Management of monthly closings, coordinating the efforts of both the local finance team and Shared Services accounting. Comfortably moved back and forth between hands on and managerial functions. All closings were completed on schedulePreparation and analysis of monthly Canadian GST reporting detail; effectively stabilized this reporting, which had been handled only periodically previouslyWorked closely with the Shared Services accounting team to resolve accounting issues; trained the Shared Services accounting team during general accounting responsibility transitionPreparation of both the risk assessment analyses and the risk inventory as per guidelines set by the Bertelsmann Corporate Risk team, which included coordination with various internal departments to meet deadlinesPart of the main contact team for both internal and external audit teams, as well as the internal tax teamPart of the local testing team during SAP upgrade implementation, working closely with Corporate ITCost tracking of office build out projects, analysis and implementation of proper depreciation treatmentAnalysis and reconciliation of Balance Sheet accountsSupervised a team of 5 employees, comprised of an Accounting Manager and 4 Staff Accountants

Coordination of Monthly Closings, including detailed analysis of all General Ledger accounts and required WMG Corporate schedules. All Closings were completed on schedule.Preparation and analysis of the annual Budget and monthly Forecasts, as well as preparation, in conjunction with the ADA executive team, of the Budget/Forecast presentation packages for the WMG Corporate team. All Budgets/Forecasts were completed on schedule.Analysis of Balance Sheet accounts along with a quarterly commentary for the WMG Corporate team explaining account movement. Compilation, review and analysis of YTD T&E spend by employee. Detailed commentary provided was integral in Executive decision making.Work closely with the WMG Participations team to ensure distribution statements are accurate and reported in a timely manner. Statements were delivered monthly and on schedule.Communicate regularly with distributed labels, assisting in customized approaches to unique scenarios. The label roster consisted of not only established labels, but artists as label, management as label, publisher as label and brand as label.Work closely with the WMG Shared Services Accounting team to resolve accounting issues.Perform and/or supervise operational tasks, including new vendor approvals, payment requests and expense reports.Primary contact for both internal and external audit teams, as well as the internal tax team.Assist in the design and generation of new reports as required by ADA management, and then work closely with the IT department in the creation of the new reporting.Work closely with ADA executive management team on deal review and provide recommendations.Acted as the Finance subject matter expert for the transition period in onboarding BMG to ADA platforms, consistently met all deadlines and managed an effective transition.Supervision of teams of up to 4 finance professionals, as well as one-time Office Manager duties with supervision of 2 employees.

Company folded in July 2002.Coordination of monthly closes, journal entry preparation, General Ledger account analysis and preparation of Board reporting.Balance Sheet analysis and reconciliation.Preparation, review and variance analysis of assorted monthly Board reporting requirements.Supervision of Accounts Payable position, including invoice approval and troubleshooting.

Division was folded in Feb. 2002.Coordination of monthly closes, journal entry preparation, General Ledger account analysis, Corporate reporting and account reconciliations.Preparation of annual Budget, semi-annual Forecasts and Weekly Flashes, variance analysis and preparation of Corporate reporting,Primary contact for intercompany reporting with Warner Music Group, including Financial Reporting.Compilation of monthly Marketing Plans, coordination of efforts with marketing and other internal departments and variance analysis.Preparation, reconciliation and analysis of 3rd party label distribution statements.