Name: Brian Kim E-mail: briankim33@gmail.com 6/12/2008
3662 Clarington Ave. #6 Los Angeles, CA 90034 (213) 663-9127
CAREER OBJECTIVES To obtain a position that requires strong analytical and organizational skills, while allowing me to expand my financial background and experience.
EDUCATION OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Mar 1999 Bachelor of Arts in International Studies/Relations EXPERIENCE WARNER BROS., Burbank, California Senior Financial Analyst October 2006 - Present Act as the secondary system administrator for Khalix, the division’s planning /budgeting/forecasting/reporting software. Assist in the preparation of the by title budget, forecast, and annual 5 - year plan. Own the ultimate process for locally acquired titles Maintain, research, consolidate, and analyze various historical and anticipated sales / revenue information. Create, update, review, and streamline various sales / revenue reports. Monitor and coordinate monthly and quarterly revenue totals, to ensure targets are met. Interface with financial and sales staff in the international offices, Contract Administration, and MIS, regarding sales, revenue, or contract issues. Participate in the enhancement of system interface and design related issues. Innovate and streamline manual processes to increase efficiency. Utilize all systems (e.g. ITD, Khalix, SAP BPS-SEM Access, Excel) to gather information. Serve as backup in the preparation and submission of Television product by territory and media. Research, prepare and analyze projects, problems and queries from WB Int’l TV and other WB divisions as needed.
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, Culver City, California Senior Sales Analyst June 2004-August 2006 Modified and created complex financial models for the production, acquisition and worldwide distribution of filmed entertainment products for all media. Support the Senior VP, CFO, and President of Sony America in providing monthly, quarterly, and yearly analytics in all aspects of financial and statistical studies. Developed monthly Budget vs. Actual, Sales and Returns Analysis, Gross Sales Report, and Account Detail Reports to validate the current financial status of the company. Prepared ad hoc analysis and reports, as needed by senior management, to support decision making processes. Assisted in the development of departmental processes and documentation of procedures. Responsible for identifying issues and analyzing trends affecting the company for US and Canada division. Developed monthly Budget vs. Actual reports to address Senior Management’s request for analytical support. Provided the President of Sony Pictures Entertainment with a weekly update/report on the performance of all titles tracked for a period of 8 weeks.
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS (EDS), Falls Church, Virginia Business Services Analyst December 2002-March 2004 Travel to various Department of Homeland Security (DHS),Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services; Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices to provide onsite deployment support and end user training for the proprietary National File Tracking System (NFTS). Serve as deployment team field lead accountable for ensuring audit and application deployment support is performed and completed to customer expectations. Liaison between the client and technical solutions/support groups to identify application upload errors, business processes, and product requirements. Evaluate, analyze and document bugs and/or data errors to provide recommended enhancements. Analyze business and user needs for the application and document customer specifications. Create and update customer deliverables, lessons learned, deployment site reports, frequently asked questions, and training material.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN IT, Washington, D.C. Financial Analyst August 2001-December 2002 Understood and used information obtained from financial databases such as the Standard Accounting and Reporting System (STARS), Mechanization of Contract Administration Services (MOCAS), and Centralized Expenditure and Reimbursement Processing System (CERPS). Identified, reconciled, and took action on all program liabilities by submitting contract adjustment packages. Developed a network of contacts at various Navy Agencies (NAVSEA and Defense Finance and Accounting Service). Recognized contracts requiring specific action/research by identifying Unmatched Undistributed Disbursements (UUD) and Problem Disbursements (PD).
COMPUTER SKILLS Operating Systems: MS Windows, Macintosh OS 7 Applications: SAP, Khalix, MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe Photoshop, WordPerfect, MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, ITD Homeland Security Applications: National File Tracking System (NFTS) Navy Accounting Systems: STARS, MOCAS, FMIS, COBRA
ACTIVITIES Asian American Association member
OTHERS Homeland Security 5C Security Clearance Korean-Ability to speak, read, and write
