Dena Waggoner Beck Email & Phone Number

United States

Roswell, Georgia

 Develop and analyze reports reconciling billings to base documentation to support customer, government, internal, and external audit requirements. Prepare and present detailed job analysis reflecting component profitability. Perform contract review and concurrent review of billings to determine contract compliance. Prepare and review billings for nuclear plant maintenance contracts. Contracts totaled $120M and are primarily union labor.  Reconciled and prepared six months of past due billings for submission for a multi-million dollar labor intensive project which required complete cost documentation. Created payroll manual for on-site accountants.

I am the Operations Accounting Manager for a department consisting of 2 Senior, 1 Lead and 7 Project Accountants. These accountants handle 65+ jobs having a total contract value of $950M. The individual projects range in value from $250K to $140M. Project Accountants are located here in our home office as well as at remote locations.I provide timely financial data for the percentage of completion schedule in support of month end close as well as performing complete accounting site audits and managing certified payrolls. I closely track our Accounts Receivables, informing the teams of progress as well as ensuring prompt payment. I complete extensive contract review and emphasize the relevant accounting portions to the project team. I am a member of the Cost Reduction Taskforce which includes a member from each Operational Department and has focused on reducing inefficient costs in this difficult economy.I coordinated the review, revision and update of the Project Accounting Manual in 2009. I completed a year long Leadership Development Program presented by Brent Darnell International in 2008.

As a Senior Project Accountant at Hardin Construction I was responsible for hiring several Project Accountants and had multiple direct reports. I trained our team on all phases of project accounting from project setup to project closeout. My involvement in Joint Venture projects was increased and I developed and maintained many of the accounting and cash management processes for the JV's which have become the standard at Hardin. I assisted in the developement, implementation and training of a new imaging system for invoice and subcontract management. I became a member of the Project Management Planning and Education Team so that I could foster a stronger relationship between the two different operational units.

I was promoted to lead a team of three accountants on a prominent $250M joint venture project. The project was funded by both public and private dollars and required MBE/DBE participation. Additionally, I hired and led our accounts payable clerk. I stabilized the tense relationship between the developer's representatives and the accounting team on a difficult project. I completed multiple accounting audits prepared by the owner's accounting staff.Hardin Construction had a complete software conversion in 2001, moving from a DOS based system to a Windows based system, maintained by an Oracle database. In preparation for this conversion, I detailed all Project Accounting processes and procedures. After the conversion I trained the accounting staff how to navigate through and implement the new software. I refined our process for tracking second tier releases to decrease the lien risk presented by entities who did not have direct contracts with Hardin Construction.

I created and transmitted actual cost and percentage complete billings for projects of $150M and prepared the monthly job cost to billings reconciliations. I obtained and processed subcontractor pay applications with lien releases and worked directly with subcontractors to prepare their documents as needed.I processed Accounts Payable invoices, 300-600 per month, including the veification of invoices submitted against purchase contracts for terms and pricing. I entered hourly payroll for multiple employees on multiple jobs.

Mba, Business, General Management, Hr Management And Finance

1999 Masters of Business Administration: Finance Cumulative GPA: 4.0 1994-1998 B.S.: Business Admnistration : General Management B.S..

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