Finance Associate
New York City Metropolitan Area
• Managed weekly accounting for Wicked Broadway, Wicked Tour, Kimberly Akimbo, TopDog/UnderDog, and developmental projects, including payroll, Box office settlements, weekly accruals and other accounting responsibilities like overseeing receivables and payables from balance sheet.• Prepared Cash flow reports and financial reports for meetings with producers, general managers.• Managed all entities’ bank accounts, bank reconciliations and bank statements filing. Paid bills through bank for all entities from GM and CM’s requests.• Reviewed all the backups, making sure they are saved with approval from CM or GM, and paid properly. • Managed Audits, which including 2022 and 2023 annual audits for Wicked, Wicked Tour and other running shows. Assisted with other audits for insurance Workers' Compensation, UI, and tax credits.• Prepared capital returns, profit distributions for all entities.• Managed licensing income or subsidiary rights from Wicked overseas productions, old shows: SpongeBob, Next to Normal, Fun Home.• Supported Finance Director with tax preparation, reviewing quarterly tax return estimates, and making tax return payments on time.• Prepared NYS tax credits submission.• Managed federal census surveys for all entities.• Managed year-end W2s and 1099s distributions for all entities.• Managed all Amex cards, including transaction tracking, making payments, and related bookkeeping.• Processed payrolls (Check&Balance) for developmental projects, and processed checks and invoices requests from development projects and closed shows. • Tutored Finance interns.