Michael Gerst, Cpa Email and Phone Number

* Managed the billing, collections and reporting process for advertising sales related to NBC Sports Philadelphia, Comcast Spectacor, Philadelphia Flyers, NHL League Reporting and Flyers Skatezone properties; provided and reported upon variance against budget, forecast, and improved collections.* Managed the budgeting and forecasting process and financial performance through the design of various reports and analytical tools.* Managed the expenses and prepared variance analysis on an ongoing basis.* Supervised a staff of two.* Prepared managerial reports to show weekly results to individual account executive budgets, managerial forecasts, and team forecasts.* Calculated and created policies for the sales commissions and related charge-backs for sales staff.* Worked with sales staff and traffic department on order entry and revenue recognition. * Reviewed contacts and order proposals for completeness and correct allocations.

Promoted to Director January '12 *Managed the budgeting and forecasting process for 14 regional sports networks *Created the financials related to partnership and Board of Directors’ requirements and prepared the ACA reporting *Managed cash flow related forecasting. Developed a reliable cash flow projection process and reporting mechanism *Prepared weekly, monthly, quarterly cash flow analysis *Provided and reported variance and trend analysis vs. budget, forecast and prior periods *Analyzed company financial performance against trends and budget objectives to drive financial performance *Designed financial trend reports to identify performance issues within the business and risks or opportunities in the current financial plan *Supported functional reporting requirements to drive continued improvements in automating reporting and analysis *Worked closely with accounting department in order to understand all aspects of cable operations *Worked with NBCU corporate to identify and address accounting issues, including quarterly reporting requirements and requests form the controllership group *Worked with the locations to identify and address accounting issues, including the documentation of the issue and the related resolution *Worked with external auditors during the quarterly review and year end audit *Oversaw the completion of the monthly P&L reporting package *Managed three general ledger conversions, Finance Manager and Financial Analysts *Performed various ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned

*Prepared local budgets and forecasts for four call centers *Reviewed local expenses prepared and approved the processing of Accounts Payable and P card transactions; processed all of the local month end entries *Participated in month end reviews of actuals and forecasts with region and division offices*Worked with the senior management to forecast call volume to make sure that we were staffed correctly* Reviewed payroll for several hundred contractors and internal employees*Worked with the warehouses on improving processes*Performed various ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned*Managed Accounts Payable staff of five, prepared month end entries and reviewed financial statements

*Prepared regional budgets and forecasts *Created various forecasting tools to track revenue - daily revenues and bad debts by using reports from billing system*Processed all of the regional month end entries for both the regional office and helped as needed with various other operations throughout Norcal*Participated in month end closes calls and reviews of the actual expenses to budget and forecasts with region and division offices *Worked with operations to help them comply with various reporting processes and procedures*Prepared forecasts and reporting for marketing*Weekly review of converter and modem information for the systems so that they are in compliance with audit requests and customer needs*Reviewed warehouse controls, physical inventories and procedures and restructured warehouses as needed*Supervised and prepared the Accounts Payable for the regional office and reviewed P-card activity*Performed system visits to help the personnel with any issues that arose including but not limited to helping set up AP procedures, training for billing reports and operational reports, vehicle review, and converter inventory*Reconciled returns from contractors after the completion of the rebuild, serial counts and organization of the warehouses for optimal flow

*Prepared, reviewed, reconciled and filed monthly, statements and ledger accounts in accordance with GAAP for two of the largest segments of the company*Compiled, examined, and prepared financial statements and reports*Monitored/analyzed general ledger, monitored the capital budgets and reviewed the capitalization of various items pertaining to projects, reconciled inventories and in transit accounts, conducted monthly internal financial reporting to provide management with accurate financial information for product mix and market penetration.*Prepared budgets for the upcoming year.