Joseph Lance Email & Phone Number

Morton, Pa, Us

Greater Philadelphia Area

* Obtained expertise in accounting, regulatory, operations, marketing and tax with regards to the cable and telecommunications industries.* Directed regulatory accounting function for all of Comcast Cable.* Responsible for strategic analysis of balance sheet and income statement impacted by regulatory, franchise and tax related activities for variance determination, budgetary planning, revenue analysis and expense savings.* Responsible for accurate and timely preparation of various federal, state and local regulatory and tax filings and payments.* Responsible for preparation and submission of various financial statements as required by state and local regulatory bodies. * Responsible for the review of all rate related marketing documentation (rate notices, rate cards, new product launches and marketing campaigns) to ensure that they are consistent with financial budget as well as compliance with federal, state and local requirements.* Managed a department with 2 direct reports and up to 16 indirect reports.

• Obtained expertise in accounting, regulatory, inventory management, operations, internal audit, marketing and tax with regards to the cable and telecommunications and media industries.• Responsible for strategic analysis of balance sheet and income statement accounts for all territorial areas of the Division impacted by regulatory, tax and franchise related activities for budgetary planning, revenue analysis and expense savings.• Responsible for the accurate and timely preparation of various regulatory and tax filings. Included in these are FCC Forms and Pricing Survey, Statement of Account for the U.S. Copyright Office and state & local sales and use tax returns.• Supervised teams of financial auditors on audit, financial and consulting assignments at Eastern Division Headquarters as well as Regional and Local Cable Systems that accomplished improved operational effectiveness and internal controls. • Supervision of inventory management and audit team which ensures that internal controls are operating effectively, drafted and maintains the Division’s inventory policies and procedures, integrated numerous inventory locations acquired by Comcast and assisted in the implementation of Oracle’s Inventory module and other supply chain management tools. • Responsible for the interpretation of financial related portions of franchise agreements as well as the accurate and timely preparation of local franchise fee payments. • Responsible for the preparation and review of all rate related marketing documentation (rate notices, rate cards and marketing campaigns) to ensure they are consistent with the Division’s financial budget as well as in compliance with FCC, state or local regulatory requirements. • Supervise and review work product of staff responsible for preparing regulatory, tax and franchise related filings and payments

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Responsible for preparation and analysis of multiple monthly financial statements for Comcast cable, administrative and adsales entities in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.• Responsible for the following monthly closing activities: reviewing various revenue and expense journal entries, preparing monthly capitalization entries for both installation and construction activities, preparing quarterly depreciation and amortization entries, analyzing and researching revenue and expense discrepancies and variances to budget, summarizing the financial performance of Comcast’s Pennsylvania and Connecticut operations and communicating these results to Eastern Division Management. • Supervised and review work product of Accounting staff responsible for maintaining financial records.• Responsible for providing all requested documentation on an accurate and timely basis as well as maintaining on-going communication with both internal and external auditors during audit engagements.

• Responsible for preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements for the Lenfest Group (Corporate), Suburban Cable and Lenfest’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Holding Company.• Responsible for the following monthly closing activities: preparing and recording revenue and expense journal entries, analyzing and researching revenue and expense variances to budget, preparing and posting corporate expense allocation entries to Lenfest Subsidiaries and Holding Companies as well as various other intercompany entries. • Responsible for preparing workpapers for all Balance Sheet accounts for the Lenfest Group. • Supervise and review work product of Accounting staff responsible for maintaining financial records.• Responsible for providing all requested documentation as well as corresponding with external auditors during quarterly and year-end audit engagements.• Obtained experience in corporate accounting and finance with regards to the cable and telecommunications industry.

• Responsible for preparing and analyzing Billing Process financial and operational results, researching and resolving discrepancies and variances in financial data and communicating these results to appropriate Billing Process Management.• Participated in Standard Process team, which developed and implemented standard procedures, performing timing studies and designing staffing models.• Took a lead role in working with the Division’s Billing Process Management to develop a more efficient and accurate method of submitting annual and quarterly budget and forecasts. • Obtained experience in corporate accounting and finance with regards to healthcare services industry.

• Responsible for planning and performing financial and operational audits, year-end financial statement reviews and management consulting services.• Supervised teams of financial auditors (CPA’s) on audit, financial and consulting assignments at operating division headquarters.• Obtained experience in corporate accounting, store operations, marketing, procurement, distribution, warehousing, cash management, fraud investigation, bid analysis and contract awarding systems with regards to the supermarket and drug retail industry.

Mba, Finance

Bachelors, Accounting