Joy Nguyen-Kamano has over 25 years of experience in accounting and finance roles in the music and entertainment industries. She currently works as a Senior Accountant at Concord Music Group, where she prepares financial reporting, handles accounting functions, and reconciles monthly revenue. Previously, she worked at Paramount Pictures as an Audit Support Specialist, at Warner Music Group as a Senior Royalty Manager, and at The Royalty Compliance Organization and Moss Adams LLP as a Royalty Analyst and Auditor. She has extensive experience with financial analysis, auditing, and royalty management.

1. Joy Nguyen-Kamano
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Mobile: (424) 218-6165
joynguyen6900@gmail.com
CONCORD MUSIC GROUP Senior Accountant – April - Current
Beverly Hills, CA
 Preparation of financial reporting as well as accounting functions such as journal entries, month end close and supporting
schedule for Licensing and Publishing royalties
 Responsible for reviewing and preparing Licenses into the License database and applying to daily cash receipts in Mass 500
 Reconcile monthly revenue/cash receipts on all licensing and publishing income. Work with various departments to book
any adjustments needed
 Create monthly licensing and publishing income report and distribute to the royalty department. Calculate monthly artist
royalties, songwriter royalties and accruals
 Perform reconciliations on various balance sheet account and research variance
PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION Audit Support Specialist – Jan – March 2016
Los Angeles, CA
 Responsible for 3rd
party Participation’s Audits by examining and understanding contracts, legal agreements and other
historical correspondence and reviewing participation statements associated with original pictures and series
 Reviewed and prepared audit support documents, and preparing backup documentation along with updating various
spreadsheets
 Analyzed and researched auditors queries by running and analyzing various reports from multiple systems and SAP.
Prepared reconciliations for revenue and expense for various media types
 Researched discrepancies and fluctuations by gathering all necessary supporting documents for complete audit trail
WARNER MUSIC GROUP / WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC Senior Royalty Manager - 2004 – 2015
Los Angeles, CA
 Contributed in various major writer agreement signings resulted in over $200+ million of annual revenue
 Directed and led a team of staff on time sensitive quarterly reporting projects: distribution of royalties to 50K+ songwriters &
assisted senior management with audits, financial analysis, P&L schedules, forecasts, and financial statement reconciliations
 Oversaw adjustments and journal entries to reconcile royalty and general ledger and consistently met critical deadlines
 Supervised contract interpretation, set up, and supported senior management on due diligence, contract analysis/negotiation
during the asset acquisition process
 Maximized revenue by actively managing the department workflow overhead to achieve cost efficiency
 Liaised with Finance department to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements
 Assisted with Copyright, Legal, Music Licensing, Income Tracking, Information Technology and worldwide departments to
provide financial information relating to audits and affiliate and client inquiries.
 Partnered with Information Technology to implement system upgrades that improved processing time of client statements by
40% and resulted in significant cost savings.
THE ROYALTY COMPLIANCE ORGANIZATION Royalty Analyst - 2002 – 2004
St. Peters, MO
 Managed, planned and performed various royalty compliance audits for clients ranging from recording artists, producers,
writers, record labels and licensors. Recovered over $5 million in royalties for clients, including, Harley Davidson, Mattel
Toys, and Gloria Estefan.
 Managed staff of two to three individuals on planning and performing royalty audits.
 Performed royalty audit project planning and budgeting, including development of audit objectives, audit programs and client
request lists.

2. Joy Nguyen-Kamano
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Mobile: (424) 218-6165
joynguyen6900@gmail.com
 Built exceptional working relationships with all company personnel and worked closely with audit clients to obtain consensus
on the results of our work and the propriety of our recommendations.
MOSS ADAMS LLP Royalty Auditor/ Executive Assistant - 1993 – 2002
Los Angeles, CA
 Performed royalty audits for various clients in the music/entertainment, merchandising and sports industries, which resulted
in additional earnings ranging from $10,000 to $1,000,000.
 Analyzed and verified various types of client’s royalty statements and agreements to ensure accuracy of royalty earnings.
 Participated in the various stages of client engagements, including fieldwork, performing test analysis of data, identifying
potential claim areas and drafting reports.
 Maintained excellent working relationships with clients, auditees and all levels of the audit team.
EDUCATION: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON – BA in Communications and Public Relations
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
• Experienced in business applications: MS Office (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), MASS 500, SAP, BI, CHARM,
Databases,
IBM Mainframe and Oracle
• Proven strong written and verbal communication, Excel Analytical skills developed through work experience
• Resourceful, quality/performance driven, troubleshooter, forward thinking, and a top performer
References available upon request