Accounting Professional Experience

Brian Walton

**** * *** * #* • Woods Cross, UT **087 • 817-***-**** • *****************@*****.***

Professional Experience

Self-Reliance Services/Perpetual Education Fund Salt Lake City, UT Accountant 2 February 2017-Present

• Review finance team’s Journal Vouchers for errors

• Train and manage volunteers in PEF on systems and processes

• Administer Corporate Cards for SRS-PEF and train new employees on Cards and Travel policy

• Manage the implementation of process improvement projects for Latin American Areas

• Map processes and draft/edit new PEF loan system requirements and the official PEF Policies Accountant April 2013-January 2015

• Led the maintenance of the accounting entry process, ensuring the accuracy of accounts/entries

• Found, investigated and resolved differences in 1000+ accounts monthly caused by system bugs

• Teamed with treasury to open accounts and establish payment processes in multiple countries

• Liaised with international finance teams, in multiple languages, to resolve discrepancies with accounts due to disbursement, repayment, system, and human errors

• Trained all levels of employees worldwide on new system and financial processes

• Regularly assisted in projects from other managers for which I was offered a supervisor position Finance/Accounting Internship

• Balanced portfolios of 60,000+ international loans in conjunction with new system implementation

• Tested systems to find, analyze, and correct data in new system implementation The Walt Disney Company Burbank/Glendale, CA & Orlando, FL Accounting & Finance Rotation Program (AFRP) - Financial Analyst January 2015-January 2017 ABC Television Group: FP&A

• Consolidated and prepared the ABC Broadcast division’s forecasts and Annual Operating Plan (AOP)

• Developed annual business unit budgets related to headcount and overhead expense

• Partnered with finance teams to research, analyze, and prepare causes of change and key drivers

• Prepared deck to reevaluate accuracy of AOP allocation percentages used for each broadcast daypart Parks & Resorts Advisory & Assurance

• Met with business units to assess the internal controls practiced in their processes

• Made recommendations and helped implement solutions to improve controls and processes saving 5+ labor hours weekly

• Automated Excel processes for multiple lines of businesses to increase efficiency and accuracy Corporate Financial Reporting

• Prepared tie-out packages to support 10-Q, 10-K and Earnings Release

• Revised and edited sections of financial statement reporting quarterly

• Coordinated with external auditors to provide all work papers for their quarterly review Disney Music Group Accounting

• Prepared quarterly accrual for physical, digital, and streaming music sales

• Performed price volume analysis on quarterly P&L statement

• Communicated system needs to those developing a new FoH system for sales accounting

• Prepared analysis with team to improve AFRP recruiting which was implemented the following year Ernst & Young Amman, Jordan

Assurance Intern June 2013-July 2013

• Performed quarterly review for Fixed Assets, A/R, Expenses, and Income

• Structured and edited the Consolidated Financial Statements and Write-up Overview Education

Brigham Young University Provo, UT

BS in Accounting April 2014

Volunteer Experience

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lima, Peru/ Santa Cruz, Bolivia Zone Leader, District Leader 2008-2010

• Supervised and trained 14 volunteers in area of Santa Cruz and served/taught 80 hours per week Other Provo, UT

ESL tutor for international students, Cub Master for BSA, and VITA Skills, Accomplishments and Interests

• Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, VBA,

PowerPoint, Vizio, and Outlook

• Proficient in SAP, PeopleSoft and Business Objects

• Earned rank of Eagle Scout

• Photography, Traveling and Piano

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