Hsuan-Tzu (Linda) Liao

Finance / Business Analyst │ Consultant

Financial Analyst with 4+ years of experience in data analysis, forecasting, accounting and auditing. Leveraged strong analytical skills to support the operation of streaming service Disney+ through financial modeling and KPIs performance reporting. Quick adaptability to cope with the fast paced, changing environment and advanced ability to chart numbers to provide useful information.

     Taipei City, Taiwan

     hsuantzuliao@gmail.com

Work Experience

The Walt Disney Company, Financial Analyst (contractor), Aug 2021 ~ now

Built financial models to track daily subscribers change of Disney+ for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore market. 

Prepared weekly reports including KPIs and business results of the streaming service. 

Performed monthly forecast of subscription number and revenue based on operational trend. 

Cooperated with marketing/analytics teams to obtain better insights of data to improve performance.

Ikonix Taiwan Co., Ltd., Accounting Associate, Aug 2020 ~ Aug 2021

Saved tax expense by 24,000 by providing suggestions for the finance department. 

Reduced void of invoice by providing sales department useful reports. 

Handled accounting functions including accounts receivable, expense, fixed assets and withholding income tax.

KPMG Taiwan, Supervising-Senior, Sep 2016 ~ Sep 2019

Performed audit service for 5 public listed companies including manufacturing, construction and media industry. 

Accomplished corporate income tax return certification for over 10 companies. 

Offered accounting transaction suggestion and tax-saving strategy to help clients to solve the problems.

PwC Taiwan, Intern, Jul 2015 ~ Jul 2015

Assisted in audit work, including making the external confirmation and documenting the result. 

Checked the voucher of the accounting record to ensure that corresponded with the tax regulation.

Leadership Experience

Audit Team, In-Charge

  • Headed the team to perform audit work and guided the junior staffs with clear instructions.
  • Reported the findings to the manager and found ways to solve those issues.
  • Offered suggestions for clients to improve the financial statements of the company.

Education

National Taiwan University 2012 ~ 2016

  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Concentrations: Accounting
  • Relevant Courses: Auditing, Tax Regulations, Finance, Economics
  • The vice coordinator of the Department of Accounting for 2014 NTU Azalea Festival.

Certification

Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Number 99973, 2021

Additional Information

Languages

  • English (Fluent, TOEIC 835)
  • Spanish (Basic)
  • Thai (Basic)

Software

  • Google Looker, ERP system, Microsoft Office and self-learning Python, Power BI