Beth Harmon Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Woonsocket, RI, US

• Enterprise Planning Lead for a $240 million portfolio of independently operating subsidiaries that are wholly owned by a publicly traded, Fortune-4 enterprise
• Expense Manager and primary business partner for $150 million SG&A expense portfolio for ActiveHealth Management and HDMS business units.
• Lead FP&A function (annual budget, rolling forecast, strategic planning), monthly reporting (KPI tracking, variance analysis, R&Os), and monthly financial presentations for two (2) senior leadership teams.
• Indirect supervision of the accounting manager and three accountants supporting two businesses; leverage accounting background to educate and train business partners on GAAP treatment of various projects, investments.
• Create financial infrastructure to manage new products and lines of businesses, including pricing, coordinating with business partners, and completing system requirements.
• Perform yearly product and customer profitability review to ensure business optimization and accurate pricing. Leveraged a blended Activity Based Costing (ABC) model suited for medium-sized businesses to shorten.

New York, NY, US

• Managed month-end expense close functions, which include preparing, reviewing and approving journal entries and reconciliations.
• Streamlined close process for payroll expenses, accrued expenses, prepaids and deferred lease acquisition costs by implementing standard procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Increased reliability of monthly legal and professional fee accruals by working with the appropriate business partners to revamp the process.

Dublin, OH, US

• Lead a team of a Senior Accountant and Financial Planning & Analysis Advisor
• Manage month-end accounting functions to close the financial books for the Kinray business unit with over $3 billion in annual sales and $60 million in annual SG&A expenses
• Review and approve all asset and liability account reconciliations with average monthly balances of approximately $400M and $10M, respectively
• Create financial review packages reflecting actual monthly results for senior management
• Oversee monthly expense variance analysis for cost center owners to measure their forecast and budget performance; assist cost center managers with creating expense forecasts
• Create business unit sales and margin budget for 2015 and 2016 fiscal years

Dublin, OH, US

• Achieved project management experience through the design and execution of financial and operational reviews for all business segments
• Supervised and evaluated staff audit teams
• Designed and executed complex audit procedures and recommended business process improvements
• Managed multiple simultaneous audit projects while adhering to strict testing completion deadlines
• Managed interim and year-end substantive testing and internal control process walkthroughs on behalf of external auditors
• Acquired financial and accounting technical proficiency through the performance of analytical procedures, substantive testing and the evaluation of internal control environments to ensure compliance with GAAP and.

Dublin, OH, US

• Led audit teams to assess effectiveness of financial and operational controls, SOX compliance, accuracy of financial statements and efficiency of operations

Dublin, OH, US

• Perform audits for management to assess effectiveness of financial and operational controls, SOX compliance, accuracy of financial statements and efficiency of operations

Dublin, OH, US

• Prepared the quarterly consolidated Reserve Summary for the Audit Committee and the consolidated monthly Intercompany Out of Balance report for the external auditor
• Coordinated Intercompany Cash transactions and resolved discrepancies for month end reporting