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Loren Anderson, CPA Resume 23262 Maple Street, Santa Clarita, California 91321, Ph.: 661-222-9794, [email protected] S UMMARY S TATEMENT Certified Public Accountant; passed all four parts of the CPA examination on the first sitting. Five solid years auditing. Controller 11 years. Experienced in accounting, heavy GL reconciliations and corrections, payroll, financial analysis, staff supervision and training, deadlines, continuous process improvement, accounting system software development projects, corporate income tax documentation. Credit unions, travel, and entertainment industries. Employee of The Year 1996. Outstanding ability to be the liaison between accounting and finance departments. Experienced in SAP. Advanced Excel. P ROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCE ABC Studios – The Walt Disney Company, Burbank CA Code Black – Season 1, Construction Accountant……………………………………05/2016 – Present Process weekly payroll for the construction workers Handle accounting for all materials used to build the sets Prepare daily Hot Cost Reports Inspect the sets daily to see the construction in process and to see exactly how all of the materials are used. ABC Studios – The Walt Disney Company, Burbank CA Wrap Accountant, ABC Studios Production Finance…………………………………04/2013 – 05/2016 Prep pilots and series before show accountants start including database setup, petty cash, P-Cards, A/P, and payroll. Process journal entries for active shows, receive cost reports, and budgets Receive shows from the production accountants and to complete all of the open production finance and production issues and provide accurate and timely reporting of shows’ costs to corporate. Provide support to various corporate departments like Business Affairs, Production, and Contract Administration. Reporting to Production Finance Executive. Wrap meetings, manage trial balance show assets including petty cash, and accounts receivable. Research and process outstanding and ongoing A/P, Payroll, and P-Cards, GL account analysis, post journal entries. Reconcile PSL or Vista transactions to SAP corporate transactions and resolve any outstanding items Provide tax incentive audit information to outside CPA firm and government officials Source, Inc., and Help Worldwide, Inc., Newhall, CA: Chief Financial Officer………………………………………………..………….……….09/2009 – 12/2012 Cash flow management, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis

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Loren Anderson, CPA Resume23262 Maple Street, Santa Clarita, California 91321, Ph.: 661-222-9794, [email protected] SUMMARY STATEMENT

Certified Public Accountant; passed all four parts of the CPA examination on the first sitting. Five solid years auditing. Controller 11 years. Experienced in accounting, heavy GL reconciliations and corrections, payroll, financial analysis, staff supervision and training, deadlines, continuous process improvement, accounting system software development projects, corporate income tax documentation. Credit unions, travel, and entertainment industries. Employee of The Year 1996. Outstanding ability to be the liaison between accounting and finance departments. Experienced in SAP. Advanced Excel.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ABC Studios – The Walt Disney Company, Burbank CACode Black – Season 1, Construction Accountant……………………………………05/2016 – Present

Process weekly payroll for the construction workers Handle accounting for all materials used to build the sets Prepare daily Hot Cost Reports Inspect the sets daily to see the construction in process and to see exactly how all of the materials

are used.

ABC Studios – The Walt Disney Company, Burbank CAWrap Accountant, ABC Studios Production Finance…………………………………04/2013 – 05/2016

Prep pilots and series before show accountants start including database setup, petty cash, P-Cards, A/P, and payroll.

Process journal entries for active shows, receive cost reports, and budgets Receive shows from the production accountants and to complete all of the open production finance

and production issues and provide accurate and timely reporting of shows’ costs to corporate. Provide support to various corporate departments like Business Affairs, Production, and Contract

Administration. Reporting to Production Finance Executive. Wrap meetings, manage trial balance show assets including petty cash, and accounts receivable. Research and process outstanding and ongoing A/P, Payroll, and P-Cards, GL account analysis, post journal entries.

Reconcile PSL or Vista transactions to SAP corporate transactions and resolve any outstanding items Provide tax incentive audit information to outside CPA firm and government officials

Source, Inc., and Help Worldwide, Inc., Newhall, CA:Chief Financial Officer………………………………………………..………….……….09/2009 – 12/2012 Cash flow management, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis Developed payroll information system including variance analysis and charts QuickBooks pro 2011: Forms design of Estimates, Invoices, and P.O.’s. Chart of accounts redesign,

GL maintenance, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and payroll tax returns Created a unified chart of accounts spanning nine different business entities including corporations,

partnerships, and LLC’s to simplify and speed transaction processing, financial reporting, and income tax preparation.

Developed system for project time tracking and customer billing Monthly general ledger journal entries, closing, and financial reporting Accrual based budgeting and variance analysis All general ledger account reconciliations and analysis Preparation of income tax work papers for nine business entities

AT&T Interactive, Yellowpages.com, Glendale, CA (TenTek Inc.):Senior Financial Analyst……………………………………………………………………11/2008 – 12/2008 Created Excel reports for sales and commissions using data exported from data base Created Excel template to analyze and report sales commissions for individual sales representatives

Kaiser Permanente, Marketing Finance, Pasadena, CA (Ajilon Finance):

Loren Anderson, CPA23262 Maple Street, Santa Clarita, California 91321, 661-222-9794, [email protected]

Consulting ……….……..………………………………………………….…………………03/2008 – 08/2008 Health Plan Marketing Finance: Financial analysis, general ledger accruals and reclassifications,

forecasting, lease-purchase tracking, and reporting for cost centers including Brand Management, National Advertising, Internet Marketing, and Small Business and Individual Plans sales brochure fullfillment.

Recommended that Kaiser Permanente plan for the possibility that Barack Obama is elected President and health care reform is enacted, and the marketing departments are called upon to meet increased and different demand.

Streamlined and enhanced Excel forecasting and Executive Summary workbooks. Developed process to insure that actual general ledger expenses are coded only with Official Budget

Categories, to achieve proper alignment with budget amounts, and meaningful variance reports. Created seamless Excel application using pivot charts to graphically present comparison of actuals to

forecasts and budgets, to enable executives to quickly determine areas needing attention. Trained individuals to perform various business processes, and advanced Excel concepts and uses. Set up industrial-grade scanner to achieve mandated soft copy reporting and OCR capability

Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc., Warner Brothers Studio Facilities (WBSF) Financial Operations, Financial Reporting Department, Burbank, CA (Genesis Global Staffing):Senior Financial Analyst ……………………………………………….………….……….05/2006 – 01/2008 Team member in monthly, quarterly, and year-end closings for Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc

(WBEI) and WBSF using SAP FI, SAP BW, and legacy systems. Train and supervise new Senior Financial Analysts in all areas of financial analysis and general

ledger accounting. Analyze monthly Profit & Loss (P&L) statements for multiple departments and formulation and parking

of general ledger adjusting general journal entries.

Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc., Warner Brothers Studio Facilities (WBSF) Financial Operations, Financial Reporting Department (continued) Prepare variance explanation reports. Present and discuss reports at monthly meetings. SOX general ledger journal entry documentation: Refine records retention procedures, train staff, and

verify that all journal entries are documented, filed, and secured. Create and enhance numerous Excel journal entry workbooks to decrease the time required for the

month-end closing processes. FAS-13: Developed Excel application to determine if leased assets should be capitalized in the

general ledger (subsequently shared with The CW Television Network) IATSE union vacation and holiday general ledger accruals: developed Excel application to calculate

for all Warner Brothers Studio Facilities union members. Fuel sales: Developed Excel application to extract information from general ledger and calculate

gross margin and gross margin percentage for each sale of gasoline, diesel, and propane by the Warner Brothers Studios gas station.

Assisted and trained others in advanced uses of SAP and Excel, or troubleshooting, as requested. Provided financial data and journal entry assistance to other Warner Brothers entities as requested. Reconciled general ledger accounts using SAP and Excel. Prepare corporate income tax work

papers, and U.S. Department of Commerce reports.

Kaiser Permanente, Pharmacy Finance, Downey, CA (Kforce Finance & Accounting Staffing):Consulting ……….……………………………………………………….………….……02/2006 – 04/2006 Streamlined and enhanced large Excel workbook for inventory analysis. Used Excel Compare, and

Power Utility Pak add-in programs to analyze existing workbook structures. Wrote accounting manual related to inventory adjustments using MS-PowerPoint

The St. John Companies Accounting Department, Valencia, CA (Robert Half Management Resources): Consulting ………………..………………………………………………………10/2005 – 12/2005 Reconciled high transaction volume checking account not reconciled for six months up to date.

Created Excel workbook for bank reconciliation to automatically match bank data from various sources with book transactions. Write bank reconciliation procedures.

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Loren Anderson, CPA23262 Maple Street, Santa Clarita, California 91321, 661-222-9794, [email protected]

The Walt Disney Company, ABC Television Network, Touchstone Television Productions, LLC, Burbank, CA: Paymaster – Set Construction / Project Accountant………01/2003 - 04/2003 and 01/2004 - 07/2005 Processed weekly payroll using Cast & Crew, and Entertainment Partners, for Disney’s Touchstone

Television set construction employees for up to 20 television productions concurrently, through the 2004/2005 season and the 2005 pilot season.

Trained Construction Coordinators to efficiently use Excel templates, MS-Outlook email, and Windows Explorer.

Accurately maintained and published the hourly construction labor rate tables for all productions Posted Cast & Crew invoices to the PSL general ledger as requested Developed Excel templates as needed. Maintained the Set Construction Hot Cost variance reports in Excel Used optical character recognition to scan construction materials invoices into Excel for competitive

pricing analysis. Set up a computer file sharing system on the Disney network for the Set Construction Department.

STA Travel Inc. (Division USA), Los Angeles, CA:Corporate Controller ……………………………………..………………….…………12/1991 – 11/2002 Was part of the management team which grew Division USA from 12 branches to 130 branches and

sales from approximately $36 million to $300 million. Supported all sales locations with excellent service, including last-minute vendor checks, refunds, on-

line point-of-sale technical problems, payroll, and financial reporting. Gave well-received oral presentations about accounting and finance methods and goals at annual

meetingsSTA Travel Inc. (Division USA), Los Angeles, CA: (continued) Successfully designed and implemented approximately 200 accounting system computer program

enhancements to make processes more efficient or increase reporting capabilities. Developed numerous MS-Excel applications for use by Division USA, and other divisions worldwide. Consistently closed monthly general ledger accurately in accordance with GAAP. Consistently first among worldwide divisions in getting books closed and reported to Head Office Prepared monthly balance sheets, profit-loss statements, and cash flow statements. Heavy training, supervision, and review of the work of an average of 20 accounting staff. Created, documented, and launched an untold number accounting procedures and processes Accounts payable: set up paper paid invoice filing system using best practices promulgated by the

Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA). Prepared budget information as requested Analyzed monthly branch profit-loss statement variances and corrected any errors discovered Maintained, adjusted, and reconciled all of STA Travel’s asset, liability, and equity GL accounts. Regularly reconciled high-transaction-volume retail trading general ledger accounts by designing,

creating, and using advanced Excel applications. Maintained daily cash balances, flows, and forecasts. Collaborated with bankers to open accounts,

perform international wire transfers, and obtain letters of credit. Prepared interest method amortization schedules for investments and loans for GL posting. Counted, reconciled and adjusted multi-location general ledger inventory accounts. Performed monthly maintenance of fixed assets for about eight years, using Fixed Assets

Management (FAM) software to record acquisitions and dispositions, and calculate book, Federal and state depreciation schedules. Reconciled the FAM system to the G/L monthly, and to the corporate income tax returns annually. Also maintained the paper library of asset purchase and disposition documentation in parallel with the computerized G/L, for quick reference when needed. Also wrote the detailed fixed assets maintenance manual and ultimately delegated this task to a staff accountant.

Provided all subsidiary ledgers to Arthur Andersen or PricewaterhouseCoopers for annual audits. Compiled all information to prepare federal and multi-state property tax returns. Prepared business

tax returns, 1099-Misc forms, property tax returns, and secretary of state filings.

Heffner, Wright, & Fallon Accountants Incorporated.…………………………………02/1987 – 12/19913

Loren Anderson, CPA23262 Maple Street, Santa Clarita, California 91321, 661-222-9794, [email protected]

CPA Firm: Audit Supervisor Supervised staff conducting financial audits for numerous large, medium, and small credit union

clients throughout Southern California, including Hughes Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas, Southern California Edison, City of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara County, San Diego County, Caltech, Farmers Insurance Group, Unocal, USC and many others.

Supervised annual audit of STA Travel, Inc. (see above; my future employer) and preparation of Federal and multi-state income tax returns.

Conducted or participated in various fraud audits and agreed-upon-procedures engagements. Became licensed as a Certified Public Accountant upon completion of all California Department of

Consumer Affairs, Board of Accountancy, Form E – Certificate of Experience requirements. Prepared corporate income taxes for clients.

EDUCATION /AFFILIATIONS

Financial Issues in Film & Television, Jay Shapiro– UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, California

Treasurer, Paseo Dorena Homeowner’s Association – 1990 to 1995– Santa Clarita, California

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with accounting emphasis - 1986 – California State University, Northridge

Associate In Arts – College of The Canyons, Valencia, California

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