David Larsen, CPA

Experience

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  UCLA Student Media

  May 2007 - Oct 2009

  Assistant to the Controller
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  Office of Residential Life, UCLA

  Sept 2008 - Jun 2009

  Resident Assistant
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  The Walt Disney Company - International Labor Standards

  Oct 2009 - Apr 2013

  • Project Analyst

    Sept 2011 - Apr 2013

  • Monitoring Operations Analyst

    Dec 2010 - Sept 2011

  • Finance Intern

    Oct 2009 - May 2011
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  Disney ABC Television Group

  Apr 2013 - Jun 2019

  • Manager, Financial Accounting

    Feb 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Nov 2013 - Feb 2018

  • Financial Analyst

    Apr 2013 - Nov 2013
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  The Walt Disney Company

  Jun 2019 - now

  Senior Manager, Financial Accounting

  Corporate Transaction Support / Technical Accounting (Nov 2021 to present)- Assess significant or complex accounting matters and determine financial statement impact- Review new and proposed accounting guidance to assess financial/operational impacts and develop implementation plans- Prepare quarterly audit committee materials summarizing significant accounting matters- Lead impairment testing for the company’s intangible assetsCorporate Consolidations & Enterprise Reporting (June 2019 to Nov 2021)- Led a team to drive process improvement and implement automated solutions for recording and eliminating intercompany transactions across the global enterprise, including Fox, Hulu, and legacy TWDC businesses- Directed Enterprise project to mitigate financial reporting impact of TWDC strategic reorganization into DMED & DPEP segments, including restatement of prior three years of financial statements and defining framework for current filings; delivered financial statements and analysis by target dates for internal and external reporting requirements - Engaged with external consultants to assess current state of TWDC end-to-end intercompany (IC) accounting processes, define future state requirements and desired enhancements, and develop recommended roadmap for global IC transformation project Acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox (21CF) and Hulu:- Designed standardized process to record Purchase Price Accounting for $70B acquisition of 21CF & Hulu, enabling efficient reconciliation of hundreds of adjustments, spanning thousands of journal entries posted by multiple global teams in disparate general ledger systems, and meeting target for project completion in year following acquisition- Participated as Subject Matter Expert and key Enterprise Reporting stakeholder for multiple finance integration projects- Developed and implemented efficient offline process to consolidate financial statements following acquisition before financial system integration Show less