Katrina Ausheva
Summary
Dynamic finance leader with extensive experience at CWS, adept at managing multi-million dollar budgets and streamlining financial reporting processes. Excel expert skilled in ERP systems, I successfully reduced preparation time by 50% while ensuring compliance and enhancing operational efficiency. Proven ability to drive results through strategic analysis and effective team collaboration.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Regional Director Finance
CWS (Church World Services)
01.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Nonprofit organization that provides disaster relief, development, and refugee assistance. The Revenue -$152M
- Prepare and the managed $30M+ annual operating budget for the West Region
- Prepare and review State and Federal Funding Budgets, create proposal templates and invoices, working with multiple donors and grants. Ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets.
- Manage day-to-day financial operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable and general ledger functions, credit card reconciliations
- Prepare financial reporting, testing AP and AR in ERP. Streamlined financial reporting by creating automatic journal entries function in ERP, reducing preparation by 50%.
- Review and analyze the comparative actual vs. budget report on a monthly and quarterly basis per program in the California office. Prepare comprehensive analysis of financial performance for the West Region. Providing financial support to teams in West Region California. Implemented supporting documentation and compliance with internal and donor requirements. Prepare submission for NICRA monthly. Ensure compliance with CWS donor regulations, set up procedures, develop budgets and forecasting.
- Monitor cash flow on a weekly basis. Set up program and financial procedures for the West Region office, develop and maintain accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements. Assist, train and liaise with organization directors and managers to ensure policy and procedure compliance, as well as to simplify fiscal related policies, procedures and workflows. Manage the West Region banking relationships Oversee all aspects of Accounts Payable, Prepare Salary Allocations and checks to direct clients. Manage and account for cash and cash equivalent funding such as preloaded credit cards, gift cards, cash, bank deposits. Review and account for procurement transactions ensuring adequate supporting documentation.
- Supervise the Finance and HR manager to ensure timely submission of appropriate reports and tax forms, annual audit, and payroll processing.
- Manage annual 990 preparation and submission with external auditor.
- Supervise three Sr Accountants and Finance Manager. Prepared finance packages to Sr Management, Researched alternative Vendors, negotiated new pricing, set up new order schedules a create process for procurement to provide ongoing oversight of vendor performance; ultimately resulting in a savings of $200K over two years.
- Nonprofit organization that provides disaster relief, development, and refugee assistance. The Revenue -$152M
- Overseeing IT and Facilities
Director Finance
CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: Nonprofit Global humanitarian organization that delivers immediate response and long-term solutions to underserved communities across the globe. The Revenue -$100M
- Prepared and set up the managed $100M+ annual operating budget for CORE. Developed finance procedures. Prepared and reviewed State Funding Budget, created proposal templates and invoices, worked with multiple donors.
- Provided financial support to team on the ground in Poland and Ukraine. Prepared budget for Red Cross.Implemented supporting documentation and compliance with internal and donor requirements.
- Ensured compliance with CORE and donor regulations, set up procedures, developed budgets and forecast Month End Close. Managed and account for cash and cash equivalent funding such as preloaded credit cards, gift cards, cash. Reviewed procurement transactions ensuring adequate supporting documentation, prepared monthly P&L and Balance sheet reconciliations. Analyzed and presented actual to budget and actual to Sr Management.
- Supervised Finance Manager. Prepared finance packages to Sr Management.
- Serve as lead liaison for the finance, audit and provide effective communication, presentations, and updates to the Executive team.
- Nonprofit Global humanitarian organization that delivers immediate response and long-term solutions to underserved communities across the globe. The Revenue -$100M
Regional Finance Manager
STRIDE(K12) Virtual Academy
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: Leader in online K–12 education committed to empowering students to reach their full potential through inspired teaching and personalized learning. The Revenue -$120M
- Prepared and managed $10M+ annual operating budget for Colorado, COPA, CODCA and PPOS alternative campuses with mental and learning disabilities students. Prepare and review State School Funding Budget, create proposal templates and invoices. Assisted in the development of grants and other funding opportunities.
- Monitored project costs and ensure that total costs remain within established budgets.
- Implement and ensure compliance with the Company’s and school’s finance policies, internal controls, and business processes. Assisted the HOS, SVP Education and Corporate Finance in managing and evaluating the overall planning and coordination of the Budget process.
- Provided monthly reporting packages for leadership and analyzing important budget to actual variances (BVA) as well as variances from one reporting period to another Analyzed actual results, hourly billing for the Quarter/Month End closing process and year-close process.
- Managed and reviewed all month end activities and worked with an accounting team including P&L and Balance Sheet review, journal entry adjustments, account reconciliations.
- Supervised and developed Sr Accountant.
- Overseeing IT contract management.
- Leader in online K–12 education committed to empowering students to reach their full potential through inspired teaching and personalized learning. The Revenue -$120M
Finance and Accounting Consultant (Finance Manager)
DLC WARNER BROS.PICTURES, SONY PICTURES
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Performed and participated in monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing process within multiple companies, assuring the accuracy of data and integrity of reporting in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Prepared, monitored, and managed, build to bottoms up and managed P&L, $100M+ Annual Operating budget (AOP), Capital Budget.
- Analyzed financial and operational variance against plan. Identified risk and opportunities, implemented control process changes. Prepared presentations and presented results to Sr. Management. Streamlined financial reporting by creating Broadcasting function in SAP BW, reducing preparation by 50%.
- Consolidated monthly budget variance analysis and forecasting reports, provide recommendations, and present it to Management. Perform the financial month-end close process for a specific business unit. Completed financial analysis that provides new business insight by identifying trends, cost drivers, or opportunities to improve profitability and presenting major accomplishments to the Senior Manager, and upper management on a quarterly basis.
- Partnered with Sales and Marketing team to review and make recommendations on advertising and promotions.
- Performed month-end close for Domestic TV using Cosmos and SAP systems.
Sr. Financial Analyst – Corporate Financial Planning Reporting, Accounting and EFS
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC
01.2012 - 01.2018
- Managed and performed complex data to identify critical business drivers and analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and consolidation of the Cash flow ($1.3B) for Warner Bros.
- Prepared and reviewed business Cause of Change (COC) analysis reports, Business Risk and Opportunities, presentations to support Operating Budget, February, May, August and November Forecast, Long term. Worked closely with international territories (29 countries), prepared load of completed templates into SAP BWP, and provided variance explanations to Sr. Management.
- Performed Month End close, record cash expense accruals Consolidated and analyzed Cash Flow actual results for the Quarter/Month End closing process and Year-Close process Prepared and analyzed Production Spend report by Title.
- Consolidated and analyzed Cash Flow Reporting to Treasury.
- Reconciled, reviewed BW reports vs SAP Ledger by C (Cash Flow) Item and validated for accuracy.
- Prepared and reconciled Footnotes, Supplemental schedules, Cash Remittance by territory vs SAP.
- Managed and reviewed all month end activities and worked with BPO CapGemini offshore team including P&L and Balance Sheet review, journal entry adjustments, account reconciliations, cash clearing. Improved and updated Desktop Procedures (DTP).
Education
MBA - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt -
Non-Profit Management Accounting certificate -
Skills
- Excel Expert 2016
- Sylogist
- ERP
- NetSuite
- Proficient with SAP/BW SAP
- MS Excel
- Access
- PowerPoint
- Project
- Hyperion Essbase
- QuickBooks
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Non-Profit Management Accounting certificate
Languages
- English
- Ukrainian
- Russian
Timeline
Regional Director Finance
CWS (Church World Services)
01.2022 - Current
Director Finance
CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort)
01.2021 - 01.2022
Regional Finance Manager
STRIDE(K12) Virtual Academy
01.2019 - 01.2021
Finance and Accounting Consultant (Finance Manager)
DLC WARNER BROS.PICTURES, SONY PICTURES
01.2018 - 01.2019
Sr. Financial Analyst – Corporate Financial Planning Reporting, Accounting and EFS
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC
01.2012 - 01.2018
MBA - Business Administration
University of Phoenix