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Michael Bato

Michael Bato

Rowland Heights,CA

Summary

Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Contract Reporting Analyst

The Walt Disney Company (Twentieth Century Inc.)
01.2019 - 07.2023

Handled participant statements prepared in various frequency monthly, quarterly and yearly.

  • In preparing statements included reviewing contract deals and preparing short briefs for system set ups in SAP.
  • Prepared volumes of wire transfers in which verify coding accuracy.
  • Prepared P&L analysis and statement reconciliations
  • Communicated with IT and various departments on resolving issues.
  • Worked with business unit managers to provide quick resolution for submittal to client.
  • Extracted data from reporting tools verification and analyze accruacy.

Senior Financial Analyst

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
01.2015 - 01.2019
  • Prepared quarterly cash flows.
  • Prepared P&L analysis and statements reconciliations.
  • Prepared monthly payment summaries for various contractual participants.
  • Gathered and prepared monthly payment schedules for SOX audits.
  • Prepared audit and ad hoc schedules from data sources for management's review.
  • Developed automated process and tally verification in preparing multiple statements thru Excel.
  • Analyzed and summarize data thru system source such as Peoplesoft Oracle and linked Access database.
  • Assisted and resolved IT developers and management on In house systems issues.
  • Prepared volumes of wire transfers with accuracy.
  • Verifying and adding clients to department system for invoice processing and wire or check payments.

Financial Analyst

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
01.2006 - 01.2015
  • Evaluate and process new applicants through In-House client repository system.
  • Review and analyze contracts for producing accounting statements.
  • Other duties are assisting data analyst in database processes with departmental systems such as Media Maestro, RRS and Peoplesoft Oracle systems.
  • Participated in resolving with department issues with directors and I.T.
  • Ablilty to multitask with various projects and prepared ad hoc schedules for management.
  • Handled complex participant contracts such as: DreamWorks Animation Ltd., MGM Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, New Regency and Lucasfilm Ltd in preparing timely statements.

Royalty Accountant

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
01.1997 - 01.2006
  • Preparing monthly and quarterly royalty statements to various participants.
  • Conducted and assisted managers on various audits and provided ad hoc schedules for manager's decision making.
  • Reviewed home entertainment acquisition agreements on accuracy of statement preparations.
  • Maintaining P&L accounts and various calculated rules based on contract agreements.
  • Prepared monthly journal entries and accrual adjustments as needed.
  • Knowledge with programming in Paradox database, as well as adapted understanding of script writing and complex equations.
  • Knowledge on creating scripts, modules and macros in Excel and Lotus Millennium.
  • Trained employees with statement processing with various department systems.

Staff Accountant

Hurst Graphics, Inc.
01.1994 - 01.1996
  • Preparing monthly financial statement and other month end reports
  • Maintaining daily cash journals, monthly bank reconciliation and merchandise inventory ledger reconciliations
  • Managing the accounts receivable department
  • Maintaining and analyzing aging receivable reports
  • Handled duties such as credit approvals and collections on delinquent vendors
  • Experienced in maintaining a billing system in accounts payable area and conducted audits on inventory from physical warehouses
  • Assisted and processed bi-weekly employee payrolls
  • Trained new employees and maintained good customer relations.

Education

Undergrad in Telecommunications -

Devry - Pomona, CA
05.2005

Bachelor of Science in Accounting: Accounting -

Centro Escolar University - Manila, Philippines
04.1994

Skills

  • Well experienced with various financial systems such as MediaMaestro, Peoplesoft, JDE, Atlas and SAP
  • Skilled with Microsoft Office 2017 – 2002 on applications such as Access (creating database queries and building reports), Excel (pivots, conversions, joining formulas as sumifs, vlookups and indexing, writing and developing macros and building modules)
  • Analytical mindset
  • Report automation
  • Data Integrity
  • Data Collection
  • Data Analysis
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Multitasking
  • Adaptability and Flexibility

References

References are available on request.

Hobbies

Enjoy reading, movies, walking, playing golf and pickleball.

Timeline

Senior Contract Reporting Analyst - The Walt Disney Company (Twentieth Century Inc.)
01.2019 - 07.2023
Senior Financial Analyst - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
01.2015 - 01.2019
Financial Analyst - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
01.2006 - 01.2015
Royalty Accountant - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
01.1997 - 01.2006
Staff Accountant - Hurst Graphics, Inc.
01.1994 - 01.1996
Devry - Pomona, CA - Undergrad in Telecommunications,
Centro Escolar University - Manila, Philippines - Bachelor of Science in Accounting: Accounting,
Michael Bato