficiency and accuracy in aged revenue and billing processes.

• Responsible for strategic and financial planning, management reporting, mergers & acquisitions, lender reporting and board presentations for a multi-business company entering a new investment plan.
• Partnered with CEO and CFO to build a strategic plan, identified organic & inorganic growth drivers, and executed a corporate reorganization for a post-recapitalization stage.
• Owned M&A process from LOI to closing to integration for 14 acquisitions across 15+ countries.
• Drove divestiture process of a business unit, including complicated diligence process and TSA.
• Implemented a new global cash flow forecast process and managed a $50M line of credit.
• Helped renegotiate the lender agreement, including redefining debt covenants and lender reporting.

• Provided leadership and support for a high-growth company with multiple lines of business. Oversaw all accounting functions, including annual audits, with team of 22 and responsible for 15+ legal entities globally..
• Helped create 9 legal entities in major international markets, contributing to revenue growth of nearly 50%.
• Built team from staff of 4 to 22, implementing best practices, and cutting month end close timeline by 4 days.
• Put into place accounting practice for the division’s new launch of episodic series and short form content.
• Created new name/voice/likeness accounting process to ensure proper participations reporting and payouts.
• Produced new models to track and monitor multi-million-dollar cost accounts.

Universal City, CA, US

• Directed all financial planning and analysis for P&L, cash flow and balance sheet for global film segment ($7B), including quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, long-range plans and product performance analysis..
• Led team to re-engineer models and engaged various divisions to improve forecast of $2B cost metric, decreasing variance volatility up to 90%.
• Helped company manage liquidity needs during critical years by implementing timely reporting with better visibility to cash flow.
• Created new weekly dashboards for multiple product lines, updating executive team on key business events and financial results.
• Partnered with IT department to design and implement customized forecasting system, reducing process time 45%.
• Received Leadership Recognition Award for improving cash flow visibility by training business units to enhance forecasting models.

Universal City, CA, US

US

• Oversaw accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger and financial reporting for specialty film division of Universal Pictures. Ensured proper and thorough application of US GAAP (SOP 00-2) for entire film.
• Implemented new SOX 404 policies for recently acquired specialty film division
• Reduced critical path during quarter close by one week to meet accelerated corporate deadlines
• Introduced accounting structures for corporate reporting and ensured tax compliance for newly created legal entity

Universal City, CA, US

• Oversaw accounts payable, general ledger and financial reporting for consumer products group of Universal Pictures. Managed the quarter and year end close process and submission of final results to corporate office..
• Collaborated with IT team to customize and implement SAP enterprise system to address the division’s needs and requirements
• Improved the consolidation process of 6 worldwide legal entities & financial statements for internal reporting, resulting in better accuracy and timeliness

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting