Philip Kwon

** ******* ***** ** *********, NV ***52

Mobile: 702-***-**** E-mail: xpait2@r.postjobfree.com

Meticulous and driven professional with the ability to plan, negotiate, close, and create team settings in a fast paced environment. Proven skills in managing large volumes of information with a history of timely financial analysis and reporting.

Work Experience

Interbrand – New York, NY

Group Financial Analyst (April 2008- Feb 2010)

• Maintained Hyperion financial reporting database, provided key administrative support for all offices, and trained new users.

• Reviewed Monthly P&L’s, Quarterly Reforecasts and Full Year Plans for variance analysis and GAAP compliance.

• Liaised between parent company and local/regional management teams to ensure financial requirements and deadlines are met.

• Provided Group Officers monthly consolidated management reports with analysis and commentary: New Business, Revenue Pipeline and Board Report.

• Tracked efficiency of Working Capital and utilized credit analysis tools to determine financial stability and credit worthiness of clients.

• Ad hoc reporting includes: FX movement analysis, Plan Target Revenue & Operating Profit calculations, Merger and Acquisition analysis, Statutory Account Reconciliations.

• Facilitated and improved the Global Intercompany Reconciliation process.

• Consolidated monthly revenue estimates

• Monitored and organized local/regional Capex and IT budget

• Updated legal database: director appointment/resignations, changes in share ownership.

MindShare – New York, NY

Senior Staff Accountant (March 2006- April 2008)

• Actively participated in the Annual Budget, Quarterly Reforecasts, Proforma.

• Publishing Quarterly Client Profitability by gathering client billings, revenues, direct/indirect staff costs, and overhead charges.

• Produced P&L statements for Specialty Unit Reporting.

• Submitted Semi-Annual NTI Billings Declaration by reporting gross network billings.

• Performed special projects for Controller including Capex, IT expense reconciliations, new business pitch costs, trend analysis and Research cost allocations.

• Coded operating expense and billable invoices while verifying that AP procedures are SOX compliant and created journal entry support for monthly expense accruals.

Payless Link L.L.C. – Henderson, NV

Accounts Manager (October 2002 – January 2006)

• Responsible for the accounting and allocation of products to 10 wholesale vendors and over 150 retail locations.

• Developed quantitative forecasting models to understand and anticipate changes in short term demand and to project company’s bottom line in multiple case scenarios involving, increased expenditures in advertising and new product launches.

• Monitored and controlled product life cycles by coordinating a variety of advertising strategies that increased sales 30% while adhering to budget constraints.

• Managed accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank and account reconciliations, billings, invoicing, purchase orders, inventory verification processes, and the preparations of daily bank deposits.

Education

University of California, Irvine (September 1998 – June 2002)

• Bachelor of Arts, Economics - GPA: 3.3

• Minor, Management

Yonsei University - Seoul, Korea (June 2002 – August 2002)

• International Summer Program

Awards

2nd Place-2001 UCI World Wide Web Challenge by Accenture

• Led and organized a team of student analysts and programmers to design a website and marketing plan for the UCI Counseling Center.

Accounting Software: Familiar with Great Plains, Donovan, Quickbooks

Reporting Tools: Expert with Hyperion and Microsoft Excel, familiar with Cognos and Cartesis

References are available upon request.

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