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Sam Foroughi

F I N A N C E D I R E C T O R ( M B A )

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Finance and Business Process leader with over 15 years of operational & 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 expertise as well as project management skills. Key liaison with end-users, IT professionals and senior management. A decisive, energetic & focused professional who is adaptable and composed with strong leadership skills and the ability to be a leader and 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. 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)

Employment History

Director of Finance, Deluxe Entertainment/Company 3 2018 — Present

• Managed up to four finance and accounting team Professionals in Disney, Sony, and Method Studios

• FP&A lead at Method Studio in charge of entire company consolidation

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

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

• 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.

• Met with department executives to discuss their budget and forecast.

• Prepared budget and forecast for 18 profit centers.

• Prepared variance explanations for all Balance Sheet and P&L lines as well as account reconciliation

• Analyzed and audited conversion results to guarantee accuracy of financial data.

• Explained budget and forecast variances in detail for all departments.

• Finance lead on D365/Jet implementation project. Consultant, Disney/Surfair/Air lease

2015 — 2018

Links

Linkedin

Skills

SAP/S4HANA/R3/BW/BCS/BPC

MS D365

Netsuite

Leadership, Resource Man-

agement and Planning

Financial / Process Analysis

System Support

Reporting Tools

Project Management

Consolidation

Revenue Analysis

Budgeting

Process Improvements

Cash Flow Management

Cost Accounting

Reconciliation

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

Compliance

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• 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.

• Worked closely with IT teams to create a simpler COGNOS/SAP system security, improve end-user experience, Websheets, upload templates & enhance performance.

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

• Documented and created payment and utilization reports for leased planes.

• Aided the revenue team with implementation of new revenue system.

• Performed SOX testing for several titles and customers at Fox Digital Media System Support/SFA/ Finance Manager, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY/Sony Pict. TV. (SPT)

2006 — 2015

• Created budget, forecast and 4-year plan for all SPT overhead cost centers

• Calculated overall capitalized inventory amounts for all SPT.

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

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

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

• Performed integrations testing for both BCS Cash and TM1 projects.

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

• Worked on SAP (PTC) process lead for two segments of Disney and Sony Corp

(SPT)

• Created requirements, design and functional specs and mapped legacy data with end users and IT team. (SAP and TM1)

• 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.

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

• Prepared and maintained BW / SAP reports for end users at Disney and SPT.

• 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 budgets and forecast for The Walt Disney Studio

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

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

• Prepared Financial models to plan audit testing for above titles and customers.

• Revenue analysis for Domestic and International clients

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

• 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.

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

MBA, California State University

BS, California State University, Long Beach

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