Karla Quiboloy Cenizal, CPA
626-***-**** adjlz8@r.postjobfree.com 3673 Urquidez Avenue, Glendale, CA 91208 Work experience
Warner Home Video October 2013 – December 2020
Burbank, CA
FP&A Manager
● Managed the Domestic (US & Canada) Theatrical Catalog (TCAT) Budget process (from bottom-up), including all forecasts
(Quarterly Forecast, Annual Budget and Long-Term Plan), cost assumptions and system loads (Hyperion Essbase)
● Heavily partnered with the Marketing and Sales department to ensure our forecast includes all available information
● Built new & improved on existing financial models to improve their efficiency & to facilitate easy analysis of scenario planning in the future using historical data, industry metrics and business specific metrics for insightful forecasts
● Actively helped with Quarterly Pacing by tracking revenue and expenses against the forecast & researching variance drivers
● Actively helped prepared financial statements on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis and highlighted key performance drivers
● Liaised with the Accounting, Supply Chain & Marketing department to ensure proper bookings of revenue and costs and to get better understanding of the Actuals and variances against forecasts
● Served the TCAT business unit by generating monthly and quarterly pacing of Actual vs. Forecast, LTD analysis, post-promotion analyses, Slow Moving Inventory analysis and other ad-hoc analyses and reporting
● Tracked and reported of Global Franchise titles (DC, Wizarding World and Lego) performance, which gives upper management visibility on their performance and help them with business decisions
● Generated financial analyses of Physical & Digital Actuals to help the Marketing team increase the effectiveness of their promotions
● Created 6 Month and 18 Month P&Ls to predict the profitability of numerous New to Format titles, which enabled the TCAT business unit to make greenlight decisions
● Tracked & reported on New to Format titles performances compared to pre-street forecast
● Analyzed Slow Moving Inventory on a quarterly basis to provide insight on the potential sell off in the next 24 months
● Prepared and managed Theatrical New Release and Catalog Film Ultimates
● Trained and mentored Senior Financial Analysts and consultants Warner Bros International Television Distribution, Inc. November 2011 – October 2013 Burbank, CA
Senior Analyst
● Prepared monthly, quarterly & year-end close deliverables, which included financial analysis, Cause of Change explanations, footnotes, SOX compliance, and supplemental schedules
● Analyzed P&L and Balance Sheet Actuals against plan, budget, and prior year for management’s review
● Involved in all forecasts such as Mid Year Forecast, Year End Forecast, Budget, Long Range Plan and monthly re-forecast: o Generated Home Office P&L budget by cost center and account and subsequently prepared the variance explanations
o Managed and reviewed territory templates for reasonableness and completeness of data and variance explanation o Aggregated and assimilated budgets and other data from other Business Units such as WWTV Marketing, Tech Ops, MIS and others, and international territories
● Consolidated all P&Ls from international territories
● Responsible for completeness and accuracy of accounting and reporting for Warner Channel Latin America and WarnerTV Asia
● Ensured vendor invoices were processed and paid on a timely manner Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC November 2007 – November 2011 Westwood, CA
Senior Accountant
● Took over the Senior Accountant responsibilities after less than a year of employment
● Compiled quarterly closing schedules and journal entries, such as revenue recognition, film cost roll forward, quarterly debt, capitalized interest, and account analyses, for review by the VP of Finance
● Generated Consolidated Financial Statements and tied them out to the Trial Balance 1
Karla Quiboloy Cenizal, CPA
626-***-**** adjlz8@r.postjobfree.com 3673 Urquidez Avenue, Glendale, CA 91208
● Reviewed Staff Accountant’s company-wide reconciliations of bank statements, accounts receivable entries, and allocation of American Express
● Oversaw Accounting Assistant’s weekly accounts payable entries, and writer payments schedules
● Executed and analyzed film-related schedules such as cost reports to keep track of expenses by films and bill-backs to ensure reimbursement from film entity
● Prepared schedules for and answered inquiries from auditors during interim and year-end audits
● Generated and issued 1099s for all corporate entities’ appropriate vendors and filed them with the IRS Education and Credentials
Certified Public Accountant - Inactive
University of California, Santa Barbara September 2003 – June 2007 Bachelor of Arts
Major: Business Economics with an Emphasis on Accounting Minor: Asian American Studies
Network for Asian Pacific American (NAPA) – A Warner Bros. Business Resource Group Board Chair 2019 - 2020
Board Member 2014 - 2018
● Managed a group of 10 Board Members
● Produced 6-10 events a year geared towards professional development, networking and cultural events o Gala for 120-150 guests in attendance
o Cross-Studio Mixer in partnership with other Studios and Entertainment Companies with 200+ guests in attendance with panel discussions around Asian Americans in Entertainment o Talent Panel & screening or Crazy Rich Asian
o Book to Screen events with panelist discussing the path to developing a book into a movie – Black Mass, Me Before You, Ready Player One, It, and Crazy Rich Asians
o Celebration Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), Diwali, Undas, Lunar New Year, and other Asian Holidays
● Developed & presented campaign strategy to TV Execs targeting the Asian & Asian American community for new TV series o Partnered with Boba Guys to promote of CW’s Katy Keene Software
● SAP, Business Explorer (BW), Hyperion Essbase, Business Objects, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint), Production Software (PSL3), Accpac, 10-key
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