Acquisitions Manager Financial Analyst

MAXINE HEADLEY

● Lilburn, Georgia ***** ● **********@*****.*** ● 404-***-****

Profile

Versatile Finance; Accounting and Marketing Professional whose most recent focus was financial analysis and reporting. Extensive experience in general accounting, P&L and Balance Sheet maintenance. Hands-on planning and development of budgets and forecasts. Works successfully with finance and non-finance managers and staff. Proven staff management abilities with recognitions for identifying and implementing process improvements.

JOB SEARCH & ACTIVITIES (Aug 2020 to Current)

• Actively searching for new opportunities with great companies in and around Atlanta, Georgia

• Volunteer and fundraising work especially with my church and netball team.

Contractor- Sr Financial Analyst

WARNER MEDIA GROUP & Formally TURNER (May 2019 to Aug 2020)

• Key responsibilities focused on consolidating business segment’s monthly results and delivering Forecast data to leadership

• Outlook reporting package. Gather and pull system data where needed to deliver consolidated schedules for 30+ reporting segments

• Prepare and upload high level planning adjustment journals when required via Hyperion

• Divisional Monthly Reporting Template. Pull monthly; quarterly; YTD results and other key metric from system, calculate variances and consolidate explanations submitted.

• Development and maintenance of reporting schedules for adjusting items, including multiple revisions due to changing requirements from leadership

• Point of contact for Line of Business staff, before, during and after forecast reporting process transitioned from our CFR team.

Acquisitions Manager

WH VENTURES, LLC (Oct 2018 to May 2019)

• Tasked with generating seller leads for the acquisition of residential properties within Gwinnett county and surrounding area

• Lead analysis and follow-up as required

• Preparation of offers and contracts, and their execution

• Leverage skills training for continued improvement.

JOB SEARCH & ACTIVITIES (Apr 2018 to Oct 2018)

• Severance package from previous employer allowed me take an extended amount of time before actively pursuing new employment. Activities included assisting my daughter as she transitioned form High School to college; volunteer work; home improvement projects and travel back home to London, England to visit family and friends.

Lead Financial Analyst

AT&T MOBILITY FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS (Dec 2016 to Apr 2018).

• Tasked with reporting Business and Consumer (B&C) segments results. Ensure reporting consistency with Total company

• Verification of corporate file from HQ to total company results produced by team

• Project managed initiative aimed at achieving improved alignment between key systems used in company reporting (MR2020 vs Callisto). Gains made then project reassessed

AT&T EG-MARKETING ANALYTICS & REPORTING (Oct 2015 to Oct 2016) Entertainment Group (EG)

• Tasked with volume forecasting, as reporting team transitioned from Finance to Marketing.

• Model and monitor IP Broadband (IPBB) sales and activations. Forecasts developed based upon current pacing with seasonality

• Weekly meetings to provide analysis and support for the Broadband Product Marketing team

• Timely and accurate delivery of daily email to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and team. Included previous day net gains; installs and disconnects vs forecast (day, month to date and quarter to date).

• Developed process and key deliverable to report actual volumes against daily forecast spread.

• Consolidation of weekly forecast input templates for Broadband and Voice products.

• Produced weekly channel level charts (activations & gross sales) for Video business segment.

AT&T FINANCE -HOME SOLUTIONS (Aug 2013 to Oct 2015). Promoted to Lead Financial Analyst in August 2013.

• Tasked with delivering weekly IP Broadband (IPBB) volumes forecasts, with concentration on churn.

• Developed predictive churn model for IPBB with eight disconnect categories, including the three major reporting types (moves; non-pay; competitive).

• Developed daily migrations tracker to monitor and compare volumes reported in sales reporting system vs Finance reporting system.

Senior Accountant

AT&T MOBILITY – REVENUE ACCOUNTING (Contract Senior Accountant (Nov 2008 to Dec 2011)

Employee Senior Accountant (Dec 2011 to Jul 2013)). Prior in same role as a Contractor.

• Period end variance analysis reports for South Central region and clusters.

• Preparation of monthly rollover forecast.

• Coordination; processing and reporting of Affiliate Revenue.

• Journal entry preparation and monthly reconciliation of up to 12 balance sheet accounts.

Contractor Senior Accountant in Roamer Settlement (Aug09-Jan10).

• Responsible for the settlement of payment balances (AR and AP) between AT&T and its over 100 roaming partners both nationally and internationally.

• Calculation of funding requirements for bank accounts

• Extensive negotiations with national and international roaming partners.

Contractor Senior Accountant in New Products & Services (NP&S) (Nov08-Aug09).

• Tasked with representing the interests of revenue accounting at various stages in the development of new projects and services.

• Consult revenue accounting leaders whose areas were directly impacted. Formulate then submit specific/unique requirements within strict project deadlines. Facilitate review meeting.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS

•15+ years of professional finance and accounting within the industries of telecoms, global delivery, publishing, oil & gas, retail and UK Public Sector. •Creative in design and development of forecast and consolidation models to improve overall efficiency/control in areas of responsibility. (AT&T) •Achieved crucial time reduction in reporting overhead variances to budget from 3 days to half a day, and with increased accuracy (Publishing) •Provided vital training and guidance to Budget Managers of 30+ cost centers on newly implemented accounting system and procedures (UK Public Sector). •Justified a 15% increase in comp

Contractor Sr FA Warner Media 2019-2020

Lead Financial Analyst: AT&T 2013-2018

Senior Accountant: AT&T 2011-2013

Contract Accountant: AT&T; Silverpop; Vesdia Corp; UPS, Various UK Orgs 2005- 2011

Homemaker: Transition to the United States from the UK 2003-2005

Finance Development Accountant: UK Justice Department 2001-2003

Financial Accountant: Statoil (UK) Ltd 1997-2000

Finance Manager/ Management Accountant: TMIP Ltd (UK) 1995-1997

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) Georgia, USA

Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

ACMA (CPA comparable) London, UK

BA(HONS) Degree in Business Studies with 2:1 classification from South Bank University London, UK

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

Defacto (Callisto); UMART; Mercury MR2020; CFAS; Business Objects; Virtuoso; Oracle 11i Financials; SAP R/3; Peachtree Accounting; Sun with Vision Excel; MS Office Suite: Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint; Hyperion; AS400; EPOS Sales Analysis System; Monarch

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