Julia Stone Gilroy, Cpa, Mba, Cgma Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Various

•Etonian: GL and Intercompany Specialist at a major consumer product company•Warner Bros. Studio: Internal Control documentation and assessment•Financial System configuration and implementation•RealD: Accounts Receivable Re-engineering; automate manual processes•Manage billing and collection relationships with major studios; contract analysis•Revenue reporting and analysis

MMC is a leading digital media company founded by CEO Jay Penske in 2004.The company owns and operates Mail.com, a global multi-media publishing platform. In addition, MMC owns a unique portfolio of lifestyle brands that provide the web's best original content in categories including entertainment, automotive, breaking news, media, finance, health, beauty, style and sports. Mail.com, Deadline.com, HollywoodLife.com, OnCars.com, Movieline.com, Fan.com, are all part of the MMC digital… Show more MMC is a leading digital media company founded by CEO Jay Penske in 2004.The company owns and operates Mail.com, a global multi-media publishing platform. In addition, MMC owns a unique portfolio of lifestyle brands that provide the web's best original content in categories including entertainment, automotive, breaking news, media, finance, health, beauty, style and sports. Mail.com, Deadline.com, HollywoodLife.com, OnCars.com, Movieline.com, Fan.com, are all part of the MMC digital portfolio.• Full GL; supervise AR and AP, including overseas staff. • Downsized department by 2 effective heads.• Monthly and annual close, including the completion of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 financial audits.• Tax review and coordination including sales and use, property, and 941s.• Special research and reports for Board and Stakeholders. Acquisitions, divestiture, due diligence, and restructuring.• Planning and budgeting. Show less

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with operations in both California and Canada, CLC is the nation’s top manufacturer/distributor of high quality tool and work gear supplying the largest consumer and industrial-supply retailers in North America.• Oversee forecasting, financial reporting, financial statement review, cash flow forecasting, capital expenditure analysis, acquisition analysis and budget management functions. • Provide leadership and coordination of the company's… Show more Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with operations in both California and Canada, CLC is the nation’s top manufacturer/distributor of high quality tool and work gear supplying the largest consumer and industrial-supply retailers in North America.• Oversee forecasting, financial reporting, financial statement review, cash flow forecasting, capital expenditure analysis, acquisition analysis and budget management functions. • Provide leadership and coordination of the company's financial information, including the creation of a Five Year Plan where no budget had previously existed, along with Budget to Actual reporting, and accurate forecasting during a period of severe business contraction.• Create and prepare numerous bank reports including 13 week cash flow projections on a weekly basis. • Downsized department 20% to a lean staff of 6 finance and operational professionals. Show less

• Provide leadership for the company’s accounting, financial analysis, operations and IT functions on SAP version 6.0 (ECC), intranet, and extranet. • Provide leadership and coordination of the company's financial information, all long term financial planning including annual budgets and annual plan • Oversees forecasting, financial reporting, financial statement review, cash flow forecasting, capital expenditure analysis, acquisition analysis and budget management functions. • Lead… Show more • Provide leadership for the company’s accounting, financial analysis, operations and IT functions on SAP version 6.0 (ECC), intranet, and extranet. • Provide leadership and coordination of the company's financial information, all long term financial planning including annual budgets and annual plan • Oversees forecasting, financial reporting, financial statement review, cash flow forecasting, capital expenditure analysis, acquisition analysis and budget management functions. • Lead and provide input on all strategic, finance and operational objectives including multiple title acquisitions. • Ensure company accounting procedures conform to generally accepted accounting principles, SOX and corporate policies.• Report directly to the President and engage as a senior member of the Company's leadership body. • Lead a staff of 6 finance and operational professionals Show less

• Provided variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, segment financial reporting, and strategic feedback.• Directed and personally contributed to the preparation of the monthly & quarterly close reports, schedules for SOX 404, and financial audits. • Worked with state and local authorities for three years of business, property, & sales tax audits. Prepared and filed monthly, quarterly and annual returns as required by regulations.• Supervised staff of 20 including Staff… Show more • Provided variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, segment financial reporting, and strategic feedback.• Directed and personally contributed to the preparation of the monthly & quarterly close reports, schedules for SOX 404, and financial audits. • Worked with state and local authorities for three years of business, property, & sales tax audits. Prepared and filed monthly, quarterly and annual returns as required by regulations.• Supervised staff of 20 including Staff Accountants, Accounts Payable, & Accounts Receivable. • Cost Accounting responsibility including the creation of standard costing for use in budgeting and actual expense recognition.• Drafted the 2008 fiscal budget and contributed to the 2007 budget re-forecast.• Created process documentation for all accounting teams. • Prepared brand specific monthly reports on sales volume, revenue and related costs.• Reduced DSO 18% from 67 days to 57 days in six months. Show less

• Defined positions, hired, trained and supervised international staff of 6.• Designed internal controls for the global fixed assets holdings. Maintained those controls and trained staff in SOX 404 compliant processes and documentation.• Responsible for portions of the enterprise wide financial budget.• Responsible for multiple property tax returns. Saved $53 thousand in property tax.• Managed the general ledger recording of subsidiary activity and global fixed assets, including… Show more • Defined positions, hired, trained and supervised international staff of 6.• Designed internal controls for the global fixed assets holdings. Maintained those controls and trained staff in SOX 404 compliant processes and documentation.• Responsible for portions of the enterprise wide financial budget.• Responsible for multiple property tax returns. Saved $53 thousand in property tax.• Managed the general ledger recording of subsidiary activity and global fixed assets, including consolidation and SEC 10Q & 10 K schedules and foot notes. • Increased operational efficiencies to allow on-boarding of four additional subsidiaries, totaling $300 million, to the Shared Services environment while maintaining the three day close. Supervised dotted line staff at each location.• Performed hands on accounting functions for allocations and intercompany activity.• Improved inter departmental responsiveness; earned letters of commendation from VPs. Show less

• Second tier management, responsible to recruiting and supervising a staff of 3 on a $400 million Information Technology project reporting to Finance VP.• Responsible for Month End and Year End general ledger close, including journal entry preparation, before and after the conversion to SAP R3.• Consolidate global results and reconcile results back to multiple legal entities.• SEC reporting responsibility- footnotes and supporting schedules. • Corporate finance lead on the… Show more • Second tier management, responsible to recruiting and supervising a staff of 3 on a $400 million Information Technology project reporting to Finance VP.• Responsible for Month End and Year End general ledger close, including journal entry preparation, before and after the conversion to SAP R3.• Consolidate global results and reconcile results back to multiple legal entities.• SEC reporting responsibility- footnotes and supporting schedules. • Corporate finance lead on the first phase of the SAP R/3 implementation.• Responsible for multiple divisions conversion of assets, projects and security.• Created internal controls to reduce proliferation of accounts and origins by 80%.• Reengineered enterprise monthly close resulting in a 35% reduction of the close time.• Saved 80/hr/yr by solving fixed asset step-up and step-down basis. Show less

All aspects of accounting for a closely held family business, including REIT research and IRS representation. Prepared multiple partnership, corporate, trust and individual tax returns.

Plan, supervise and perform audits of High Tech, Manufacturing, Wholesale and Govermental entities. Prepared partnership, corporate, trust, estate and individual tax returns.

Tracked investment and trade details of various investment funds in the Private Banking Group

Mba, Information Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Professional Accountancy