Michelle Barnett Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, US

Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial consolidation and reporting packages, ensuring timely and accurate financial statements. Lead annual audit process with the external auditors. Manage all processes and tools for budgeting, forecasting and reporting on budget vs. actual. Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations to ensure.

Nijmegen, NL

• DVO Engineering LLC · Houston, TX Aug 2016 – PresentController / CFOHands-on financial manager for mid-sized national engineering service firm that specializes in all disciplines: MEP, Structural, Civil and Industrial.
• Implemented new financial and operational ERP system mid-stream without prior system experience.
• Mapped end to end accounting process, standardized transactional steps, reduced the annual accounting overhead costs by 112K (50%).
• Designed new billing strategy to improve the percent complete accuracy, decreasing mean collections of accounts receivable from 220 to 84 days. (62% improvement)
• Developed business activity reports which improved gross profit margin by 7% resulting from increased visibility and subsequently improved bid accuracy.
• Prepare EOM consolidated financial statements and work with outside CPA firm on annual preparation of tax return. Oversee the filling of other tax returns: property tax, 1099, many state and local jurisdictions for and.

• BENEFIT TRANSACT SOLUTIONS LLC · Houston, TX 2012 – Aug 2016Controller, Houston (VCFO Client)Responsible for all financial management functions related to consumer direct, third party insurance processor, generating.
• Supervised 5 accounting support staff responsible for high volume, manual insurance premium and broker commission calculations including advancing program, both fixed / variable commission structures with complex.
• Developed and executed a new strategy tying payables to receivables creating less variability in daily cash flow.
• Continuous implementation of cost saving measures: lowered merchant banking fees.5%, chargeback cost recovery 33%, and improved departmental efficiencies increasing transaction productivity by 15%.

• VCFO (Virtual CFO), INC · Houston, TX 2012 – 2014Consulting Accountant / Project ManagerProvided all day to day financial and accounting services up to and including annual audits, financial statement preparation.
• Financial operations management of offshore property and casualty insurance company. Prepared financial statements and all related schedules for revenue recognition, claims management and aggregate liability for.
• Constructed retroactive financial statements using forensic accounting methodologies, prepared consolidated statements, robust enough for both US/UK scrutiny, for 6 entities associated with UK based property.
• Reconciled joint interest billing payout for sale of well interest, prepared annual land lease tax documents, and set up Quickbooks to streamline consolidated statement process for O&G client.

Brisbane, CA, US

• LETTIERI & COMPANY, INC. · San Francisco, CA 2003 - 2012Controller / Operations ManagerManaged operations for international wholesale food import company with $20M annual revenue; responsible for all financial.
• Procured and implemented new ERP system which improved inventory management capabilities and increased profit margin via reduced COGS by 3% with an ROI of 1 year.
• Developed visual management system for order fulfillment to improve process transparency, reduce lead times and decrease obsolete inventory.
• Designed foreign currency hedge procedure through purchase of forward contracts and options to minimized risk of exchange rate fluctuations; improved valuation of inventory and reduced exposure to currency gains and.

US

• SMITH, LANGE AND PHILLIPS · San Francisco, CA 2001 - 2002Staff Accountant Team Lead of client services department for small public accounting firm. Provided general bookkeeping services including cash management.
• Compiled client financial records used to prepare individual and corporate returns.
• Quickbooks consultant for small business clients; implementation and ongoing technical support.
• Prepared trust, partnership and corporate tax returns.