Human Resources Accounts Payable

Lisa Tovar

Senior Financial Analyst at Warner Brothers Entertainment Studios

*** *. ****** ******* - ********, CA 91801

******@****.*** - 818-***-****

• Leadership training and potential with positive outlook on team building, mentoring and motivation

• Exceedingly competent in completion of projects, multi-tasking, and exposure to detail-oriented and fast-

paced work environments

• Professional demeanor and ability to self-start and adapt quickly to changing work environment

• Familiarity with new systems implementation/procedures

• CPA Candidate

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Financial Analyst

Warner Brothers Entertainment Studios - July 2010 to Present

• Perform variance analysis of actual Operating performance versus Plan and prior year.

• Ensure P&L results and balance sheet accounts are reported in conformity with GAAP and SOX

• Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations

• Assess and document explanations obtained from departmental personnel

• Meet regularly with departmental management to review financial results and variances as appropriate

• Utilize accounting systems including SAP and legacy mainframe systems in researching accounting issues

• Prepare quarterly Cash Flow analysis and Cause of Change report

• Provide information for budget and forecasting

• Profit margin analysis for business units, ad hoc reporting

• Prepare Monthly Special Events Gross Margin Analysis & Commission Statement

• Responsible for accrual, intercompany and miscellaneous journal entries

• Excel proficient to perform variance analysis; create various BW reports to analyze financial results

Financial Analyst

Walt Disney Company Music Publishing - September 2006 to July 2010

• Monitor sub-ledger system to ensure accuracy and consistency of accounting, including quarterly account

reconciliation to SAP

• Overhead Cost Analysis, profit margin analysis for business units, ad hoc reporting

• Responsible for validating data for AOP, 5YP and Budgeting in COGNOS

• Reconcile foreign sub-publisher and writer advances

• Instrumental in testing/implementation of COGNOS and Counterpoint

• Prepare ad hoc reporting for Music Publishing Senior VP's and management, as well as communicate sub-

publishers and licensees to resolve discrepancies in reporting

• Responsible for accrual, international intercompany and miscellaneous journal entries

• Process incoming domestic/foreign royalty statements in royalty tracking system; analyze and review

royalty payouts, commissions, average exchange rates and foreign exchange gain/loss calculations to ensure

accuracy;

• Maintain suspense related items and ensure accuracy in SAP and sub ledger system

• Prepare monthly/quarterly balance sheet reconciliations; prepaid and royalty liability accounts

• Responsible for streamlining royalty statement processes and document new procedures for Counterpoint

• Excel proficient to perform variance analysis; create various BW reports to analyze financial results

Staff Accountant

Clear Channel Communications - June 1998 to September 2006

• Prepare month-end expense analysis and consolidation of multiple business units

• Create budget vs. actual and history trend analysis to review with Market Controller

• Interact with Department Managers to review invoices and compare activity to budget

• Assist in preparation of weekly expense pacing against budget for programming, promotions and sales

departments

• G/L Analysis, review monthly variances and recommend corrective action to management, Analyze Forecast

to Actual reports

• Prepare Accruals and sales tax reports

• Prepare monthly and annual reports for Executive/Regional VP.Assist in special event review and special

year end projects

• Process payroll through ADP and assist human resources in keeping employee records for auditing purposes.

Maintain employee new hire forms. Set up employee direct deposit, tax deductions and review payroll reports

for accuracy

Accounts Payable Auditor

The Patina Group - August 1997 to June 1998

• Assist controller in accounting projects and process bank wire transfers. Prepare month-end expense analysis

• Account analysis

• Analyze Commission Statements

• Reconcile bank statements

• Prepare accruals and journal entries

• Prepare bank deposits and daily cash sheets

• Perform accounts payable functions

EDUCATION

MBA

Woodbury University

June 2009

BA

University of California - Los Angeles, CA

June 2006

AA in Business & Accounting

Glendale Community College

September 2003

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