Pace University - Lubin School of Business

Financial Analyst at Nine West Group

Revlon Inc.

Finance Manager

Senior Financial Analyst

•	Manage credit and collections of the wholesale market, and the complete transition of royalties and advertising licensing in the international and domestic markets.  
•	Manage projection process by licensee (14 international and 12 domestic licensees) in coordination with the VP of finance.
•	Develop and maintain financial models to support projections for licensing accruals, cash and sales reporting.
•	Produce monthly reports analyzing potential sale impacts, and summarize licensing deal terms and deals in negotiations.
•	Coordinate with financial planning to ensure P&L projections match month-end reports.
•	Work with the directors of accounting and treasury to apply cash to invoices and quarterly minimums/actuals.
•	Develop schedule summarizing cash receipts and deliver to president of international on a weekly basis.
•	Manage weekly accounts receivable aging report.
•	Work in conjunction with staff of international and domestic licensees, monitoring and reviewing their sales reports to ensure integrity of financial reporting and payments.
•	Provide financial status of the licensees by comparing and analyzing actuals results against budget and projections.
•	Participate in the close process, submitting accruals for international and domestic licensees and ensure all ties with the sub-ledger and P&L.
•	Resolved and monitored issues relating to invoicing and cash application within other departments and implementing SAP for further research.
•	Utilize licensees’ sales reporting and contracts to ensure compliance.
•	Prepare ad-hoc analyses for senior management and executive leadership.
•	Work cross-functionally with team members from accounting, licensing leadership and corporate finance.

Nine West Group

Financial Analyst - Corporate Finance

•	Applied daily receipts through Oracle on a timely basis.
•	Prepared and sent invoices on a timely basis for assigned customer accounts, as well as, consistently
reaching out to customers to obtain payments for their outstanding fees.
•	Investigated and worked with other department team members to resolve issues relating to cash application (e.g. missing invoices, misapplication of cash).
•	Reconciled the monthly cash received schedule against the total receipts reported by Oracle to ensure completeness and accuracy.
•	Prepared monthly cash receipts forecast for assigned accounts to ensure timely and accurate cash flow analysis.
•	Based on review of the customer remittance advice and the daily JP Morgan Booked Inbound Non-USD Credit Conversion Trades emails for CAD, EUR and AUD conversions to USD (in amounts greater than $100K), analyzed cash receipts to determine how much of each receipt relates to each hedge contract.
•	Prepared the correspondence to Time Warner Treasury relating to hedged cash to be converted from foreign currency (e.g., CAD, EUR, or AUD) to USD.
•	Monitored trends for assigned account regions as well as the individual customer portfolio for potential issues that could have significant impact on cash flow.
•	Reviewed contracts, evaluated and applied the deal terms in accordance with applicable accounting literature.
•	Provided day-to-day financial support, including journal entries, account maintenance, ad-hoc analyses, and process improvement.
•	Assisted in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the department.

Accounting Analyst

•	Ensured the timely and accurate entry of subscriber activity as reported by HBO affiliates and quantified through periodic audits, into the SMART/MIDAS billing system. 
•	Collected and applied any affiliate payments received, posting any necessary adjustments to affiliate accounts, and assisting account representative in monthly account cleanups using the CHARM accounts receivable system. 
•	Assisted account representatives in preparing billed vs. paid analyses for various affiliates. 
•	Maintained credit reviews of potential and recognized affiliates, assisting account reps to determine appropriate security deposits or letters of credits. 
•	Maintained frequent affiliate contact and interaction with HBO Affiliate Operations personnel to execute daily responsibilities.

Assistant to Account Representative

•	Worked with accountants and other analysts to ensure accurate analysis and financial plans within the real estate company.
•	Gained insight into how selling and customer service occur within a real estate agency.
•	Involved with annual rent registration for over 5,000 residential tenants.
•	Recorded individual commercial tenants’ charges and annual receipts for the city’s mandatory attachment to RPIE (Real Property Income & Expense).
•	Analyzed commercial and residential leases.

Christina Dingcong