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Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

• REVOLT is the leading Black-owned multimedia platform, dedicated to celebrating diversity and culture. With over 50 million millennial and Gen Z enthusiasts engaged, REVOLT delivers exclusive content from top Hip-Hop.
• Implement REVOLT’s ERP system to advance the accounting team’s capabilities, optimizing financial processes by 87.5%
• Analyze and manage book assets for all of REVOLT’s productions to develop the annual amortization forecasts and budgets to help the company model for a 26% increase in content spending and achieve a 44% increase in.
• Spearhead all film & and TV tax credit initiatives creating roadmaps for the entire process and partnering cross-functionally with production management, legal, and tax teams to secure the maximum in tax credits for.
• Create and administer digital onboarding solutions in order to process and keep record of over 600 different jobs a year across all of REVOLT's productions

Greater Los Angeles Area

• From 2018 to 2022, REVOLT achieved significant growth in engagement, company size, and EBITDA. During this time as the Production Accounting Manager, the company underwent major organizational changes that allowed us.
• Presented monthly financial updates for 64 different shows and projects to the chief executive team to strengthen controls and improve transparency of business performance
• Researched benefits market to develop REVOLT’s benefits program for our production employees, providing detailed cost analysis to ensure contribution costs stayed within budget while administering 5 competitive plans.
• Enhanced financial reporting by implementing show-specific amortization expense tracking and forecasting for 200+ show assets, extending visibility up to 5 years per show
• Manage day-to-day processing of payroll for 120+ rotating employees, including review of timesheets and computing pay in accordance with FLSA and local state laws
• Offer payroll-related subject matter expertise to management and employees to resolve payroll discrepancies and educate management on evolving labor laws

Greater Los Angeles Area

• During my first year at REVOLT, I consistently volunteered to work on REVOLT's most business-critical productions and always went out of my way to support my peers. My superiors recognized my innate leadership.
• Built the ticketing e-commerce platform using a variety of ticketing platforms over the years to promote and sell tickets to our Summit events
• Collaborated with business partners and cross-functional teams across various departments including digital, marketing, production, and talent to help bring in over 9,500 attendees across our two Summit events in.
• Monitored and analyzed sales records and consumer purchasing trends to help build a user-friendly online registration journey, capitalize on successful targeting campaigns, and identify untapped market opportunities
• Implemented procedures for processing tickets for all types of sales, including day-to-day processing, marketing initiatives, financial reporting needs, and event promoter settlements

Greater Los Angeles Area

• I started at REVOLT right out of college when it was still a start-up network. Working for a start-up was instrumental in my development into a can-do worker and problem solver who can start from square 0 and tackle.
• Implemented, improved, and communicated accounting processes, systems, and policies on a regular basis to improve internal controls and gain additional efficiencies establishing some of the company’s first standardized.
• Managed day-to-day production accounting tasks including payroll onboarding and processing, cost reporting, and maintaining vendor relationships
• Work closely with Production Managers to ensure projects stay on budget and operate efficiently through the life of the production
• Compile and review financial information and prepare entries to general ledger accounts within Quickbooks accounting management system

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Analytics, 3.77, Dean'S List

Activities and Societies: Membership: High Tech Association, Marshall Interactive Gaming Association, Marshall PrideUS News & World Report.

Graduate Certification, Business Analytics, 3.77, Dean'S List

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Applied Mathematics