Ralph Hester

Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, Crunchyroll @Sony Pictures Entertainment

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
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WORK HISTORY

Aug 2021 — Present

Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, Crunchyroll @Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Finance Business Partner to multiple business units (50%) and Consolidation Lead for FP & A team (50%). Finance Business Partner • Partner closely with multiple lines of business and provide data-driven analysis to help define long-range plans, budgets, and forecasts. • Analyze current and past trends in all areas of revenue, cost of sales, operating expenses, and capital expenditures. • Established and lead monthly meetings with directors and teams to analyze spending and provide financial recommendations. • Develop forecasting tools and dashboards to track progress compared to annual budget and quarterly forecasts. Consolidation Lead • Support global finance teams to combine data from all lines of business and global subsidiaries into single set of financial statements. • Led implementation of Workday Adaptive Planning and integration with Oracle NetSuite. • Work closely with accounting team to provide financial support to the month end process with an emphasis on revenue recognition and expense accrual postings. • Liaise with parent company for Budget and Midrange Plan, quarterly re-forecasts, monthly Flash forecast, as well as cash actuals and forecasts.

EDUCATION

1990

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Master of Arts - MA, Education

1986

Texas A&M University

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance

SKILLS

Data AnalyticsProject PlanningFinancial ModelingManagerial FinanceOperations ManagementFinanceProcess ImprovementFinancial AnalysisAnalyticsTeam BuildingRisk ManagementAccessVisual Basic for Applications (Vba)Corporate FinanceManagementFinancial ReportingExecutive ManagementPublic SpeakingMicrosoft PowerpointSix SigmaBankingTeam LeadershipProject ManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OfficeBudgetsForecastingStrategic PlanningBusiness AnalysisBusiness Process ImprovementLeadershipAnalysisCredit

ABOUT RALPH HESTER

At Sony Pictures Entertainment\'s Crunchyroll, my role as Global Commerce Finance Business…

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