Sales Marketing

Carl M. Tal

Valley Village, CA *****

Home: 818-***-**** Cell: 818-***-****

E-mail - ********@**********.***

Corporate Controller

Accomplished tech-savvy executive, with hands-on experience in finance, accounting, financial analysis and business management, multiple software conversions & implementations. Easily adapts and transitions between various industries, such as entertainment, consumer products, marketing, mortgage, financial services and real estate.

Skill set includes:

• Periodical and Year End closing

• Financial Analysis

• E-Commerce & Inventory

• Gross Profit Margin Analysis • Variance, quantative and Ratios Reports

• Sales Commission Reporting & Analysis

• Consolidated Financial Reports

• Board of Directors Reporting

• Financial Modeling & ROI

• Audit Preparation & Coordination

• Software Implementations • Budgeting and Forecasting

• Cost Accounting

• Dashboard Reports

Applications: MS Dynamics Great Plains, FRX, AMB (Oracle), Mas90, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Oracle, DataTrac, FICS, Binary Stream, QuickBooks, Movie Magic , PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Office, Advanced Excel, Access, Visio, Lotus notes.

Professional Experience:

Controller 2008 - Present

Pasadena Neighborhood Housing Services

Pasadena NHS; a non-profit organization: Monthly financial reporting and presentation to the Board of Directors. Budgeting and forecasting for federal and local government funded projects. Cash flow management and forecasting. Managed all financial and accounting activity, including: multifamily Residential Real-Estate, fund accounting, federal & municipal compliance, banking and investment relations.

Prepared 3 annual OMB Circular – 133 audits, 990 Federal and 190 State Tax Returns.

Corporate Controller

Quality Home Loans, Agoura Hills, CA 2006 – 2007

A company with $1.7 Billion in annual funding and over $60MM annual revenue: Prepared monthly and annual GAAP compliant financial statement. Managed investment funds ($75 MM). Periodical and year end closing. Managed treasury, investment and banking relationship. Administered MS Dynamics Great Plains software, and built custom FRx reports. Managed 4 land, residential and commercial property developments. Managed and supervised 6 accountants and 2 temp staff.

Implemented MS Dynamics Great Plains, and converted 1 and a half year historic data.

Developed a process to integrate data from multiple software sources.

Hired 3 new staff members, and trained staff on the new Great Plains software.

Coordinated 2 annual audits and tax returns for 5 company entities, and 3 years back audit.

Sr. Business Analyst (independent contractor)

Countrywide Financial Corp., Pasadena, CA 2005 – 2006

Preparation of advisory financial scenario models for the Managing Directors. PowerPoint preparation and presentations to managing directors. Examined executive benefits and IRS regulations ramification on the company’s consequential liability. Participated in the annual corporate administration strategic planning process, and made recommendations.

Examined the corporate air group operations, and proposed actions that saved the company $500M annually.

Analyzed the company’s $30MM annual shipping contracts in light of the rising fuel surcharges, devised means to hedge the rising cost, which saved the company $500M annually.

Corporate Controller

Mylor Financial Group, Los Angeles, CA 2001 - 2005

An18 Branch Company, with $1.8 Billion in annual funding, and over $60MM annual revenue: Performed period and year end closing. Prepared GAAP compliant financial statements. Reported directly to owners / partners (no CFO). Managed cash flow, developed internal controls, managed banking and investment relationship. Managed $180 MM warehouse line of credit. Filed property and city taxes and business license renewals. Filed Freddie Mac and DOC reports. Managed fixed assets and loan servicing. Resolved issues with branch managers. Collaborated and solved issues with the software company. Supervised staff of 6 accountants, interviewed and hired new employees, and performed annual employee reviews.

Restructured the company’s Chart of Accounts, and Financial Statements.

Implemented new Loan (product) Level Accounting procedures.

Wrote policies and procedures for the department and implemented them.

Developed a process to integrate data from multiple sources into the accounting system.

Collected $250M over 1 year old Receivables, and saved $50M annually on insurance policy.

Coordinated 4 annual external HUD compliance audits and tax returns.

Finance Manager / Controller

NewStar Media, Los Angeles, CA 1999 – 2001

Business line: Production and distribution of over 15M audio book titles recorded by celebrities, and movie of the week production and distribution. Prepared financial and ad-hoc reports for the CFO and the president, operations and cost accounting, work in progress, periodic and year-end closing, SEC reports filing, royalty statements and analysis, product capital amortization, gross profit margin and competitive reports, generation of weekly, monthly and annual sales and commission reports, as well as sales analysis reports. Managed fixed assets and intangible assets of the company.

Developed a complex semi-annual Royalties reporting system, to produce accurate reports faster.

Collected $350M of over 1 year old Receivables.

Coordinated annual audits and tax returns with KPMG.

Sr. Financial Analyst (contract)

Disney Consumer Products, Glendale, CA 1998 – 1999

Financial modeling, analysis of operations and comparison reporting for S. Carolina and Memphis National Distribution Centers and relocation process monitoring. Consolidation of operations reporting. Corporate marketing expenses analysis. Performance comparison analysis of the new Oracle based financial system with old system for U.S. and Canadian operations. Analysis and reconciliation of high volume direct mail order activities and bank records. Tracking marketing departments expense vs budget of over $60MM. Assisted with month end closings.

Created ad-hoc reports and forecasting models, to support possible scenarios and budgeting for the next fiscal year.

Financial Analyst (contract) 1997 – 1998

Indy Mac Bank, Pasadena, CA

Prepared $10MM marketing budget, for twelve divisions and presented to the Directors. Built an interactive marketing budget on the Intranet. Created an inventory report of marketing, promotional and collateral materials. Produced monthly usage reports for promotional materials. Acted as financial liaison to the VP of Marketing.

Reviewed marketing department vendors’ billings, discovered errors and saved the company $250M.

Consulted and troubleshot the Company Store’s multi page web site on the company Intranet.

Education:

Currently working on my CPA and MBA.

University of Tel Aviv, Israel: BA Degree in Accounting, minor in Business Administration.

UCLA – 2 years, various classes in the film industry.

Neighbor Works Training Institute – Advanced Financial Analysis for a Sustainable Mission

Associations:

Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG)

Toastmasters International

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