AFSANA EMA
New Hyde Park
Summary
Results-driven Sr. Accountant skilled in Oracle Saas, with extensive experience in month-end close processes that enhance financial accuracy and compliance. Led cross-functional collaboration and managed offshore teams, fostering efficiency and innovation in financial reporting.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Accountant
McGraw-Hill Education
New York
12.2018 - Current
- Prepare month end close Revenue and Expense entries in Oracle Saas for the Global Professional Business (Digital and Print) with annual revenue of over $150M
- Calculate month end Royalty and Commission analysis as well as book the accrual entries using RevPro Amortization System
- Created detailed write-up and training materials for closing entries, analysis reports as well as royalty and commissions files
- Researched, analyzed, and presented month-end Balance Sheet flux analysis exceeding $500k to Accounting & FP&A team, providing explanations and additional follow-up item analysis as needed
- Partner with FP&A team in decision making regarding Budgeting and Estimates
- Completed over 30 monthly Balance Sheet account reconciliations, ensuring no outstanding balances exceeded 90 days
- Refresh, analyze and distribute 16 Domestic and Global monthly reports during close. Some examples are EBITDA, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance Revenue etc.
- Calculate and submit Monthly & Annual AAP (American Association of Publishers) Analysis
- Functioned as the SOX contact for the Professionals team, updating narratives and compiling monthly SOX compliance documents
- Functioned as the primary audit contact for Year End and Quarter End PBC, managing CSOM Revenue and Returns and conducting POINT in time audit sample tests for Digital and Print work.
- Worked with Business Intelligence team to create web based Monthly Dashboards
- Train and manage 2 offshore (India) accounting team members
Sr. COE Financial Analyst
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
New Jersey
04.2018 - 11.2018
- Facilitated communication among WES, WLS, and CrossKnowledge Solutions Business Units to streamline collaboration
- Conducted monthly P&L analysis to assist in proper booking of revenue & expenses by the Business Unit’s accounting team
- Enhanced management report pack and delivered ad-hoc reports to support decision-making for teams
- Led BPC optimization for cost center and profit center remapping, ensuring accurate reporting for Solutions businesses
- Created month-end variance presentations for upper management
Sr. Content Distribution Financial Analyst
VIACOM
New York
03.2017 - 01.2018
- Actualized monthly subscriber revenue data, prepared close packages and dashboards for 6 large clients and over 57 independent clients, and collaborated with finance managers to budget and forecast for assigned accounts, contributing to Content Distribution’s $4.5B annual revenue
- Developed executive reports, dashboards, and ad-hoc reporting for Corporate Strategy team using SAP and Long View Planning tools
- Analyzed monthly, quarterly and annual variances for budget vs actual
- Prepared month-end reporting & reconciliations: SAP to Slink; SAP to Khalix; Unbilled Reconciliation; Prior Period Analysis
- Collaborated with Global Business Services (Shared Services) to ensure accurate generation and booking of monthly billing and revenue
Sr. Client Finance Analyst
Hogarth Worldwide - WPP Owned Company
New York
07.2016 - 02.2017
- Developed client profitability reports for 130+ active clients to enhance financial visibility
- Facilitated discussions with project managers to analyze client financials and reconcile monthly billing discrepancies
- Streamlined trackers and budget files, confirming monthly time management for improved accuracy
- Worked with Business Intelligence team to create web based Monthly Dashboards
- Assisted in the creation of job estimates, budgets and client staffing plans
Education
BBA - Accounting, Finance
Pace University
New York, NYSkills
- ARCS Reconciliation
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Oracle Saas
- Zoura Revpro
- IBM Cognos Reporting
- Tableau Analytics Portal
- Salesforce
- SAP
- Data analysis
- SharePoint
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Sr Accountant
McGraw-Hill Education
12.2018 - Current
Sr. COE Financial Analyst
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
04.2018 - 11.2018
Sr. Content Distribution Financial Analyst
VIACOM
03.2017 - 01.2018
Sr. Client Finance Analyst
Hogarth Worldwide - WPP Owned Company
07.2016 - 02.2017
BBA - Accounting, Finance
Pace University