Sam Foroughi

**** ****** *** #***, ******* Oaks, California 91403

818-***-**** Cell Email: ac0yal@r.postjobfree.com

Status: US Citizen – Open to Travel

Finance Manager/Consultant (MBA)

CAREER SUMMARY

A Finance and Business Process Manager with over 15 years of management experience in a variety of business, technology, finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility. A highly organized, detail- oriented and reliable professional, with strong business & functional analytical skills as well as project management skills. Key liaison with end-users, IT professionals and management. A decisive, energetic & focused professional who is adaptable and composed with strong leadership skills and the ability to be a team player. Creative and resourceful with exceptional communication skills effectively interacting with teams at all levels of an organization including executive / senior level management. KEY SKILLS

Financial Analysis Project Management Business Assessment Accounting Data Analysis Cash Flow Management End User Training System Support Budgeting Planning Forecast Month / Year-end Close Consolidation Client & Vendor Mgmt Process Analysis Reports Management Resource Management TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP COGNOS TM1 Jaguar

MS Office PeopleSoft TRACS Sage

NetSuite Quicken Quickbooks Pro ACCPAC

SIS Client Access AS400 JD Edwards

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Worked as a Functional Analyst and Key Business Process liaison for a major SAP systems conversion which resulted in a more reliable financial system and reporting tools (Walt Disney, Sony)

• Acted as key Project Manager for two TM1 (COGNOS) systems conversion projects, which helped create a more robust

& accurate budget and Cashflow tool (Walt Disney)

• Managed Sybex and Jaguar system conversions which resulted in creating a superior reporting tool (Air Lease Corp, NBC Universal)

• Participated in several audit & tax projects resulting in major monetary savings (Disney, Legalzoom and Surfair) EXPERIENCE

Various Projects – Sr. Consultant (Client: Legalzoom, Air Lease and Surfair) Feb 2015 - Present

• Managed four finance and accounting team Professionals

• Created policies and procedures for the finance team to ensure a more dynamic budget and forecast process

• Produced an action plan for a more efficient and shorter month end close

• Generated several financial models to assist management with their MD&A, budget and forecast

• Worked as a key functional analyst in implementation of Sybex system

• Documented and created payment and utilization reports for leased planes

• Participated in quarter end close and reporting

• Worked on monthly close improvement process which resulted in change in close timeline from 10 days to only 6 days

• Created process improvements models for the revenue team which resulted in faster and more accurate revenue recognition and deferrals

• Automated several cash models by using macros and formulas to improve order to cash processes

• Aided the revenue team with implementation of new revenue system The Walt Disney Company – System Support/Finance Manager Nov 2011 – Jan 2015

• Business Process Manager for SAP (BCS, BPS) and COGNOS (TM1, 8.3) systems

• Supported end-users at close and forecast cycles with all aspects of the P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow, as well as system issues

• Created system enhancements to improve and shorten data latency within SAP and COGNOS

• Worked closely with IT team to create a simpler COGNOS/SAP system security, improve end-user experience & enhance performance

• Main liaison between IT and end-users for all SAP and COGNOS enhancements

• Analyzed new data, wrote test procedures and tested new system enhancements

• Created several Go Office reports

• Trained end-users on BCS, BPS and COGNOS tools

• Worked closely with IT to improve Web-sheets, upload templates and other tools within COGNOS and TM1 Various Projects – Sr. Consultant (Client: Disney, NBC Universal, Sony Corp) Sept 2006 – Nov 2011 Systems

• Participated in the Cash Flow enhancement project for The Walt Disney Enterprise Finance Division (TM1)

• Co-lead in the implementation of COGNOS TM1 Cash Flow system

• Studied the end-user requirement and created functional specification

• Mapped old data and reports for legacy system. Created new reports as needed

• Analyzed new data, wrote test procedures and tested new system enhancements

• Performed integrations testing for both BCS Cash and TM1 projects

• Managed training of 50-70 end-users for both BCS Cash and TM1 projects

• Supported a group of 50-70 end-users with User Acceptance Testing procedures and hyper care

• Managed Jaguar system conversion

Accounting / Finance Projects

• Prepared Cash Flow for Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Production and Walt Disney Studios (Studio Financial Reporting)

• Explained all variances for Days Payable outstanding (DPO), Days Sales outstanding (DSO) and Revenue as well as other balance sheet and P&L items

• Prepared and maintained BW / SAP reports for Disney Home Entertainment (DHE) and Production

• Acted as the interim Manager for Finance department, overseeing a staff of one Financial Analyst

• Created journal entries for month-end close and management packages

• Prepared variance explanations for all P&L accounts

• Performed balance sheet account reconciliation

• Analyzed and audited conversion results in order to guarantee accuracy of financial data for Jaguar system

• Managed two Senior Financial Analysts and an intern for the Walt Disney Studios Production Department

• Prepared budgets and forecast for The Walt Disney Studio

• Assisted in various projects to create and maintain the Return Reserve for Domestic Home Entertainment (DHE)

• Prepared and explained Product Margin Analysis for DHE through year over year comparisons

• Prepared and maintained production spending reports for The Walt Disney Company Studio on BW (including top sheets for management view)

• Prepared production shows billings and third party participation statements

• Documented and maintained policies and procedure for The Walt Disney Studio

• Acted as an interim Finance Manager/Director for Sony Pictures Television overseeing a staff of two

• Created budget, forecast and 4 year plan for all Sony Picture Television overhead cost centers

• Uploaded all budgets and forecast data to SAP

• Explained budget and forecast variances in detail for all departments

• Calculated overall capitalized inventory amounts for all Sony Picture Television shows The Walt Disney Company – Sr. Financial Analyst / Sr. System Processing Analyst Sept 2000 - July 2005

• Worked on SAP Plan to Consolidate (PTC) process for two segments of Disney and Sony Corp (SPT)

• Studied end-user requirements and created functional specification (SAP and COGNOS TM1)

• Involved in discussions for design and changes to functional specs (pre design discussions)

• Mapped old data and reports from legacy system

• Collaborated with IT team with the design of SAP and COGNOS TM1 systems

• Communicated changes to end user and IT team and provided solutions to create a more robust system

• Created test sets and assisted end-users with testing to allow for successful system go live

• Performed testing during design and after design timeline to ensure system integrity

• Worked on data reconciliations process from legacy to new systems

• Generated training material and trained end-users on R3, BCS, BPS, BW and COGNOS tools

• Supported a group of 50-70 end-users with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) procedures

• Participated in Go Live process (Reconciliations, mapping and data issues)

• Resolved any issues after go-live (hypercare)

• Worked with three different divisions within Disney Consumer Products

• Created and maintained several cost accounting models for different products

• Analyzed the royalty liability for several Disney products and prepared the journal entry to record the costs

• Collaborated & worked on the consolidation of Disney Consumer products divisions

• Created and maintained intercompany account reconciliations between Disney Corporate and ABC, resulting in significant decrease in unidentifiable entries

EDUCATION:

MBA California State University, Dominguez Hills

BS Accounting, California State University, Long Beach, Accounting

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