Financial Analyst Accounts Receivable

Nazila Kholousi

Santa Clarita, CA 818-***-**** ad5m5e@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced Accounting & Finance Professional

A highly competent and organized financial professional with over 7 years of hands-on accounting & financial experience.

Proficient at taking on multiple projects and working either individually or as part of a team where needed. A strategic thinker who can also manage the daily operational needs of any project, with a keen eye for detail.

SKILLS:

Accounting

AP Specialist

GAAP compliance

Data Analysis

Bookkeeping

Strong Communication

Motivated

Detail Oriented

Team player

SOFTWARE /APPLICATIONS:

COUPA (P2P)

Oracle

Jedox

QuickBooks

Word, PowerPoint

Inspyrus

Excel(PivotTable, VLOOKUP)

Procurify

WORK EXPERIENCE

Insomniac (Live Nation) October 2021 – March 2024

Sr Financial Analyst

Prepared journal entries related to festival cost accounting including insurance allocation journal entries.

Processed month end close including flash accrual and recording reclass journal entries

Performed project accounting including five-year budgeting, forecasting, actuals, and variance analysis as needed.

Reviewed event’s final settlement for departmental costs, venue settlements, event labor, and 3rd party vendors to record revenues, costs, and contra revenue journal entries.

Accurately processed accounts receivable including recording incoming payments, properly tracking them in the accounting system, and updating other information as required.

Maintained the accuracy of the project general ledger, ensuring that all financial transactions are recorded correctly.

Provided both high levels also detailed analysis of departmental operational as well as financial performance and gathered required support.

Reconciled Budget, vendor, and Bank periodically.

Created project PNL reports and analyzed annual contribution margin for each event YoY.

Assisted finance manager to complete budget and monthly and quarterly forecast packages.

Maintained adequate support for all project transactions and provided audit backup as needed.

Collaborated with vendors and business partners to reconcile and clarify invoicing details and expense variances to resolve discrepancies.

Recorded monthly journal entries, intern company journals and departments’ allocations. (Insurance allocation and asset depreciation)

Supported special projects including ad hoc financial analysis and audit.

Collaborate with team to identify root cause of recurring variances.

SVB Bank – Global AP Team June 2021 – October 2021

Sr AP Specialist

Performed AP reviews including 3-way invoice verification day-to-day.

Analyzed AP register and reconciled against GL activities to prepare month end accruals.

Assigned GL coding for non-PO invoices and prepared JE

Created/ reviewed an average of 50 invoices per day.

Processed legal, non-PO, PO based invoices, and utility bills.

Routed invoices for appropriate approval chain (based on business units).

Designated billing string for blanket PO.

Conducted supplier communications (raising and solving the issues collaboratively).

Researched and addressed management’s AP questions.

Audited invoice coding for posting account accuracy before ERP transition.

Carried out Coupa advance search for vendor reconciliation, AP ad hoc, invoice auditing & month end accruals.

Assisted in month end process by creating Vlook up, Pivot Table and other excel reports.

ABC Mobility Feb 2014 – August 2020

Sr Accountant

Performed transactional accounting includes accounts payable and receivable.

Conducted bank reconciliation, cash receipt analysis against bank statement.

Processed month end close including accrual process, recoding adjusting JE

Managed all financial & accounting activities with all accounts.

Performed full cycle AP including processing incoming invoices, bills, and CM, creating payments (check/Credit card), researching variances, & resolving discrepancies monthly.

Audited and researched AP accounts on weekly and monthly basis to ensure accuracy.

Performed month end closing & AP accruals.

Prepared annual budgeting, review, and forecasting.

Reviewed actual vs forecast results and provided analytical explanations for owners.

Partnered with operational manager to review accounting reports and provide financial insights.

Conducted monthly AP and AR analysis for dept. and each vendor, to evaluate operation trend including month over month comparison.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts – Finance California State University of Northridge – 2018

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