• Bette Hochberger Inc. is an accounting, tax, bookkeeping, and contract CFO services company.• Assist clients with analysis and evaluation of their financial position and health in coordination with other financial professionals (brokers, insurance agents, etc.).• Provide consulting for business issues including entity selection, implementing and integrating accounting systems, general ledger structure.• Prepare various types of tax returns including individuals, partnerships/LLCs, corporations, trusts, and non-profits, and represent clients to taxing agencies when necessary.• Provide tax research, planning, projection, and advice to clients in complex areas such as multi-state sales tax, retirement planning, gifts, executive/equity compensation.

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• Established revenue recognition policies for various transaction types (commissions, revenue shares, etc.) and associated accounting procedures.• Performed financial analysis to advise management team on decision-making, including reducing overhead by 30%. • Advised management on business structures for new ventures to optimize risk-management and tax efficiency. • Structured general ledger to optimize usability of financial reports.• Directly managed staff bookkeeping staff and full accounting cycle.

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• Review various types of complex federal, multi-state, and foreign tax returns including individuals, partnerships/LLCs, corporations, trusts, and non-profits.• Respond to taxing agency audits and notices in a timely fashion.• Provide tax research, planning, projection, and advice to clients in complex areas such as multi-state sales tax, retirement planning, gifts, executive/equity compensation.• Work with clients in a board range of industries, including government contracts, real estate, construction, manufacturing, software/technology, investing, telecommunications, education, employee benefit plans, legal and professional services.• Participate proactively in practice development, including identifying opportunities to cross sell existing clients as well as identify and bring new clients.• Manage engagement functions such as billing, preparation of engagement letters and budget proposals, and miscellaneous managerial and administrative tasks.

• Prepare and review federal and state tax returns for individuals, partnerships/limited liability companies, corporations (C-corps), small corporations (S-corps), and trusts. • Perform consolidations for financial and tax reporting.• Perform monthly and annual accounting for investment, real estate, and other entities.• Compile information for monthly corporate financial statements. • Assist in preparation of personal financial statements for high net-worth individuals.• Train new hires in monthly and annual reconciliation and accounting processes.• Advise clients on tax planning issues.• Respond to both client and government inquiries.

Accounting instructor for Axia College.

• Chief financial officer, controller, and business analyst for $8.5 million dollar organization with over 100 employees• Senior finance advisor to the Board of Directors and Budget and Finance Committee • Prepared all monthly, annual and ad hoc financial reports and analysis.• Managed outside CPA firm on annual financial reports and tax returns. • Managed banking/lender relationship.• Managed annual budgeting process and performed variance analysis on a monthly.• Brought organization into IRS filing compliance, completing 3 years of missing tax returns.• Integrated software programs (payroll, accounts receivable, general ledger) and created streamlined business procedures to reduce staff hours spent on monthly close-out procedures by 60% and reduce errors in financial reporting.• Negotiated annual benefits package increases to 5% below market rates.• Oversaw cash management and Accounts Payable processing to reduce AP by 5% and reduced finance charges and late fees by 80%.

• Managed all financial operations for technology startup, Feratech, and its joint ventures, with $500,000 in annual revenue. • Created Activity-Based Costing system to determine profitability metrics for all activities, allowing management to eliminate several activities that were draining cash and resources.• Compiled and analyzed two years of unreconciled accounts and implemented accounting controls.• Helped reduce A/R turnaround from over 90 days to under 30 days, freeing up cash flow to support expansion.• Adopted A/P system that protected cash flow while eliminating most late payment penalties by adopting separate accrual and cash budgets.

• Lead special project team responsible for eliminating 5-year backlog of grant accounting reports that threatened government funding for research and locating over $5 million in missing revenues that were collected.• Assisted with A-133 audits.

• Managed $30 million in grants and contracts for eleven departments, including two of the largest grant-revenue generating.