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As Controller, I am overseeing the accounting and cash management needs of the Facilities Investment Fund (“FIF”), a groundbreaking partnership with Civic Builders and the Walton Family Foundation, bringing over $400 million in affordable loan capital to finance facilities, new construction, acquisition and, facility renovation. - Report to CFO - Financial advisor to the Lending Department, Leadership, and CEO. - Prepare consolidated financial statements for multiple entities - Prepare financial statement packages and financial modeling, budgeting, financial forecasting, variance analysis, and cashflow analysis to leadership, CEO, Loan Committee, and Board of Directors. Communicates and presents financial operational performance with Leadership, CEO, Board of Directors and stakeholders. - Serves as the point of contact for financial reporting and covenant reporting to banking partners and The Walton Family Foundation.- Develops and documents business processes and accounting policies & procedures to maintain controls over accounting activities, financial management, and treasury activities.- Oversees and supports the financial audit and serves as a liaison for external audit, personal property taxes, and 990 tax return preparation.- Develop and oversee cash management strategies and funder requirements, availability to meet expected liquidity needs, align with organizational risk tolerance and maximize income-earning potential.- Executing and monitoring interest rate swaps to manage variable interest rate exposure on certain debt instruments. - Oversee the cash management needs of the company and serve as an administrator for banking operations and investing accounts.- Leads accounting operations (cash management, billing, A/R, A/P, general ledger, and loan administration)- Assist with insurance renewals for all FIF Entities

• Report to (CEO) and (COO)• Management and develop the accounting operations team. Provide training, complete annual reviews and develop goals for professional development.• Prepare consolidated financial statements and present financial reporting package to CEO, COO, Audit/Financial committee, and Board.• Prepare annual budgeting, monthly financial forecasting, and variance analysis. • Maintain adequate system of accounting records that follow GAAP • Develop business processes and accounting policies to maintain internal controls• Oversee month-end close process to include annual financial audit, personal property taxes, and 990 tax return preparation.• Oversee Real Estate Accounting Portfolio to include property acquisitions, project accounting, loan portfolio and sales of properties. • Oversee CDFI Loan Accounting Portfolio to include new loans, and loan payoffs in portfolio. • Manage accounting operations including Cash Management, Billing, A/R, A/P, G/L, Fixed Assets, and Loan portfolios.• Oversee Treasury relations for operational and investment bank accounts • Manage data collection and financial compliance reporting for US Department of Education grants.• Accounting software implementation and training for accounting staff. Build and Maintain financial reporting, dashboards, budget/forecasting, and advanced reporting.• Accounting operations review that includes overview of workflows, updating policies, and researching enhancements to accounting software for improved operational efficiency.• Assist and participate five-year Strategic operational planning efforts to define the company’s direction, goals, and allocating resources to attain strategic goals.• Acts as a liaison between operations and accounting to streamline communications, identify potential issues, and proactively research solutions to mitigate risk.• Assist and coordinate with outsourced IT and yearly reviews

Manage the Accounting team and report to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Principal point of contact for external Audit, finance, banking and accounting relationships.Coordinate and prepare Consolidating and Consolidated Financial Statements for multiple entities and generate monthly internal and quarterly external reporting in compliance with GAAP. Reporting package is presented to CEO and Board. Responsible for the oversight and completion of all company accounting processes including accounting operation, financial system, financial controls and financial reporting process.Provide support for business development, lending, and technical assistance in collaboration with CEO COO and CDOStreamline communications between operations and accounting.Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain internal controls.In charge of completing any Accounting Software implementations and improvements Preparing annual budget and quarterly forecasting for CEO and COO review.Lead and complete month end and year end close process and perform analytical review of the results to include approval of all financial reconciliations. Assist and oversee Real Estate Accounting Portfolio to include property acquisitions, project accounting, loan portfolio and sales for 50 or more projects.Assist and oversee CDFI Loan Administration to include review of loan documents and Amortization schedules.Manage and coordinate the external annual financial audit process and 990 tax return preparation. Administrator for treasury banking operations for 140 bank accounts at multiple banks internationally. Compliance Lending portfolio - Manage Financial data collection and submit compliance reporting to our banking institutions.Oversees annual corporate and property insurance renewal.Grant Compliance - manage data collection and financial compliance reporting for grant awards from US Department of Education and Treasury.

Report to OwnerPrepare monthly Internal Financial Statements (I/S for 8 different products)Responsible for Month-end and year-end close processes to include -General ledger reconciliations -Monthly Accruals, Allocations and Adjustments -Manage Chart of Accounts -Revenue Analysis Reports by product -Gross Margin Analysis -Fixed Asset Tracking and DepreciationManage AR/AP Coordinator -Provided Yearly Performance ReviewManage Accounting Operations to include Receivable and Payable -Support Sales Operation Efforts -Revenue Reconciliation for each productAR Collections completed monthlyBank Statement and Credit Card ReconciliationsTreasury Management of Bank of America, Authroized.net and PayPalPayroll and Tax filing for E-payments and W2’sImplement and Document Accounting ProceduresInternal Audit Preparation and StructureFull charge of Tax and Year End documentation -1099 & 1096 Forms -Estimated Tax payments -Personal Property Tax Schedules & Filings -Year End documentation and requests from external Tax Accountant

Provide Financial Services for Small Business- Financial Statements- Bookkeeping - Intercompany and Multi-Currency - Business Procedures- Audit Preparation/Coordinator- Forensic Accounting- Year End Tax preparation- Sales and Use taxes- Personal Property taxes- Job Costing and Operational Analysis- Accounting System Implementation

Financial Report and Package for multiple entities- Reviewed and PreparedYearly Audit 2011 completed & 2012 quarterly Audit Preparation with DeloitteOperating Analysis - Budgets, Forecasts to actual variance disclosuresIntercompany ReconciliationsCashflow reconciliation weekly and monthlyBank of America treasury managementWarehouse Leasing ManagementMD State Personal Property Returns - amended returns 2009-2011General Ledger reconciliation Accruals and Allocations - Monthly than reviewed and recalculated yearlyFixed Asset tracking and reconciliationManaged Account Receivable and Payable personnel and their business proceduresPerformance & Development Reviews on personnel completed quarterly Managed and Worked on Multiple Accounting SystemsEstablished business processes and procedures for Accounting and Operating departments

Managed Audit - Provided Financial Schedules for field work requests for five entities that included four foreign entitiesCompleted Audit for the following: Cash, AR, AP, Inventory, Financial BS Asset, Liability and equity sections, Fixed Assets reconciliation, Capital Leases, Accrual and Allocation review with backup, Income Statement requests and analysisTreasury Analysis - weekly and monthly Cashflow reports and Collateral Loan reportingIntercompany Reconciliations

Reviewed and Assisted with Financial ReportsTreasury Management - quarterly and monthly reports to ensure fiscal compliance and banking relationsOperating budgets and rolling monthly forecastsCoordinated and Managed work flows within Departments: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and TreasuryManaged, trained and mentored eleven people within Accounts Receivable and Payable Departments including supervisors within those departmentsPerformance Reviews for Personnel completed yearlyFinancial expertise - conducted research, evaluations, recommendations and solutions to short and long term goalsDeveloped and Implemented policies and proceduresOperational and financial performances we met to support the internal and external customers and vendorsOperational Profit and Loss review - to ensure Revenue goals were obtainedRevenue Analysis were generated for each contractual agreement

Supervised five Accountants at different locationsPerformance Reviews completed on Personnel yearlyCoached and Trained accounting personalIncorporated Business Processes and ProceduresSupervised A/P and AR FunctionsPrepared and Consolidated the Corporate Financial Statements Reviewed Financial packages from ten different divisionsCreated Budgets, Forecasts, and Variance Analysis on Corporate levelYear End Audit preparation for ten different divisionPrepared Personal Property, Sales and Use, and state taxesManaged Treasury functions related to each division including Multi-currency transactionsFinancial Statement review and preparation for ten divisionsIntercompany consolidations and eliminationsIntercompany Reconciliations General Ledger: reconciliations, allocations, and accrualsBudget and Variance analysis reports Bank Management and Reconciliations for Collateral Based Loan Bank Account reconciliationsYear End AuditImplementation of AX Dynamic Software

International financial statements - Prepare and Analyze for ten different entitiesInternational Accounting and ConsolidationVariance Analyses on Financial informationIntercompany ReconciliationsCommunicate financial results to operations personnel and levels of managementRevenue and deferred revenue prepared, reviewed and enteredGeneral Ledger entries completedAuditor quarterly and yearly reviews requests completedBudgeting and Forecasting Reconciled and audited Balance Sheet AccountsOn-boarding acquisition accounting practices and assessing current financial situations

Managed three staff accountants and provided Performance Reviews quarterly and yearlyFinancial Reports and packages that included consolidating seven companiesMonth End Closing procedures and review for seven companiesWorked with forecasts and budgetsPrepared General Ledger account reconciliations and journal entriesIntercompany ReconciliationsFinancial Statement preparation for Canadian OperationsMulti-Currency reporting that included revaluation and translationBank Account ReconciliationsBuilt and ran allocations within PeopleSoftBuilt and Setup queries and Modified NVision layouts for reporting purposesYearly Audit coordination and reviewAcquisition accounting practices