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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Brookhaven, Georgia, Us

• Manage team of two direct reports and two off-shore resources responsible for all domestic and international accounts receivable transactions for digital advertising on multiple properties and mobile platforms• Oversee sales compensation reporting and processing for advertising sales team• Provide quarterly Sarbanes Oxley compliance testingAccomplishments:• Work with revenue team to convert month-end close process from actuals to accruals only in order to close the books by the last day of the month. Reduced closing time from three days to two days with an average of less than 2% monthly variance in accuracy of accruals• Document all TWC accounts receivable processes and train integration team on existing processes for easier conversion to IBM processes• Subject matter expert for order to cash transition team responsible for moving accounts receivable processes into IBM systems

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Responsible for all domestic and international cable and digital advertising, broadband and mobile services accounts receivable transactions, processes and systems• Manage priorities and provide guidance in the daily work of three Advertising Revenue direct reports, making sure tasks are completed timely and accurately• Review and monitor internal control audit documents to ensure internal controls are maintained and that the integrity of billing and financials is assured• Resolve issues relevant to billings and adjustments to ensure the financials are accurate, customers are billed appropriately and the books are closed within the departmental time frames• Serve as subject matter expert on billing systems for upgrades and process changes • Review and approve revenue entries and GL account reconciliationsAccomplishments:• Assisted in implementation of Blackline account reconciliation tool.• Collaborated with multiple teams on a cross platform product redesign to structure the billing processes, create GL product mapping and design necessary reporting.• Became integrated with New Product team ensure accurate billing and reporting capabilities were available as the products were created. Provided revenue perspective to the team at product inception instead of after the product was released.• Actively participated on accounting team to integrate a recent acquisition into our PeopleSoft AR and GL system. Additionally worked with AdOps to transition the acquisitions ad server into DFP.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Prepare and record monthly projected revenue for domestic and international digital advertising on weather.com, desktop and mobile devices• Calculate monthly unbilled and deferred revenue for digital advertising• Train new staff accountants and temporary employees on required billing, adjustments and daily duties• Serve as team lead, providing assistance and guidance to the revenue team• Review cable and digital adjustments for accuracy and completeness• Review legal contracts to interpret terms and conditions and determine revenue implications• Work with external auditors during interim and annual auditsAccomplishments• Assisted in setup and initial billing for a new international business unit. • Represented the accounting department on the team to replace the digital advertising business management software system. Attended weekly and daily meetings for software requirements, project updates and testing.• Identified process changes necessary to reduce number of days required to close the month.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Reconcile general ledger accounts to subsidiary account balances • Generate monthly invoices for cable advertising, mobile services and broadband revenue• Process invoice adjustments • Complete monthly and quarterly audits for audience deficiency unit liability and rating verification• Calculate necessary deferred revenue with an understanding of when revenue should be recognizedAccomplishments• Responsible for correct billing and recording of $175 million of company-wide annual revenue, including four separate revenue streams.• Established revenue recognition process from scratch, including billing, accruals, and reporting for a start-up revenue stream that has increased by 1584% in four years.• Collaborated with internal staff to automate previously manual processes, reducing delivery time from eight hours per month to ten minutes per month.• Promoted from Staff accountant to Senior accountant in July 2008

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Reconciled general ledger accounts to subsidiary account balances • Recorded all equipment movement transactions in the general ledger• Performed monthly physical inventory of assetsAccomplishments• Established inventory controls and procedures for management of STAR inventory (transmission equipment) including physical inventory count, monthly journal entry processes and account reconciliations• Created and implemented company-wide physical asset tagging process• Intensely involved in accounting software upgrade project including analyzing, improving, and documenting all processes and eliminating need for software customization • Enhanced capital budget report to provide budget managers with information that met their specific needs and requirements• Promoted from General accountant to Staff accountant in 2002• Promoted from Clerical accountant to General accountant in 2000

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Maintained vendor files• Implemented company-wide calling card verification procedures• June 1998-April 1999, part-time

Mba, Business Administration

Bs, Business Management