Barbara Wright Email & Phone Number

Market computer services,develop processes and procedures for clients, provide Quickbooks training. Develop marketing materials and attend networking events.

• Responsible for the training and evaluation of a staff of two who performed the following functions: investment reporting and analysis, accounts receivable, account and bank reconciliations and accounts payable, and.
• Prepared monthly analysis of internal financial reports.
• Supervised the preparation of both Annual Statement and the Annual Audited Financial Report. Organized and interpreted data in answer to questions from state insurance examiners and external auditors.

• Responsible for the training and evaluation of a staff of five who performed the following functions: investment reporting and analysis, accounts receivable, account and bank reconciliations, budgeting; accounts.
• Supervised the preparation of the Annual Audited Financial Report and organized and interpreted data in answer to questions from state insurance examiners and external auditors.
• Initiated meetings with the Information Department for the revision of the existing billing statement which many customers found confusing. Changes in the statement resulted in few customer calls, more prompt payment.

• Consultant for insurance industry- temporary assignments from July 1999 to September 2002 utilized the breadth of prior industry experienceHarco National Insurance Company, Rolling Meadows IL GE Assurance, Schaumburg.
• Entered data into the audit report and answered questions from outside auditors, including the Illinois Department of Insurance. Required interaction with all areas of the company
• Completed the state premium tax forms and other regulatory filings.
• Created and assembled supporting work papers for the Annual Statutory Financial Report.
• Audited commercial reinsurance contracts to determine amounts owed to and by the Company. At one site identified and collected over $200,000 that should have been billed previously, and collected an additional $213,000.
• Revised internal processes and wrote procedures that provided safeguards against future errors. For example,identified errors within existing paid claims and case reserve reporting systems and created specifications.

• Consulted with businesses to develop complete information management solutions
• Sold software to clients and subsequently trained them in its usage
• Created an efficient customer support system, reducing the cost of support calls by 30%
• Consulted with the Australian programming team to facilitate software changes required for the American market.
• Tripled company sales revenues while increasing customer satisfaction with level of support.

• Assistant Vice President and ControllerJune 1990 – May 1993
• Responsible for staff of 12 in financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable, investment management and reporting, commission payables, and reinsurance.
• Managed and participated in the preparation of the Quarterly and Annual Statutory Reports and the Annual Audited Financial Report.
• Reviewed management reports and wrote the accompanying notes.Manager, Financial Services: March 1981-May 1990
• Transitioned the accounting functions from divisional operations of Zurich Insurance Company America to the separated Zurich American Life Insurance Company and Zurich Life Insurance companies per directives from the.
• Trained and developed initial staff of 2 as well as the additional 10 members who were added as various functions were transferred from the Zurich US Branch.

Msa, Accounting

Worked full-time at Zurich American Life Insurance while attending Dominican University.

Bs, History, Secondary Education

Activities and Societies: History Club, History Honorary Society

Accounting