Melina Carlsson

• Prepared monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and took corrective actions on deviations.
• Processed invoices and contacted appropriate parties for timely payment receipt.
• Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
• Monitored budget and revenue trends, compiling reports for company leadership to inform decision-making.
• Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
• Prepared internal and regulatory financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
• Monitor and manage client billing, invoicing, and collections to ensure timely and accurate financial transactions.
• Manage and monitor the employees timesheets.
• Work closely with the Director of finance on all aspects of client month end close and monthly AR and WIP review.

• Monitor and manage client billing, invoicing, and collections to ensure timely and accurate financial transactions
• Collaborate with account management and production teams to develop client budgets and track project costs
• Spearheaded process improvement initiatives, enhancing overall finance team productivity and efficiency.
• Track and manage revenue recognition for client projects, ensuring alignment with contractual terms.
• Analyze project profitability via reviewing the burn reports and Manage the monthly work in progress (WIP) meetings.
• Primary financial contact for clients, addressing inquiries and resolving issues.
• Manage and monitor the employees timesheets.
• Working closely with the Director of Finance on all aspects of client month end close and monthly AR and WIP review.

• Furnished requested financial data and reports to auditors.
• Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
• Used accounting software (Sage) to prepare weekly and monthly financial reports.
• Maintained clean and organized files by keeping accounts payable records up-to-date.
• Processed payments and documents such as invoices, employee reimbursements, and statements.
• Processed credit card payments and reconciled credit card statements for accuracy in accounting process.
• Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
• Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating, and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
• Supported management by processing invoices and documents with consistent on-time delivery.
• Review contracts/IOs/SOWs to ensure appropriate approval and billing rates/rules
• Maintain precise records of all incoming payments through Salesforce
• Actively investigate and resolve irregularities in both incoming and outgoing payments
• Track A/R Aging and alert Regional Leaders of problem accounts
• Work to create professional relationships with clients/account managers to ensure timely payments
• Audit all receipts on determined schedule to ensure accuracy in accounting
• Monitor and respond to client billing inquiries through Salesforce case management

Production Coordinator duties:

● support the Executive Producer and Director when pitching new projects such as handling all administrative duties

• Treatments
• Conference calls
• Organizing Reels in Wiredrive Software
• Setting up projects in Software - Basecamp

● Archiving of production documents

● on set during shoots working as production assistant

● Create PO's

● Review and approve overhead billed costs

● Onboarding new hires

Accounting duties:

● Assist the production team with financial requests and help with the day to day needs of the production from pre to post.

● reconcile budget/finances in Quickbooks and track the monthly use of the office AMEX

● manage petty cash transactions and receive/process deposit payments

● process expense reports and prepare projects codes/estimates through Marathon accounting software

● input all office spending & budget tracking information on shared finance Google document

● book & process payments, ACH, check & wire transfer

● receive and process deposit payments

●Organized and processed daily accounting invoices, statements and records.

●Prepared weekly cash reports consisting of all payments and disseminated information to appropriate correct management staff.

• Investigated and evaluated customers for creditworthiness and potential risk factors.
• Analyzed applicants' financial status and credit and property evaluations to determine loan feasibility.
• Performed semi-annual account credit limit reviews and credit increase review requests from financial service and sales teams.
• Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
• Obtained and interpreted financial statements to assist in credit limit reviews.
• Collected data and performed trend and variance analysis to mitigate risk arising from bad debt.
• Work cross-functionally with sales, management, and other departments to maintain effective operation

• Reviewed reports and individual transactions which appeared suspicious to uncover possible fraudulent activity.
• Analyzed large amounts of data to find patterns of fraud and anomalies.
• Coached and trained staff on fraud prevention techniques to increase awareness and reduce risk.
• Contacted customers directly to notify of fraudulent activity and minimize impacts.
• Reviewed transactions and receipts to identify any suspicious activity.
• Offered advice and assistance to customers, paying attention to special needs or wants.
• Answered customer telephone calls promptly to avoid on-hold wait times and support customers with their lost or stolen debit/credit cards.
• Manage over 60 customer calls per day.
• Saved Swedbank and customers over $400,000.00 in fraudulent losses

• Maintained confidentiality of information regarding clients and company.
• Provided clerical support to company employees by copying, faxing, and filing documents.
• Answered phone promptly and directed incoming calls to correct offices.
• Kept reception area clean and neat to give visitors positive first impression.