Joshua Sterns Email & Phone Number

El Segundo, Ca

At the creative ad agency D&G I'm the Budget Manager for the Kia client. I am the one finance employee solely dedicated to this account. Experience with broadcast TV, radio, digital, OOH, brochures, print, merchandising, and sports marketing. These can be national, regional, and global projects. Answer client inquiries about project costs and forecasts. Run budget meetings with clients. Monthly and year end client accruals. Generate and manage training sessions for agency employees. Client billing policy, agency and client travel policy, and agency training for software (Advantage, PDF, Excel, Teams, etc.). Maintain various reports that track costs. Budget, vendor invoices, job actuals, client PO's, aging reports, etc. Generate retainer estimates and billing. Client billing. Issue and review pre-bills and digital rate card fee invoices as needed (daily/weekly), and a monthly billing packet. The monthly billing ranges from 30 to 60 jobs with invoices ranging from 4 to over 500 pages. Troubleshoot overages and other issues with the agency account and production teams. Vendor invoices. Processing and reviewing costs to ensure line items are within the budgeted amount. I also review and approve backup requirements outlined in the Kia billing policy. Working with Business Affairs to ensure celebrity, licensing, and talent invoices are paid on time as detailed in the contracts. Expense reports. Reviewing to confirm all reimbursements fall within the agency and client travel policy. Audits. Gather past paperwork in a timely fashion, and answer inquiries for both internal and external audits. Removed the need for physical paper as of 2020. All tasks are completed digitally. Answer vendor inquiries and provide updated aging reports. Work closely with the cost consultant EVP to ensure agency billing, estimates, and vendor invoices comply with the client policy. Update monthly aging reports.Coordinate with client and agency Accounts Payable.

Los Angeles

• A part of the Budget Control team for the Nissan client. • Responsible for numerous reports that track fees, actuals, accruals, vendor costs, expenses, billing, and other ad hoc spreadsheets as needed. • Generate monthly billing, estimates, and purchase orders. • Answer inquiries from clients (Nissan/Infinity, Nissan United), cost consultants (EVP), sister agencies (OMD, Zimmerman), vendors, and other departments. • Manage internal and external audit requests. • Supervise a small team of billers to help ensure accuracy and provide troubleshooting support. • Assist Accounts Payable and Producers with managing cash flow and payment to vendors. • Experience with both production and media billing. • Responsible for internal billing within the Omnicom network. • Worked on both Nissan North America and International accounts.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• A member of accounts receivable for the Pepsi Co. client.• Ensured clients were promptly billed, and vendors paid.• Collaborated with multiple departments to accomplish goals.• Experience with global, regional, and national accounts.• Worked on production jobs.• Reconciled inter-company billing.

*Processing invoices, billings, audits, and other financial reports for the Nissan/Infiniti client. *Dealing directly with vendors to ensure paperwork is completed accurately.*Inputting sensitive information into a database.*Preparing and compiling financial data into spreadsheets.

• Experienced three operations: homeless, group quarters, and non-respondent follow-up.• Managed small teams of a dozen or less Enumerators. • Able to balance multiple appointments and job locations.• Worked with strict deadlines and last minute changes.• Maintained a professional demeanor through a variety of challenging situations.

• Experienced three operations: homeless, group quarters, and non-respondent follow-up.• Managed small teams of a dozen or less Enumerators. • Able to balance multiple appointments and job locations.• Worked with strict deadlines and last minute changes.• Maintained a professional demeanor through a variety of challenging situations.

• Aided in the development of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Game.• Promoted to QA Lead to work on additional content after the game shipped.• Produced daily reports, ranging from administrative to technical. • Managed, reviewed, and approved database entries.• Collaborated with multiple departments to resolve critical software issues.

• Aided in the development of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Game.• Promoted to QA Lead to work on additional content after the game shipped.• Produced daily reports, ranging from administrative to technical. • Managed, reviewed, and approved database entries.• Collaborated with multiple departments to resolve critical software issues.

• A part of projects at two EA studios: Mercenary 2: World in Flames (EALA) and Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Pandemic Studios). • Managed software defects through a database system.• Provided valuable feedback about various software features.• Extensive use of spreadsheets for daily reports and tasks.• Organized and supervised group assignments.

• A part of projects at two EA studios: Mercenary 2: World in Flames (EALA) and Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Pandemic Studios). • Managed software defects through a database system.• Provided valuable feedback about various software features.• Extensive use of spreadsheets for daily reports and tasks.• Organized and supervised group assignments.

· Managed the Wilkinson MPC office for night time permit groups.· Answered phones, completed paper work, and provided excellent customer service.· Ensured office was well stocked and clean.

· Promoted twice within the first two years of employment. · Supervised and managed over a dozen employees. · Managed inventory, sales, customer service, and cleanliness for my department. · Saw department inventory and sales double with the addition of internet services. · Consistently saw growth with year to year sales.

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Activities and Societies: Honorary one-year member of the Southern California Historical Society

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